View Image (108K) Printable text version Decoding the Diary
About the Diary
About the Online Diary
Search the Online Diary
. . . . . . "Birth 50. Birth 51" in the book A Midwife's Tale
rainy. mr Ballard went to his meddow. Cyrus & Ephm got a [load
wood to mr Beeman. Jona a t
[ho ] [END OF DECEMBER 1793]
Sept 5 mr Ballard Sett out for to Survey. 7
paid to Ebenz Cole 2 Dolrs. 12 10 to mr Carter for Spirt
4/6 4 6 12 to mr Brooks for Two Stone potts 7/6
7 6 to mr Voce for 3 oz pepper /9 9 13 to J.
O. Page for 1_ bushl Corn @ 7/6 4 9 Brandy
11/3 11 3 to mgr F Brown for 2 lb Sugar @ 1/ 2
_ hisan Tea of Dito @ 9/6 2/4_ 2 4_ to mr Voce
for a Tea pot 6/, 1 lb Coffee 1/8 7 8 14 to White &
Lowel for
_ gln Cherry 4/6, _ lb Tea 2/8 7 2 to mr Kent
for 7 lb Sugar 6/ 6 to Saml Cumings for Chees 4/6 and
overplus 6 19 to Carter for _ gln Spirt
4/3 4 3 21 to Dito for 1 galn molases 4/3
4 3 23 to Dito for _ gal spirt 5/ 5 to mr Lambt
for 3 lb Butter 3/ 3 to Polly Wall 3/
3 29 to Duttun for a pair wool cards 2/9 2 9 to mgr
F Brown for Spirt 2 10 30 to mr Ezekiel [Chase] for 2
bushel apples 6 Oct 1 to F Brn & [S. Cross]
for _ gn Spt & 1 lb Chokolat 6 4
to mr Daw for [Beef] 3 6 3 to Dito for Dito 7
4 to Carter for _ Gal Spirt 4 3 to Polly Wall for work
6/9 6 9 31 to Dito 6/ to Becky & Patty [ ]
1 [--- Unable To Translate Box ---] 1 [--- Unable To Translate
Box ---][--- Unable To Translate Box ---] 1 Novr
4th to Becky Robbins 3/ 3 to Patty moore
1/6 1 6 5 to Dito 9/ 9 19th to Polly
Wall 6/ 6 29 Ditoes 6/ for Two weaks work 6
30 to Dagt Lambart three Crowns 19 6 Decemr
1 to Roland Smith for Brandy 4 9 3 Dolly Wall in Cash
3/; an apron 3/ 6
