Front Cover
Account.
1775.
Inside Front Cover
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[ACCOUNT WITH JOSEPH BASS.]
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| May 31. 1775 pd. Jos. Bass a Dollar | 0: | 6: | 0 |
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pd. him before 2 Dollars | 0: |
12: | 0 |
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pd. him before at Braintree a Guinea |
1: | 8: | 0 |
| Aug. 14 1775. Jos. Bass Dr. to John Adams
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| To ballance of your Acct. left at Phyladelphia, as you recollect it if wrong to be rectified. | 2: | 8: | 0 |
| To a Guinea paid you before we went away from Braintree. | 1: | 8: | 0 |
| To Cash left with Mrs. Yard to pay Dr. Shippen for innoculating you. | 2: | 0: | 0 |
| To Cash paid you this Day. | 5: | 0: | 0 |
| Total |
10: |
16: | 0 |
| By your Service from 26th. of April to the fourteenth of Aug. 1775. | 10: | 16: | 0 |
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1775. APRIL 30TH. SUNDAY.
Heard Mr. Strong all Day. At Night, a Man came in and inform'd us of the Death of Josa. Quincy. -- Proh Dolor! --
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ACCOUNT WITH MASSACHUSETTS AS A DELEGATE TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, APRIL -- AUGUST 1775.
| Mass. Bay Dr. to John Adams
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| To the Hire of two Horses at 10 each |
20: |
0: |
0 |
| To the Hire of a Sulky 6: 0s: 0d |
8 : |
0 : |
0 |
| To the Wages of a servant from the 26 of April to the 14th. of August at 3 per Month |
| 10: 16: 0 |
10: |
16: |
0 |
| To Cash paid Mrs. Yard in Philadelphia for Board and Lodging for myself and Servant &c. Pensylvania Currency 38: 13: 6 |
30: |
18: |
10 |
| To Cash paid Hannah Hiltzheimer for keeping my Horses. |
4 : |
16: |
3 |
| To Cash paid Dibley & Stringer for keeping my Horses Pen. Currency 8 : 13s : 8 1/2d |
7: |
0 : |
0 |
| To Cash paid Messrs. Marshalls for Sundry Medicines. |
0 : |
8 : |
0 |
| Total |
79: |
19: |
1 |
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| By Cash recd. |
100: |
0 : |
0 |
| carried with me, when I went |
50: |
0: |
0 |
| borrowed out of Money for the Sufferers, at one time |
31: |
0: |
0 |
| at another |
12: |
0: |
0 |
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| To Cash paid Daniel Smith for Sundries as pr Rect.
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2: |
8: |
0 |
| To Cash paid J Young for Sundries. |
3 : |
0 : |
0 |
| To Cash paid at Horse Neck for a Saddle. |
3 : |
0 : |
0 |
| To cash paid for a light Suit of Cloaths
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4 : |
0 : |
0 |
| To Cash paid for my Expences, keeping two Horses and a servants Expences, upon the Road from Braintree to Phyladelphia, and from thence to Braintree together with Sundry miscellaneous Expences, while there |
26 : |
12 : |
11 |
| To 2 Days Spent, in riding after Mr. Cushing before I went away, to get the Money granted me for my Expences Self and Horse |
0 : |
18 : |
0 |
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To the Hire of an Horse and Man to go to Providence, after my Money which Mr. Cushing said was carried there
To the Hire of the second Horse and Man to the same Place for the same Purpose, not having obtaind it the first Time.
To Cash paid Mr. Joseph Bass for a Surtout and Pair of Leather Breeches before I went -- the Breeches were not brought out of Boston, the 19th of April and there they now are in Mr. Whitwells shop as he told me at Hartford .
To Cash pd. the owner of a sulky for the Damage done to it, by the Horse taking fright and running vs. a Rock and dashing the Top in Pieces
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1775.AUG. 28.
