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Salah Barnard Account/Day Book

Location:
Deerfield, MA
Description:
Salah Barnard (1725-1795) was a Deerfield, Massachusetts, farmer and trader who served in numerous colonial wars. His combined day book and account book records the purchase and sale of foodstuffs, services such as weaving and tailoring, and labor. It is part of a collection of more than 600 account books currently in the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library kept by local merchants, professionals, farmers, craftspeople, and business firms from the 17th - 20th centuries.

Table of contents

1749 to 1774 1749-1774

(PVMA#: 5306)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Abijah 1 Ld   0-5-0 1749 Abijah Prince, 5 1284
• To Cash pd Abijah for Diging Grave   - 2 - 1764 Jul 24 Abijah Prince, 2 1285
• Jany To an old Under Bed tick & 2 Blankets  - 6 - 1765 Jan Abijah Prince, 6 419
• 18th Abijah Prince Dr To an old under Bedtick & 2 old Blankets 6/ 1765 Feb 18 Abijah Prince, 6 1291
• To Rum Sent       - 1 -
       ... 		1765 Mar 3 Abijah Prince, 3299
• March 8th By Going to Mill with a Teem     - 2 - 1765 Mar 8 Abijah Prince, 2 2201
• By 1 Day at Mill 2/ 1765 Mar 8 Abijah Prince, 2 1295
• April 6th By Going to Mill   - 1 - 1765 Apr 6 Abijah Prince, 1 1286
• 16th By a Day Work  - 2 - 1765 Apr 16 Abijah Prince, 2 408
• 11th Abijah Prince Cr by part of a Day planting - 1 - 1765 May 11 Abijah Prince, 1 1296
• May 11th  By part of a Day planting  - 1 - 1765 May 11 Abijah Prince, 1 438
• 14th Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Work   - 2 5 0 1765 Jun 14 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 711
• June 14th By a Day Work  - 2 5 1765 Jun 14 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 431
• 26th By a Day Work  - 2 5 1765 Jun 26 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 432
• Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Work  - 2 5 1765 Jun 26 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 712
• July 6th To my Hors a Day to Harrow   - 1  2 1765 Jul 6 Abijah Prince, 1 2.0 1303
• Abijah Prince Dr to my horse a Day to harrow  - 1 2 - 1765 Jul 6 Abijah Prince, 1 2.0 423
• Abijah Prince Dr To 3 old putr plates & 1 Cup Wt 3 1/2lb & 2 tre... 1765 Jul 10 Abijah Prince, 3 4.0 758
• 10th to sundreys   - 3  4 - 1765 Jul 10 Abijah Prince, 3 4.0 424
• 18 Abijah Prince Dr to my Man & Cattle to get hay - 1 - 1765 Jul 13 Abijah Prince, 1 803
• Cr By 1/2 a Day Work  - 1 2: 2 1765 Jul 13 Abijah Prince, 1 2.0 2 3306
• Abijah Prince cr By 1/2 a Day Work - 2 5 1765 Jul 18 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 425
• Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Work 2/5 1765 Jul 18 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 710
• By a Day Work    - 2 5 1765 Jul 18 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 426
• July 18 By 1/2 a Day Work  - 1 2 1765 Jul 18 Abijah Prince, 1 2.0 3300
• 18th To my Man & Cattle to get hay     - 1 - 1765 Jul 18 Abijah Prince, 1 427
• To 2 Men & Hors a Day  - 6 2 1765 Jul 20 Abijah Prince, 6 2.0 802
• 20th To sundrys     - 8  2  
   ... 		1765 Jul 20 Abijah Prince, 3293
• 22nd To part of a Day Work  - 2 - 1765 Jul 22 Abijah Prince, 2 1293
• 31st Abijah Prince Cr By 2 Days Reeping - 6 - 1765 Jul 31 Abijah Prince, 6 1292
• 31 By 2 Days Reeping   - 6 - 1765 Jul 31 Abijah Prince, 6 428
