The Cabinetmaker’s Account: John Head’s Record of Craft and Commerce in Colonial Philadelphia, 1718-1753, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 271)
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The Cabinetmaker’s Account: John Head’s Record of Craft and Commerce in Colonial Philadelphia, 1718-1753, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 271)

by Jay Robert Stiefel

American History colonial studies Furniture Design
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Examines John Head’s account book to reveal craft practices and commercial life in colonial Philadelphia between 1718 and 1753.

ISBN-13 9780871692719 ASIN 0871692716 Views 55 Publisher The American Philosophical Society Press Year 2019 Format Hardcover Product Group Book Pages 298 Created April 06, 2026 Updated September 12, 2026
About This Book

This volume presents the surviving account book of Philadelphia cabinetmaker John Head, covering the years 1718 to 1753.

The records illuminate the daily operations of an artisan workshop and the broader commercial networks of colonial America.

Published as Volume 271 of the Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, the work offers primary-source evidence for historians of early American material culture and trade.

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