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d |
| Took with me consisting in 62 :10s Pen. Currency in Paper Bills and 20 L.M of Mass in silver and Gold. |
70 : |
0 : |
0 |
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[ACCOUNT WITH MASSACHUSETTS AS A DELEGATE TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, AUGUST -- DECEMBER 1775].
| 1775 Aug. 28th. |
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pd. at Davis's at Roxbury for Oats |
0 : |
0 : |
8 |
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pd. at Watertown for Horses Servant &c |
1: |
14: |
2 |
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pd. at Baldwins for Oats |
0 : |
0 : |
8 |
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pd. at Buckminsters at Framingham |
0: |
5: |
0 |
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pd. at Bowmans at Oxford |
0: |
2: |
4 |
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pd. at Shermans in Grafton at Breakfast |
0 : |
1: |
8 |
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Septr. 4. pd. at Hides in Woodstock for board and Lodgings for Selves and Servants and Horse keeping from Saturday to Monday. |
1: |
13: |
0 |
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pd. at Clarks at Pomfret |
0 : |
2 : |
0 |
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pd. atGarysCarys of Windham |
0: |
7: |
4 |
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pd. at Lebanon Grays |
0 : |
9 : |
10 |
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pd. at Taynters in Colchester |
0 : |
6 : |
0 |
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pd. at Smiths of Haddam |
0 : |
4 : |
0 |
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pd. at Camps in Durham |
0 : |
8 : |
6 |
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pd. at Beers's of N. Haven |
0 : |
6 : |
0 |
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pd. at Bryants of Milford |
0: |
8: |
10 |
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pd. at Stratford Ferry |
0 : |
2 : |
0 |
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pd. at Stratfield for Oats |
0 : |
0 : |
6 |
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pd. at Penfields of Fairfield |
0 : |
14 : |
7 |
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pd. at Betts's of Norwalk |
0: |
6: |
0 |
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pd. at Fitch's of Stamford |
0 : |
6 : |
11 |
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pd. at Knaps of Horse Neck |
0 : |
16 : |
0 |
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pd. at Bulls of White Plains |
0 : |
3 : |
8 |
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pd. at jasper the Ferryman, at Dobbs Ferry for Dinners and Ferryge
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0 : |
4 : |
0 |
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pd. at Mrs. Watsons at Hackin Sack
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0 : |
8 : |
10 |
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pd. at Piersons of Newark |
0 : |
2 : |
10 |
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pd. at Elizabeth Town for Shewing Horse |
0 : |
0 : |
10 |
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pd. at Grahams Elizabeth Town
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0 : |
18: |
4 |
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pd. for Man and Horse to Newark after our Men and to the Horsler |
0: |
5 : |
8 |
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pd. at Woodbridge Dawsons |
0 : |
1 : |
6 |
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pd. at Brunswick, Farmers, and at the Ferry |
0 : |
8 : |
0 |
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pd. at Jones's at Ten mile run |
0 : |
0 : |
10 |
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pd. at Princetown |
0 : |
8 : |
6 |
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pd. at Trenton |
0 : |
3 : |
0 |
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pd. at Priestly's in Bristol |
0 : |
12: |
0 |
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pd. at Wilsons' |
0 : |
2 : |
8 |
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pd. at Shammony [Neshaminy] Ferry |
0 : |
0 : |
6 |
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| Recd. of Mr. S. Adams, for his Share of our Expences on the Road from Woodstock to Philadelphia |
5 : |
6 : |
4 |
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| 1775 Sept. 14. pd. for Paper Wax &c |
0: |
2: |
0 |
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Octr. pd. for Tavern Expences on Committees |
0 : |
6 : |
0 |
| 1775 Octr. 16. pd. for Papers, Pamphlets Wax, mending a Pistoll, a Bridle &c |
0 : |
12 : |
0 |
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pd. for Tobacco, Plans of Boston Harbour, &c &c |
0 : |
14 : |
0 |
| 1775 Nov. 1. pd. Mr. John Wright his Account for pasturing my Horses, 9 dollars |
2 : |
14 : |
0 |
| Nov. 13. Cash paid for Sundry Medicines |
0 : |
12 : |
0 |
| Novr. 15. pd. Mr. McLane for a Leathern Breeches and Waistcoat |
2: |
16: |
0 |
| Novr. 27. pd. Mrs. Lucy Leonard for Mrs. Yard 20 P. Currency |
16: |
0 : |
0 |
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Decr. 8 1775. pd. Mr. Aitkens Acct. |
0 : |
16: |
0 |
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pd. Washerwoman |
1 : |
4: |
0 |
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pd. John Stille's Acct. |
3 : |
0 : |
0 |
