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Stephen Sparks maintained this ledger between 1816 and 1860, documenting his family's financial activities as they related to shoemaking and farming in Leicester, Vermont. Sparks was making and mending shoes and boots, was also active with agricultural crops, livestock, and lumber.

Stephen Sparks maintained this ledger between 1816 and 1860, documenting his family's financial activities as they related to shoemaking and farming in Leicester, Vermont. Sparks was making and mending shoes and boots, and was active with agricultural crops, livestock, and lumber.

Evidence of broader family involvement in the financial affairs is also apparent, as Stephen Sparks' brother Harvey Sparks acted as an agent for him, and an 1861 promissory note made out to George Sparks, Stephen's son, is laid into the volume. Several pages are dedicated to purchases of "Articles Found for Mother," including items such as snuff, flour, molasses and sugars, cloth, candles, butter and lard, tea, spices, rum and brandy, and medical care.

Stephen Sparks maintained this ledger between 1816 and 1860, documenting his family's financial activities as they related to shoemaking and farming in Leicester, Vermont. Sparks was making and mending shoes and boots, was also active with agricultural crops, livestock, and lumber.

Stephen Sparks maintained this ledger between 1816 and 1860, documenting his family's financial activities as they related to shoemaking and farming in Leicester, Vermont. Sparks was making and mending shoes and boots, and was active with agricultural crops, livestock, and lumber.

Evidence of broader family involvement in the financial affairs is also apparent, as Stephen Sparks' brother Harvey Sparks acted as an agent for him, and an 1861 promissory note made out to George Sparks, Stephen's son, is laid into the volume. Several pages are dedicated to purchases of "Articles Found for Mother," including items such as snuff, flour, molasses and sugars, cloth, candles, butter and lard, tea, spices, rum and brandy, and medical care.