1. "Mountain: 5. (In full _mountain wine_). A variety of Malaga
wine, made from grapes grown on the mountains."--_A New English
Dictionary on Historical Principles,_ Sir James A. H. Murray, ed.,
vol. 6 (Oxford, 1908), p. 711.
2. "Romal: 1. A silk or cotton square or handkerchief, sometimes
used as a head-dress; a thin silk or cotton fabric with a
handkerchief pattern."--Ibid., vol. 8, pt. 1 (Oxford, 1910), p.
764.
3. "Kenting: A kind of fine linen cloth."--Ibid., vol. 5, (Oxford,
1901), p. 673.
4. "Filleting: 2. a. A woven material for binding; tape; a piece of
the same; a band or bandage."--Ibid., vol. 4 (Oxford, 1901), p.
217.
5. "Caddow: A rough woolen covering ... 1880. _Antrim & Down
Gloss._ (E. D. S.) _Cadda_, _Caddaw_, a quilt or coverlet, a cloak
or cover; a small cloth which lies on a horse's back."--Ibid., vol.
2 (Oxford, 1893), p. 13.
6. Patterdashers. Probably the same as "spatter-dash. A legging or
gaiter extending to the knee, worn as a protection from water and
mud." Webster's _New International Dictionary of the English
Language_, second ed., unabridged; Springfield, Mass., G. & C.
Merriam Co., 1958.
7. Ferreting. Same as "Ferret. 2. A stout tape most commonly made
of cotton, but also of silk; then known as Italian ferret." Murray,
_op. cit._, (no. 1) vol. 4 (Oxford, 1901), p. 165.
8. "Cantoloon. _Obs._ A wollen stuff manufactured in the 18th c. in
the west of England." Ibid., vol. 2: (Oxford, 1893), p. 79.
9. "Soosy ... 1858. Simmond's _Dictionary of Trade._ Soocey, a
mixed striped fabric of silk and cotton in India."--Ibid., vol. 9.
pt. 1 (Oxford, 1919), p. 428.
£ s. d.
To 1 Tea table 18
To 1 brass chaffing dish 5
To 6 copper tart pans 6
Nov^r 4^{th} To 1 p^r mens yarn hose 2
To 1 silk Romal 3
To Expences Spotsylvania Court &C 1 7 4
To 1 p^r bellows
To 2 funnells
To Coffeepot, teapots, &c 7
To 1 Seabed Sheets Table Linnen &c 3 10
To Cash to Pitts to bear
Expences at Court 2 9
To a pack of Cards 9
To 1 pair mens Shooes 5
6 To 1 silk Romall handkerchief 3
11 To 6-1/2 y^{ds} Cantaloons @ 9^d 4 8-1/2
17 To 16 q^r 22 y^{ds} Scotch Cloth
@20^d-1/4 1 17 1-1/2
20 To p^d William Warrell Wages
for this day 1 6 8-1/2
22 To 6-1/4^l tallow @ 6^d 3 16
To 3-1/2 y^{ds} Cantaloons & 40^l
coll'd thread 3 4
To 1 maple knife & fork 1
25 To 154^l pork at 1-1/2 19 3
To 91^l D^o at 1-1/2 11 4-1/2
Dec^r 19 To 2 p^r wom^s Shooes 11
X^tmas To Cash for Lost at Cards &
sundry Expenses 1 18 19
To p^d Thomas Morris for pork 6 7 5
To p^d Pitts Wages till February 4 19 9-1/2
To p^d Thomas Collins D^o
till March 18 2
To 3 Ells y^d w^d Garlix 3/ 9
To sundrys from M^r Crompton p^r Acc^t 1 19 1-1/2
Feb 26 To 1 q^t rum 27 4 q^{ts} D^o 7 6
Mar 2 To 2 q^{ts} D^o 5. 1 q^{ts} D^o 7
2 q^{ts} D^o 8^{th}. 5 q^{ts} D^o 15
9 To 2 q^{ts} D^o
To sundry Exp^s to this Day 1
10 To 2 q^t Rum 12th 2 q^{ts} D^o
15th 2 q^{ts} D^o 9
15 To 5 p^{ts} Rum 1^l Sugar & 2
y^{ds} Check 7 6
18 To 7 gall^s Rum & 16^l Sugar 2 9 6
To Cash for taking up W^m Hall's horse 10
To D^o at Stafford Court 4
To Sundrys to W^m Dunn 1 17 6
June 11 To cleaning out the house 6 9
To 1500 10^d Nails used about it. 11 3
To 1 doz. Canary 1 10
To p^d Tho^s Collins his Wages to May 11 3
To 2 doz & 8 bottles Claret 2 8
To 3 Cows & Calves & 1 featherbed 11
To 1 [?] Chints 18
To 21-1/2y^{ds} coll^d blew at 2.6 2 13 1-1/2
To 15 y^{ds} course Check at 16^d 1
To 12 y^{ds} best D^o 18
To Account Rum &c to this day 2 10
To Wheat Corn fowls &c 3 2 3
To sundrys of M^c farlane as p^r Acc^t 5 11 1-1/2
To sundrys of Alex^r Buncle as p^r D^o 15 17 9-1/2
