John Griswold Ely's Journal 1842-1864

Transcribed by Warner Lord

Pages 36-40

 

36 John Tucker Cr
36 Jan 8 1848 By chopping 52 cords wood (Sold) at 52 cts per cord 2 .00

36 Feb 25 By chopping 1 load wood 6 1/6 (?) 36 March 20 By chopping 5 cords (?) 2
36 April 15 By chopping 45 cords 2 feet 22
36 By chopping 3 loads brot home 1
36 By chopping 3 cords reffuse 1
36 63 1/4 cords 31 .00

36 Horace Ely Dr
36 Nov 1847 To Cash recd of L M Brockway 20 .00
36 To 10 bushels of potatoes 2/ 3 .33
36 To one pounding bbl 4/ .67
36 Dec 17 To one half bbl 3/ .50
36 March 26 1848 To 60 feet white ash plank 1 .80
36 To 50 (?) Bbls 60 30 .00
36 56 .30
36 June 29 To Cash To Balance 25 .00
36 81 .30

36 36 W Ely Dr
36 Jan 1855 To Cash 40 .00
36 July To Cash 14 00
36 54 .00
36 Jan 1st 1856 To oak buts for boat timber 62
36 To one lot chestnut boat timber
36 To Cash 50 .00
36 To Cash to Balance 3 .38
36 54 .00

36 Horace Ely Cr
36 Nov 1847 By one Boat price agreed 45 .00
36 April 1848 By one Boat 36.30 36 .00
36 81 .30
36 H Ely Cr
36 June 1855 By one Boat 54 .00
36 April 1856 By one Boat 54 .00

37 Richard Hayden Dr
37 May 1849 To Scowboat to boat ballast to Essex 7 loads 4/ 4 .67
37 Sept To Scowboat Do Do 6 loads 4/ 4 .00
37 Sept 12 1850 To Scow boat one day .75
37 Feb 1852 To two well buckets 42 cts .84
37 Oct To hooping two tubs .18
37 10 .44

37 Richard Hayden Cr
37 Sept 1849 By 7 lbs fresh pork .56
37 Jan 19 By cash three dollars 3 .00
37 Aug 28 1850 By team haying 2 1/2 days 75 cts 1 .87 1/2
37 Sept 18 By team one half day .50
37 28 By team one day .75
37 Oct 3 By team 1/2 day .50
37 7 .09

38 1849 Orin A. Banning Cr
38 Nov 20 To 10 half bbls 50 cts 5 .00
38 To repairs on hhg .12m1/2
38 June 1850 To 43 half bbls at 48 cts 20 .64
38 To Inspection on 30 half bbls. 9 cts 2 .70
38 July 4 To inspection on 5 half bbls do I quarter .50
38 To one quarter cask .37 1/2
38 To Storeage 3 .00
38 32 .34

38 October 1850 O A Banning Dr
38 To one well buckit .46
38 To button twine .18
38 Jan 17 1851 To Two spruce poles .40
38 Feb To Cash 10 .00
38 March 22 To 30 half barels .50 15 .00
38 To heading half bbl Salt .15
38 July 25 To Inspection on 57 half bbls 9 5 .13
38 To Inspection on 28 half 9 2. 52
38 To Storeage 3 .00
38 To use of an ancor .25
38 To one Quarter Cask .38
38 Aug To Inspection on 3 half bbls .27
38 Oct 11 To Cash .25
38 Dec 12 To Cash .11
38 38 .10
38 38 Jan 1st 1852 To use of scow and fish boat .62 1/2
38 To repairs on well buckit .12 1/2
38 June 19 To Inspection on 6 half bbls 9 .54
38 29 To Inspection on 22 do do 1 .98
38 July 1st ` To Inspection on 6 do do .64
38 6 To Inspection on 7 do do .63
38 To 2 Quarter cask 37 12/2 .75
38 To Storeage 3 .00
38 8 .19
38 38 July 23 1853 To 9 half bbls 48 4 .32
38 To 7 Quarters do 372 2 .62 1/2
38 Storeage for the past year 3 .00
38 9 .96 1/2
38 38 May 28 1861 To 5 bushels Salt 36 cts 1 .80
38 one keg 37 .37
38 To setting hoops 33 .33
38 Oct To two Cider bbls 75 1 .50
38 Nov 20 To 30 ? feet whitewood timber 8 2 .40
38 22 To 3 bushels Slat 36 1 .08
38 7 .48

