Jemima Baker
Perspectives Through Account Book Records (1835-1865)
The account book kept by Jemima Baker during the early to mid-nineteenth century is a significant record of economic history and community life in the Glen Cove area.  As a farmer, Baker documented financial transactions of goods and services both paid and bartered with her neighbors.  Through the study of her records, much information can be gleaned about the rates and wages of labor, the availability and cost of manufactured goods, and the production and sale of farm products. The account's additional inclusion of poems reads somewhat like a diary.