To 7-1/2 y^{ds} y^d w^d Check @
2/ to W^m Dunn 15
To 2-1/2 y^{ds} brown linnen @
10^d to D^o 2 1
To p^d M^{rs} Bourne for sundrys 5
To p^d for a Coffin & digging
ye Child's grave 1 5
To sundry Expences for fowls &c 17 4
To John Chinn's Acc^t ferrages
&c for going to W^{ms}burgh 2 5 6
To 2 p^r Andirons 2 Trunks &c 2 7 6
To 2 dishes & 4-3/4 y^{ds} India
Persian 1 13 1-1/2
To 1 p^r Shooes & buckles 6
To Cash to Bates to go for my horse 7 2
To D^o lost at Race & gave
Scarlett Handcock 2 12
To Cash for Exp^s 3 9
To John Barber for going to Gloucester 11 6
To gave W^m Johnson 7-1/2
To paid for Apples 6
To paid Eliz^a Rowsey Wages 6 9
To 5 gall^s Rum 1 5
To sundrys bought of Thomas
Hudson as by his account 12 6 10
To 1 y^d princes Linnen W^m Johnson 1 3
To Cash for 1/2 doz. Spoons &c 4 10-1/2
To D^o for Exp^s on a Journey
to W^{ms}burgh 1 19 3-1/2
To Mosley Battaley's Acc^t for
his fee for 1726 2 10
To allowed him for extraordinary
service 4 15 1
To Peter Whitings Account Palms &
Sail Needles 2 6
56^1 Cordage 1 8 3
To Cha^s McClelland's
Account for sundrys
Going to Col^o Mason's
for Eliz Rowsey 10
Going to York & sundrys 1 5 6
Going to Nich^o Smith's 10
To Rob^t Spotswood's
Account for sundrys 1 10
To Geo. Rust's Acc^t for 1 Ironpot 5
To John Dagge's Acc^t of sundrys
1 Oven 17 6
Bringing over 10 Sheep from Sumn^{rs} 5
To John Randolph's Acc^t for
Lawyers fees 4 2
To Esme Stewart's D^o for Toys 2
To George Walker D^o for Law Charges 4 15 5
To 2 Gall^s Rum of Simon Peirson 10
To John Maulpus's Acc^t for
2 bar^{ls} Corn 1 1
To Thomas Hudson's D^o for
2 bar^{ls} D^o 15
To Joshua Davis's D^o for paid
Thomas Jefferies for a Gun 2
To M^r Graeme's Acc^t for sundry books 2 9 3
To Jn^o Quarles's D^o for 1 p^r
sm^l Stilliards 7 6
To Hen Woodcock's D^o for Ferrages 9
To Harry Beverley's D^o for
Lawyer's fees 4 2
To Rob^t Wills's Acc^t for sundrys 18 8
To Rose Dinwiddie's Acc^t for
1 p^r mens yarn hose & 2
bush^{ls} Wheat 7 6
To Peter Hedgman's D^o for sundrys 2 2 7
To Mary Fitzhugh's D^o for 8
bus^{ls} Wheat 9
To Lazarus Pepper's D^o for Quitrent
of 187 Acres of Land 4 6
To Quitrents of 2087 Acres of
Land for the year 1725 2 8
To Cash Account for sundrys 11 8
To Rawleigh Chinn's Acc^t for sundrys 0 0 0
Keeping my horse for a Race 15
1-1/2 barr^l Corn 15
1 Shoat 18 Fodder 17^d
5 Geese 7/6 10 5
4 days hire Moll 1 3
Dressing Deerskins for Will Dunn 4
Plowing & fencing my Garden 1 4
A Gun 18
To Alexand^r M^cfarlane's Acc^t
A Caddow & 1 p^r blankets 16
1 wom^s horsewhip 6
1£ Gunpowder & 10^£ Shot 5 10
1 womans bound felt 4 6
To 12^l Gunpowder & 20^l Shot 2
To Henry Floyd's Acc^t for 5 pecks Corn 2 6
To Ja^s Whalley's D^o for 7 fowls 3
To Ja^s Horsenaile's D^o for sundrys 1 19 9
To John Holdbrook's Acc^t
for taylor's work 2 11 6
To John Tinsley's Acc^t for
Fodder & tallow 14
To Hugh French's Acc^t for a
Serv^t woman 12
To D^r Roy for a visit &
medicines my Child 12 6
To Edw^d Snoxall's Acc^t for 1
bush^l hommonybeans 4
To Edw^d Simm's Acc^t for sundrys 6 11 11
To Ralph Falconer's D^o for D^o 1 10
To Tho^s Eves for fowls 4 6
To 1 olives 5
To 1 pair mens Shooes W^m Dunn 5
To 3 Ells Dowlass D^o 5 6
To 1-1/2 bush^l Corn 3
To 3-3/4 y^{ds} Check for finding
my Saddle 5
To 10 y^{ds} fustian 2/6 1 5
To 5-1/4 doz Coat Buttons 10^d 4 2
To 3 hanks silk & 2 hanks mohair 3 2
To 4 Soosey handkerchiefs [Note 9] 12
To 12 yd^s Check & 1 p^r mens gloves 4
To 2 yd^s Wadding 1 6
To 6-1/4 bush^{ls} Corn 13
To 2-3/4 bush^{ls} pease 11
To 2 bush^{ls} potatoes 4
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