Accompt made up with Joseph Sturges and Jacob Zakry indian, 1719 March 4.

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Title: Accompt made up with Joseph Sturges and Jacob Zakry indian, 1719 March 4.
Creator: Sturges, Joseph
Abstract: Manuscript current account, signed, detailing financial transactions between the Massachusetts whaler Joseph Sturges and his Native American employee, Jacob Zakry (or Zachary) over a three-year period ending on March 4, 1719. Items charged to Zachary include payments to a relative and for clothing; 45 shillings a year for "3 whale seasons dyet;" and another charge for "3 years expense at Cape Cod." Items in Zachary's favor include "your share of the oyle of 3/4s of a whale" and "your share of a shark." Account signed by Joseph Sturges
Description: In English.
Date given in original as: "March 4th 1718/9."
Accompanied by partial transcript and bookseller description.
Provenance: Purchased from Robert H. Rubin Books on the Walter McClintock Fund, 2009.
Extent: 1 31 cm. item (1 p.)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Accounts Massachusetts 18th century
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Massachusetts.
Massachusetts
Subject (Name): Sturges, Joseph.
Zachary, Jacob.
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America
Master and servant
Whaling
History
Subjects: Sturges, Joseph
Zachary, Jacob
Indians of North America > Massachusetts
Master and servant > Massachusetts
Whaling > Massachusetts
Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Massachusetts > 18th century

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Citation: Joseph Sturges, Accompt Made Up With Joseph Sturges and Jacob Zakry Indian. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.