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
and
half of wood got by sergeant 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 Bushell oats 5/ | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| May 22 | To Oxen half Day 6/. | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| May 28 | To 2 Bushell indu meal @23/— |
2 | 6 | 0 |
| To a Bushell or 1 1/2 Bushell oats @12 — | 16 | |||
| July 12 1754 | to 2 yoke oxen and cart. 1/3 Day to Collectcart | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| August | to Bushell of Rye, which Richard brought from Windham | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| September 23 | to Bushell of Rye which J borrowed of WilliamBucking ham | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| November 22 1754 | To Elijah and Fortune half a Day | |||
| Pulling Turnips 18 – | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| To Pasturing his Oxen a fortnight and 5 Day | 1 | 18 | 0 | |
| in the Widow Woodworth Lott @14/ | ||||
| To Pulling and Cutting 9 1/2 Turnips – | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| To interest 30. and principle 30/– | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| January9 1755 | Record and See the
balance on the next page |
30 | 15 | 3 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Forgot= | To keeping 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 order to Collect Cash | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| By 10 1/2 flax @ 6/ | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| £ | s | d | ||
| June 18 1744 | Record with Mr. Ephraim Loomis & Due to me – | 00 | 4 | 8 |
| January 4 1744,5 | To one hogg 118 lb @ 11d per pound | 5 | 18 | 2 |
| March 28 1746 | Reckoned— | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| April 10 | To his wife's Riding my horse to John Deweys | |||
| April 11 | To his riding my horse to Doctor Perry's[illegible] | |||
| to my horse to E. Websters | ||||
| April 25 | To my horse to furrow his Ground (4 acres) | 00 | 4 | 00 |
| September 6 | To my cart and Oxen a Day— | 00 | 6 | 00 |
| September 3 | To my Oxen a Day– | 00 | 4 | 6 |
| 1746 | To Oxen and plow – | 00 | 7 | 00 |
| November 19 | To Bills killing his hoggs 5s/ | 00 | 5 | 0 |
| To half Bushell of Salt 17/6– | 00 | 17 | 6 | |
| December 5 | To my Oxen most of the Day to Cart his hay from the River | 00 | 4 | 00 |
| March 24. 1747 | Reckoned and Balanced | 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 and plus |
00 | 10 | 0 |
| December 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 | |
| February 18 AD 1745/6 | To Bill's and Fortune's Labour a little more than half the Day— | 00 | 8 | 00 |
| February 22. | To Bill and Fortune a Day– | 00 | 14 | 00 |
| February 28 | To Bill and fortune half a Day– | 00 | 7 | 00 |
| March 1. | To Bill and fortune a day– | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 3. | To Bill and fortune a Day— | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 4. | To Bill and fortune a Day— | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 5 | To Bill and fortune a Day— | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| March 6. | To Bill and fortune one Day | 00 | 16 | 00 |
| John Allen Jr. 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 Robert Grandee came to work for me on Tuesday morning pulled flax, etc. Wednesday went with Mr. Dyre to Windham. was Some interrupted by the Rain. returned Saturday. Next Mon- day went to Windham with Sick fortune lost one whole day by the Rain. Several pieces by rain and appearances of rain and by Late Morning, and Long noon spells Did but Little work he Drove and held plow interchangeably with fortune a poor weeks work indeed. by the account I have fromw– r. and wife and what I find done and not Done etc. the whole L 8= 2:O |
8 | 2 |