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Edward Brattle Oliver: “Memorandum of Wearing Apparrelle Belonging to my Self”(1760)

  • MS 2011.4
  • 1 item (2 pp.)

Inventory of the clothing and linens of Edward Brattle Oliver’s household. The total of the inventory comes to 331 pounds. Oliver’s home was destroyed in the Boston fire of 1760 and it is likely this document was created for insurance purposes. Oliver was a Harvard graduate who set up shop as a baker in Boston.