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David Hoyt Day Book: 1751-1782

Location:
Deerfield, MA
Description:
This day book kept from 1751-1782 by David Hoyt of Deerfield, Massachusetts, records financial transactions in the order they occurred. An innkeeper and wigmaker, Hoyt’s day book includes exchanges with free and enslaved African Americans of goods such as textiles, as well as labor. It is part of a collection of more than 600 account books currently in the library of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association kept by local merchants, professionals, farmers, craftspeople, and business firms from the 17th - 20th centuries.

Table of contents

1751 to 1782

(PVMA#: PVMA 5341)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Lucy Terry Dr to Cash 9/ 1754 Aug 28 Lucy Terry Prince, 9 842
Br titus Dtr to making Candles  0   4  0 1754 Titus, 4 2836
Br titus Dtr to a pare of Snuffers  0  4  0 1754 Titus, 4 2837
[List of those buying salt from David Hoyt, no date.]: heber 1 Bushel [salt] 0-8-0 1755 Heber Honestman, 8 843
Br titus went away the 25 Day of aprel 1755 1755 Titus, 2835
Sharp Caleb Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip   0  0  5 1761 Calab Sharp, 5 2845
Sharp Calab Dr to a dram   0  0  2 1761 Calab Sharp, 2 2846
Sharp Calab Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip   0   0  5 1761 Calab Sharp, 5 2848
Sharp Calab Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip   0  0  5 1761 Calab Sharp, 5 2847
Sharp Caleb Dr to a days work at Scow  0  2  8 1761 Calab Sharp, 2 8 2838
Sharp Caleb Dr to 2 quarts Rhum   0  3  4 1761 Calab Sharp, 3 4 2840
Sharp Caleb Dr to a pinte of Rhum   0  0  10 1761 Calab Sharp, 10 2841
Sharp Caleb Dr to a pint of Rhum for Jonth Catlin   1  0  10 1761 Calab Sharp, 1 10 2842
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip  0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2871
Aaron Scott Dr to a Pinte of Rhum  0  1  0 1762 Aaron Scott, 1 2849
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlipp   0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2850
Aaron Scott Dr to a Gill Rhum   0  0  4  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 4 2 2870
Aaron Scot Dr to a mug Cyder  0  0  4 1762 Aaron Scott, 4 2 2872
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 Pint [?]     0  8 1762 Aaron Scott, 8 2873
Aaron Scott Credit by work at my Sled  0  4  0 1762 Aaron Scott, 4 2874
Aaron Scott Credit by ferrage   0  2  8 1762 Aaron Scott, 2 8 2875
Aaron Scott Credit by Cradleing oats a day  0  3  0 1762 Aaron Scott, 3 2876
Aaron Scott Credit by Ferrage John anderson  0  0  6 1762 Aaron Scott, 6 2877
Aaron Scott Credit by ferrage John Stewart  0  0  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 2 2878
Aaron Scott Credit [ink smear over - Sep 1761 dram] [ink smear over -to Cyder ] - Cow house  0  0  2  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 2 2 2879
Aaron Scott Dr to a mug of Phlip   0  0  10  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 10 2 2881
Aaron Scott Dr to a mug of Phlip  0  0  10  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 10 2 2882
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlipp  0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2851
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlipp  0  0   5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2852
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlipp 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2853
Aaron Scott Dr to a Gill Rhum   0  0  4  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 4 2 2854
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/4 Veal at /2   0  1  4  0 1762 Aaron Scott, 1 4 2855
Aaron Scott Dr to a mug Phlipp   0  0  10   0 1762 Aaron Scott, 10 2 2856
Aaron Scott Dr to a dram   0  0  2  1 1762 Aaron Scott, 2 1 2857
Aaron Scott Dr to Sling   0  0  3 1762 Aaron Scott, 3 1 2858
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlipp  0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2859
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlipp  0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2860
Aaron Scott Dr to Phlip  0  0  3  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 3 2 2861
Aaron Scott Dr to a Gill Rhum  0  0  4  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 4 2 2862
Aaron Scott Dr to a dram  0  0  2  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 2 2 2863
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip   0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2864
Aaron Scott Dr to a mug Phlip   0  0  10  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 10 2 2865
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip  0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2866
Aaron Scott Dr to 2 mug Cyder  0  0  6  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 6 2 2867
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip  0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2868
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip  0  0  5  2 1762 Aaron Scott, 5 2 2869
Aaron Scott Dr to a Dram  0  0  2  2 1764 Sep Aaron Scott, 2 2 2883
Aaron Scott Dr to a mug Cyder   0  0  4  2 1764 Sep Aaron Scott, 4 2 2884
Aaron Scott Dr to mug Cyder  0  0  3  0 1764 Dec Aaron Scott, 3 2888
Aaron Scott Dr to a dram   0  0  2  2 1764 Dec Aaron Scott, 2 2 2887
Aaron Scott Dr To a dram  0  0  2  2   1764 Dec Aaron Scott, 2 2 2885
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip   0  0  5  2 1764 Dec Aaron Scott, 5 2 2886
Aaron Scott Dr to a mug x 1/2 Phlip   0  1  3  2 1765 Mar Aaron Scott, 1 3 2 2889
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug Phlip  0  0  5  0 1765 Oct Aaron Scott, 5 2890
Aaron Scott Dr to 1/2 mug    0  5  2 1765 Oct Aaron Scott, 5 2 2891
Sharp Caleb for mending a bridg  1/ Lawfull 1765 Calab Sharp, 2893
Aaron Scott Credit by part of Day work    3  0 1770 Oct Aaron Scott, 3 2 2880
• Cill Prince Dr to handkerchied 5/0 to Sundries Davids Shop 1/7 to an apron 1/0 to a pare of Shoes 7/0 to Paid Doct Barnard 1/4 to Cash 2/5 to Pare of Stockings 5/5 1782 Nov Drucilla Prince, 543
• [Cill Prince Dr] to a par of Shoes D Sexton 8/0 1783 Jan Drucilla Prince, 8 844
• [Cill Prince Dr] to keeping horses 5 nights 4/4 to bushel of indian corn 3/4 1783 Jan Drucilla Prince, 562
• [Cill Prince Dr] to Cash and mug of flip Doc'r Barnard 1/7 to bushel of _ Corn 6/0 1783 Feb Drucilla Prince, 618
• Cill Prince Dr to sundries Shop [Thom s] /8 to Cash pd son & hannah 5/8 to Eight Pounds flour @ /8 5/4 1783 Mar Drucilla Prince, 719
• [Cill Prince Dr] to Cash /6 to 1/2 bushel Corn 6/0 1783 Apr 1 Drucilla Prince, 626
• Cill Prince Dr to Checkt Cloath and Cash 3/4 to Cash 3/0 1783 May 31 Drucilla Prince, 720
• [Cill Prince Dr] to sundries Cloath of thred 4/2 to Cash 11/6 All paid 1783 May Drucilla Prince, 563
• [Cill Prince Dr] to pare of Cloath Shoes 6/0 1783 Jun Drucilla Prince, 6 845
• [Cill Prince Dr] to Cash pd Nab and David 4/6 1783 Jul Drucilla Prince, 4 6 627
• Cill Prince Dr to 5 yards toe Cloath 10/0 to Cash 1/4 1783 Aug Drucilla Prince, 718
• Br titus Dtr to Cash 3/ to Dressing 0 3 10 1784 Sep 30 Titus, 2824
heber 1 Bushel  0  8  0 -- Heber Honestman, 8 2 2892

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Entry Date AA Name AA Name(s) Owner $  £  s  p  f id