a preliminary list of collection contents.

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Barrett Family Papers, Legal records, receipts, memoranda, promissory notes, deeds,
bankruptcy, 1824-1852.
Most of the papers relate to the financial affairs of J aazaniah B. Barrett
(1788-1845), a farmer/merchant in Rutland County, Vermont, who was the fourth
of eleven children born to Jazaniah Barrett (1752-1834) and Rhoda Reed (17601844). Rhoda Reed was from Uxbridge, Worcestor County, Massachusetts, near
the southern border with Rhode Island. Jazaniah and Rhoda married May 4, 1780
in Smithfield, Rhode Island and settled in Uxbridge, which would be the
birthplace of their first three children.
The family moved north through. Worcester to the border town of
Richmond, New Hampshire where Jaazaniah B. Barrett, Jr. was born December 6,
1788. They traveled farther north to Danby, Rutland County, Vermont and
remained there at least through the birth on March 10, 1791 of Jaazaniah's sister
Abigail. Jazaniah and Rhoda returned to Richmond where they had five more
children between October 1793 and March 1801. The family moved back to
Danby, where their last child, Stephen was born February 19, 1803. Jaazaniah,
then age fourteen, and Stephen would remain in Rutland County, even though
their parents later crossed the border to Washington County, New York.
Jaazaniah Barrett, Jr. married Sally (Sallie) Barker, prospered, and at age
thirty-five, bought for $400 about sixty-four acres in Rupert, Bennington,
Vermont and eight years later, acquired for $1000 from a member of his wife's
family some 300 acres near Middletown, Rutland, Vermont. Reflecting her
parents' status, their daughter, Louisa Barrett married Moses E. Vail. Vail years
later would cap a successful mercantile career in partnership with Harris G. Otis
(Vail & Otis) by being elected to the Vermont Legislature.
The papers document, beginning in 183 7, a growing tangle of disputes
between Jaazaniah's firm, Barrett & Lillie, and its customers as well as its
suppliers. One Amasa Bancroft sued Jaazaniah Barrett, who subsequently did not
accept a court appointed auditor's analysis and decision that favored Bancroft.
Jaazaniah Barrett was incarcerated and ultimately declared bankruptcy.
While Jaazaniah was in jail, he received word from his brother Stephen
that his wife, Sally, was ill enough to be taken to the surgeon for bleeding. She
recovered and would outlive Jaazaniah by about a year.
Papers from lawsuits in the two years before Jaazaniah's death on
September 18, 1845 and the settlement, by her executor and son-in-law Moses E.
Vail, of the widow's estate, reveal the extent of the couple's financial
controversies.
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Isaac S. Wade to Jaazaniah B. Barrett, Deed for 64 acres, Rupert, Bennington,
Vermont, March, 1824. One oversize sheet, folded, and docketed as below.
"Isaac S. Wade, Deed to J. Barrett. Received March 29t\ 1824,
this deed forward and recorded ... Attest, Henry Sheldon, Town Clerk."
"Know all men by these presents that I, IsaacS. Wade ofRupert in
the County of Bennington and State of Vermont, for the consideration of
Four Hundred Dollars paid to my full satisfaction by Jaazaniah B. Barrett,
hereby do freely give, grant, sell, and confirm unto the said Jaazaniah B.
Barrett a certain piece of land ... lying and being in Rupert and is known
as the Ingersall Place. . . . Supposed to contain about sixty-four acres.
. . . 20th day of February, 1824. Isaac S. Wade; witnessed: Benjamin
Cross, Charles Mulford, and Daniel Axtell."
Steams & Blake, Receipt from Jaazaniah B. Barrett for assorted pills to sell, Feb.
21, 1831. Quarter sheet, holograph and docketed as below.
"Reed 14 June 1832 two dollars which I have give a receipt for
J.B. [marginal note:] 8/12 doz + 1 5/12 doz = 2 1112 doz $5.22."
"Woodstock [Windsor County, VT] Feb. 21, 1831. Reed. Of
J.Barrett, Debit 8/12 doz Coits pills at 15--; 1 5/12 doz Lees Pills at 15-to
sell on account for when sold or return on demand. Steams & Blake. Due
3/22. Demand in April or May 1842."
Steams & Blake, Receipt from Jaazaniah B. Barrett for assorted pills to sell, June
14, 1832. Half sheet, holograph and docketed as below.
"Steams & Blake, Receipt, Woodstock [Windsor County, VT],
$7.50. Pay to J. Barrett. [marginal note:] Demand in Apr or May 1842"
"Woodstock, June 14, 1832. Rec'd ofZ. Barrett, Debit 3 doz Coits
Pills 15/ 7.50 to account for where sold. Steams & Blake per [illegible
signature]
Rec'd 14 June 1832 $2.00 to apply on the other Receipt which I
have given them a receipt for, endorsed on receipt [above]. J. B. B."
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Mabel Barrett, Deed to land conveyed to J aazaniah B. Barrett, Middleton,
Rutland, VT, March 14, 1835. One oversize sheet, holograph, folded and
docketed as below.
"Mabel Barrett's Deed to J. Barrett ofMiddletown and Tinmouth Lands."
" . . . I, Mabel Barker of Middleton, County of Rutland and State of
Vermont ... for and in consideration of one thousand dollars received to
my full satisfaction of Jaazaniah Barrett ... "
The tract contained "nearly 300 acres" according to the deed.
Jaazaniah Barrett to John Coil & J. Campbell, Middletown, Rutland, VT Jan. 17,
1837. One sheet with pasted extension, holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"John Coil & John Campbell, Bill sheep [illegible]."
"Middleton. Jan. 17, 1837. Friend John Coil & J. Campbell, I
cannot find out by what you have wrote me & the money sent whether I
have received 2/3 or % of my hay for the sheep. I told you when I left to
send me a bill of all the sheep & money. I have made out a bill as follows:
[The remainder is a detailed description of a series of exchanges involving
274 sheep, horses, "culls," "killing & marketing" animals, etc.] You will
please send by Joseph Bennington the balance due, $120.02 and oblige. J.
Barrett Jan. 17 1837."
Memorandum of note due to Jaazaniah B. Barrett, Middleton, Rutland, VT, July
5, 1837. Half sheet, folded, holograph.
"$33.40. Middletown July 5, 1837. For value reed. I promise to
pay J. Barrett or bearer thirty-three Dollars 40 Cents one day after Date
with Interest annually
Note due for sheep. 1837: Not [a farmer's name?] cut the hay as
agreed & took the best & largest half & let it out to others and did not
keep the cattle, sheep, & horses out of the meadow. My share of hay was
not worth Drawing [illegible] $15.00 [illegible]"
John L. Fake, Receipt to Jaazaniah B. Barrett for liquor, Lansingburgh
[Rensselaer County, NY], Dec. 26, 1837, half sheet, holograph, folded and
docketed as below.
