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Ebenezer Arms Day Book

Location:
Deerfield, MA
Description:
Ebenezer Arms (1721-1788) of Deerfield and Greenfield, Massachusetts, kept this day book from 1750-1768. Arms was a shoemaker and merchant and his day book entries reflect this. Earlier entries from 1750-1753 record making and repairing shoes, boots, pumps, etc., and some leather work, with most of the customers from Deerfield, Massachusetts. From 1754 onward, the entries are for merchant supplies, with mostly Greenfield, Massachusetts customers. The day book is part of a collection of more than 600 account books currently in the library of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association kept by local merchants, professionals, farmers, craftspeople, and business firms from the 17th - 20th centuries.

Table of contents

1750 to 1768

(PVMA#: PVMA 14087)

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Ensn Barnard Dr to Soleing and Caping Princes Shoes [-]-2-4 1750 Feb 1 Prince, 2 4 739
• Corll Hinsdell Dr to making Cesars Shoes 0-2-8 1750 Dec 10 Caesar, 2 8 134
• Leut Childs Dr To Soleing yr negros Shoes 0-2-0 1751 May 11 Negro, 2 916
• Nathan Frary Dr To a Pair of Shoes for Abijah 0-6-8 1751 Jun 8 Abijah Prince, 131
• Nathan Frary Dr To a Pair of Shoes for Abijah 0-6-8 1751 Jun Abijah Prince, 6 8 576
• Heber Negro Dr To a pair of shoes 0-6-8 1751 Jul 27 Heber Honestman, 6 8 584
• Samuel Hinsdell Dr To Soleing yr Negros Shoes 0-0-8 1751 Aug Negro, 8 579
• Samuel Hinsdell Dr To making yr negros shoes 0-2-8 1751 Sep Negro, 2 8 580
• Corll Hinsdell Dr To making Dexters Shoes 0-2-8 1751 Sep Dexter, 2 8 582
• Leut [Timothy] Childs Dr To yr Negros Shoes 0-6-8 1751 Oct Negro, 6 8 578
• Corll W. Williams Dr To a Pair of Pumps for Crister 0-8-8 1751 Oct Christer, 8 8 581
• Ensn Barnard Dr To mending yr negros Shoes 0-0-4 1751 Oct Negro, 4 740
• Corll W. Williams Dr To a Pair of Pumps for Sharp Calob 0-8-8 1751 Nov Calab Sharp, 132
• Samuel Hinsdell Dr To yr wifes Shoes and yr negros Shoes 0-12-0 1751 Nov Negro, 12 917
• [?] Corll Hinsdell Dr To making yr girls shoes 0-2-8 1751 Dec yr girl, 2 8 583
• Mr. Ashley Dr To making Catos Shoes 0-2-8 1751 Dec Cato Cole, 2 8 133
• Mr. Ashley Dr To making yr Negros Shoes 0-2-8 1751 Dec Negro, 2 8 577
• Timothy Childs Jun To yr Negro Hitps [high top] Shoes 0-7-9 1751 Dec , 7 9 548
• Ensn Barnard Dr To yr Negros Hitp [high top] Shoes 0-7-9 1751 Dec Negro, 7 9 549
• Samuel Barnard Dr To making Hit [high top] Shoes for yr man 0-7-8 1752 Jan man, 919
• Conel Williams Dr to mending yr negros shoes 0 - 3 - 0 1752 Feb 19 Negro, 2144
• Corll W. Williams Dr To yr Negros Pumps 0-8-8 1752 Feb Negro, 8 8 585
• Leut Childs Dr To mending yr negros Shoes 0-1-4 1752 Mar 1 Negro, 1 14 523
• Ebor [Heber?] Negro Dr To Leather for a Bridal 0-4-0 1752 Nov 5 Heber Honestman, 136
• Ebor Negro [Heber Honestman?] Dr To Leather for a Bridel 0-4-0 1752 Nov Heber Honestman, 4 918

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