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Zadock Hawks Account Book

Location:
Deerfield, MA
Description:
Zadock Hawks (1731-1821) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, kept extensive accounts of his tanning and shoemaking business, many of which are preserved in the library of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. Hawks lived and worked at the north end of the village street; his records document myriad daily transactions and exchanges with local residents, including enslaved and free African Americans. The Zadock Hawks account books are part of a collection of more than 600 account books currently in the PVMA library kept by local merchants, professionals, farmers, craftspeople, and business firms from the 17th - 20th centuries.

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1757 to 1790 1757-1790

(PVMA#: PVMA 5328)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• to Souling Shoes for Cato 0-3-0 1757 Feb , 3 474
• to Souls for Cato's shoes 0-[?]-0 1757 Apr , 473
• to a pair of shoes for your girl 1-10-0 1757 Sep , 1801
• to making a pair of magesons for your boy 0-0-4-6 1757 Oct 28 , 4.0 6 1804
• to making a pair of magesons for your boy 0-0-3-6 1757 Oct , 1805
• to mending Titusos Shoes 0-7-0 1757 Oct Titus, 7 1350
• a pair of shoes for Ishmel 2-10-0 1757 Nov , 1774
• to soaking your boys magesons 2-1-5-0 1757 Nov , 1806
• to soaling your boys shoes 0-9-0 1757 Dec , 1785
• to a pair of shoes for lusey 1 9 0 1758 Mar , 2151
• to making a pair of Shoes for your maid 1-0-0 1758 Apr , 1 1352
• to a pair of Shoes for your Negro 2-10-0 1758 Oct Negro, 2 10 1351
• to patching your maids Shoe 0-1-6 1759 Feb , 1 6.0 671
• to a pair of Shoes for Cesar 2-10-0 1759 Feb Caesar, 2 10 475
• to patching your Negros Shoe 0-1-6 1759 Feb Negro, 1 6.0 670
• to a pair of pumps for your maid 2-10-0 1759 Feb , 2 10 1354
• to pair of shoes for your girl 1-10-0 1759 Apr , 1800
• to a pr. Of Shoes for Cesar 2-10-0 1759 Jun Caesar, 2 10 477
• to a pair of purple shoes for lusey 1759 Aug , 2152
• to a pair of shoes for your girl 1-0-0 1759 Sep , 1799
• to a pair of pumps for lusey 2 9 0 1759 Nov , 2153
• to Souling humphrys Shoes 0-15-0 1759 Dec Humphry, 5 1353
• to Souling Cesars [shoe?] 0-15-0 1760 Jan Caesar, 15 476
• to a pair of pumps for your maid 2-10-0 1760 Mar , 2 10 1355
• to mending your maids Shoes 0-5-0 1760 Mar , 5 1356
• David Fields Dr....to mending your boys shoes 0-13 1761 Feb , 1933
• to making a pair of magesons for your ne[g]ro 0-10-0 1761 Apr , 1798
• to soaling Jennes shoes 0-6-0 1761 Jul , 1783
• to a pair of shoes for your girl 1-9-0 1761 Oct , 1803
• to a pair of shoes for your girl 1-6-0 1761 Oct , 1807
• to a pair of shoes for your boy 1-5-6 1761 Oct , 1802
• David Fields Dr....to mending your boys shoes 0-12-0 1761 Nov , 1932
• to mending your girls shoes 0-8-0 1761 Nov , 1808
• to a pair of shoes for Hartford 2-12-6 1761 Dec Hartford, 2 12 6.0 672
• To keeping your girl 7-10-0 1761 Dec , 7 10 1357
• to mending your boys shoes 0-3-8 1762 Jan , 1788
• a pair of shoes for your girl 1-10-0 1762 Jan , 1775
• to two pairs of shoes for your girls 2-12-0 1762 Jan , 1809
• to mending Jennes shoes 0-6-0 1762 Jan , 1784
• to a pair of shoes for your girl 1-12-0 1762 Jan , 1786
• to a pair of shoes for your girl 1-6-0 1762 Jan , 1787
• to mending your maids shoes 0-3-6 1762 Jan , 3 6.0 673
• to a pair of pumps for your maid 2-8-0 1762 Feb , 2 8 1358
• to a pair of shoes for your boy 0-19-0 1762 Mar , 1789
• to mending your girls shoes 0-16-0 1762 Mar , 1791
• to mending your boys shoes 0-15-0 1762 Mar , 1790
• to a pair of pumps for your girls 1-13-0 1762 May , 1793
• to a pair of pumps for your girls 1-10-0 1762 May , 1795
• to mending your girls shoes 0-12-0 1762 May , 1792
• to a pair of pumps for your girls 0-10-0 1762 May , 1794
• to a pair of magesons for your boy 1-4-0 1763 May , 1810
• a pair of Shoes for your Boy 2-4-0 1764 Jan your Boy, 2 4 1359
• to mending your girls shoes 0-5-0 1766 Jan , 1782
• a pair of Shoes for your Boy 2-5-0 1766 Aug your Boy, 2 5 1360
• a pair of Shoes for your Girl 1-12-0 1766 Nov , 1 12 1361
• to mending your girls shoes 0-2-0 1767 Sep , 1797
• to mending your girls shoe 0-3-0 1768 Nov , 1796
• to making a pair of Shoes for Jene 1-0-0 1769 Oct Jin Cole, 1 1370
[Abijah Prince acct.; record of A.P. buying shoes for himself and paying for purchases by cider he has made, masonry work, and hides.] 1770 Abijah Prince, 1334
• Thomas Dickinson Dr... 1781 , 1931
To pair of mogison for Cato 3-4-0 1782 Jan Cato Cole, 3 4 1362
• To mending Catos Shoes 0-0-6 1782 Mar Cato Cole, 6.0 674
• Thomas Dickinson Dr....to a pair of cloth shoes for your maid 0-5-0 1782 Jul , 1930
• To mending Shoes for Cato 0-5-0 1782 Nov Cato Cole, 5 1363
• To mendin Clois Shoes 0-2-2 1782 Chloe, 2 2.0 805
• To pair of Shoes for Cato 0-[5?]-6 1783 Apr Cato Cole, 5.0 6 699
• to a pair of shoes for Cato 0-5-6 1783 Apr Cato Cole, 1781
• to mending Clois shoes 0-2-8 1783 Oct , 1780
• To [?] for your Womans Shoes 0-1-8 1784 May your Woman, 1 8.0 615
• To pair of shoes for your maid 0-6-0 1784 Jul your maid, 6 1364
• To pair of Shoes for Cato 0-7-0 1785 Apr Cato Cole, 7 1365
• To mending [Clois?] Shoes 0-2-2 1883 Feb Chloe, 2 2.0 806
• Mr. Ashley acct... -- , 1928
• to a pair of magisons for Cato 0-4-0 -- Cato Cole, 1778
• Timothy Childs acct -- , 1929
• to mending your maids shoes 0-3-0 -- , 1777

