[The Daybook of Job Townsend, Jr., 1762–1778]

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1762 		   
£
S
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January 22 Joseph Wanton Esq. Dt
    to a mahogony Fly Table
65
0
0
  22 Colonel Joseph Wanton & Company Dt
    to two Maple Desk @ £80 Each
160
0
0
    to two Ruff Cases for Ditto
10
  22 Colonel Joseph Wanton & C Dt
26
    By Furniture for two Desk
    Abraham Dennis Dt to makeing of a Bed Rail
15
February 4 Michel Ryant Dt to two Tables
32
  5 To Staining & Polishing a Table
2
10
    Michel Ryant Cr to Dear Skins
33
15
    Colonel Joseph Wanton & C Cr
    By 225 feet of pine Boards
  10 Robert Pety Dt to a Bench
3
10
March 13 Jonathan Davenport Dt to two Dear Skins
20
0
  23 William Rogers Dt. To a Tea Board
5
10
  24 Nathaniel Hill Cr. By two Coord of Wood @ £18
36
  30 By half Bushel of Oysters
1
April 3 Robert Elliot Dt. To a Mohogoney Fly Table
65
    Samuel Crandel Dt. To a Saw handel
2
    Ecobud Potter Cr. By 30 lb of Flower
6
10
  6 Ecobud Potter Dt. To a Tea Board
3
10
  10 William Roggers Dt. To a Tea Board
4
10
  13 John Warren Dt. To two Tea Board
4
  20 Benjamin Dunham Dt. To a Cof€n for his Child
12
10
  21 Colonel Joseph Wanton & C. Dt. To a Cof€n
16
    for their Negro Cuffe
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1762 		   
April 30 Ichobud Potter Dt. To a pipe Box
7
May 1 James Burross Dt. To a Tea Board
5
  3 Mary Brown Dt. To a Bench
4
  4 John Jenson Dt. To a Tea Board
5
10
    Nathaniel Peckham Dt. To a Bread troth
7
10
  9 John Warren Dt. To a making of Bed rails
15
    Abraham Dennis Dt. To Rockers for a Chair
1
  10 Parson Brown Dt. To a Chitchen Table
35
  14 Benjamin Dunham Dt. To Tea Board
31
15
  15 Gedion Lawton Dt. To a Tea Board
4
12
  17 Parson Brown Dt. To a Large Tea Board
10
    To one small of Ditto
5
    James Burross Dt. To a tea Board
4
  5 Katherine Gould Dt. To a Large tea Board
13
    William Potter Dt. To a Tea Board
5
    Joseph Rhodes Dt. To a Chest
16
  15 Parson Brown Dt. To a Mohogney four foot Table
95
  18 Benjamin Carr Dt. To a Maple Desk red Ceder head
85
    Gedion Lawton Cr. To two Locks
4
  27 Stephen Fory Dt. To a Cof€n for his Child
8
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August   Peter Mumford Dt. To a pair of Lemon Squeeses
8
  25 John Easton Jur. Dt. To a Mohogy Bench
15
    Joseph Tripp Dt. To Cash
32
September 4 John Lawton Dt. To a Large Mohogoney Desk
240
  4 Solomon Townsend Dt. To Mending & Polishing of Desk
9
    To Makeing of a Ruff Case for Ditto
10
    Solomon Townsend Cr. By Cash
5
    Gedion Lawton Dt. To turning a Pilar
2
    Gedion Lawton Cr. By €ve yards of Chicks @ £5
25
  8 John Easton Dt. To handles and Racks
12
  9 James Roggers Son of Carpeter John Dt. To Cash
1
  13 James Roggers Son of John Dt. to a Cof€n for his Child
5
  16 Gedion Lawton Dt. to turning two lots of Table Legs
4
  19 Samuel Brouse Dt. to a Tea Board
4
10
    To pr one Bottel Sand
5
10
    To one Ditto
5
10
  22 Edmond Sheifeild Dt. to turning four Bedpost
2
  25 Colonel Joseph Wanton Dt. to a Mohogoney
12
    Coffin for his Child
  27 Gedion Lawton Dt. to one pair of Bottle Stands
6
    Stephen Wanton Dt. to Mending of Tea Chest12
3
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S
October 1 Thomas Peckham Dt. to a Chest
23
  2 Parson Brown Dt. to a Table
32
    Thomas Peckham Cr. By two Coord of Wood @ £18
36
    Parson Brown Cr. By Board
20
  5 Gedion Lawton Dt. to a Tea Board
7
  7 Thomas Peckham Dt. to a Maple Table
18
    Joshua Peckham Dt. to a Tea Board
5
  9 Christpher Champlain Dt. to two Tea Boards
15
    Gedion Lawton Cr. By half yard of Chickos
2
10
  14 Benjamin Nicholas Dt. to Staining & Polishing of Table
8
  16 Gedion Lawton Dt. to a Tea Board
7
    Parson Brown Cr. By Cash
100
    Ditto
33
    Parson Brown Cr. By four Bushels of Corn @ £5-10s
22
  19 Gedion Lawton Dt. to turning a Set of Table Legs
2
  25 Benjamin Nicholas Dt. to Staining & Polishing of a Table
8
    Robert Stoddard Dt. to a pr. of Bottle Stands
7
  28 Benjamin Almy Dt. to a Tea Board
6
10
  30 Gedion Lawton Dt. to a Large Tea Board
9
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November 4 Benjamin Nichols Dt. to a Scale
1
5
  11 Gedion Lawton Dt. to to Working of a Cornish
1
10
  19 James Millard Dt. to Mending a Table
3
10
  27 William Wanton Dt. to a Bedstide With Claw feet
65
    John Warren Dt. to a Scale
1
5
  1 Nathan Luther Dt. to a Tea Board
4
10
  2 Benjamin Strobridge Dt. to a Cof€n for his Wife
24
  4 Parson Brown Dt. to a Mahogony €re screen
16
  9 Joseph Danham Dt. to a Breakfast Table
18
  13 Gedion Lawton Dt. to turning two sets of Table legs
2
10
  14 Gedion Lawton Dt. to turning one set of Table legs
1
  15 William Wanton Dt. to Nailing on a Bed Sacking
3
5
    at his house
    to Leather for Ditto
10
  19 Parson Brown Dt. to a Pipe Box
8
  22 Gedion Lawton Dt. to turning a set of Ship Table legs
2
  23 Samuel Burross Dt. to a knife Box
6
  28 William Wanton Dt. to Bed Rails & falst Post for
8
    a Bedstide
    Benjamin Hickes Cr. By 239 foot of Black walnut @ 5s6
65
14
6
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    January 1763
    Henry Northup Cr. By 52 gallons of Molass @ £2-8
124
6
    John Warren Dt. to 52 gallons of Molass
124
6
February 19 William Roggers Dt. to a Mohogony Stand
26
  25 Henry Northup Dt. to a Mohogoney Desk
200
0
    Cr. By Cash
75
  7 Alinor Fickes Cr. to 1 lb of Tea
9
 