39 July 5 1850 Orin A. Banning Cr
39 By Cash 1 .00
39 29 By Cash to Balance 31 .34
39 March 17 1851 By Cash 10 .00
39 June By Cash 2 .00
39 July 24 1851 By Cash 15 .00
39 26 By Cash 6 .00
39 Aug By 35 feet chestnut timber 2 .45
39 Oct By 216 hooppoles 2 .15
39 By Cash .50
39 38 .10
39 February 1852 O. A. Banning Cr
39 By 25 hoopoles .25
39 April 10 By 575 pds hay 2 .87 1/2
39 12 lbs codfish 4 .54
39 Bread .37
39 one bbl Bread 92 1 .50
39 2 bushels corn 1 .40
39 July 4 6 .93
By Cash 1 .26
39 8 .19
39 39 Aug 6 1853 By Balance on account at Store 9 .96
39
39 July 18 1861 By carting 3 loads hay 50 1 .50
39 Oct By 2 barrils sider 2.50 5 .00

39 July 28 1862 By carting hay 1 .50 39 By carting stave timber .50
39 Oct By 5 bushels Potatoe 50 2 .50
39 By 1150 hhg hoops 11 .50
39 22 .50

39 May 1862 Dr O A Banning
39 To 25 half bbls 50 12 .50
39 4 ? casks 1 .50
39 Gilnet twine .50
39 Oct To 5 hewing? bbls 60 (Goddard By) 3 .00
39 17 .50
39 Brot over 7 .48
39 24 .98

39 Dec 27th 1850 Ansil R. Ely Dr
39 To one eighth part o Sloop H Clays earnings the past season clear of expenses 66 .70
39 To cash recd of H D Bradick 11 .60
39 To cash due on last yr account .16
39 To cash due for chesnuts 1 .75
39 Jan 10 1852 To due on Salt (overrun) 1 .50
39 To one eight of dividend on H Clay 73 .59
39 155 .30
39 39 To Due on Quinces sold in New York 2 .00
39 Jan 8 1853 To 1/8 of dividend of Sloop H Clay 74 .71
39 76 .71
39 39 Jan 1st 1854 To Dividend on earnings of Sloop Henry Clay 63 .02
39 Jan 1st 1854 Dividend on Sloop H Clay 44 .58
39 107 .60
39 39 Jan 1st 1856 To 1/8 of the Dividend on Sloop H Clay 57 .60

39 June 1850 Ansil R. Ely Cr
39 By one keg Lard 3 .46
39 July By one bbl flour 6 81
39 Aug By one bbl flour 6 .81
39 By a hundred iron hooping 2 .25
39 Oct By one bbl flour Rye 4 .13
39 Dec By two bbls flour 6.25 12 .50
39 By freight on Salt April 1850 6 .22
39 Dec 27 By Cash 30 .00
39 May 13 1851 By one Bbl flour 6 .25
39 By one keg Lard 5 .66
39 July 5 By one Bbl flour 6 .00
39 By freight on 150 bushels Salt 6 .00
39 10th By one Bbl pilot bread 4 .55
39 31st By one Bbl flour 6 .12
39 By 3 iron bolts 1 .37
39 Oct 12 By one Bbl flour 5 .13
39 Nov By one Bbl flour 5 .50
39 By 80 lbs corned beef 4 .80
39 By one Box raisins 1 .95
39 By 50 lbs buckwheat 1 .40
39 By one bbl apples 2 .38
39 Jan 5 1852 By cash 20 .00
39 10th By cash 5 .94
39 155 .30
39 39 Jan 8th 1853 By freight on 200 bushels of Salt 8 .00
39 By Balance on Bbl flour .75
39 By one Quintle of cod fish 1 .25
39 By one Bbl flour 5 .75
39 By 20 bushels corn 68 13 .16
39 By 1/8 part Henry ClayÕs sails 33 .16
62 .51
39 By cash to Balance 14 .26
39 76 .77
39 39 Oct 1 1853 By cash 30 .00
39 Aug 1854 By cash recd of L C Ely 30 .00
39 Jan 14 1855 By cash and Note to the amount of 47 .60
39 Nov 15 By 3 Bbls flour at 11.03 33 .15
39 125 lbs. beef 7 8 .75
39 Jan 1 1856 To cash 15 .70
39 57 .60

40 Mar 22 1851 Samuel P Anderson Dr
40 To 16 half bbls 48 7 .68
40 To heading half bbls salt getting the same into the Store .32
40 To Balance due on account in 1850 1 .64
9 .44

40 March 16 1852 S P Anderson Dr
40 To 17 half bbls 50 cts 8 .50
40 To Laybor putting Salt into Store .25
40 To Storeage on Salt .25
40 9 .00
40 July 1862 To 3 half bbls 50 cts 1 .50
40 Nov 11 To setting 6 bbl hoops .15
1 65
40 July 1863 To hooping bbl .20
40
40 Oct 20 1863 To setting 46 hoops 3 1 .38
40 Jan 1864 Balanced O A Ely
40

40 June 1851 Samuel P. Anderson Cr
40 By cash 9 .64
40 Oct 1863 By cash 9 .00
40 June 6 1863 By cash 1 .50
40 Jan 1864 By cash .15
1 .65
40 By cash to Balance 1 .38

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