"J.L. Fake, Bill ofLiquor. $56.31. 26 Dec 1837 [illegible]"
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"Lansingburgh, 26th Dec. 1837. Mr. J. Barrett, Esq. Bot [sic] of John L.
Fake ... $56.31. [various computations]"
J. Elias Salsbury, Sale to Jaazaniah Barrett of timber rights, Middletown, Rutland,
VT, March 24, 1838. One sheet, holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"E. Salsbury quitclaim to Rail Timber & Wood on the [illegible]
farm. March 24, 1838."
"Know all men by these presents that J. Elias Salisbury of
Tinmouth, Co. Rutland & State of Vermont, for the consideration of
twenty-five Dollars received to my full satisfaction of Jaazaniah Barrett of
Middletown County & State as above, quitclaim all my right title claim
and demand for myself and heirs to a certain privileges I have to cut Rail
[fence] Timber and other wood ... Middletown. March 24, 1838. Elias
Salsbury. Witness: John Woodruff. Louisa Barrett."
Jaazaniah B. Barrett to seven mercantile houses of Middletown, [VT], Letter of
recommendation, August 3, 1838. One sheet, holograph, folded.
Moses E. Vail was the husband of Jaazaniah's daughter, Louisa
Barrett, who witnessed the sale of timber rights on March 24, 1838 ..
"This may certify that Moses E. Vail, a resident of this town,
sustains a character for integrity and ability unequaled by any his age in
this vicinity. And in my long acquaintance with him and his family, I can
with pleasure and safety recommend him to you as one wishing to employ
a person in the mercantile business. Believing him to be perfectly honest
& knowing him to be a persevering, industrious, & truly emulous
character, Jaazaniah Barrett.
To James I. VanAllen, S.C. & L. Lynes, Pearl St.; Wied & Little,
Liberty St.; Craig & Delliker, Front St.; Samuel Morgan, Pearl St.
[illegible]; N. & H. Wied, Pearl St. [illegible]; Leggett & Lapham, Front
St."
Darrill Benson, Agreement to draw ore to Jaazaniah B. Barrett, Middletown [VT],
Dec. 15, 1838. One sheet, holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"D. Benson agreement to draw ore, 50 tons. Notes $500. Reed.
[illegible] to this date the drawing of8 ton [illegible]."
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"$100. For value reed., I promise to pay Jaazaniah Barrett on order
one hundred dollars three years from date with annual interest.
Middletown January 23, 1838. Signed by Daniel Benson.
The above is a copy of a note due to J. Barrett and I agree to draw
for said Barrett fifty tons of bar from his Train ore bid to Nathaniel Curtis
in Dorset before his furnace goes into Blast and where drawn to be
endorsed on a note said Barrett holds against me of which the above is a
copy. If I do not have said ore, I agree to pay all damages. Middletown,
Dec. 15, 1838. Daniel Benson."
Jaazaniah B. Barrett, Memorandum of account owed by John L. Fake, January 29,
1841. One sheet, holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"J.L. Fake account. [illegible] not accounted for about 1200 #
cheese@ 8 ~ cts. January 29, 1841."
The body of the text consists of descriptions of transactions in
1837.
Dr. 315.20
Cr. 321.94
$ 88.26 & over to go on Barrett & Lillie account"
Amasa Bancroft v. Jaazaniah B. Barrett, Subpoena, March 20, 1841. Half sheet,
printed and holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"Amasa Bancroft vs. J.Barrett, Sub for [illegible], with itemization of
costs, which total $7.63"
"State of Vermont, Rutland County. To the Sheriff of the County of
Rutland his Deputy or either Constable in said County, or any person to
serve & return. Greeting. By the authority of State of Vermont. You are
hereby commanded to [much print crossed out] summon Stephen Barrett
of Middletown to appear before me at A.R. Vail's office in Danby on the
24th day of March 1841 at 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon; then and there to
give evidence of what he knows in a case wherein Amasa Bancroft,
surviving partner of [illegible firm name], is plaintiff Barrett, Deft., to be
heard third before John Vail, Esq., Justice of the Peace in said Danby. To
the damage of the witness if he does not appear, fifty-five Dollars. Hereof
fail not, and of your doings hereon, make return according to law. Given
under my hand at Middletown this 20th day of March A.D. 1841. [illegible
signature] Justice Peace." [much print crossed out]
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[verso] "Middletown. March 24, 1841 then served this subpoena on
Stephen Barrett by reading the same in his hearing. Jonathan Francis.
[itemized calculation of costs], total $1.02."
Amasa Bancroft v. Jaazaniah B. Barrett, Appointment of Reuben R. Theall,
auditor, April term, 1841. Half sheet, holograph, docketed as below:
"Bancroft vs. Barrett, audit, 10 Sept [illegible]"
"Rutland County Court, April term 1841. Amasa Bancroft v. J aazaniah
Barrett. In this case, R.R. Theall is appointed Auditor to hear [illegible]
examine and adjust the Book accounts between the plaintiff and defendant
and make a report to this court at the next of the balances due to either
party. And if either party after having been duly notified of the time and
place of meeting shall neglect to attend, said Auditor may proceed ex
parte. F.W. Hopkins, Clerk ...
The parties will take notice that I will attend to auditing the accounts
between the parties in the above entitled case at my office in Rutland on
Friday, the 101h day of Sept 1841 at 1:00 o'clock afternnon. Dated 31 st
day of Aug 1841. Reuben R. Theall, Auditor."
Unsigned copy of petition, June 14, 1841. One sheet, holograph, folded.
"This petitioner has also turned out a small number of accounts,
notes, etc. to Stephen Barrett of Middletown, VT to further secure said
Barrett for his liability for & on account of this petitioner, which he had or
might thereafter make, & which the said Barnett was to collect & first
satisfy himself for all advances which he had made for the petitioner, & if
any balance should be found due to me, he was to account to me for the
balance.
The petitioner, also in the spring of 1841, gave to Stephen Barrett
of Middleton, Vermont a quit claim deed of 50 acres of mild land on
Dorset Mountain, Vermont. Also one lot of 200 acres of mild land situate
in Rupert, Vermont. Also a lot of 15 acres situated in Middleton, Vermont
on which was situated the Store of the peritioner, & which said lots or
parcels of land the petitioner owned in his own right & which he quit
claimed to said Stephen Barrett, for the purpose of securing him for his
advances & liabilities for & on account of the petitioner.