• Augt 9th to 2 Days Reaping for Abijah Prince - 6 - 1765 Aug 9 Abijah Prince, 6 1288
• Augt 19th By faning part of a Day  - 1 -
     ... 		1765 Aug 19 Abijah Prince, 356
• 19th Abijah Prince Cr By faning part of a Day - 1 - 1765 Aug 19 Abijah Prince, 1 1289
• Augt 20th To Cash     1  9
     ... 		1765 Aug 20 Abijah Prince, 3294
• Abijah Prince Cr By 3 Days & 2/3 of a Day at Makeing Lime Morter -... 1765 Aug 29 Abijah Prince, 9 9.0 1287
• 31 By Work at Lime Morter    - 15 1 1765 Aug 31 Abijah Prince, 15 1.0 411
• Augt 31st By 2 Days at Do - 5 4 1765 Aug 31 Abijah Prince, 5 4.0 757
• Septr 3rd Dr to part of a Day Work - 2 - 1765 Sep 3 Abijah Prince, 2 1302
• Sept 3rd to part of a Day Work    - 2 - 1765 Sep 3 Abijah Prince, 2 450
• 4th To Cash a Doller  - 6 1765 Sep 4 Abijah Prince, 6 1301
• 4th to Cash  - 6-- 1765 Sep 4 Abijah Prince, 6 451
• 20th Abijah Prince Cr By a Day work  - 2 5 1765 Sep 20 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 713
• Septr 20th By a Day work  - 2 5 1765 Sep 20 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 452
• 28th to 1lb Sugar - - 9 1765 Sep 28 Abijah Prince, 9.0 453
• 28 Abijah Prince Dr To 1lb Sugar  - - 9 1765 Sep 28 Abijah Prince, 9.0 622
• To 100 8d Nails - 1 2 -2 1765 Sep 28 Abijah Prince, 1 2.0 2 3307
• To 100 of 1s8 nails - 1 - 2 1765 Sep 28 Abijah Prince, 1 2.0 3292
• Abijah Prince Cr By 2 Days at Morter By 1 Day at the Well  1765 Oct 10 Abijah Prince, 1300
• Octr 18th By 5 Days work - 7 3 1765 Oct 18 Abijah Prince, 7 3.0 448
• Octr To Whitcomb & Teem to Cart Stalks &c   - 2 ... 1765 Oct Abijah Prince, 2 8.0 3295
• 1765 Octr Abijah Prince Dr To Whitcomb & Teem to Cart Stalks &... 1765 Oct Abijah Prince, 2 8.0 610
• Abijah Prince Dr To a Hors to Oaks Mill - 1 - 1765 Nov 6 Abijah Prince, 1 447
• Novr 6 To a Hors to Oaks Mill    - 1 - 1765 Nov 6 Abijah Prince, 1 3296
• 18th Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Work - 2 - 1765 Nov 18 Abijah Prince, 2 1297
• Novr 18th By a Day Work   - 2 - 1765 Nov 18 Abijah Prince, 2 444
• 20th Abijah Prince Dr To Cash 1/2 0/2 - to a hors to great River 9d 1/2&... 1765 Nov 20 Abijah Prince, 2 782
• 20th To Sundrys   - 2 - 1765 Nov 20 Abijah Prince, 2 445
• 26 To 300 Do Dd Abijah Prince 1765 Nov 25 Abijah Prince, 1298
• Abijah Prince Dr To 1/2 Bushel Turnips lent  1765 Nov 30 Abijah Prince, 1299
• To pd D. Sexton 7/16: to makng a Shirt 1/    - 8 6 - 1765 Nov 31 Abijah Prince, 8 6.0 521
• Abijah Prince Dr To pd D. Sexton 7/16: to makng a Shirt 1/ Cr by... 1765 Nov 31 Abijah Prince, 10 16.0 3309
• Cr by Cuting wood & Chores - 2 - 1765 Nov 31 Abijah Prince, 2 3308
• Cr By Cuting Tobaco 3 Evenings - 2 - 1765 Dec 9 Abijah Prince, 2 3310
• Decr 26th To a hors to Mill twice  - 1  4 1765 Dec 26 Abijah Prince, 1 4.0 416
• 1765 Decr 26th Abijah Prince Dr to a hos to Mill twice - 1 4 1765 Dec 26 Abijah Prince, 1 4.0 1290
• By a Day planting     - 2 -
       ... 		1765 Dec 26 Abijah Prince, 3303
• By a Load of Wood      - 5 -
       ... 		1765 Dec 26 Abijah Prince, 420
• Decr 26th By Cutting wood & Chores  - 2 - 1765 Dec 26 Abijah Prince, 2 3301
• By Cutting tobacco  - 2 - 1765 Dec 26 Abijah Prince, 2 3302
• To 1/2 bush of Meal Mestlen   - 2 - 1765 Dec 30 Abijah Prince, 2 3297
• 30th To a Woollen Shirt   - 8  6 1765 Dec 30 Abijah Prince, 8 6.0 417
• To Indn Meal      -  0   8
   ... 		1765 Dec 30 Abijah Prince, 3298
• Jany Abijah Prince Cr By a Load of Wood - 5 - 1766 Jan Abijah Prince, 5 1305
