Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War 1773-1789 Fixing Wheels Fascinating




[REVOLUTIONARY WAR.], Accounts for Robert Lenthall Eells of Hanover, Massachusetts, of services for Thomas Church and Lemuel Curtis, 1773-1789. 4 pp., 8" x 12.5". Edge tears and some fading at bottom of one page.

These interesting leaves from an account book show the services that neighboring farmers, all captains during the Revolutionary War, performed for each other, like sharpening and repairing plows, pick axes, and pitchforks, as well as repairing and installing wheels and horseshoes.

These two leaves come from a larger account book kept by Robert Lenthall Eells during the Revolutionary War and detail goods and services that he provided to both Captain Thomas Church and Captain Lemuel Curtis. Eells was a large landowner in Hanover, Massachusetts, approximately 20 miles southeast of Boston. The last three columns indicate the charge in pounds, shillings, and pence. One entry, on July 10, 1775, comes just weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Excerpts

[Church account:]
“December 24th [1773] To Shoeing and putting 2 Gripes on Williams's Wheels 01 15 00”
“July 26th [1774] To Steeling your Pick Axe 00 08 00
To mending your Plow Share 00 10 00”
“July 10th 1775 To Irons for a Cart Ladder & Nails 0 15 00”
“August 4 [1786] To Shetting 4 links & Sharpening 2 Pitchfork 00 15 0”

[Curtis account:]
“March 19th [1782] To 6 pounds of Cotton Wool 4 10 0”
“July [1782] To mending a plow share 0 18 0”
“Octor 12th [1782] To 1 Bushel of Imported Salt 6 0 0”
“April 13th [1784] To 1 Tire Wight 1"2"26 23 6 10
To Shoeing your wheels round 5 0 0
To Paving them with Tar 1 2 6”
“September 17th, 1784
“This day Reckoned and Settled all accounts between us too & there is
due to me in old [Tan?] 6 3 0
as Witness our Hands Lemuel Curtis
Robert Ll Eells”

Robert Lenthall Eells (1732-1800) was born in Massachusetts. In 1757, he married Ruth Copeland, and they had thirteen children. He served as a representative in 1776 and 1777 and as a selectman from 1790 to 1798. During the Revolutionary War, Eells was a commander of the southern company in Hanover that responded to the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, and was a member of the Committees of Correspondence and Safety in 1775, 1776, and 1780.

Thomas Church (1720-1792) was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and married Mary Perry in 1745. He was a captain of a company during the Revolutionary War.

Lemuel Curtis (1731-1807) served as a captain of a company in Colonel Anthony Thomas's regiment in 1776. His family owned an iron furnace.

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