I alsogave to the said Stephen Barrett a quit claim deed of all my
right & interest in one lot of land of 250 acres, situate in Tinmouth,
Vermont which had been deeded to my family [underline struck] were
lands, which were inherited by my wife from the estate of her father. Also
one other piece of land situate in Middletown, Vermont which was
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likewise inherited by my wife as from the estate of her father, containing
500 acres, for a more particular description of which, several pieces of
land reference is had to the several deeds now on record in the town clerks
offices in the several towns whether the said lands are situated, & which
this petitioner deeded his right & interest in, for the sole purpose & object
of securing said Stephen Barrett for his liabilities & advanced & on
account of this petitioner, & which was the only consideration for said
deeds.
And the said Stephem Barrett took the accounts, notes, & etc. &
the deeds of [illegible] several pieces of land, & should there be a balance
in his hands after he is paid as aforesaid & then & in that case, it shall
remain subject to the order of the assignee.
The petitioner also on the 141h day of June 1841 made an
assignment of all his interest in the"
Reuben R. Theall, note to Jaazaniah Barrett, June 15, 1841.
holograph.
Quarter sheet,
"Will Mr. J. Barrett send my cow by the bearer, Moses Head. 16
June 1841. Reuben R. Theall.
Jaazaniah B. Barrett to Town Clerk, Middletown, June 22, 1841.
holograph, folded into envelope.
One sheet,
J aazaniah Barrett inquired if "there is a writ in my favor or a copy,
against H.
on file attaching his house & lot in your town? ... P.S. I have
just sent copies of a writ for bail for H. Rathbone for ten thousand
Dollars." The Clerk replied, "No attachment has yet been left in my office
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Luther Fillmore, JP, Summons to Stephen Barrett, Joseph Green & David Young,
Sept. 9, 1841, half sheet, printed and holograph, folded and docketed as below:
"Bancroft vs. Barrett, Supoena to Stephen Barrett, Joseph Green &
David Young, Sept. 9, 1841."
" ... Summons Stephen Barrett of Middletown, VT, Joseph Green
& David Young, both of Danby, VT in the County of Rutland aforesaid, to
appear before R.R. Theall, Esq. of Rutland, in the County of Rutland
aforesaid on the 101h day of September ... to give evidence of what they
know in a cause to be heard & tried before R.R. Theall, Auditor wherein
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Amasa Bancroft is Plaintiff and Jaazaniah Barrett, Defendant. . . . L.
Fillmore, Justice ofPeace."
Obverse: "Middletown, September 9, 1841, then served this
supoena on Stephen Barrett by reading the same to him. Charles P. Coy,
fee $.96.
Danby, September 9, 1841, I hereby served this supeona on David
Young and Joseph Green. Fee $1.20."
C.B. Harrington, Agreement, Cases to be "Put Over, Sept. Term, 1841 to Sept
1842 ... at $1.50 for each suit put over," September 13, 1841. One sheet,
holograph, and docketed.
The lawsuits against Barrett & Lillie listed and delayed were
brought by Marsh & Willis, Seth S. Perry, Stephen Paul, R.S. Smith &
John Henderson, H.H. Scheiffelin & Co., McChesney & Dater, Nathaniel
Grover, and Smith & Fitch.
A lawsuit against Barrett & Lillie, Stephen Barrett, & Joseph
Remington brought by LT. Barelin was delayed as was a suit brught by
[illegible] Sage & Co. against Barrett & Lillie & [illegible].
Merritt Clark, Deed to Moses E. Vail, Rutland VT, October 30, 1841. One sheet,
printed and holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"Merritt Clark to Moses E. Vail, Warranted, 1841. Town Clerk's
Office, Middletown received for record . . . 1841 ... "
"Know all men by these presents, that I Merritt Clark of Poultney
in the county of Rutland and state of Vermont for the consideration of nine
hundred dollars ... eighty-four rods of land more or less ... [bordered] by
"land owned or contracted by Stephen Barrett . .. "
To White & Gurnsey, Creditor of Moses King, Middletown VT, July 26, 1842.
Half sheet, printed and holograph, folded in form of an envelope.
"Middletown, Vermont, August 9, 1842.
Gurnsey, Rutland Vermont."
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White &
"To White & Gurnsey, Creditor of Moses King. By order of the
District Court of the United States for the District of Vermont, you are
hereby notified that my further petition in Bankruptcy, for a Discharge and
Certificate, will be heard before said Court at Samuel Prentiss' Office, in
Montpelier, in said District, on the 31st day of August, 1842 at 10 A.M.
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Dated at Rutland, in said District, this 26th day of July, 1842. Moses
King"
Stephen Barrett, Middletown VT to J aazaniah B. Barrett, December 11, 1842.
One sheet, folded in form of an envelope, "East Rutland, Vermont" and docketed:
"S. Barrett, Letter, December 1841 [1842]."
"Middletown, December 11, 1842. Brother J. Barrett. I went to
Whitehall [NY?] yesterday after a load for you, but did not get any.
Childs said the leather was so poor that he did not want any more of it at
any pnce. And for pelts, he did not want to contract any before he see
them.
I went to Baker. He said he would let me have some rock salt, as
that was all he had got, but he must have the money for it next week, and I
thought best not to take any.
Sally [Barrett] gets along very slow. The bell is now tolling for old
David Griswald.
I shall be in Rutland the fore part of next week-I got the tobacco
at Poultny and will bring it up when I go and have barrels. S. Barrett
[P.S.] Monday, December 12. Sally is not as well. She had a tum
bleeding at the Surgeon's last night and she rained about half pint. It has
left her very low. We are doing all we can for her. She is not considered
dangerous, but is not able to sit up any now.
I think I shall be at Rutland Wednesday-! went yesterday with
Eliza to Danby to see Mother. She is very [illegible] and some childish.
Write her when you have time, for she thinks her children have all
forgotten her. S.B.
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I send one store, you are out account to A.H. [illegible] for one
[illegible] to Micah Vail.
Stephen Barrett, Middletown, Vermont to Jaazaniah B. Barrett, December 15,
1842. Half sheet, folded, and docketed: "S. Barrett, Letter."
"Middletown, December 15, 1842. Brother J. Barrett. Sally has
just had a chill tum with some fever. She was very low yesterday, but we
think she is a very little better today. She is not able to tum herself in
there. I wish you could be here. But as you wrote me not to pay one cent
for your liberty of [illegible], I shall follow your direction.
I am surprised at what you wrote disputing Theall not going to
[illegible]. I cannot imagine what he means.
