Part 34 (1/2)
Credit side of Mercer's account with Nathaniel Chapman
[From Ledger B. Nathaniel Chapman was Superintendent of the Acc.o.keek Iron Works.]
1731
Sep 9 By Ball^[a.] bro^[t.] from fol 36 . 2.4 By 500 2^d Nails @ 2/5 p m . 2.5 By 500 3^d D 3/ 3.
By 1^m 4^d D^o 4/ 4.
By 6^m 6^d D^o 5/ 10.
By 4^m 8^d D^o 7/9 1.11.
By 4^m 10^d D^o 9/6 1.18.
By 8^m 12^d D^o 12/ 1.16.
By 2^m 20^d D^o 14/ 1. 8.
By 1 handsaw file 5^d .5 By 1 p^r mens wood heel shooes 6/6 6.6 By 1 half Curb bridle 6/ 6.
By 1 halter 2/4 2.4 By 1 boys hat 2/ 2.
25 By 1 coll^d thread 3/ 3.
Oct 29 By 16 1-1/2 20^d } Nailes }2000 20^d @ 1. 6.
By 27 1-1/2 24^d D^o } 13/ By 2^m 8^d D^o 7/ 15.6 By 4^m 10^d D^o 9/6 1.16.
By 5^m 12^d D^o 12/ 3.
January 1 By 1 p^r girls Shooes By 4y^{ds} Cotton 2/4 9.4 By 1 double Girth 2/ 2.
By 1 Garden hoe By 2-1/2 y^{ds} Kersey 4/1-1/2 10.3-3/4 By 1-1/2 y^{ds} Shalloone 1/9 2.7-1/2 By my Ord^r in favour of W^m Holdbrook 4. 1.3-1/2 By 2 hanks sowing Silk 9^d 1.6 By Cash overpaid 1.2 By 1-1/2 y^d Garlix N^o 24 2.5 10 By 1 Iron pot g^t 36^l-1/2 at 4^d 12.2 By 1 bushel Salt 2.6 By 1 new Axe 5.
By 1 p^r pothooks & wedges 16^l-1/2 at 8^d 11.
Feb. 7 By 1 plough & Swingle tree fitted of w^{th} Iron 9.6 By 5 narrow hoes 12.6 By 2 grubbing hoes 10^l-1/2 at 8^d 7.
By 1 Ironwedge 4^l-1/2 at 8^d 3.
By 2 new horse Collars 8.
By 2 p^r Hames & Ironwork 1.6 By 2 p^r Iron traces g^t 19^{lb} at 8^d 12.8 By Iron door Latch 9 By 1 Ironrake 1.6 By 2 Heaters By putting a leg in an old Iron pott Mar By 17-1/2 double refin'd Sugar @ 16^d 1. 3.
By 100^l Sugar 35/& 3 gall^s Rum 7/6 2. 2.6
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APPENDIX G
Overwharton Parish Account
[From Ledger B]
------------------------------------+--------------------------------- | Overwharton Parish Dr. | Contra | 1730 |1730 March | March 15 To a Book to keep the | By W^m Holdbrook's fine Parish Register 1.11. | for Adultery 5 To drawing Bonds between | By Ebenezer Moss's for Blackburn & the | swearing & Sabbath Churchwardens ab^t | breaking 1.15.