"Domestick Expenses"
[From Ledger B]
£ s. d.
1725
Sept^r 9^{th} To Cash for Exp^s at Stafford
& Spotsylvania 1 3
To 7-1/2 y^{ds} Grown Linnen
Sarah & Pitts 7 6
To 11 fowls & 1 quarter beef 17 6
To 100^£ Sugar to this day expended 2 16 6
To Cash for Exp^s Urbanna 3 1-1/2
To Horsehire &c 6
To p^d John Marnix for bringing
my Sloop 2^d 10
To p^d his ferrage 1 3
To Cash for Exp^s Poplar Spring 1 3
To Exp^s at Bowcocks 10
To Exp^s at M^{rs}. Powers's 1 5 7-1/2
To a man to cart down Cook & barber 1 3
To Exp^s at Gibbons's 2
To Exp^s at Dalton's 15
To given Serv^{ts} at Col^o
Page's 2 6
To 1-1/2 doz. red Port at 22/6 1 13 9
To 1-1/2 doz. mountain at 30/
[Note 1] 2 5
To Exp^s poplar Spring 2 3
To 1 bar^l tar & pitch for the
Sloop 1 6 6
To 50^1 pork 8 4
To 25^l bisquet 3 6
To 1 China punch bowl 10
To 6 Glasses 3
To 8^l Candles 6
To given Servants at M^r Standard's 3 1-1/2
To Ferrage & Exp^s Piscattaway
& Hob's Hole 4 4-1/2
To Exp^s Essex Court &
Ferrage at Keys 1 3
To p^d William Warrell Wages 1
To p^d Patrick Cowan D^o 1 2 11
To horsehire from York 2
To a Trunk 6
To a Saddle & Furniture self 3 15
To 1-1/2 y^d Cotton 2 5-1/4
To 1 horsewhip 6 9
To 1 p^r Shooes & buckles Pitts 6 7-1/2
Oct^r 2 To 2 silk Romall handkerchiefs
[Note 2] 6
To 6 loaves 9^s 38-3/4^£ double
refin'd Sugar 2 18 7-1/2
To 2^l Tea at 15/ 1 10
To 6^l Chocolate 15
To 15-1/4^l Castile Soap at 13^d 17 1-3/4
To 15^l Gunpowder at 9^d 11 3
To 1 mans worsted Cap 3 10-1/2
To 1 Wig Comb & Case 9
To 1 purse wrought with Silver 2 3
To 2 p^r buttons set in Silver at 3/ 6
To 1 p^c 9^d 14-3/4 Ells bag
holland at 7/10-1/2 5 14 2
To 2 p^r mens fine worsted hose at 6/ 12
To 2 p^r mens fine thread D^o at 5/ 10
To 1 p^r womens silk D^o 12
To 1 p^r womens fine worsted D^o 5 6
To 1 p^r Scissars with silver Chain 10 6
To 1 box Iron & heaters 9 9
To 1 fine hat n^o 6 12
To 1 fine Dandriff Comb 1 6
To 1 ounce fine thread 7-1/2
To 1 fine hat N^o 7 9
To 30 y^{ds} fine Dutch Check at 2/6 3/15
To 1 m^s pins 1 6
To 2 p^c tape 2 4
To 1 hat N^o 5 gave Sam 2 6
To 1 quire best paper 1 3
To 1 Storebook 1 5
To 1 p^r Seersuckers 1 13
To 1 hoop petticoat 1 1
To 1 womans side Saddle & furniture 3 11 3
To 2 y^{ds} silver ribband at 22-1/2 3 9
To 1 hat N^o 12 9
To 1 y^d fine strip't muslin 6
To 1 y^d fine Kenting [Note 3] 4
To 4-1/2 y^{ds} white Cotton Sarah at 18^d 5 9
To 4-1/2 y^{ds} filletting D^o at
3^d [Note 4] 1 1-1/2
To 2 skeins thread 2
To 1 p^r wom^s wash gloves 1 6
To 1/4^l w^t bio: thread 1 5
To 1/2 doz: plates 7 6
To 2 porringers 2 6
To 1 p^r fine blankets 1 13
To 1 y^d fine strip'd muslin 6
To 1 Cadow Sarah [Note 5] 3 6
To Earthen Ware 10
To 1-1/2 bushel Wheat 4 6
To 2 fowls 10
To Battalay's Account for
Rum both in day 2 1 3
To 1-1/2 y^d red Cotton 2 5-1/4
To 1 p^r womens Shooes 3 6
To 1 p^r patterdashers [Note 6] 14 3
To 5 Candlesticks 17 6
To 1 Bed Cord 2
To 3 maple knives & forks 2
Oct^r 22 To Cash lost at a Race 2
To Tho^s Watts for Ditto 10
To Expences there 1 4
To 6 y^{ds} silk ferriting at 5^d
[Note 7] 2 6
25 To 16-1/2 y^{ds} Cantaloons at 7-1/2
for Pease [Note 8] 10 3-3/4
To 1 P^r mens thread hose 5
To 1 p^r mens silk Ditto 1 1
To 2-1/4 y^{ds} fine Kenting at 4/6 10 1-1/2
26 To 1 p^r wom^s worsted hose 3
To 1 knife & fork 8
27 To a Steer 1 11 9
To 2 yew haft knives & forks 1 3
28 To 2 q^{ts} Rum 4 6
To 1 yew haft knife & fork &
1 p^r Studds 1 10-1/2
29 To 1 p^r Salisbury Scissars 2 6
To 1-1/2 Gallon Rum 4 6
To 1 speckled knife & fork 5
Nov^r 4 To 1 writing Desk 5 16 8
To 1 Glass & Cover 8 9
To 18^l Pewter at 1 8
To 6 tea Cups & Saucers 14
To 2 Chocolate Cups 2 4
To 2 Custard Cups 1 9
To 1 Tea Table painted with
fruit 16 4
To 6 leather Chairs at 7/ 2 2
To 1 sm^l walnut eating table 8
To 1/2 doz Candlemoulds 10