Author
Occom, Samson
Date1761
ms number761290
abstractOccom records various receipts and expenses collected and incurred in
travel to and from Montauk and Oneida in the year 1761.
handwritingHandwriting is largely clear and legible; however, the
condition of the paper and ink make it difficult-to-impossible to decipher
some of
Occom's original hand.
paperSeveral small sheets folded into a booklet and bound with thread
(visible on 10 verso and 11 recto) are in good-to-poor condition, with
light-to-heavy staining, fading and wear. Outer pages are in worse condition
than
inner pages, and one recto/verso is detached from the booklet. The pages
that
would be nine verso and 10 recto are uncut at the top and so have not been
scanned. Damage to the paper has resulted in some loss of text.
inkBrown ink varies in intensity.
noteworthyAn editor, likely 19th-century, has overwritten sections
and/or added notes in black ink. These edits have not been transcribed. Names
of
people and places that are illegible or uncertain have been left untagged.
In
instances where Occom's intention regarding a word is uncertain, the word
has been
left unmodified in the modernized transcription. In several instances, it
is
uncertain as to whether a name refers to a person or place; these names have
been
left untagged. It is possible, however, that these uncertain names refer
to inns
or taverns and the names of their owners.
EventsOccom’s First Mission to the Oneidas
Modernized Version
Deletions removed; additions added in;
modern spelling and capitalization added; unfamiliar abbreviations expanded.
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I received £5: 16: 0 La
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Mr. Wheelock, Collected in
Boston, by friends unknown
— Received a Pair of Wo
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Stockings by Graney Ma
[gap: worn_edge] ford in
Amagansett on
Long Island in
the Month of May
—
Esther Talmadge of
Mon- tauk Gave me a pair
of
Yarn Stockings —
and another Pair of Stock
kings by
Clemece Huntin
[gap: worn_edge][guess: g]
— and a Shirt by
Hannah Hodges of
East Hampton
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September
the 15
Thomas gave
me a fawn Skin and
Col. Nicholas gave a doe Skin
and
Thomas gave me a B
Skin,
October the 4 1761 I had £10: 2: 0 Collected
for me
at
Albany by the Presbyte
rian and Church Congrega-
tions —
Monday September
the
5 I had
3 dollars for marrying a
couple —
October
the
[illegible][guess: and] I had at
Poughkeepsie Collected for me — £1:
15: 0
Mr. Bareley of
New York
gave me a pistol
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Set out on my Journey
to
Oneida My Expenses
are — — —
to crossing
the
Sound . . 0: 9: 0
Nights entertainment
Saybrook : 0: 1: 3
Ferrage
Saybrook . 0: 0: 4
Ferrage
Lyme . . . 0: 0: 2
to one Bridle — — — 0: 5: 0
to 2/ll Tea
New London: 0: 3: 6
shoeing my Mare . . . 0: 7: 0
to one quart
wine . . . 0: 2: 0
to oating and Victuals — — 0: 1: 2
Ferrage
Hartford .0: 0: 2
to razor
and Ink Powder: 0: 2: 0
to oating — — — 0: 0: 2
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Dinner at Robinson . . 0: 0: 9
Mess of oats and Rum . . . 0: 0: 4
Nights entertainment
Milford: 0: 1: 9
Ferrage at
Stratford: 0: 0: 4
Entertainment at
Stratford 0: 1 5
Hay for horses — — 0: 0: 4
one quart Rum — 0: 1: 6
to dinner — — — 0: 1: 0
to Pam
[illegible]let
— — — 0: 0: 4
Entertainment at
Stanford. .0: 1: 8
Victuals at
Rye. 0: 1: 10
oating
New Rochelle . . 0: 0: 4
Entertainment one
[illegible] 2 Nights at
Mr.
Goldsmith’s — — 0: 5: 10
from
New York to
Oneida
Breakfast
Kings Bridge: 0: 1: 4
Refreshment at Martins 0: 1: 6
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At
Albany to Books Ink bottle and
Ink Stand — 1: 6: 6
a Pair of Stockings 0: 10: 0
above
Albany — 0: 1: 6
Refreshment — — 0:
[illegible]: 5
Schenectady — 0: 3: 6
Male Straps — 0 2: 0
Horse Keeping — — 0: 1: 6
Ferrage — — 0: 0: 6
at
Grots — — 0: 2: 6
at
fort Johnson
Entertainment
one Night — 0: 2: 6
Entertainment 0: 6: 11
Dinner at
Fort Hendrick. 0: 1: 6
Some Drink — — 0: 0 6
at
Franks in the
german Flatts 2 Days and 3 Nights — — 0: 19: 3
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Given to
Edward
Johnson as a Part of reward
for his Interpreting — 1: 6: 0
to another Interpreter — 0:
8: 0
September 28 to
October 5 at
Albany to £ 5: 1: 8 — — — £ 5: 1: 8
Entertainment at
Coeymans — 0: 3: 6
Breakfast — — 0: 2— 0
Refreshment for us and
horses—: 0: 3: 0
Ferrage — — 0: 3: 0
at the
Kings Bridge — — 0: 6: 0
for breakfast
and oating — — 0: 2: 0
for half a pint wine — 0: 0; 9
for dinner
and
horse
feeding 0:3:0
hkeepsie .
October
the 8
Spout — — 0: 15: 0
Brand
for horses — 0: 0: 4
Refreshment — — — 0: 1: 9
for dinner — — — 0: 2: 0
at the Bridge — — 0: 1: 0
Nights entertainment Rogers — — 0: 3: 0
Pecks — breakfast — — 0: 3: 0
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to mess of oats — — 0 : 0: 8
to ferrage — — — 0: 2: 6
Dinner and oats — 0: 3: 0
at Browns — — — 0: 3: 0
Dinner by
White Stone: 0: 3: 8
Entertainment at Ferry — 0: 4: 0
on
Long
Island — — 0: 2: 0
oats at
Flushing — — 0: 0: 4
at
Jamaica — — 0: 3: 8
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