Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Name: Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Author: Dow, George Francis

Dow, George Francis

Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- To 1775

Suma Totalis   St.      031-19-05
              Ite. 2 gall. of Metheglen                     00-08-00
              It. one Lether Jack                           00-01-06
              It. two Tubbs                        }
              It. one wooden hand boule            }        00-03-06
              Ite. vinegar                         }
              It. 3 peuter botles quarts           }
              It. one pinte peuter botle                    00-00-10
              Ite. one hatt                                 00-10-00
                                                           ---------
                                                            33-03-03
                   rec. of Mr. Winthrop Governr.
              Ite. 3 yrds. of Cambrick
                   6 yrds. & a h: of Loomeworke
                   2 Drinking hornes
                   8 pr. of shoes for men
                   6 pr. of gray stockings for men
                   6 pr. of stockings for women
                   6 pr. of stockings for children
                   10 yrds. of Carsey
                   Thred
                   2000 of pinnes
                   6 Alls
                   one webb of blew gartering
                   2 knots of Tape




APPENDIX C

AN ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTORY OF CONTENTS OF THE SHOP OF CAPT. JOSEPH
WELD OF ROXBURY, MADE FEBRUARY 4, 1646-7


  48 yds. greene cotton at 22d.
  85 yds. red cotton at 2/1.
   1-3/4 yds. kersey at 5s.
  11 yds. do at 3/2.
  52 yds. yellow cotton at 22d.
   8 yds. white cotton at 20d.
  21 yds. red cloth at 7/9.
  39 yds. broad cloth at 8/8.
  21 yds. broad cloth at 9/7.
   8 yds.   do   do   at 15/4.
  42 yds. greene tamie at 2/1.
   5 yds. red     do  at 2/1.
   3 yds. flannel at 2/2.
  12 yds. scarlet broad cloth at 16/6.
  41 yds. course at 3/2-1/2.
  24 yds. frize at 4/7.
  31 yds. penniston at 2/7.
  38 yds.    do    at 2/11.
  44 yds. grey Kersey at 5/6.
  66 yds. fustian at 1s.
  15 yds. Holland at 5/9.
   7 yds.   do    at 4/1-1/2.
   7 yds. Slezie lawne at 4/.
   8 yds. blue linen at 1/4.
  29 yds. lane at 6/9.
   3 pr. bodies at 3/2.
  11 belts @ 3/2.
  15   do  @ 3/.
  23 bandeliers at 2/.
  14 pr. Stockings at 1/6.
  41 pr.     do    at 1/3.
  15 pr. Jecs at 2/9.
  10 doz. points at 2/.
  61 combs at 3-1/2d.
  14 doz. thimbles at 1/9.
  18 pr. pads at 6d.
   1 spectacle case 1/.
  26 gro. thread buttons at 9d.
  29 primers at 2d.
   8 lb. thread at 12/3.
  10 pces. tape at 1/1.
   5 gro. buttons at 2/.
   5 gro.   do    at 1/.
   6 doz. great buttons at 1/2.
  17 silk buttons at 2/.
  14 yds. lace at 2d.
  64 yds. lace at 3-1/2d.
   3 pces. binding at 1/2.
  80 yds. ribboning at 2-1/2d.
  21 doz. tape at 1/.
  43 lb. ginger at 1/.
   6 pr. slippers at 2/.
  20 1b. whalebone at 10-3/4d.
  17 1b. pepper at 2/1.
   2 1b. worm seed at 8/.
   5 1b. cinnamon at 8/4.
   7 hat bands at 4d.
   2 1b. nutmegs at 1/9.
   1/2 lb. blue starch at 1/8.
     Cloves, 10d.

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Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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