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1761 to 1780 1761-1780

(PVMA#: PVMA 5327)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• to souling Titus pumps 0-17-0 1760 Sep Titus, 7.0 624
• to Souling Jene's Shoes 0-7-0 1761 Jan Jin Cole, 7 1367
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-8-0 1761 Mar Cato Cole, 8 488
• to a pair of mogossons for Cato 1-2-0 1761 Oct Cato Cole, 1 2 494
• to a pair of Shoes for Jenne 1-10-0 1761 Dec Jin Cole, 1 10 1366
• to two pairs souls for your girl 0-11-0 1762 Jan Lucy Terry Prince, 1779
• to mending Catos magesons 1-8-0 1762 Feb Cato Cole, 1 8 479
• to a pair of Shoes for Cato 2-12-6 1762 Mar Cato Cole, 2 12 6.0 485
• to mending Gins Shoes 0-6-6 1763 Feb Jin Cole, 6 6.0 496
• to mending Catos magesons 0-16-0 1763 May Cato Cole, 16 489
• to a pair of Shoes for Cato 2-12-6 1763 Nov Cato Cole, 2 12 6.0 490
• to a pair of Shoes for Jenne 1-10-0 1763 Nov Jin Cole, 1 10 1368
• Jonathan Hoit Dr.... 1763 , 1942
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-16-0 1764 Jan Cato Cole, 16 481
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-16-0 1764 Mar Cato Cole, 16 486
• to a pair of Shoes for your maid 2-8-0 1764 Aug Lucy Terry Prince, 2 8 1369
• to mending your maid Shoes 0-3-6 1764 Nov , 3 6.0 675
• to mending your maid Shoes 0-1-6 1764 Nov Lucy Terry Prince, 1 6.0 676
• to a pair of pump for your maid 1-16-0 1765 Jan , 1 16 4.0 763
• Thomas Williams Dr....to mending your girls shoes 0-13-0 1765 May 15 , 1936
• to making a pair of magesons for Cato 0-10-0 1766 Mar Cato Cole, 10 487
• John Sheldon Dr.....to mending your girls shoes 0-2-0 1766 May , 1938
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-6-0 1766 Oct Cato Cole, 6 493
• Ebenezer Wells Dr.....to mending your boys shoes 0-3-0 1767 Jan , 1934
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-15-0 1767 Jan Cato Cole, 15 482
• to a pair of magesons for Cato 1-8-0 1767 Jun Cato Cole, 1 8 484
• Ebenezer Wells.....to a soak for your Indian shoes 0-9-0 1767 Oct , 1943
• to a pair of Shoes for Cato 2-6-0 1767 Nov Cato Cole, 2 6 491
• John Sheldon Dr....to mending your boys magisons 0-6-0 1767 Dec , 1939
• Thomas Williams Dr....to a pair of magisons for your boy 1-7-0 1767 Dec , 1935
• to mending Catos Shoes 1-18-0 1768 Feb Cato Cole, 1 18 478
• to a pair of magesons for Cato 1-12-6 1768 Jun Cato Cole, 1 12 6.0 483
• to mending Catos magesons 0-14-0 1768 Sep Cato Cole, 14 495
• to making a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-0-0 1769 Jan Cato, 1 480
• Ebenezer Wells...to ? for your Boys shoes 0-12-6 1769 Nov , 1944
• John Sheldon Dr....to mending your girls shoes 0-15-0 1770 Nov , 1940
• John Sheldon Dr....to a pair of shoes for your Boy 0-15-0 1771 Jun , 1941
• Thomas Williams Dr....to medning your boys shoes 0-6-0 1771 Aug , 1937

