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Samuel and John Wilson Account Book

Location:
Deerfield, MA
Description:
This account book was jointly used by Samuel Wilson (1748-1815) and his son John Wilson (1782-1869) from 1794-1823. Samuel owned a farm in the Great River (northern) section of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and John was an agriculturist and inventor active in town affairs. Their shared account book records transactions involving exchanges grain, produce, printing, surveying, 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

1794 to 1823 1794 - 1823

(PVMA#: PVMA 5416)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• July 14 to Rum /9d   0 12 5 1805 Jul 14 Joseph Salisbury, 12.0 5 1323
• July 15th to 1 days work 5/  0 83
       ... 		1805 Jul 15 Joseph Salisbury, 83.0 1322
• 27 to Rye 3/6= 0 58 0 1805 Jul 27 Joseph Salisbury, 58.0 3322
• Augt by 1/2 days Cradling 3/  0 50 1805 Aug Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3353
• Augt 15th to 1/2 bushel Rye 3/=  0 50 0 1805 Aug 15 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3323
• 17th to 1/2 bushel Rye 3/= 0 50 1805 Aug 17 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3324
• Sept 6th by 1 days work at ditching 6/  1 00 1805 Sep 6 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3354
• to fornages /4 1/2  0 06 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 6.0 3327
• Sept 7th to 1 bushel of Rye 6/=  1 00 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3325
• to the use of horse to Montague 1/  0 77 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 77.0 3326
• to 1/2 bushel of Rye 3/=  0 50 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3329
• to use of horse to Deerfield & Greenfield  0 33 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 33.0 3328
• to 1/2 bushel of Rye 3/=  0 50 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3330
• by odd work at Do 1/  0 17 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 17.0 3356
• 7th by 1 days work at Do 6/  1 00 1805 Sep 7 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3355
• Novr 7 by 1 days work 3/  0 50 0 1805 Nov 7 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3357
• by odd work 4/  0 67 0 1805 Nov 8 Joseph Salisbury, 67.0 3359
• 8th, 9th by 2 days work at 3/= 6/  1 1805 Nov 8 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3358
• to 20 lbs Indian meal 2/= 0 33 0 1805 Nov 13 Joseph Salisbury, 33.0 3333
• Novr 13th to 1 1/2 bushels Rye @ 6/pr B.  1 50 1805 Nov 13 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 50.0 3331
• to use of Horse to Montague  1/=  0 17 1805 Nov 13 Joseph Salisbury, 17.0 3332
• to Cutting Pantaloons /9d  0 12 5 1805 Nov 13 Joseph Salisbury, 12.0 5 3334
• 13th by 1/2 days work 1/6  0 25 0 1805 Nov 13 Joseph Salisbury, 25.0 3360
• to 8 lbs Rye flower 1/4=  0 22 0 1805 Nov 16 Joseph Salisbury, 22.0 3336
• Novr 16th to peck of Potatoes 6/=  0 08 0 1805 Nov 16 Joseph Salisbury, 8.0 3335
• 18th by 1 days work 3/  0 50 1805 Nov 18 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3361
• 19th to 1 load of wood 4/6=  0 75 0 1805 Nov 19 Joseph Salisbury, 75.0 3337
• 20 by part of days work 1/=  0 17 1805 Nov 20 Joseph Salisbury, 17.0 3362
• 20 to Rum /6=  0 08 5 1805 Nov 20 Joseph Salisbury, 8.0 5 3338
• 21st to peck potatoes /6  0 9 0 1805 Nov 21 Joseph Salisbury, 9.0 3339
• to 1/2 pt Rum /6  0 8 0 1805 Nov 21 Joseph Salisbury, 8.0 3340
