Samuel Burr daybooks, 1812-1829.
(Mixed Material)

1821 volume: CAS B-1879.3.

Five business daybooks covering the years 1812 to 1829: 1812-1813; 1819 July-Nov. (with inscription on front free endpaper: Saml Burrs / Day Book / No. 7 / July 28th / 1819); 1821 Apr.-Sept. (with inscription on front lining leaf: Samuel Burr's / Day Book / From April 17, 1821 / To [not completed]); 1823-1824; 1828-1829.

1821 volume:,Concord Antiquarian Society;,deposit;,1971.

1821 volume:,Concord Antiquarian Society;,gift;,1974.

Remainder of volumes:,Mrs. Herbert Lee;,gift;,1952.

Storekeeper in Concord, Mass., dealing in groceries, liquor, tobacco and snuff, hardware, tools, dry goods, etc. Born in Winchendon, Mass., Oct. 24, 1787. Established himself in Concord, with Moses Prichard as partner, in the Green Store (on the site where St. Bernard's Church presently stands) around 1810. Burr and Prichard not only conducted business but also kept the post office in their store. Burr served on various town committees, was a director of the Middlesex Mutual Fire Insurance Company, belonged to the Social Circle in Concord, was involved in arranging the annual Middlesex Cattle Show,

(cont.) and served as a representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He married Phila Waters in 1828. They had one son before Burr suffered financial loss, became ill, and travelled south to restore his health. He died at St. Mary's, Georgia, Apr. 2, 1831.

1821 volume:,presented to Concord Antiquarian Society by Edward J. Clark of Carlisle, Mass., 1965.

Remainder of volumes:,removed from old Concord house prior to demolition and given to Herbert Lee of Carlisle (the source of this information a manuscript note by R.H. Kettell in the 1812-1813 volume)