Excerpt 4- "Justin Bull" Account #27D

FOCUS QUESTIONS FOR THIS EXCERPT:

1. Who are the customers? Are they local? How do you know?

2. Do you think that these customers have settled their debts with John Bull Partridge? How do you know?

3. What types of tasks and objects from this page are related to Bull's gunsmithing trade?

4. Who do you think that Justin Bull is (JPB's children are Molly, Oliver, Samuel, William, and Elizabeth)? Why do you think that he is listed here as a good/service provided by Bull? What type of roles might Justin Bull play in JPB's shop? How could you find out?

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Account #27D, Account Book of John Partridge Bull
Collections of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association.