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1768 to 1783 1768-1783

(PVMA#: PVMA 5328)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• to making two pair of magisons for Sol And Cato 9-0-0 1769 Aug Cato Cole, 511
• to mending two pairs of Shoes for Solomon & Cato 0-15-0 1769 Oct Cato Cole, 492
• to mending Catos magesons 0-7-0 1769 Oct Cato Cole, 7 516
• Mr Ashley Dr to makeing a pair of shoes for Jenne 1 - 0 - 0 1769 Oct Jin Cole, 2033
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-19-0 1770 Mar Cato Cole, 19 1373
• to a pair of magesons for Cato 1-10-0 1770 Jun Cato Cole, 1 10 1372
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-18-0 1770 Aug Cato Cole, 18 1371
• to mending Catos magisons 0-12-0 1770 Oct Cato Cole, 12 1374
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-2-6 1770 Oct Cato Cole, 2 6.0 677
• to making a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-13-0 1771 Dec Cato Cole, 1 13 1375
• John Sheldon's account 1771 , 2034
• to mending Josiahs Shoes and Catos 0-15-0 1772 Jan Cato Cole, Josiah, 15 1380
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-7-6 1772 Jan Cato Cole, 7 6.0 678
• to mending Josiahs Shoes and Catos 0-15-0 1772 Jan Cato Cole, 15 1378
• to making a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-0-0 1772 Jun Cato Cole, 1 1 1379
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-3-0 1772 Aug Cato Cole, 3 1376
• to mending Catos Shoe 0-7-0 1772 Dec Cato Cole, 7 1377
• to a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-15-0 1773 Feb Cato Cole, 1 15 1381
• Thomas Williams in October 1773 paid to Abijah Prince from Days making Cyder - 3 - 12 1773 Oct Abijah Prince, 2035
• to making a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-0-0 1773 Oct Cato Cole, 1 1382
• to mending your maids Shoes 0-9-0 1773 your maid, 9 1383
• to a pair of magsons for Cato [2?]-0-0 1774 May Cato Cole, 2 1384
• to a pair of Shoes for Cato 2-12-6 1774 Oct Cato Cole, 2 12 6.0 679
• to mending Ginnes Shoes 0-7-6 1774 Dec Jin Cole, 7 6.0 680
• to a pair of Shoes for Cesar 2-12-0 1775 Jan Caesar Bailey, 2 12 1385
• to a pair of shoes for your boy 1 - 14 - 6 1775 Feb , 2040
• mending Catos Shoes 0-7-6 1775 Feb Cato Cole, 7 6.0 681
• a pair of magisons for Cato 1-12-6 1775 Sep Cato Cole, 1 12 6.0 682
• making a pair of shoes for Cato 1-2-6 1776 Jan Cato Cole, 1 2 6.0 684
• Jonathan Ashley Dr to more leather to mend Catoes shoes 0 - 7- 0 1776 Feb Cato Cole, 2036
• to mending your wifes Shoes and a pr. [?] Caps for Cato 0-6-8 1776 Feb Cato Cole, 6 8.0 616
• to mending your girls shoes 0 - 15 -0 1776 Jun , 2041
• to a pair of magisons for Cato 1-12-6 1776 Aug Cato Cole, 1 12 6.0 683
• [In January and June of 1776 there are entries for "mending your girls shoes";Samuel Dickinson, a batchelor, had no children, hence these referencesmay be about either hired or slave members of the houselhole at Mill River.] 1776 your girl, 1386
