Manuscript daybook of Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a lawyer in Kent, Connecticut, recording credits and debits for services, including the representation of clients in court, from 1795 to 1799.
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson daybook, 1795-1799
Description:
Pages numbered through page 146., Title partially taken from the preliminary page., Yale Law Library's label on inside of front cover: "Presented to the Yale Law Library by Mr. Otto J. Leonhard of Kent, The Flanders Arms, Kent, Conn., 1931.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258892~S1, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.3 flat, Description based on print version record., and Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.3 flat.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Practice of law, Business records, Manuscripts, American, and History
Manuscript account ledgers in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting document payments made to him by the town residents of Kent, Connecticut, some of the accounts being settled in goods rather than money, and some recorded in pounds and shillings instead of dollars. The ledgers identify clients, goods purchased, and charges for services rendered. Additionally, the second ledger contains "Catalogue of my law books &c., October 24, 1794-May 16, 1806" at the end
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson ledgers, 1 and 2, covering period 1793-1811
Description:
Ledger 1: 84, [2 ]; ledger 2: [1], 173, [5] leaves., Leaves are numbered on verso only., Loose papers laid into Ledger 1., On front pastedown of ledger 1: "B. Slosson's ledger bought Feby. 5th of T. Collier, 1795.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258894~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.6 flat, In English. , Description based on print version record., Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.6 flat., and Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a Yale College graduate of 1791, was an attorney from Kent, Connecticut, who also served as a clerk for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., Fees, New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Slosson, Barzillai, 1769-1813
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Library, Law, Bibliography, Manuscripts, American, and History
Manuscript account ledgers in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting document payments made to him by the town residents of Kent, Connecticut, some of the accounts being settled in goods rather than money, and some recorded in pounds and shillings instead of dollars. The ledgers identify clients, goods purchased, and charges for services rendered. Additionally, the second ledger contains "Catalogue of my law books &c., October 24, 1794-May 16, 1806" at the end
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson ledgers, 1 and 2, covering period 1793-1811
Description:
Ledger 1: 84, [2 ]; ledger 2: [1], 173, [5] leaves., Leaves are numbered on verso only., Loose papers laid into Ledger 1., On front pastedown of ledger 1: "B. Slosson's ledger bought Feby. 5th of T. Collier, 1795.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258894~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.6 flat, In English. , Description based on print version record., Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.6 flat., and Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a Yale College graduate of 1791, was an attorney from Kent, Connecticut, who also served as a clerk for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., Fees, New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Slosson, Barzillai, 1769-1813
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Library, Law, Bibliography, Manuscripts, American, and History
Account sheet in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting documenting payments made to him by town residents for his legal work, identifying clients, services rendered, and charges for those services, as well as payments he made to the town of Kent, Connecticut, covering the period from February 26, 1805, to January 6, 1806. The majority of the payments are from 1805, with only one recorded in 1806
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. , Holograph, signed., Manuscript 33 x 40 cm, folded to 33 x 20 cm, Docketed on page [1]. , Also available in original print http://morris.law.yal.edu/record=b258890~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library cMssA Sl55 no.2 xtall, In English. , Description based on print version record., and Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a Yale College graduate of 1791, was an attorney from Kent, Connecticut, who also served as a clerk for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Manuscripts, American, and History