I think I shall be at Rutland tomorrow. [illegible] is [illegible].
Yours in haste. Stephen Barrett."
Stephen Barrett, Middletown, Vermont to Jaazaniah B. Barrett, January 30, 1843.
One sheet, folded, and docketed: "S. Barrett, Letter."
"Middletown, January 30, 1843. Brother J. Barrett. You will
recollect that Barriett & Lillie was owing [illegible] Spaulding at the time
of the assignment. And that you was owing Nathaniel Clift. And you
settled with Clift, and made a tum on the note Barrett & Lillie turned out
to Spaulding. I am a little before my story.
Barrett & Lillie turned out a note you held against Clift to
Spaulding for Seventy, and when you settled with Clift, you said that what
you was owing Clift was to be an offset on the note Barrett & Lillie held
against him that was turned out to Spaulding. And on that ground, I
discharged the note Clift at the same time.
Spaulding held the note and Spaulding has now sued Clift for the
pay on the note, which is $50.00.
And Clift has got a receipt against me that discharged the note in
full. So you will see that it places me in a rather bad spot unless we can
show that I had a right to discharge the note.
Spaulding had not notified Clift that he held the note till after I
discharged it. At any rate, I did not receive any consideration from you to
discharge the note; and in that case, I suppose they cannot make me holder
on the receipt. The court is next Monday.
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If you get this in [illegible] the which by the mail tomorrow, I wish
you would and say what you know about it.
Sally has been gaining about a week past. She is some better.
Your brother, Stephen Barrett."
Stephen Barrett, Middletown, Vermont to Jaazaniah B. Barrett, May 16, 1843.
One sheet, folded, and docketed: "S. Barrett, Letter."
"Middletown, May 16, 1843. Brother J. Barrett. As the time is
drawing nigh for you to get your discharge in Banckruptcy, I should like
to know what you want me to do about it, whether you want J. Norton, to
go to Rutland and if so, what day must he be there-and whether you want
anybody else.
I have seen James [illegible] today. He has signed the paper that
Theall let me have. He says he wants you to get your discharge if you can.
Say whether you want G.B. Harrington, the signer [illegible] anybody
else. I shall go the Granville this week to see Norton.
Send a letter by the [illegible] on direct to Giest Poultney. I will
get it when I go to Granville and write what day you want Norton to be at
Rutland. If the Court is the 24th, there is not much time to [illegible] out
what day Theall will start and the [illegible] ought to be done the day
before.
Sally is gaining slowly. S. Barrett"
Vail & Otis v. Horace W. Hogan, Writ of Attachment, July 14, 1843. Half sheet,
printed and holograph, docketed as below.
"Vail & Otis v. H.W. Hogan. Monday Aug. 2, 1843. Due 17.59 +
cost 2.25."
"State of Vermont, Rutland County, ss. Justice-Att. To any
Sheriff or Constable in the State, Greeting. By the Authority of the State
of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to attach the Goods, Chattels, or
Estate of Horace W. Hogan of Middletown in the County of Rutland, to
the value of fifty dollars, and him notify thereof according to law, and also
notify him to appear before me at Co. Clerk's Office in Middletown in the
county of Rutland on the 2nd day of August 1843 at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, then and there to answer to Moses E. Vail & H. Otis both of
Middletown in the county of Rutland [illegible] doing business under the
name of the firm of Vail & Otis, in an action on Note dated March 18,
1843 for 14 Dollars & 21 Cents payable one day after date which has not
been paid.
To the damage of the plaintiff 25.00 dollars. Fail not, but make
service and return according to law. Dated at Middletown the 1lh day of
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July A.D. 1843. L[uther] Fillmore, Justice of the Peace. Orson Clark
recognized to the defendant in the sum of twenty dollars as surety for cost
of prosecution as the law directs. Before me, L[uther] Fillmore, Justice of
the Peace.
[verso:] Rutland County, Middletown, 18th July 1843. Then by
virtue of this writ to me directed, I attached a quantity of coal in the pit on
[illegible] near Solomon Parker's in Middletown on the lot of land
commonly known by the name of Leffingwelles Chopin lot. To wit all the
coal belonging to the within named deft, and afterwards to wit on the 19th
day of July, I attached one single harness and one lumber one horse
wagon as the property of the within named deft, but subject to a small
claim as vendue title in favor of Anson Rogers. And afterwards at
Poultney to wit at Morgan 's sawmill I attached two stacks of pine boards
and one maple saw log as above and have left a copy of this writ and list
ofproperty attached, duely attested by me in the hands of the Town Clerk
of Middletown a true and attested copy of this writ with the above named
attachment of coal entered thereon and paid the legal fee for filing the
same. 5 miles travel.30; 2 copies .50;feefor filing .10 removing boards
.25; [total] 1.15 ."
Vail & Otis, Writ of Attachment ... August 17, 1843." One sheet, printed and
holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"Vail & Otis v. [[Ormal?] Ames, Vail, aff.; Filed August 171h,
1843, L[uther] Fillmore, Justice ofPeace."
"Vail & Otis v. [Ormal?] Ames. To Luther Gillmore, Esq., comes
Moses E. Vail and prays for a writ of Attachment against the body of said
Ames on a note dated March 2, 1843 for the sum of twenty-three dollars
and forty-nine cents, signed by said Ames and payable to said Vail and
Otis. And the said Nail further prays for a writ of Execution against the
body of said Ames on a judgment rendered by said Fillmore on the 14th
day of January 1843 for the sum of 9 dollars and 65 cents damages and
$11.59 cost and for an Execution issued against said Ames on said
judgment March 141\ 1843-25 cents-said judgment rendered by law,
Fillmore against said Ames in favor of said Vail & Otis on a note or
contract dated June 41h, 1832 and the said Vail and says that he has good
reason to believe and does believe that said Ames is about to abscond
from this State and has secreted about his person or elsewhere money or
other property. [signed] M.E. Vail.
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 1ih day of August 1843,
L[uther] Fillmore, Justice ofthe Peace."
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Unsigned list of prospective auditors, September, 1843. Quarter sheet, holograph,
folded and docketed as below.
"Auditors that I named for the court to select one in [illegible] of S. Foot,
September 1843. J. Barrett v. H.R. [illegible]"
Rutland County, Vermont, School District No. 1, Tax List, October 27, 1843.
One oversize sheet, holograph, folded.
"The following tax was voted to be raised ... for the sum of $20.00 to pay
arrears and $10.00 to repair school houses. [double column of names in
alphabetic order, with a tax beside each, ranging from $.03 to $3.44 each,
for a total levy of $30.57, [less one deduction in pencil of ]$.26, $30.31"
Henry R. Rathbone, Copy of Statement, February 17, 1844.
holograph, folded and docketed as below.