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pd. Mr. Marshalls Acct |
0: |
4: |
0 |
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pd. James Starrs Acct |
0: |
8: |
10 |
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pd. Mr. Smiths Acct |
0 : |
10 : |
4 |
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pd.Bass |
2: |
8: |
0: |
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pd. Lucy Leonards Acct |
0 : |
16: |
0 |
| Mr. Wm. Barrells Acct. |
2: |
3: |
0 |
| Hiltsheimers Acct. |
0 : |
8 : |
0 |
| Joseph Fox's Acct. |
0 : |
10 : |
0 |
| Wm. Shepards Acct. |
10 : |
14 : |
0 |
| one Pr. of Gloves |
0 : |
6 : |
0 |
| Mrs. Yards Acct. |
23 : |
18: |
63 |
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Decr. 9. 1775. borrowed of the Hon. Saml. Adams Esqr. for which I gave him my Note of Hand |
25: |
0: |
0 |
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| 1779 [i.e. 1775]. Decr. 9.pd. at Andersons the red Lyon |
0: |
3: |
4 |
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pd. at Bassinetts at Bristow |
0: |
8: |
2 |
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Decr. 10 pd. at Shammony Ferry and at Trenton Ferry |
0: |
1 : |
6 |
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pd. at Williams's |
0 : |
3 : |
0 |
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pd. at Hiers Princetown |
0 : |
11 : |
8 |
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pd. at Farmers |
0 : |
4 : |
0 |
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pd. at Ferry |
0 : |
1 : |
6 |
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Decr. 12. pd. at Dawsons at Woodbridge |
0 : |
7 : |
6 |
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pd. at Grahams Elizabeth Town
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0 : |
3 : |
0 |
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pd. at Piersons Newark |
0 : |
3 : |
0 |
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pd. at Hackinsack, Phillipsborough and White Plains including the Ferriage of North River |
1 : |
04 : |
0 |
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Decr. 13. pd. at Knaps at Horse Neck |
0 : |
6 : |
0 |
| 14. pd. at Betts's Norwalk |
0: |
8: |
0 |
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pd. for shewing Horses at White Plains and this Place |
0: |
4: |
0 |
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pd. at Fairfield for Horse shewing Dinner &c |
0: |
7: |
0 |
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Decr. 16. pd. at Bryants Milford |
0 : |
8 : |
6 |
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pd. at Bears's N. Haven |
0: |
5: |
0 |
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pd. at Robinsons Wallingford and at another Tav. for Oats |
0 : |
6 : |
0 |
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pd. at Colliers in Hartford for Entertainment and Horse shoeing |
0 : |
11 : |
0 |
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pd. Mr. Nicholas Brown for a Girt and for transporting my wrecked Sulky from Horse Neck to Hartford 90 miles |
1 : |
5: |
6 |
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pd. for Oats and Hay at Woodbridges East Hartford |
0 : |
1 : |
0 |
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pd. at Fellows, Bolton for Dinners Oats and Hay &c |
0 : |
2 : |
6 |
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pd. at Windham for Horse shewing and Entertainment |
0 : |
7 : |
0 |
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pd. at 2 Taverns for Oats |
0 : |
1 : |
4 |
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pd. at Providence for Entertainment |
0 : |
12 : |
4 |
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pd. at Moreys Norton |
0 : |
2 : |
8 |
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Decr. 21St. pd. at Coll. Howards Bridgewater |
0: |
6: |
0 |
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pd. Bass's Accounts first |
1 : |
7 : |
0 |
| 2d. |
1: |
11: |
6 |
| 3d. |
11: |
5: |
0 |
| Hire of one Horse from Aug. to 21. Decr.
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| Hire of another for the Same Time. |
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1775 SEPTEMBER 3D.
At Woodstock. Heard Mr. Learned [Leonard] from Is. 32:16. The Work of Righteousness is Peace, and the Effect of Righteousness, Quietness and assurance forever.
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Account of Expenses for the Year, January 1777 to February 27 [i.e. 28]
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| Bought two Horses for my Journey to Baltimore one of the Hon. Mr. Spooner for 15 . |
35: |
0: |
0 |
| Another of John Gill for 20 the hire of these only to be charged to the public. Paid for shoeing my horses 8s each. |
0: |
16: |
0 |
| paid for a small pair of Holsters for Pistolls 4s and for Ball. This not to be charged to the public. |
| Paid for an Hanger 25 dollars. This not to be charged to the public. |
7: |
10: |
0 |
| Jan. 29. Cash paid Isaac Greentrees Acct. |
2: |
8: |
0 |
| Feb.10 Cash paid the wsherwoman at Baltimore for washing for me and my servant one dollar. |
0: |
6: |
0 |
| February 27 [i.e. 28] Cash paid David Rusks for my board and my servants and for stabling for my horse, 37 dollars. |
11: |
2: |
0 |
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[No date] Credit |
| By a grant of Cash which I recd 150. 100 only of which I took with me. The other 50 left with Mrs. A. to be remitted to me. |
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