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		Slade & Co. General Ledger 1783 - 1784 Folio #17
		Account Of: Christopher Eyre
		NOTE: See bottom of page for abbreviations used:
Date	Qty	Description	Debit			Credit			Balance
			£	s	p	£	s	p	£	s	p
1783		Balance owing at the end of the fishing season	26	19	2				26	19	2
15 Sep 1783	1 hh	Containing 9.5 bushels pease	3	3	6				30	2	8
15 Sep 1783	1 cwt	Bread and baggs	1	12	0				31	14	8
15 Sep 1783	1 hh	Flour	4	6	0				36	0	8
15 Sep 1783	2 ea	Bank lines	0	9	0				36	9	8
15 Sep 1783	8 yd	Blanketting	0	20	0				37	9	8
15 Sep 1783	12 rans	Seal twine	0	60	0				40	9	8
26 Oct 1783	12.5	Seal twine				0	18	9	39	10	11
26 Oct 1783	3 bun	Hoops				0	9	0	39	1	11
26 Oct 1783	1 ea	Skift				4	10	0	35	11	11
02 Dec 1783	.5 ran	Salmon twine	0	3	6				35	15	5
16 Dec 1783	2 gal	Brandy	0	12	0				36	7	5
16 Dec 1783	1 pr	Boots	0	28	0				37	15	5
16 Dec 1783	2 ea	Cotton shirts	0	20	0				38	15	5
16 Dec 1783	1 pr	Worsted hose	0	5	0				39	0	5
07 Jan 1784	2 gal	Brandy	0	12	0				39	12	5
07 Jan 1784	1 ran	Sewing twine	0	2	0				39	14	5
19 Jan 1784	.5 bbl	Beef	1	10	0				41	4	5
15 Feb 1784	2 qts	Brandy	0	3	0				41	7	5
15 Feb 1784	1 ea	Hatchet	0	3	0				41	10	5
23 Feb 1784	2 gal	Brandy	0	12	0				42	2	5
17 Mar 1784	1	Pepper	0	4	6				42	6	11
17 Mar 1784	2 pr	Mens worsted stockings	0	10	0				42	16	11
17 Mar 1784	1 yd	Blanketting	0	2	6				42	19	5
17 Mar 1784	1 ea	Cotton shirt	0	10	0				43	9	5
26 Mar 1784	.25 cwt	Bread	0	7	6				43	16	11
04 Apr 1784	2 qts	Brandy	0	3	0				44	19	11
10 Apr 1784	1 ea	Harp (seal) skin				0	1	6	44	18	5
10 Apr 1784	12 ea	Bedlamer (seal) skins				0	6	0	44	12	5
10 Apr 1784	70 gal	Seal oyl				5	3	0	39	9	5
16 Apr 1784	2 qts	Brandy	0	3	0				39	12	5
01 May 1784	30 lbs	Flour	0	10	2				40	2	7
01 May 1784	2 pr	Boys shoes large	0	14	0				40	16	7
01 May 1784	1 ea	Cotton shirt	0	10	0				41	6	7
01 May 1784	2 yds	Swansdown	0	7	0				41	13	7
01 May 1784	1 qt	Brandy	0	1	6				41	15	1
01 May 1784		Trimming (Possibly trimming of fat from seal skins?)	0	3	0				41	18	1
08 May 1784	30	Pork	0	20	0				42	18	1
08 May 1784	1 qt	Brandy	0	1	6				42	19	7
08 May 1784		Adjustment to account 25 May 1783	0	10	0				43	9	7
29 May 1784	4 hh	Salt	4	0	0				47	9	7
29 May 1784	.25 cwt	Bread	0	7	6				47	17	1
29 May 1784	.25 cwt	Flour	0	7	6				48	4	7
29 May 1784	.25 cwt	Pork	0	18	8				49	3	3
10 Jun 1784	1 bbl	Pork	0	80	0				53	3	3
10 Jun 1784	1 tierce	Flour	0	86	0				57	9	3
10 Jun 1784	2 cwt	Bread and baggs	0	64	0				60	13	3
10 Jun 1784	2 fath	Peter's lines	0	6	0				60	19	3
10 Jun 1784	1 gal	Oyl	0	8	0				61	7	3
10 Jun 1784	1 ea	Boat's kettle	0	5	0				61	12	3
10 Jun 1784	2 pc	Canvass omitted last account	8	0	0				69	12	3
20 Jun 1784	7 hh	Salt	7	0	0				76	12	3
20 Jun 1784	1	Unreadable	4	13	4				80	5	7
28 Jun 1784	1 qt	Brandy	0	1	6				80	7	1
28 Jun 1784	2 gal	Molasses	0	12	0				80	19	1
09 Jul 1784	1 gal	Sweet oyl (Olive oil)	0	8	0				81	7	1
09 Jul 1784	1 qt	Brandy	0	1	6				81	8	7
09 Jul 1784	1.5 yd	Swanskin	0	5	3				81	13	10
29 Jul 1784	1 qt	Brandy	0	1	6				81	15	4
02 Aug 1784	2 gal	Molasses	0	12	0				82	7	4
10 Aug 1784	1 qt	Brandy	0	1	6				82	8	10
23 Aug 1784	50 qtl	Fish				30	0	0	52	8	10
01 Sep 1784	1 qt	Brandy	0	1	6				52	10	4
01 Sep 1784		Part of bait	0	50	0				54	0	4
23 Sep 1784	2.75 hh	Salt to William Salmon's account				2	15	0	51	5	4
23 Sep 1784	2.75 hh	Salt to Robert Frampton's account				2	15	0	48	10	4
23 Sep 1784	20 gal	Oyl				1	0	0	47	10	4
23 Sep 1784		Overcharge on bread and flour				0	18	0	46	12	4
23 Sep 1784	1 hh	Returned				0	11	0	46	1	4
23 Sep 1784	2 bolts	Canvass				8	0	0	38	1	4
23 Sep 1784	2 ea	Bread baggs returned				0	4	0	37	17	4
23 Sep 1784	1	Unreadable				4	13	4	33	4	0
1784		Balance owing at the end of the fishing season							33	4	0
Definitions	bbl	barrel
	bolts	a length of woven goods, especially as it comes on a roll from the loom.
	cwt	one hundred pounds by weight
	fath	fathom - a linear measure of six feet
	gal	gallon
	hh	hogshead
	pease	dried, yellow split peas
	qtl	quintal - a weight equivalent to between 100 - 130 lbs
	qtl	quart
	rann
	tierce	an old measure of capacity equivalent to 42 wine gallons
	Note	Reference is made to the purchase of bread and baggs. This is assumed to be hard bread, or
		what we have come to call hard tack. The baggs obviously refers to the container in which the
		bread was shipped, and had some monetary value, as can be seen by the fact that on the
		23 Sep 1784, two baggs were returned for credit.
		1 pound = 20 shillings
		1 shilling = 12 pence

Contributed & Transcribed by Terryt Alexander (2016)

Page Last Modified: Tuesday February 09, 2016 (Don Tate)

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