Zur Hawks Day Book

Location:: Deerfield, MA
Description:: Zur Hawks (1760-1844) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, recorded daily business transactions in a day book. Hawks followed in his father’s footsteps, working as a shoemaker and tanner and living on the same lot at the north end of the village street. His accounts record many instances of repairing and making footwear for local people, including African American residents. Zur Hawks’ day books (PVMA 5330 and PVMA 5330a) 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.

Table of contents

(PVMA#: 5330)

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	$	£	s	p	f	id
• to mending Catoes Shoes 0-0-5	1786 Feb	Cato Cole,				5.0		1945

(PVMA#: PVMA 5330a)

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	s	p	id
• To mending Catos Shoes 0-2-6	1787 Jan	Cato Cole,	2	6.0	697
• To mending Gins Shoes 0-2-0	1787 Mar	Jin Cole,	2		1412
• To a pair of Maguasons for Cato 0-5-0	1787 Aug	Cato Cole,	5		1411
• To mending Jins Shoes 0-1-0	1788 Oct	Jin Cole,	1		1413
• To mending Catos Shoes -3-4	1789 Mar	Cato Cole,	3	4.0	765
• to pair of Shoes for Negro boy - 4 -	1789 Apr	,	4		2329
• To pair of Shoes for Cato -8-	1789 Nov	Cato Cole,	8		1414