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The account book of John Fitch, 1774-1818, identifies Fitch as an attorney at law in Windham, Connecticut. The entries also document that he was a farmer, waggoner and cater of goods, and a land holder. Fitch worked within the credit system but also exchanged cash more regularly than the other farmers represented in this series.

Charles Harding's account book, 1811-1840, demonstrates the specific skills of a laborer from Mansfield, Connecticut. Harding worked on farms, tended bar, repaired waterwheels, textile mill machinery and straw braiding machinery. He also worked as a weaver, general woodworker and in construction. A portion of this book was also used as a scrapbook, obliterating the account entries in this section.