Four sheets,
"Henry Rathbone v. Stephen Barrett [illegible] 1844 [illegible] Copy."
"State of Vermont, Rutland County. . . . Humbly complain . . .
Henry Rathbone of the City, County, & State of New York that he the
same Henry being a commission merchant in the City of New York was
applied to in the year AD 1838 by one Jaazaniah Barrett of Middletown
VT to make the following arrangement, the said J azaniah was on his own
account to buy cheese & butter in the country & [illegible] & consign the
same to the said Henry Rathbone in the city.
The said Henry Rathbone was to remove & sell the same and after
the charges were paid, the said Henry Rathbone was to have & retain one
half of the profits as his compensation for receiving said [illegible] and
making [illegible] sales thereof. Your orator [Henry Rathbone] further
shows that he assented to said arrangement and that under it the said
J aazaniah went on & provided & transmitted to the said Henry a large
amount of cheese and butter & the said Henry sold the same agreeably to
the above [illegible]. Your orator further shows that in the course of this
[illegible] at the request of said Jaazaniah, he advanced to him various
sums of money, . . . Your orator further shows that no settlement was
made & that before commencement of the next season of purchasing
cheese that the said J aazaniah applied to your orator to make the same
arrangement for another year, that at this time the said Jaazaniah had
associated with him as a partner in business one Ezra T. Lillie and the
mercantile on provision business of said Barrett was conducted under the
firm of Barrett & Lillie, that your orator consented to make the same
arrangement for another and that it was agreed at this time by your orator
and J. Barrett that the balance due from J. Barrett to your orator should be
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paid out of the proceeds of the business for the second year. Your orator
further shows that the said Lillie was present at this time, though your
auditor cannot say that he heard the entire [2]communication, . . . [but]
believes that the said Lillie was fully cognizant of the final agreement and
consented thereto ....
Your auditor further shows that taking the accounts of both years
together that there would be a balance on a fair & equitable settlement due
your orator as your [illegible] and if not, the balance due to the said
Barrett & Lilie would be very trifling. . ..
. . . Your orator further shows that the next year your orator
declined to sell the cheese and butter for the said Barrett & Lillie and
[illegible] one half of the profits after deducting the costs & the charges as
a compensation for closing the partnership and the Barrett & Lilie."
Henry R. Rathbone v. Stephen Barrett, Unsigned copy of injunction, February 26,
1844. One sheet, holograph, folded and docketed.
"State of Vermont, Rutland County. To Jaazaniah Barrett of Rutland,
Stephen Barrett of Middletown, and Ezra T. Lillie of Danby, their [illegible] and
agents, Greetings. Whereas it hath been represented to the Hon. Cahrles H.
Williams in his Court of Chancery on the part of Henry Rathbone complainant
that he had totally exhibited his bill of complaint against you the said Stephen,
Jaazaniah, & Ezra T. [illegible phrase]
We therefore in consideration of the premises and by the order and
direction of the Chancillor therein do strictly enjoin and command you the said
Stephen, J azaaniah, and Ezra T. and all and every the persons aforementioned
under the penalty of one thousand dollars to be levied on you and each of your
lands, goods, & chattels to our use that you and each of you do absolutely desist
from all further proceeding at law against the said complainant touching any of
the matters in the said bill complained of until you shall appear & fully answer the
complainant's said bill and learn the determination of the said count therein.
Witnessed our hand and seal at Rutland in the County of Rutland, this 26th
Day ofFebruary, A.D. 1844. T.W. Hopkins, Clerk."
Obverse: "Rutland, County of Rutland, March 5, 1844. I then delivered
to Jaazaniah Barrett a true and [illegible] copy of this [illegible] with my returns
endorsed thereon. Attest. J. Edgarton, Sheriff
A true copy. Attest. J. Edgarton, Sheriff."
Barrett & Lillie v. H.R. Rathbone, Jaazaniah B .. Barrett v. D.C. Sullivan,
Lawsuits in Court, Rutland County, Vermont, April Term, 1844. One sheet,
holograph, folded and docketed as below.
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"Suits in the County Court, April Term 1844. Jaaz. Barrett. L.S.
Barrett. 2 Copeland Suits [illegible]
"Suits in Court at Rutland C. Ct. Barrett & Lillie v. H.R.
Rathbone, J. Barrett vs. D.C. Sullivan, April Term 1844 to Auditors
[illegible]; Marsh & Willis vs. Barrett & Lillie to auditors [illegible];
McChesney & Dator vs. Barrett & Lillie, S. Barrett, Trustee, to auditors
[illegible]; Smith & Fitch vs. J. Barrett, S. Barrett, Trustee; judgment
debtor [illegible]; H.H. Shefflin & [illegible] vs. Barrett & Lillie
[illegible]; Adm. ofR. Coy vs. Barrett & Lillie, E. Paul, Trustee, enjoined;
Royal Colman vs. S. Barrett, et al [illegible]"
Henry R. Rathbone Case, "True Copy" of Court Proceedings, June 8, 1844. Four
sheets (7Y2 pages), holograph, folded.
"State of Vermont, Rutland County. To His Honor, Court of
Chancery for the County of Rutland, next to the holders of Rutland within
& for the County of Rutland & State of Vermont, on the 2nd Tuesday of
April A.D. 1844. Humbly complain, my showeth unto your Honor, Henry
Rathbone of the City & County & State of New York that he the same
Henry being a commission merchant in the City of New York was applied
to in the year A.D. 1838 by one Jaazaniah Barrett, Jr. of Middletown to
make the following arrangement: the said J aazaniah was on his own
account to buy cheese & butter in the country & transmit & consign the
same to the said Henry Rathbone in the city. The said Henry Rathbone
was to receive & sell the same and after the charges were paid, the same
Henry Rathbone was to have & retain one half of the property as his
compensation for receiving said cheese and making the sales thero£
Your orator further shows that he assented to said arrangement and
that under it, the said J aazaniah went on & purchased & transmitted to the
said Henry a large amount of cheese and butter & the said Henry sold the
same agreeably to the above understanding. Your orator further shows
that in the course of this business, at the request of said J aazaniah, he
advanced to him various sums of money so that at the close of the said
business on a settlement & fair & equitable adjustment the J aazaniah
would have been indebted to your orator in a considerable amount. Your
auditor further shows that no settlement was made & before the
commencement of the next season of purchasing cheese tht the same
J aazaniah applied yo your auditor to make the same arrangement for
another year, that at this time, the said Jaazaniah had associated with him
as a partner in business one Era T. Lillie and the mercantile on provision
business of said Barrett was conducted under the form of Barrett & Lillie;
that your auditor consented to make the same arrangement for another
year and that it was agreed at this time by your orator & the said Barrett
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that the balance due from the said Barrett to your auditor should be p[aid
out of the proceeds of the business for the second year.
