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Williams and Upham Account Book

Location:
Deerfield, MA
Description:
John Williams (1751-1816) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and James Upham (1755-1819) of Greenfield, Massachusetts, kept this account book recording their joint retail business at Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1782-1785. The Williams and Upham account book 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

1782 to 1784 1782 -1785

(PVMA#: PVMA 5400)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• June 10th To Gauze 7/3     £0  7  3 1784 Jun 10 Phillis Negro, 7 3.0 780
• Sepr 6th To Sundries 1/9  0  1  9 1784 Sep 6 Ezekiel Gomer, 1 9.0 469
• 8th To 1 Jackknife 1/ to 1 Gill Rum 3d 1/3  0 1 3 1784 Sep 8 Ezekiel Gomer, 1 3.0 470
• 11th To Rum & Sugar 1/2  0 1 2 1784 Sep 11 Ezekiel Gomer, 1 2.0 471
• 22d To Rum 10d (25th) to bindg 2 1/2     0 1  01/2 1784 Sep 22 Ezekiel Gomer, 468
• 29th to Rum & Sugar 1/1  0 1 1 1784 Sep 29 Ezekiel Gomer, 1 1.0 472
• Oct 7th to Cloth & Ribbn 3/  0 3 0 1784 Oct 7 Ezekiel Gomer, 3 467
• 16th to Cr H Wells Junr 4/8   0 4 8 1784 Oct 16 Ezekiel Gomer, 4 8.0 466
• 4th to Cambrick 2/2 (25th) to Rum 10d  0 3 0 1784 Nov 4 Ezekiel Gomer, 3 464
• 25th to Rum 1/2 (26th) to Rum & Cash 2/9   0 3 11 1784 Nov 25 Ezekiel Gomer, 3 11.0 463
• 30th to 1 pr Hose 6/  Decr 4th Snuff 4d  0 6 4 1784 Nov 30 Ezekiel Gomer, 6 4.0 465
• 9th to Rum 1/11 (14th) to Do 9d  0 2 8 1784 Dec 9 Ezekiel Gomer, 2 8.0 461
• 20th to Rum 5d   0 0 5
         ... 		1784 Dec 20 Ezekiel Gomer, 5.0 462
• Decr 21st By Chargd Mr Jna Williams 30/3 1/2   £1 10 3 1/2 1784 Dec 21 Ezekiel Gomer, 460
• 21st To E. Gomer's asl £1 10 3 1/2     1 10 3 1/2 1784 Dec 21 Ezekiel Gomer, 1925
• Jany 19th To 1 Qt NE Rum 11d  £- 0 11 1785 Jan 19 Thomas Gibbs, 11.0 534
• 4th To pd E. Gomer 1/6 (5th) to Rum 1/  - 2 5 1785 Jan Ezekiel Gomer, 2 5.0 3412
• 1785 Debt Brot Up   -2   - 2 - 1785 Mar Ezekiel Gomer, 2 1348
• to pd Ezekiel Gomer 8/8  - 8. 8 1785 Apr 8 Ezekiel Gomer, 8 8.0 459
• June 20th to rum 1/  - 1 -
         ... 		1785 Jun 20 Thomas Gibbs, 1 11.0 1659
• Do  pd E. Gomer 3/ 1785 Sep 21 Ezekiel Gomer, 3 1349
• 1785- Septr 22d Cr By Charge in Greenfield Memorandum See Letter... 1785 Sep 22 Thomas Gibbs, 1 11.0 1660
• J Septr 22d By Charge to Samll Barnard -7.3- 1785 Sep 22 Phillis Negro, 7 3.0 1776

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