• to Cord of Wood 6/= 1 00 0 1805 Dec Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3345
• Decr to 5 1/2 lbs Beef 1/6=  0 25 0 1805 Dec Joseph Salisbury, 25.0 3341
• to loaf Bread /9d=  0 12 0 1805 Dec Joseph Salisbury, 12.0 3342
• to 1/2 bushel of Corn 2/= 0 33 0 1805 Dec Joseph Salisbury, 33.0 3343
• to 1/2 Bushel Potatoes 1/= 0 17 0 1805 Dec Joseph Salisbury, 17.0 3344
• Decr by 1/2 days work 1/6  0 25 0 1805 Dec Joseph Salisbury, 25.0 3363
• by Chopping wood at Door 2/   0 33 0 1805 Dec Joseph Salisbury, 33.0 3364
• to Cash /9d   0 12 5 1805 Joseph Salisbury, 12.0 5 3321
• Jany 10 to 1 Bushel Rye 6/  1 00 0 1806 Jan 10 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3347
• Jany 10 by 2 days work at 3/   1 00 0 1806 Jan 10 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3366
• to 1/2 Bushel Corn 2/=  0 33 0 1806 Jan 10 Joseph Salisbury, 33.0 3348
• 12th by 2 days work 3/= 6/=  1 00 0 1806 Jan 12 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3367
• to 1/2 bushel Rye 3/     0 50 0
     ... 		1806 Jan 14 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3352
• to 1/2 bushel Potatoes 1/=  0 16 7 1806 Jan 14 Joseph Salisbury, 16.0 7 3351
• to 3 Gells Rum /10=  0 14 0 1806 Jan 14 Joseph Salisbury, 14.0 3350
• 14th to Load of Wood 4/6  0 75 0 1806 Jan 14 Joseph Salisbury, 75.0 3349
• 14 by 1/2 days work 1/6  0 25 0 1806 Jan 14 Joseph Salisbury, 25.0 3368
• 28th 29th by 2 days work 4/  0 67 0 1806 Jan 28 Joseph Salisbury, 67.0 3369
• Feby by 1 axe 10/  1 66 7
           ... 		1806 Jan 28 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 66.0 7 3370
• 1806 by 2 days work a 3/  1 00 0 1806 Jan Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3365
• Feby 9th to Acct from Page 188  13 15 7 1806 Feb 9 Joseph Salisbury, 13.00 15.0 7 2029
• to 1 load of Wood 5/6=  0 91 7 1806 Feb 9 Joseph Salisbury, 91.0 7 3371
• to 3/4 bushels Corn at 4/6 pr B=  0 56 1806 Feb 9 Joseph Salisbury, 56.0 3372
• March 14 to 1/2 bushel of Corn 2/3=  0 38 1806 Mar 14 Joseph Salisbury, 38.0 3373
• to Peck 1/1 1/2=  0 20 1806 Mar 14 Joseph Salisbury, 20.0 3374
• April 20 by 1 days work to Do by M Newton  1 00 0 1806 Apr 20 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3383
• April 20 to load of Wood 6/=  1 00  1806 Apr 20 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 3375
• Jany to Shad at /9d= 3/9=  0 62 1 1806 Apr 20 Joseph Salisbury, 62.0 1 3376
• May 14th by work in garden 9/=  1 50 1806 May 14 Joseph Salisbury, 1.00 50.0 3384
• Jun by Mowing part of day 2/  0 33 1806 Jun Joseph Salisbury, 33.0 3385
• Augt to 10 lbs Meal 1806 Aug Joseph Salisbury, 3377
• 1806 to 1 Turkey 3/6=  0 58 0 1806 Joseph Salisbury, 58.0 3346
• by Credit from Page 189  12 75 7 1806 Joseph Salisbury, 2030
• by Onion & beet seeds /9d/=  0 12 5
       ... 		1807 Apr 22 Joseph Salisbury, 12.0 5 3389
• April 22d to 1/2 bushel Rye 2/3  0 38 1807 Apr 22 Joseph Salisbury, 38.0 3381
• to 15 lbs flower 2/6=  0 41
         ... 		1807 Apr 22 Joseph Salisbury, 41.0 3382
• April 22 by 1 days work in Garden 5/  0 83 0 1807 Apr 22 Joseph Salisbury, 83.0 3387
• by 1/2 days work at Do 3/  0 50 0 1807 Apr 22 Joseph Salisbury, 50.0 3388
• 1807 May 15th by 1 days work 4/6  0 75 0 1807 May 15 Joseph Salisbury, 75.0 3386
• 1807 May 15 to Meal and flower 3/6  0 58 1807 May 15 Joseph Salisbury, 58.0 3378
• July 15 to 2 1/2 shad at 1/= 2/6=  0 42 1807 Jul 15 Joseph Salisbury, 42.0 3379
• to 3/4 bushel Rye 3/9   0 62 1807 Jul 15 Joseph Salisbury, 62.0 3380

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