Your orator further shows that the said Lillie was present at this
time, though your orator cannot say tht he heard the entire [2]
communication, though your orator owns that he has always [illegible
phrae] & belives that the said Lillie was fully cognizant of the said
agreement & consented therto, and your orator has always understood
from said Lillie tht he acquiessed in the same.
Your orator further shows that under the said agreement your
auditor received a large amount of cheese and butter from said Barrett &
Lillie & sold the same, and your auditor is not positive but [illegible] that
on the second year's transactions & business considered above, there may
be a balance due from your orator to the said Barrett & Lillie after
deducting the charges & expenses & the monies paid by your orator to the
said Barrett & Lillie.
Your orator further shows that taking the accounts of both years
together, that then there would be a balance on a fair & equitable
settlement due your auditor as your auditor believes, and if not the balance
due to the said Barrett & Lillie would be very trifling. Your orator further
shows tht the next year your oprator declined to sell the cheese and butter
for the same Barrett & Lillie and [illegible] one half of the profits after
deducting the costs & charges or a compensation for closing the business
and the said Barrett & Lillie employed your auditor to sell butter & cheese
for them and to receive his commission costs & charges according to the
common & usual custom of commission merchants.
And your auditor further shows that on this lastmentioned terms,
he received & sold a large quantity of butter and cheese from the said
Barrett & Lillie. Your orator further shows that the said Barrett & Lillie
have commenced an action of account against your orator claiming a large
balance then due from your orator to said Barrett & Lillie & refusing to
account for the [illegible phrase] the balnce due from the said Barrett on
the first year's transactions to your auditor. ... "
Statement about W. Solmon, August 13, 1844. Half sheet, holograph, folded and
docketed as below.
"W. Solmon, Agreement, Aug. 1844."
"August 14, 1844. I went with W. Solmon and he sold L. Roy & Son one
shingle right & machine $75.00. He went to Rutland to sell rights and agreed to
give me Y4 of all the rights if I would go with him & help him sell & pay for the
expenses of the team & my own expenses. I agree to and went to Rutland and had
offers (viz.) William J. Hook & Brother offered $365.00 for Rutland [illegible
phrase] pay one Gold Watch 60.00 one wagon $80.00 [illegible] notes six &
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twelve months. T. Ormsby will give $50.00 for one right at the falls & pay in the
Marble. I made the bargain another with Penark J. [illegible].
I had the offer one horse & twenty shingles for one night in the notch. I
wanted to sell him. The man gone to Troy machines to the amount of $50.00 for
one night to use in Pittsfield or [illegible]. Mr. Solmon went to Wollingford &
bank them to [illegible phrase] & said nothing about going.
I was gone to [illegible] one week. He told me to stay here till he got back
& tell [illegible phrase] for Marble to sell to others
Jaazaniah Barrett v. Lucius Copeland, Names of witnesses, September Term,
1844. One sheet, holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"J. Barrett v. L. Copeland, Rutland, Sept. Term, 1844, Witnesses."
"J. Barrett vs. Lucius Copeland. September term at Rutland, 1844.
Thomas McDaniels saw H.T. Bennington on this, I think the 28 1h of February
1842. Also I think . . . [more information about specific witnesses]"
Memorandum, September 27, 1844. Holograph, fragment, folded and docketed
as below.
"List of Judgments [illegible] for bankruptcy.
"W. Chesney & Dator, demand is /327.47. Sept., 27, 1844, Dated
27 July 1844. H.H. Schlifflin $200.54, same date. Marsh L. Willis 237.26
same date. I have signed an agreement for this to take Judge for the above
amounts."
Vail & Otis v Amos Gates, Writ of Attachment, September 26, 1844. One sheet,
folded, printed and holograph, plus wax-pasted extension, docketed as below.
"Vail & Otis v. Amos Gates ex parte September 26, 1844. $9.12."
The Federal Census for 1850, Middletown, Rutland, Vermont
listed Amos Gates, age thirty-four, farmer, who owned no real estate and
was married to Miltilda, also age thirty-four. They had a daughter, Laura
A. age seven, and a son, Ephram age six. Both had attended school within
the year. In 1860, the family members, all born in Vermont, were simply
ten years older. Amos was still a farmer who owned no land, but did hold
personal property that he valued at $150; Matilda was keeping house.
In 1870, Amos, then age fifty-four, was no longer farming, but
working as a stonemason. Miltilda was not listed and had likely passed.
Laura, age twenty-seven, was keeping house, while Ephram, age twenty-
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six, "Works in a horse power shop." In 1880, Amos was still a stone
mason. Both of his parents were born in Vermont. Laura was still
keeping house. Ephram, still working in a "Horse power shop," had
married Jane. They had two boys, ages seven and one.
"STATE OF VERMONT, Rutland County, ss. To any Sheriff or
Constable in the State, GREETING.
Whereas, Moses E. Vail and Harris G. Otis, Merchants in trade in
the name and firm of Vail & Otis county of Rutland Creditor, by the
consideration of Luther Fillmore Justice of the Peace within and for the
County of Rutland, on the 26th day of September 1844 recovered judgment
against Amos Gates of Poultney in the County of Rutland debtor for the
sum of eight dollars and 62 cents damages, and 25 cents cost of suit, as
appears of record, whereof Execution remains to be done.
THEREFORE, By the Authority of the State of Vermont you are
hereby commanded that the goods, chattels or lands of the debtor, within
your precinct, you cause to be levied, and the same being disposed of as
the law directs, paid and satisfied unto the creditor, the aforesaid sums,
being eight dollars 87 cents in the whole with 25 cents more for this writ
and thereof also satisfy yourself for your own fees; ... [The printed section
regarding "take the body of the creditor" is neatly and entirely struck.]
FAIL NOT, and make due return of this writ, with your doings
hereon within sixty days from this date.
Dated at Middletown the 26th day of September A.D. 1844.
[Signed] L[uther] Fillmore, Justice ofthe Peace."
In the margin in ink: "8.62 + .25 = $8.87 + .25 = $9.12"
[Someone evidently pasted with wax a quarter sheet to the printed form,
because the Constable's "report of your doings" more than fills the verso:]
"Rutland County [illegible] At Middletown, Sept. 261h 1844, I was
presented with this execution & 7 others, to wit: Edmund W. Fillmore v.