• Mar 3rd Abijah Prince Dr To pd Majr Williams  - 2 - 1766 Mar 3 Abijah Prince, 2 1306
• Mar 3rd To pd Majr Williams   2 1766 Mar 3 Abijah Prince, 2 435
• May 16th To pork & Beef   - 6 -
     ... 		1766 May 16 Abijah Prince, 439
• 16th Abijah Prince Dr to 17lb Beef 4/6d 1/2 to 3lb pork 1/6   ... 1766 May 16 Abijah Prince, 6 2 819
• Abijah Prince Dr to Writing Indentures for Cesar Cr By Faning Milling... 1767 Jan 23 Abijah Prince, 623
• 1767 Jany 27th By 1 Day work with Father Nims's teem for my selfe ... 1767 Jan 27 Abijah Prince, 2 3304
• Feby 2nd By Do for father Nims  - 2 - 1767 Feb 2 Abijah Prince, 2 3305
• Mar 1st Abijah Prince Dr To Cash  - - 11 1767 Mar 1 Abijah Prince, 11.0 533
• 1767 Mar 1st to Cash     11 1767 Mar 1 Abijah Prince, 11 436
• 1767 April 13th Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Work for Mr Nims  - 2 - 1767 Apr 13 Abijah Prince, 2 1308
• April 13th By a Day Work - 2 -
           ... 		1767 Apr 13 Abijah Prince, 409
• 16th Abijah Prince Cr by a Day work 2/ 1767 Apr 15 Abijah Prince, 2 1307
• May 18th To a Man & hors to the South West     ... 1767 May 18 Abijah Prince, 440
• June 5th To Cash     3  8
     ... 		1767 Jun 5 Abijah Prince, 1310
• Abijah Prince Cr Paid By 1 Day Work at hay 1767 Jun 22 Abijah Prince, 1309
•  26th By a Day work - 2  5 1767 Jun 26 Abijah Prince, 2 5.0 433
• 14th Abijah Prince Dr to My Boy & Hors to Conway to transport yr Sug... 1768 Mar 14 Abijah Prince, 2 4.0 762
• April 4th Abijah Prince Dr To my Boy & Horse to Montague Mill ... 1768 Apr 4 Abijah Prince, 1 8.0 611
• April 19th - 1768- to a Hors Journy to Brattleborough yr Negro Man 4- 1768 Apr 19 Negro Man, 4 1304
• Abijah Prince Dr to 1 1/2 Days plowing 1768 May 19 Abijah Prince, 1317
• Abijah Prince Dr to a horse to hatfield  - 1 9 1768 May 20 Abijah Prince, 1 9.0 558
• 22ndDr to 1 1/2 Days Work 1768 Jul 22 Abijah Prince, 429
• Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Work 1768 Jul 22 Abijah Prince, 1316
• 23rd to 1/2 a Day Work- to my Horse to harrow 3 Acres -- 1768 Jul 23 Abijah Prince, 1315
• Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Reaping - 3 - 1768 Aug 6 Abijah Prince, 3 1311
• Abijah Prince Cr By faning 5 Bushels & 3 pecks Mestlain  1768 Aug 23 Abijah Prince, 1312
• 24th By a Day Moaing peas and Oats 1768 Aug 24 Abijah Prince, 1313
• Septr 2nd Abijah Prince Cr By faning 7 Bushels peas & oats 1768 Sep 2 Abijah Prince, 1318
• 16th Abijah Prince Cr By a Day Work  0-2-4 1768 Sep 16 Abijah Prince, 2 4.0 760
• 20th By a Day at Cyder  0-2-4 1768 Sep 20 Abijah Prince, 2 4.0 761
• to Cartng Rye 1/6 my teem to N. fort /6d   3- 1768 Oct 18 Abijah Prince, 3 3311
• By 2 Days husking  - 4 8 1768 Oct 18 Abijah Prince, 4 8.0 804
• Dr to Carting 3 Ld  & pickng Corn  - 6 - 1768 Oct 18 Abijah Prince, 6 3312
• Abijah Prince Cr By helping kill a hog  - - 9 1768 Nov 8 Abijah Prince, 9.0 559
• Agreed to let Darby Negro of Wallingford have the lot No 180 in Gulford... 1768 Dec 8 Darby Negro, 456
• Abijah Prince Cr By hetcheling 15lb 3/4 flax  - - 10 - 2 1768 Dec 31 Abijah Prince, 10.0 2 1314
• 28 Abijah Prince Cr By faning peas and oats  - 0 8 1769 Jan 28 Abijah Prince, 8.0 613
• Abijah Prince Dr To a Bushel Corn - 2 8 1773 May 8 Abijah Prince, 2 8.0 443
• Prince Abijah 18 -- Abijah Prince, 2207
• Scott Aaron 48 -- Aaron Scott, 2209

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