Note: There is no page 50 in the journal.
51 July 1st 1854 Cr Account of the Sales of Timber & wood from the wood Lot Belonging to J G Ely & D S Miner
51 By Cash recd for piles for ice Camp? 86 .33
51 2 cords 1 ft chestnut wood 2.50 7 .81
51 Recd of K L Laplace for timber 75 .00
51 Sept 27 15 1/4 cords oak wood at 4 dollars 50 cts per cord 68 .62 1/2
51 Oct 22 29 Cords 2 1/2 ft oak wood at 4.50 131 .90
51 Nov 19 Cords 7 ft oak wood 4.50 89 .44
51 5 Cords 7 ft Chesnut do 3.00 17 .62
51 23 railroad ties at 30 - 1 do at 20 7 .10
51 April 20 1855 12 Cords oak wood at $4.50 expenses on the Same #1.00 53 .00
51 Aug 6 Recd for timber 40 .00
Sept 15 Recd for timber 25 .00
51 Nov 9 24 1/2 Cords oak wood $3.75 91 .87 1/2
51 April 25 1856 Sold wood to the amount of 58 .22
51 Nov 18 1856 Sold 22 1/2 Cords wood 3872 87 .19
51 June 1857 Sold 22 cords chesnut wood 2.50 5 .00
51 Oct 16 7 ft nut 4 ft oak 6 .37 1/2
51 June 18 1858 11 1/2 cords wood $ 3.50 40 .25
51 Oct 2 cords oak wood 3.25 6 .50
51 March 8 1859 Timber 11 .44
51 June 21 3 Cords wood 10 .00
51 July 8 23 1/2 cords wood 3.25 75 .15
51 Sept 8 9 cords 6 ft wood 3.25 31 .68
51 July 1860 Recd of Frank LaPlace on Note 50 .00
51 Jan 1 1861 Recd for wood 21 .00
51 April 1st Recd for wood 6 00
52 July 1st 1854 Account of Cash recd of D S Miner for wood & timber
52 Recd 1/4 part o what is sold up to this date July 1st 1854 37 .78 1/2
52 Sept 27 Recd for wood 17 .15 1/2
52 Oct 22 Recd for wood 32 .97 1/2
52 Nov Recd for wood & ties 28 .54
52 April 20 1855 Recd for wood 13 .25
52 Aug 6 Recd for Timber 10 .00
52 Sept 15 Recd for Timber 6 .25
52 Nov 9 Recd for wood 22 .97
52 April 25 1856 Recd for wood 14 .55
52 Nov 17 Recd for wood 21 .80
52 June 1857 Recd for wood 1 .25
52 Oct Recd for wood 1 .62
52 March 8 1859 Timber 2 .86
52 Jan 21 wood 2 .50
52 July 8 Recd for wood 18 .79
52 Sept 9 Recd for wood 7 92
52 July 1860 Cash recd 12 .50
52 Jan 1 1861 Cash recd for wood 5 .25
52 April 1 Cash 1 .50
54 Dec 22 1856 Ansil R Ely Dr
54 To Cash earnings of Sloop Henry Clay 68 .37
54 Dr A R Ely
54 Jan 4 1858 To Cash earnings of Sloop H Clay per dividend 16 .59
54 Dr A R Ely
54 Feb 3 To Cash Earnings of Sloop H Clay 56 .61
54 Jun 30 To Burner of Light 1 .37
54 Jan 1st 1860 To Cash Earnings of Sloop H Clay 42 .02
54 Jan 1st 1861 To earnings of Sloop H Clay (up to Oct 1860) 33 .32
54 133 .32
54 Aug 13th 1856 Ansel R Ely Cr
54 By Cash 30 .00
54 Oct 3 By one Bbl flour 7 .71
54 Nov By one Bbl flour 7 .50
54 By one Bbl flour 9 .00
54 By one drawing knife .94
54 Dec 22 By cash 55 .15
54 to balance 13 .22
54 68 .37
54 Jan 4 1859 Cr A R E
54 By Cash 16 .59
54 Oct By Cash 10 .00
54 Dec By Cash 20 .00
54 Feb 3 By Cash 20 .00
54 June 30 By freight on 60 bbls herring 4 10 .00
54 By Com on herring 1 .68
54 By 55 lbs Lard 7 .15
54 By Albert Wayes fishing 8 .50
54 Jan 6 1860 By Cash 15 .00
54 June By Freight on fish (80 bbls 11 .12
54 Jan 1 1860 By Cash (Recd of C S Ely) 29 .87 1/2
54 133 .32
54 This is the last balancing business & earthly account with my much respected and loved Brother Ansel R. Ely, sorrowful thought as often as I look on these pages may I think of him who may be still near me in Spirit Life may I feel and realize your Presence much loved Brother
Jan 29th 1861
John G. Ely
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54 April 21 1861 Recd on dividend on Sloop H Clay due from last season 7. 75
55 Aug 1861 Expenses for Fishing
55 Paid for house capson 35 .00
55 do for boards for house 1 .00
55 do for Apprisal .50
55 Capson and bars ? 15 .00
55 Paid for tarring seine 9 .27
55 Paid for oars 5 .28
55 11 half bbls 5 .50
55 Boards .74
55 72 .29
55 Knitting 11 lbs Twine 15 1 .65
55 Settled June 27th 1862 73 .94
56 July 1 1863 Orin A Banning Dr
56 Balance brot from page 38 2 .40
56 To 2 Quarter casks .75
56 do 1 half bbl .50
56 Storeage .50
56 March 10th 1864 To forty casks at 2 .80
56 30th To 11 1/2 lbs of lead at 13 1 .50
56 6 .45
56 Balanced March 30th 1864 O A Ely
This was the last balancing of the Estate of John G. Ely. Prized above all other mortals by his family. Long may his memory live in the hearts of his children. I know not of a future but hope that he still lives {Ò Not lost but gone beforeÓ} with those that have gone before and again in time to be joined to the rest of his family, so loss through all coming Time Forever & EverLyme Dec 1st 1865 Oscar A Ely
56 Aug 1863 Orin A. Banning Cr
56 By carting hay price agreed 1 .25
56 March 5 1864 By carting two bushels of potatoes 1 .50
56 2 .75
56 By cash to balance 3 .7
56 March 30th 1864 O A E 6 .45
56 John G Ely Esq. Estate of
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57 Estate of John G Ely Cr
57 Balance on a note from Orin A Banning 10 .00
57 Note from John G LaPlace dated Oct 1, 1865 31 .78
57 Per Contra
57 Funeral Expenses 43 .00
57 To the Judge of Probate 5 .00Here endeth the Journal of John Griswold Ely, Cooper, Fisherman, and Boatman.
February 16, 2001
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