Amos Gates, Horace Clark v. Amos Gates & [illegible] Lydia Gates v.
Abraham Gates, Horace Clark v. Ira Gates, Luther Fillmore v. Amos
Gates, Elias Mallon v. Abraham Gates & Eliakim Paul v. Amos Gateses
[sic] with directions to repair to the town of Poultney and levy them upon
all of the hay & grain in the straw owned by all or any of the above named
Gates in the town of Poultney. After being on the farm where said Gates
now live & on the Morey & Turner farms (so called)-And on the
aforesaid 261h day of September I left in the hands of the Town Clerk of
the town of Poultney in his office a true & attested copy of this execution
& each of the above named executions, with my return endorsed on each,
levying upon all the hay & grain in the straw owned & situated as above
described and paid the legal fee for filing same-And afterward, to wit, on
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the 5th day of October 1844, I posted up a notice at the dwelling house or
Inn of Isaac N. Smith in the Village of Poultney. After that I would sell
the above named hay & grain at public auction on the farms & in the barns
where the same was by me kept, on the 19th of October 1844 at one
o'clock P.M.-And on said 19th day not being able to sell the same to
advantage, I adjourned to the 25th day of October 1844 at which time I
sold the hay in the bay of the large bam on the Turner farm to Luther
Buxton for $58 & also the hay in the old house on the same farm for $15
& stack No. 2 on the home farm for $6.25. Also 28 bushels of oats for 23
cent per bushel, $6.44, all to Luther Buxton, he being the highest bidder
therefore-Also Stack No. 1 on the home farm to James Winshall for $11
& the hay in the bay of the big bam on the Morey farm to James Wine for
$57.50, he being the highest bidder for the same-Also the oat straw after
the oats shall be threshed for $2.00 & Stack #1 [illegible] on Morey farm
for $6.25, No.2 for $8.75, No. 3 for $6.50, & the hay in the little bam for
$14.50. all to Charles Ripley, he being the highest bidder for the same.
Now the costs & damages in this execution amount to the sum of $9.16
and the officers costs & charges amount to $2.51, in all $11.67. And the
money arising from the sale of the above named property is the sum of
$192. 19, paying only 82112 [in pencil] percent on the amount of this &
the 7 other executions & leaving a balance due on this execution on this
25th day of October 1844 of $2.07. And not being able to find any more
property, I return all the above named execution unsatisfied. Attest. M.
Caswell, Constable"
Charles L. Williams, Esq., Jaazaniah B. Barrett account, July 8, 1843-April term,
1845. One sheet, holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"Jaazaniah Barrett Acct. C.L. Williams, [illegible]"
The attorney's fees totaled $24.82 for Jaazaniah and Stephen Barrett's
suits against eleven individuals and firms:
1843: 8 Jul-Barker; 7 Aug-Tom Conlin; 11 Nov-Hubbard E.
Sweet; 13 Nov-T.L. Reed; 27 Nov-John Osborn; 27 Nov-John Hall; 2
Dec-James Connell; 4 Dec-Lyman Long
1844: Sept Term-retainer for Shrewsbury suit
[The Barretts had paid $6.50; balance due $18.32]
Elijah Ross, JP, Writ, Vail & Otis v. John McCollom, April 4, 1845. Half sheet,
printed and holograph, folded and docketed as below.
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"Vail & Otis v. John McCollom, $12.15."
"State of Vermont, Rutland County, To any Sheriff or Constable in
the State, Greeting. Whereas Moses E. Vail & Harris J. Otis, both ot
Middleton in the County of Rutland, creditors by the consideration of
Elijah Ross, Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Rutland on
the 41h day of Aprill845, recovered judgment against John McCollom of
Middletown in the County of Rutland, debtor for the sum of ten dollars
nineteen cents damages, and one dollars seventy-jive cents cost of suit as it
appears of record, whereof EXECUTION remains to be done,
THEREFORE, By the Authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby
commanded that of the Goods, Chattels, or Lands of the debtor within
your precinct, you cause to be levied and the same being disposed of as
the law directs, paid and satisfied unto the creditor, the aforesaid being
Eleven dollars ninety cents in the whole with twenty-jive cents more for
this writ
and thereof also satisfy yourself for your own fees.
Fail not, but make due return of this writ, with your doings
thereon, within sixty days from this date. Dated at Middletown the lh day
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty jive.
Elijah Ross, justice of the Peace."
Obverse: "Date 14 April, 1845. Rutland County at Middletown,
April gth, 1845 I received this execution on which or by virtue of which I
levied upon a quantity of coal which had been attached on the original
writ; and on the 12th day ofMay 1845 I advertised the same by putting up
a notice at the Inn of A.W. Grace in Middletown, that I would sell the
same at public auction on the 26th day of May [illegible] at or near the
above named Inn at one o'clock P.M. at the above named place.
At which time and which place I sold 13 7 bushels of coal (being
all of said coal) to K.G. Otis, highest bidder for 4 14 cts. per bushel. Now
the damages & costs of execution amount to the sum of $1.1 0, in all
$13.36; And the money arising form the sale of said coal amounts to
$5.82, leaving a balance due on this execution on this 3rd day of June 1845
of $7.54 and not being able to find any more property with which to
satisfy this execution, I return the same unsatisfied. . . . Attest M.
Caswell, Constable.
Received on this execution of M. Caswell five dollars and eightytwo cents. Vail & Otis."
Jaazaniah B. Barrett v. Lucius Copeland, Subpoena, April 14, 1845. Half sheet,
printed and holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"Jaaz. Barrett v. Lucius Copeland, Subpeona."
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"State of Vermont, Rutland County. To any Sheriff or Constable in the
State, or an indifferent person, Greeting. By the authority of the State of
Vermont, you are hereby commanded to Summon Edward Vail of
Brandon to appear before the county court now in session at Rutland
forthwith to give evidence of what he knows relating to an action or plea
of trespass, then and there to be heard and tried betwixt Jaazaniah Barrett
Plaintiff; and Lucius Copeland, Defendant; this he may not omit, as he
will answer his default under pains and penalty of the law in that behalf
made and provided. Fail not, but make service and return according to
law. Dated at Rutland this 1lh day of April A.D.1845. F.W. Hopkin,
Clerk.
Verso: "Rutland, Apri/15, 1845, then served this subpoena by reading the
same in the hearing of the within named E. Vail. S. Eddy."
Jaazaniah Barrett, List of witnesses, April 1845. Half sheet, holograph, folded
and docketed as below.
"Witnesses in the Copeland Suit, April Term 1845."
