Manuscript Group 155, David Ross (1720-1795), Cooper and bell maker Records, 1756-1794

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Manuscript Group 155,
David Ross (1720-1795), Cooper and bell maker

Records, 1756-1794, 0.2
linear feet / 3 volumes

Call Number: MG 155

Summary

• Biographical
  Note

• Provenance
  Note

• Scope
  and Content Note

• Related
  Collections

• Folder
  List

Summary:

Kept by an Elizabeth
cooper.  Indexed in volume.

Biographical
Note:

David Ross (1720-1795) was a barrel and
bell maker who lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  He married Hannah Ross
(1723-1791) and they had at least one daughter named Keziah (1758-1767).

Sources:

Monumental Inscriptions, Union County,
Vol. 2, The New Jersey Historical Society.

Provenance
Note:

The source of this collection is unknown.

Scope
and Content Note:

This collection consists of three volumes
that record business transactions of David Ross’s cooperage and bell foundry
between 1756-1795.  The first is an index of accounts, the second is a
combination account book and daybook, and the third is a daybook.  Typical
jobs performed by Ross include the making of barrels, tubs, hoops, and he also
did general construction and excavation.  Of note is an untitled song
written in the back of the second volume dated November 10, 1783.

Related
Collections:

See other coopers’
records/papers.

Folder List:

Account/Day book

1756-1795

Day book

1782-1788

Processed by Luis Delfino, October 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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