Manuscript Group 102, Jacob Fine (fl. 1831-1857), Shoemaker

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Manuscript Group 102,
Jacob Fine (fl. 1831-1857), Shoemaker

Records, 1831-1857, 0.25
linear feet / 4 volumes

Call Number: MG 102 + folder
number

• Summary

• Biographical
  Note

• Provenance
  Note

• Scope
  and Content Note

• Related
  Collections

• Folder List

Summary:

Kept by a shoemaker in Raritan, Somerset
County, New Jersey.

Gift of William S. Hunt, 1938.

Biographical
Note:

Jacob Fine (fl. 1831-1857) was a shoemaker
in Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Provenance
Note:

The record books were the gift of William
S. Hunt in 1938. They were a part of a larger donation containing photographs,
books, pamphlets, and a 1756-1759 record book kept by Andrew Leake, also of
Somerset County (MG 118).  The volumes were labeled with the accession
numbers M2730-M2733 at the time of their donation.

Scope
and Content Note:

The records consist of three daybooks and
an account book used by Jacob Fine to track his shoemaking business.  The
daybooks date from 1831-1834, 1835-1839, and 1843-1857 and record the daily
business of making, mending, and soling shoes and boots.  The entries are
by date and note customer name, job, and price.  Fine’s account book
dates from 1833-1852 and tracks individual customer’s accounts.  These
entries are by person and record date and money owed. The accounts are not
indexed.  There are also miscellaneous receipts, promissory notes, and
accounts inserted between the pages of the four volumes.

Related
Collections:

See other shoemakers’
records.

Folder List:

Processed by Kim Charlton, May 2000 as part of the “Farm to City”
project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.

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