This lot consists of a large bound notebook compiled by J. Carter, Executor of the estate of Grace M. Bliss in 1899. Bliss appears to have been a resident living in or near Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  Carter went out of his way to give a complete inventory of her property and the value of each individual piece, including one mirror, one carpet, 3 rockers, potatoes in cellar, one bell, one wheelbarrow, one bookcase, one bed and bedding, etc.  He also kept a record of the sale of individual items from the property, no matter how small. Including fruit dish, salt box, looking glass, etc. including the date of sale and the names of the persons who bought the items.  The notebook also contains other items such as a family record of Joshua Smith Bliss, born in 1780 and his wife, Grace Porter, born in 1784.  The beginning of the book is a miscellany of essays on corn, the Great Barrington Fair, a sketch of Abraham Lincoln, the wedding of Adam Smith and Georgia ----, etc.  This notebook comes in a purple hardbound cover and is in very good condition, well-bound and clean pages.  Wonderful family or regional history.  I hope that this finds the right owner.