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
• Dr. Elihu Ashley Dr.... to mending Catos Shoes 0-0-5	1786 Feb	Cato Cole,						1945

(PVMA#: PVMA 5330a)

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	s	p	id
to mending Catos Shoes 0-0-5	1786 Feb	Cato Cole,		5.0	714
• To mending Catos Shoes 0-2-6	1787 Jan	Cato Cole,	2	6.0	697
• Eliphalet Dickinson Dr....to mending your girls shoes 0-2-6	1787 Jan	,			1946
• 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 Jans Boots 0-1-6	1787 Dec	Jin Cole,	1	6.0	698
• [Entry for repair of Mrs. Herbert's shoes; other entries for her shoes or shoe repair suggest her employment in this household.]	1788 Mar	,			1947
• To mending Jin's Shoes 0-1-0	1788 Oct	Jin Cole,	1		1413
• David Dickinson Dr to mending Shoes for your Maid _-2-_4	1789 Jan	your maid,	2	4.0	766
• To mending Catos Shoes _-3-4	1789 Mar	Cato Cole,	3	4.0	765
• Jno Williams Esqr Dr to pair of Shores for Negro boy ---- - 4 -	1789 Apr	,			2329
• To a pair of Shoes for Cato _-8-_	1789 Nov	Cato Cole,	8		1414

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