John Griswold Ely's Journal 1842-1864

Transcribed by Warner Lord

Pages 31-35

31 July 1845 Timothy LaPlass Cr
31 By 12 days laybor at (?) 13 .50
31 Nov 5 By butchering hog
31 By Cash recd of A R Ely 4 .50
31 18 .00
31 31 Aug 1849 J Franklin Laplass Cr
31 By hoop poles
31 Jan 1850 By eighty feet chestnut (?)
31 March 1 By chestnut plank and capson spokes price agreed
31 Aug 1851 By 7 feet common oak Boards half inch
31 March 17 By sawing 650 feet Boards join(?) Posts (?) 2 .00
31 By sawing 170 feet Pickets
31 By 66 feet Pickets $16 thousand 1
31 By 12 1/2 feet oak boards
31 24 By 34 feet pickets 16 dol thousand
31 Jan 1 1852 By 7 feet oak boards
31 July By chestnut Slabs
31 Nov 20 By timber for 125 staves
31 Feb 1853 By 12 feet white oak Boards
31 March 11 By pickets price agreed 2 .00
31 Jan 12 1854 9 .00
31 By sawing timber 2 .00
31 12 .00
31 Dec 4 1860 By Cash 40 .00
31 Sept 20 1861 By sawing capson shaft and Boat timber
31 Nov 18 By plank (?) for capson 3 .00
31 April 19 By one Bushel Potatoes
31 May 3 one ches board
31 One Bushel potatoes
31 June 20 By sawing 550 feet ches plank and boards 2 .00
31 1863 By sawing 120 feet butnut boards 48 .00

32 1845 Ansil R Ely Dr
32 Nov To Paid Timothy Laplass Cash 10 .00
32 To boating wales (?)for Sloop .75
32 1846 To Scow to boat plank 1 .00
32 March To paid T Laplass 3 .00
32 To Cash due on book 16 .65
32 April 11 To Cash 10 .00
32 25 To Cash 40 .00
32 To Paid Iron Bill in N York (?) 33 .05
32 To paid J F Laplass for wales 31 .99
32 To paid J F Laplass for planks 20 .00
32 To one pair of boots 1 .50
32 June 30 To Cash 100 .00
32 July 30 To Cash 50 .00
32 To one ancor 6 .00
32 Jan 12 1847 To 1/8 Part of the net profits of the earnings of the Sloop Henry Clay 40 .66
32 365 .10
32 July 2 1847 To 4 cords 4 feet nut wood 4.32 20 .25
32 To 13 cords 7 1/2 feet oak wood 3.50 48 .78
64 .03
32 Aug Cr by Cash to balance for wood 64 .03

32
32 March 21 1848 A R Ely Dr
32 To 4 cords 2 feet nut wood 19 .12 1/2
32 To 52 feet oak wood 3.50 2 .40
32 Aug 14 To 4 cords nut wood 4.50 18 .00
32 To 4 cords 1 1/2 feet oak wood 3.50 14 .65
32 Sept 5 To 10 cords 6 1.2 feet oak wood 37 .8
5 32 By use of Scow .84
32 Oct 28 To 10 cords 5 feet oak wood 37 .18
7 feet Nut 4.50 3 .94
32 Jan 1849 To earnings of H Clay 74 .09
32 208 .07
32 To Due on Earnings of H Clay last season 10 .88
32 218 .95
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32 Dec 28 1849 To Dividend on the earnings of the Sloop Henry Clay 61 .95
32 To (?) for chestnuts sold in N York 4 .50
32 To 2 bbls Quinties Sold in N York 2 .22
32 To Reduction on Staves 1 .00 32 288 .62