• a pair of Shoes for Cato 2 - 3 - 6 1777 Jan Cato Cole, 1387
• to making a pair of magisons for Cato 0-12-6 1777 Feb Cato Cole, 12 6.0 686
• to mending Catos magisons 0-18-0 1777 Mar Cato Cole, 18 1388
• David Dikinson [Dickinson] Dr to a pair of shoes for your ? 2-12-6 1777 Apr , 2204
• to a pair of magisons for Cato 1-10-0 1777 Oct Cato Cole, 1 10 1389
• to making a pair of Shoes for Janie 1 - 2 - 6 1777 Dec Jin Cole, 1390
• to makeing a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-2-6 1777 Dec Cato Cole, 1 2 6.0 685
• [John Sheldon's acct. for 1777 cites shoes bought for Reuben and Cloe,whose names are not those of his children.] 1777 Chloe, 1392
• to mending Catos Shoes 0-7-6 1778 Jan Cato Cole, 7 6.0 687
• to mending Jinneys Shoes 0-6-3 1778 Feb Jin Cole, 6 3.0 781
• Elihu Ashley Dr to a pair of shoes for your boy 1-6-0 1778 Feb , 2042
• to making a pair of magesons for Cato 0-10-0 1778 Mar Cato Cole, 10 1394
• [?] to a pair of pumps for Cati 2-5-0 1778 Jun Cati, 2 5 1396
• To a pair of magisons for Cato 1-12-6 1778 Oct Cato Cole, 1 12 6.0 688
• To mending Catos magisons 0-16-0 1778 Oct Cato Cole, 16 1395
• To a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-16-0 1778 Dec Cato Cole, 1 16 1393
• Elihu Ashley Dr to a pair of shoes for your Boy & Girl 3-8-0 1779 Jan , 2043
• [?] to mending Cati's Shoes 0-14-0 1779 Jan Cati, 14 1398
• To mending Catos magisons 0-17-[?] 1779 Feb Cato Cole, 17.0 520
• to mending Cloes Shoes 0-14-0 1779 Feb Chloe, 14 1407
• To mending Solomons Shoes and Janes 0-15-0 1779 Mar Jin Cole, 1397
• To a pair of magesons for Cato 1-12-6 1779 Apr Cato Cole, 1 12 6.0 689
• To mending Catos magesons 0-7-6 1779 Aug Cato Cole, 7 6.0 690
• To making a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-2-6 1779 Nov Cato Cole, 1 2 6.0 691
• to a pair of shoes for Chloe 2 - 5 - 0 1780 Jan Chloe, 2038
• to mending Cloes Shoes 0-14-0 1780 Feb Chloe, 14 1401
• to a pair of pumps for Cloe 2-5-0 1780 Apr Chloe, 2 5 1400
• to mending your girls shoes 0-6-0 1780 Aug , 2039
• To making a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-2-6 1780 Nov Cato Cole, 1 2 6.0 692
• to mending Cloes shoes 0-5-6 1780 Dec Chloe, 5 6.0 693
• To mending Catos Shoes 0-9-0 1781 Feb Cato Cole, 9 1402
• To making a pair of Shoes for Cato 1-2-6 1781 Mar Cato Cole, 1 2 6.0 694
• to a pair of Shoes for David and Cloe 4-2-[0?] 1781 Mar Chloe, 4 2 1403
• John Sheldon Dr to mending Choes shoes 0 - 15 - 0 1781 May , 2037
• to a pair of pumps for Cloe 2-6-0 1782 Jul Chloe, 2 6 1406
• to a pair of pumps for Cloe 2-0-0 1782 Dec Chloe, 2 1405
• David Dikinson [Dickinson] Dr to a pair of shoes for your maid 0-6-0 1784 Jan , 2203
• David Dikinson [Dickinson] Dr to mending your maids shoes 0-0-6 1784 Aug your [maid?], 1 2 6.0 695
• David Dikinson [Dickinson] Dr to mending your maids shoe 0-0-6 1786 Nov , 2202