1. "Winthrop T. McDaniels to prove I was at [illegible] ... ; 2. C.
Ploy, Cole Eaton, George Genks, Norman Genks; 3. J. Burman knows that
I was here the 18th, 19th, & 20th Feb.; 4. S. Barrett Bail & [illegible] & that
I was sick; 5. A. Eddy took care of me ... ; 6. N. Jink knows that I was
sick ...
David mingle saw me at [illegible] sick & put me to bed [illegible
phrase] ...
1845 April My charges from Monday to Weednesday three days.
My charges from Monday to Thursday four days. two weeks"
[Jaazaniah B. Barrett died September 18, 1845 and his wife, Sally Barker,
in 1846. Moses E. Vail was appointed executor of Sally Barnett's estate. Stephen
Barrett died June 22, 1864 and his wife, Eliza Barker, July 2, 1876.]
Sally Barnett, Deeds and settlement of estate, 1846-1851.
Seth Phillips to Sally Barrett, Deed to land in Tinmouth VT, March 21,
1846. One sheet, printed and holograph, folded and docketed as below.
"Seth Phillips, Deed to Sally Barrett."
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Micah Vail and James Norton to Sally Barrett, Deed to land in
Middletown VT, March 31, 1846. One sheet, printed and holograph,
folded and docketed as below.
"Norton & Vail, Deed to Sally Barrett."
Sally Barrett Estate, Statement of Accounts Settled as of December 11,
1848. One oversize sheet, holograph, folded.
Sally Barrett Estate, Probate proceedings, November 22, 1849.
oversize sheet, holograph., folded and docketed as below.
One
"Sally Barrett's Estate. Copy of License."
Sally Barrett Estate, Wrapper for docketed items, 1848-1851.
"Demands v. Sally Barrett Estate Allowed"
Sally Barrett Estate, R. Pierpoint, Receipt for attendance twice at
Middletown, $8.00, August 3, 1848, holograph, quarter sheet, folded and
docketed.
Sally Barrett Estate, Lucy Barrett, Receipt "for my [113] share of wood,"
$4.00, October 4, 1848, eighth sheet, holograph, folded and docketed.
Sally Barrett Estate, Demands allowed November 6, 1848, holograph,
folded and docketed with name of creditor and amount paid as below.
"A. Eddy, $7.73" balance due for construction, "white washing"
walls, 1846-1847.
"L. Copeland, Commissioner, $6.48" for one sarsaparilla, March
23, 1848, $1.00, taxes unpaid, $5.28, interest up to November 6,
1848, $.20.
"Hannah Babcock, $4.55" for [illegible], April and December,
1847, $6.50 less cash paid.
"W.S. Bassett, $5.00" for shop rent, $9.00, April1, 1847, less cash
paid.
"P. Francis, $2.00" to "carry Miss Whitney to Rutland, very bad
going, $2.00, January 2, 1848."
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"Fanny Clark, $.88" for work on dresses, $1.89, June, September,
December, 1847, less cash paid.
"Nathan Wiener, Jr., $3.00" for hanging window shades and
plastering, no date.
"Warren McClure, $8.00" for construction, $11.00 less ten bushels
ofpotatoes, $3.00, October, 1848.
"J.M. Cook, $6.36" for painting and papering, December 1, 1846
and October 1847, $6.36.
"N. Clift, Highway Surveyor, $4.86" for tax on highway bill year
1848, $4.86.
"Mr. Tuft, $1.00" for "Washington for year, $1.00."
"H. Ripley, $25.27" for labor at $1.00 per day, fall1845-February
1846, $54.50, less 2 pair boots, 1 bushel turnips, 1 paint brush, a
fur hat, screws, and cash, $31.59.
"Ezra T. Lillie, $8.36" butter and hay, $25.14, less $17.00 paid
cash, plus interest to November 6, 1848, $.22.
Sally Barrett Estate, Demands allowed December 11-12, 1848, holograph,
folded and docketed with name of creditor and amount paid as below.
"John Fitch, $104.75" for note for $100.00, Middletown VT,
February 27, 1847.
"For value received we jointly and severally promise to pay
John Fitch or bearer one hundred dollars in one year with
interest annually. Stephen Barrett, Sally Barrett"
"Thaddeus Terrell, $10.30" for highway taxes,
[illegible], March 1848.
1847 and
"H.C. Kr[illegible], $.50" for drawing load of wood and hay from
farm, December 1847 and February 1848, $1.50, less paid by pork,
$1.00.
"Stephen Barrett, $4.72" for repairing store, May 22, 1848.
"$95.61. Received of Moses E. Vail and Harris G.
Otis in repairing my store in Middletown VT in the year
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1847, ninety-five dollars, sixty-one cents, which sum I
hereby agree to discount from the [illegible] of said store to
them or anyone who may occupy it under them at the rent
of fifty dollars per annum till the above sum be fully paid,
rent having been commenced on the first day of May A.S.
1847. Middletown VT, May 9, 1848. Sally Barrett, by
Stephen Barrett. Witness, Mabel Barker."
Sally Barrett Estate, Demands allowed January 3, 1849, holograph, folded
and docketed with name of creditor and amount paid as below.
"A. Gregor [?], $15.55" for 32 yds. gray cloth, 12.5 yds. brown
cloth, spinning 10 lbs. Yam, and 2.5 lbs. Yam, 1841-1842, $15.55;
interest, 6 years to 1848, $5.59, total $21.14.
Sally Barrett Estate, Debts paid after January 1849, holograph, folded and
docketed with name of creditor and amount paid as below.
Premium receipts, printed and holograph, paid 1849-1851;
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company (3); Washington County
Mutual Insurance Company, Granville NY (2); unidentified (1).
"H. Hall, Receipt, $5.00" for probate fee, April10, 1849.
"George H. Beaman, Receipt, $1.50" for
Commissioner's notice, Rutland VT, April10, 1849.
advertising
"G.H. Beaman, Receipt, $1.50" for advertising extension of time,
May 16, 1849.
"Pierpoint & Williams, Receipt, $13.00" for fees lawsuit against
James Norton, Rutland VT, November 22, 1849.
"Joel B. Perry, Receipt $6.00" for "keeping fence in repair around
the big pasture (so called) last summer," January 16, 1850.
"George H. Beaman, Receipt, $1.75, advertising estate, July 18,
1850.
"F.S. Barker & Wife, Receipt, $600.00," toward Mabel Barker's
share ofthe estate, April3, 1851.
"H. Hall, Receipt, $22.00" for "all fees at probate office,"
September 16, 1851.
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"William C. Conant, Receipt, $2.00," for advertising the estate,
March 7, 1852.
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