Eleazar Wheelock, book of accounts, 1726-1750
abstractA selection from Eleazar Wheelock's book of accounts, 1726-1750. The transcribed portions are from pages 18v, 110v, 121v, and 130r and detail accounts directly related to enslavement. The transcribed text begins approximately two-thirds of the way down each page image.
RepositoryRauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
Call NumberMS 1310: Eleazar Wheelock collection, Box 38, Folder 1
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| John Engliſh Debtor | £ | s | d | |
| To Cord
&
half of wood got by sergt Hunt laſt winter |
2 | 14 | 0 | |
| To his Rate 1753 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1754 | to by his order for William Swift |
5 | 19 | 3 |
| To caſh lent Last winter £50.0.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| To 1/2 B U oates 5/ | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| May 22 | To Oxen half Day 6/. | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| May 28 | To 2 BU indu meal @23/— |
2 | 6 | 0 |
| To a BU or 1 1/2 BU oates @12 — | 16 | |||
| July 12 1754 | to 2 yoke oxn & cart. 1/3 Day to Cole[illegible]cart | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| augt | to BU of Rye, wc Richd brot. fr Windham | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Sepr 23 | to BU of Rye wc J borrowd of WmBucking ham | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov r 22 1754 | To Elijah & Fortune half a Day | |||
| Pulling Turnips 18 – | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| To Paſturing his Oxen a
fortnit
&
5 Day |
1 | 18 | 0 | |
| in y e Widow Woodworth Lott @14/ | ||||
| To Pulling and Cutting 9 1/2 Turnips – | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| To intereſt 30. & principle 30/– | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jany9 1755 | Record and See
y
e
Ballance on y e next page |
30 | 15 | 3 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Forgot= | To keepg his oxen at home and at Windham 3 weeks [illegible: @] 20/ to use of my cart 5/ |
3 | 5 | 0 |
| [illegible] 14 17[illegible] | by an ordr to Collect Cash | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| By 10 1/2 flax @ 6/ | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| £ | s | d | ||
| June 18 1744 | Recrd with Mr Ephm Loomis & Due to me – | 00 | 4 | 8 |
| Jan 4 1744,5 | To one hogg 118 lb @ 11d pr pound | 5 | 18 | 2 |
| March 28 1746 | Reckand— | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Apr. 10 | To his wife's Riding my horſe to John Deweys | |||
| Apr. 11 | To his Ridg my horse to Dr Perry's[illegible] | |||
| April 25 | To my horſe to furrow his Ground (4 acres) | 00 | 4 | 00 |
| Sept 6 | To my cart & Oxen a Day— | 00 | 6 | 00 |
| Sep: 3 | To my Oxen a Day– | 00 | 4 | 6 |
| 1746 | To Oxen & plow – | 00 | 7 | 00 |
| Novr 19 | To Bills killing his hoggs 5s/ | 00 | 5 | 0 |
| To half Buſhell of Salt 17/6– | 00 | 17 | 6 | |
| Decr 5 | To my Oxen moſt of ye Day to Cart his hay fr. tt. River | 00 | 4 | 00 |
| March 24. 1747 | Reckon'd & Ballanc'd | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| October 9 1747 | To the horſe when his wife Sent out I Believe it is worth Ten Shillings he had him a Day & plus |
00 | 10 | 0 |
| Decr 28 | To his Rate 1747— | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| May 9 1748 | To a Peck of flaxſeed |
4 | 3 | 6 |
| To 20lb Pork @ 3/ |
3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mr. John Pilkin of Hartford Debtor | £ | s | D | |
| Feby 18 AD 1745/6 | To Bill's & Fortune's Labour a little more than half the Day— | 00 | 8 | 00 |
| Feby 22. | To Bill & Fortune a Day– | 00 | 14 | 00 |
| Feby 28 | To Bill & fortunatus half a Day– | 00 | 7 | 00 |
| March 1. | To Bill and fortunatus a day– | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 3. | To Bill & fortunatus a Day— | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 4. | To Bill & fortunatus a Day— | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 5 | To Bill & Fortunatus a Day— | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 6. | To Bill and fortunatus one Day | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| John Allen Junr Creditor | £ | S | D | |
| To his work about my House @15/ and Johns work at 3/ |
36 | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 10 | 6 | ||
| July 1749 | his man
Robt
Grandee came to work for me on Tueſday morng pul'd flax, &c Wednſday went wth Mr Dyre to Windham. was Some interrupted by ye Rain. returnd Saturday. Next Moon- day went to windm with Sick fortune loſt one whole day by ye Rain. Several peices by rain & appearances of rain & by Late Morning, & Long noon ſpells Did but Little work he Drove & held plow interchangably with fortune a poor weeks work indeed. by ye accot I have fr.w– r. & wife & what I find done & not Done &c ye whole L 8= 2:O |
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