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    1. [FAY] Ethan FAY - 1830s NJ
    2. LG Greene
    3. Author: Fay, Ethan A. Title: Ledger, 1834-1849. Description: 1 . (ca. 140 p.) ; 33 cm. Notes: Ethan Fay was a carriage maker near Freehold in Monmouth County, N.J. Records debits and credits accrued by Fay from 1834 to 1849. He performed such tasks as repairing sleigh and carriage parts (seats, wheels, shafts, etc.), painting signs and sleighs, work on "phintons" and gigs, ironworking, mending rakes, and making coffins. He received spokes, wagon bodies, paint, varnish, turpentine, and other supplies in exchange for his labor. Name index in the front of the volume. Spine title: Ledger. Bound in full suede; front board detached from the text block; staining; pages missing; pencil and crayon marks over text in portions of the volume. Subjects: Carriage and wagon making. Carriage and wagon painting. Carriage industry -- New Jersey -- Monmouth County. Carriages and carts -- Maintenance and repair. Hardware. Tools -- Repairing. Paints. Varnish and varnishing. Wheels. Business records -- New Jersey -- Monmouth County. Account books. aat Location: The Winterthur Library: Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, Winterthur, DE 19735. Control No.: DEWV93-A296

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