    Alinor Fickes Dt. to a Fly Table made of Mohogoney
70
 
    Cr. By Cash
40
 
    Solomon Townsend Cr. By an order on Nathaniel Bird
60
 
  10 Benjamin Hicks Dt. to a Mohogony frame for
 
    a Marble Slab
75
 
    to one Tea Board
6
 
  12 Samuel Crandel Dt. to a Tea pot handle
2
 
  24 Joseph Cozzens Dt. to two Tea Boards
10
00
  
    Alinor Fickes Dt. to Mending of a Table
3
 
    Nathan Luther Dt. to half pound of Tea
4
10
  
    Thomas Standly Dt. to Tea pot handle
2
10
  
April 8 Paul Mumford Dt. to a mohogoney four foot Table
85
 
  18 Joseph Tripp Dt. to Cash
16
 
  30 John Lawton Dt. to three Tea Boards
11
 
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    May the 7 1763
£
S
 d
    Matthew Cozzens Dt. to one Large tea Board
12
 
    to one Ditto Small
4
 
  16 Robbert Petty Dt. to Putting up his Shop Board
4
 
    June the
 
    Kenney The Carpenter Dt. to a Cof€n for his Child
6
 
June 4 John Warren Dt. to Staining of Desk
18
 
    Nathaniel Clark Dt. to a Mohogony Desk
285
 
    Cr. By Furniture
32
 
June 11 Joseph Tripp Dt. to Mending three Tables
16
 
  23 John Lawton Dt. to a Mohogy Fly Table
75
 
July 17 Kathrine Gould Dt. to a Mohogony Case of Drawers
315
 
    Kathrine Gould Cr. By Cash
40
 
  30 Katherine Gould By Cash
102
 
    Kindal Nicholas Dt. to Cash
4
 
August 9 John Lawton Dt. to a Tea Board
7
 
  12 Nathaniel Clark Dt. to a Tea Board
5
10
  
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August 19 Jacob Rod Rivera Dt. to a pair of Lime Squees
7
 
    Joseph Gardner Dt. to a Cabbin for his Children
9
 
  23 Benjamin Dunham Dt. to a Large Tea Board
6
 
    John Casey Dt. to mending of a Desk and BookCase
20
 
  27 Elinor Fickes Dt. to mending of a Bedstide
2
 
September 6 John Warren Dt. to a Cof€n for his Cousin
30
 
    Thomas Bauns [?]
 
  17 Elinor Fickes Dt. to mending of a Table
7
 
    John Lawton Dt. to a Mohog Fly Table
75
 
    Kathrine Gould Cr. By Cash
52
 
  19 John Lawton Dt. to Mohogy Fly Table
75
 
  22 John Lawton Cr. By Cash
76
6
  
    Nathan Luther Dt. to a Fly Table made of Fustick
60
 
    Joseph Tillinghast Dt. to a Window Sheat
1
00
  
    William Ellory Dt. to work Done in his house
3
 
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S
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October 5 Joseph Gardner Dt. to Mending & Pollishing
8
 
  6 Samuel Dyer Dt. to a Coffin for his Daughter Elizabeth
28
 
  15 Samuel MCalpin Dt. to a Tea Board
6
10
  
    John Franklin Dt. to a Stand
18
 
  26 Samuel Casey Dt. to a Mohogony four foot table
80
 
  28 Samuel MCalpin Dt. to a Mohogony Fly Table
80
 
  1 James Marsh Dt. to a Breakfast Table the top
28
 
    made of Mohogony
 
  8 Edward Wanton Dt. to Mending of a Table
2
 
    Samuel MCalpin Dt. to a pair of Bottle Stands
7
 
    William Pick Dt. to a Tea Pot handle
2
10
  
  12 Samuel Brinton Dt. to a Mohogony Fly Table
80
 
  14 Samuel Brinton Cr. A Cord of Wood
22
 
    Samuel Brinton Dt. a Tea Board
8
 
    to Stove
7
 
    Samuel Brinton Cr. By one pound of Chocolate
2
 
    Samuel Casey Cr. By 30 lb. Beef
 
    By loss of the hide
2
 
    Allen Brown of Providence Cr. By 7 Barrills of
 
    Cyder