William Williams Day Book

Location:: Deerfield, MA
Description:: William "Bill" Williams (1711-1784) kept this day book recording day-to-day transactions for the years 1750-1753. A member of the prominent Williams family, Bill Williams raised and commanded militia troops during the colonial wars of the 1740s and '50s; he also supplied various forts along the Massachusetts frontier. Now in the Special Collections of Smith College, the day book records transactions at a store Williams briefly operated in Deerfield, Massachusetts, managed by his kinsman Elijah Williams of Deerfield. Bill Williams relocated to present-day Pittsfield in 1752.

Table of contents

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	£	s	p	id
Samuel Dickinson Dr To _ yd Bays [baise?] dd yr Negro 5/6	1750 Dec 30	Negro Boy,		5	6.0	667
Colo Oliver Partridge Cr By his Negro Sharp _500 [to buy land in New Framingham]	1751 Feb 16	Calab Sharp,	500			1346
Jonathan Ashley Dr To 2 doz. [?] [ ? ] dd Thato [Cato?]	1751 Feb 21	Cato Cole,				457
Samuel Dickinson Dr ... [Sundries] dd to Sharp _ 15-_-9	1751 Apr 26	Calab Sharp,	15		9.0	560
Samuel Dickinson Dr To 1 lb 10d Nails dd Sharp 7/6	1751 May 6	Calab Sharp,		7	6.0	668
Samuel Dickinson Dr To 1 lb 10d Nails dd Sharp 7/6 [same]	1751 May 6	Calab Sharp,		7	6.0	669

(PVMA#: PVMA 13185)

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