Abraham Blauvelt, Queen's Building Construction Account Book
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-00642
- Source Type
- Account Book
- Location Created
- New Brunswick
- Date
- 1794 – 1809
- Description
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Abraham Blauvelt used this account book to record the expenses of the Queen's College Building Committee from July 6, 1808, to March 30, 1810. Blauvelt was the chairman of said committee and oversaw the construction of the first permanent building erected for Queen's College (later Rutgers University). This building is now known as Old Queens. There are 148 entries (excluding several corrections) for the building.
Entry 15 and entry 130 (see photographs) indicate payment to Jacob Dunham for the labor of Dunham's enslaved man on the construction site.
The account book also contains a list of subscribers to the newspaper Blauvelt owned, called the Guardian or New Brunswick Advertiser, for the years 1794-1797. Additionally, the book contains a number of miscellaneous memoranda. - Transcript
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[Partial transcript of select entries]
[page 1, entry for September 1808]
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Foundation Dr to sum paid }
Jacob Dunham for labor of }
his negro . . . . . . 15 } $5..6
[page 6, entry for November, 1809]
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Masonry Dr. to sum pd Jacob
Dunham for his negro's serv 130 | 39.88 - Language
- English
- Format
- Bound manuscript volume
- Archival Collection
- Blauvelt, Abraham, Account book, 1794-1809 (MC 720)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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