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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 Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library kept by local merchants, professionals, farmers, craftspeople, and business firms from the 17th - 20th centuries.

Table of contents

1750 to 1768 Single

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Ensn Barnard Dr to Soleing & Caping Princes Shoes 0-2-4 1750 Feb 1 Prince, 2 4.0 739
• Corll Hinsdell Dr to making Cesars Shoes 0-2-8 1750 Dec 10 Caesar, 2 8.0 134
• Leutn 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, 6 8.0 131
• Heber Negro Dr To a pair of Shoes 0-6-8 1751 Jul 27 Heber Honestman, 6 8.0 584
• Samuel Hinsdell Dr To Soleing yr Negros Shoes 0-0-8 1751 Aug Negro, 8.0 579
Aaron Scot Dr To mending yr Boats  0  -  0  4 1751 Sep Aaron Scott, 4.0 3024
• Samuel Hinsdell Dr To making yr negro Shoes 0-2-8 1751 Sep Negro, 2 8.0 580
Aaron Scot Dr To a Pair of shoes for yr wife  0  - ... 1751 Sep Aaron Scott, 5 4.0 3023
• Ensn Barnard Dr To mending yr negros Shoes 0-0-4 1751 Oct Negro, 4.0 740
• Leut Childs Dr To yr Negros Shoes 0-6-8 1751 Oct Negro, 6 8.0 578
• Samuel Hinsdell Dr To yr wifes Shoes & yr negros Shoes 0-12-0 1751 Nov Negro, 12 917
Aaron Scot Dr To mending yr Shoes  0  -  0  - ... 1751 Nov Aaron Scott, 4.0 3026
• Corll W: Williams Dr To a Pair of Pumps for Sharp Calob 0-8-8 1751 Nov Calab Sharp, 8 8.0 132
Aaron Scot Dr to Sholeing yr shoes  0  -  2 ... 1751 Nov Aaron Scott, 2 3025
• Ensn Barnard Dr To yr Negros Hitp Shoes 0-7-9 1751 Dec Negro, 7 9.0 549
• Mr Ashley Dr To making Catos Shoes 0-2-8 1751 Dec Cato Cole, 2 8.0 133
• Mr Ashley Dr To making yr Negros Shoes 0-2-8 1751 Dec Negro, 2 8.0 577
• Timothy Childs Junr Dr To yr Negros Hitp Shoes 0-7-9 1751 Dec , 7 9.0 548
• Corll Williams Dr To mending yr negros Shoes 0-3-0 1752 Feb 19 Negro, 3 2144
• Corll W. Williams Dr To yr Negros Pumps 0-8-8 1752 Feb Negro, 8 8.0 585
• Leutn Childs Dr To mending yr negros Shoes 0-1-4 1752 Mar 1 Negro, 1 14.0 523
• Ebor Negro Dr To Leather for a Bridel 0-4-0 1752 Nov 5 Heber Honestman, 4 136

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