33 Jan 12 1847 Ansil R Ely Cr
33 By one eight part of Sloop Henry Clay 412 .00

33 Ansil R Ely Dr
33 account Broot from page 32 365 .10
33 Jan 8 1848 To Cash to balance 47 .90
33 412 .00
33 33 April 6 1848 A R Ely Cr
33 By Cash 10 .00
33 By 7 hundred hoop poles 6 .10
33 Aug 19 By Cash 30 .00
33 By 63 lbs Iron bolts 1 .80
33 Sept 5 By Cash 30 .00
33 By Cash 5 .00
33 By one bbl flour 6 .00
33 By 6 Bushels corn 4 .00
33 By one lot of wheat 1 .00
33 March one Bbl flour 7 .10
33 May 25 one Bbl flour 6 .30
33 Oct 28 By Cash 65 .50
33 Jan 1849 By Cash 25 .10
33 198 .10
33 By one drawing knife 1 .00
199 .20
33 By 2 thousand chestnut staves 10 .00
33 209 .20
33 June 3 By 1 Bbl flour 5.88 one keg bread(?) 4.08 9 .96
33 By freight on 208 Bushels of Salt 8.32 one Bbl flour $.25 14 .63
33 Oct 23 By 2 bbls flour 12.50 one bbl potatoes 1.44 13 .94
33 By 2 bbls bread 2.25 one Do 1.20 3 .45
33 Dec By 2 bags buck wheat 1.30 8 Bushels corn 5.44 6 .74
33 By 1 bbl flour 6.25 one bag buck wheat 1.13 7 .48
33 By 2 thousand half bbl Staves 197 lbs of Bread 2.22
33 Dec 28 By Cash 12 dollars 12 .00
33 Jan 11 1850 By 300 hoop poles 87 1/2 cts per hundred 3. 00
33 By Cash to balance 282 .63
33 5 .99
33 288 .62

34 Henry Laplass Dr
34 May 1846 To balance due on Shad 4 .80
34 Nov 18 To Cash .50
34 Dec 18 To Cash 5 .00
34 March 21 1847 To Cash 5 .00
34 Aug 10 To Cash 5 .00
34 20 .39
34 Dec 18 1847 To Cash 3 .00
34 29 To Cash 5 .00
34 To one porinding(?) bbl 4/ .67
34 Jan 15 1847 To Cash 1 .00
34 Feb 12 To Cash 10 .00
34 April 7 To Cash 2 .00
34 22 To Cash 7 .00
34 May 15 To cash to balance 12 .80
34 40 .75
34 Oct 1855 To one half bbl .50
34 To cording 26 1/2 cords wood 6 1/2 2 .21
34 July 7 1856 To carting (?) from saw mill
34 Oct To laybor haying .25
34 28 To hooping cider bbls .60
34 3 .56
34 34 March 11 1862 To Cash 7 .00
34 May 1 To Cash 5 .25
34 10 To Cash 2 .00
34 14 .25

35 Henry Laplass Cr
35 Jan 1846 By Cash paid Gilbert Laplass 1 .00
35 Juan By Veal
35 Nov 18 By Butchering hog
35 By carting 3 loads of wood 1 .00
35 June 19 1847 By Butchering Calf
35 March By drawing 680 feet of timber and boards fr at 17 .00
35 20 .00
35 Jan 5 1848 Cr by carting 5 1/4 cords wood (Sold) at 24 cts per cord
35 By carting 2 load sold (?) Dr
35 By Do 1 load sold C W (?)
35 Feb 25 By Do 5 loads Sold A Ely
35 April 15 By Do 49 1/2 loads
35 By Do 3 3/4 reffuse brot home
35 By Do 3 cords reffuse
35 By Do 1 1/2 hoop poles
35 At 3/6 per cord 69 3/4 cords amount 40 .70
35 Oct 1855 By team work
35 By 1 ft chestnut wood
35 July 7 1856 By carting Staves from saw mill 1 .00
35 18 By carting hay
35 6 .00
35 March 11 1862 By carting 600 posts and rails 1 .00
35 By do 3 cords timber wood
35 By do 8 cords fire wood 8 .00
35 14 .00

35 John Tucker Dr
35 Nov To Cash 2 .00
35 To Cash 3 .00
35 Dec 10 To Cash 2 .00
35 To Cash .48
35 Jan 19 1847 To Cash 1 .00
35 27 To Cash 2 .00
35 Feb 4 To Cash 2 .00
35 11 To Cash 2 .50
35 17 To Cash 1 .00
35 25 To Cash 2 .00
35 March 2 To Cash 1 .00
35 26 To Cash 2 .25
35 April 8 To Cash 6 .00
35 17 To Cash 2 .00
35 20 To Cash 1 .00
35 21 To Cash 1 .64
35 81 .37 1/2

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