MG 313, Henry G. Lyon (fl. 1800-1838), Cabinetmaker Account book, 1800-1838

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MG 313, Henry G. Lyon (fl.
1800-1838), Cabinetmaker

Account book, 1800-1838, 0.2
linear feet / 1 volume

Call Number: MG 313 (os)

Summary

• Biographical
  Note

• Provenance
  Note

• Scope
  and Content Note

• Related
  Collections

• Container
  List

Summary:

Kept by a Sussex County
cabinetmaker, this volume includes accounts with the company store of the
Franklin Furnace in Hardyston Township.

Biographical
Note:

Henry G. Lyon was a cabinetmaker
working in Sussex County, New Jersey between the years 1800 and 1838.

Provenance
Note:

The source of this collection is
unknown.

Scope
and Content Note:

Henry G. Lyon’s account book
contains records of his cabinetmaking business in Sussex County, New Jersey from
the years 1800 to 1838.  Accounts are labeled with the name of the customer
and each entry includes date, job, and price.  Typical jobs include housing
construction and repair, furniture building, coffin building, and
painting.  The book contains an account with the Franklin Furnace Company
in Hardyston Township, and an index is located in the front of the volume.

Related
Collections:

Manuscript Group 79, Caleb W.
Bruen (1768-1846), Cabinetmaker and distiller, Records

Manuscript Group 84, John Hewitt
(1777-1857), Cabinetmaker, Records

Container
List:

Processed by Luis
Delfino

October 2000 part of the “Farm to City” project funded
by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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