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1784 to 1786 1784-1786

(PVMA#: PVMA 5330b)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• to mending your maids Shoes 0-2-6 1784 May your maid, 1 2.0 6 783
• to mending Gins Shoes 0-1-0 1785 Jan Jin Cole, 1 1408
• to a pair of Shoes for Cato 0-5-4 1785 May , 5 4.0 764

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1789 to 1794 1789-1794

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

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Entry Date AA Name AA Name(s) Owner $  £  s  p  f id
to a pair of Shoes for yourself 2-10-0 1771 Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a pair of magesons for yourself 1-10-0 1772 Jan Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a pair of Shoes for yourself 2-10-0 1772 Jan Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a pair of Souls 0-7-6 1772 Oct Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to mending Catos Shoes 0-1-3 1772 Dec , Ashley, Jonathan None
to a pair of Shoes for yourself 2-10-0 1773 Mar Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a Sheep Skin 1-0-0 1774 Dec Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
Then settled this Accompt [account] Due to me 14-9-0 on ye Balance 3-7-6 1776 Mar 6 Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a pair of Shoes for yourself 1779 Mar Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to mending your Shoes 0-18-0 1780 Feb Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a pair of magesons for yourself 1780 Feb Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a pair of souls 0-9-0 1781 Apr Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to Half Bushel of wheat 0-16-0 1784 Feb Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a pair of Shoes for Abijah 2-13-0 1784 Feb Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to a Bushel of Rye 1-5-0 1784 Aug Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None
to 2 1/2 bushel of wheat 3-18-0 1784 Nov Abijah Prince Abijah Prince, Free None