Across the Generations - Bodman Family

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[Pages from account book of Joseph Bodman, Williamsburg, Mass., 1790-93]

Asa Whit Datear [Debtor]
 
Apearl [April] 10 1790 to my hors four mils 0.00.8
Apearl 14 1790 to carten [cart] two pot assh
   kittels [kettles] from hampton to Mr Wates

-------------------- 0.8.0
May 6 1791 to carten one [halfeth?]
   of rom [rum] from hampton

-------------------- 0.5.0
May 10 1791 to carten one lode [load] of Barels
   to the poteash

-------------------- 0.3.0
May 16 1791 to maken a wheel 8.0.0
May 20 1791 to my team to hampton
0.10.0
                    to my wagon to the fols [falls] 0.3.0
June 15 1791 to my stears [steers] to the fols 0.7.0
June 22 1791 to carten one lod of
   potash to hampton

-------------------- 0.8.0
June 23 to one paer of stears
      to the falls

-------------------- 0.3.0
July    1791 to carten ten lods
     of hay

-------------------- 0.15.0
July 12 1791 to carten ten barels
       of [potash?] to hampton

-------------------- 0.15.0
August 29 1791 carten salt eleven
     tasses1 from hampton

--------------------  1.4.0
5.6.8
[Page 2]
Doctor Gary, Datear
cared [carried] from the other Book -------------------- 0.6.0
August 1 1789 to pastren [pasture] two cows 1.0.0
Aperl 17 1791 to carten hay -------------------- 0.1.6
Aperl 20 1791 to my team harren [harrow]
    your garden

-------------------- 0.2.0
August 11 1791 to carten one lod wod [wood] 0.2.0
1791 to parsten your cow -------------------- 1.0.0
March 23 1792 to wood -------------------- 0.2.0
April 6 1792 to carten one lod wood 1.8
May    1792 to pastern your
    --------------------  hors [horse]

-------------------- 0.3.0
to pastern your cow      -------------------- 0.8.0
January 1 1793 to two lods wod 0.4.0
February 2 1793 to sleden [sled] two
          lods of hay from poters

0.6.0
March 7 1793 to carten hay
          from James hunts

-------------------- 0.4.0
Aperl 22 1793 to carten one lod
of dung[?] from Mr Saxons

-------------------- 0.2.0
Aperl 25 1793 to carten
         one load of timber for your Barn
0.3.0
July   to carte two lods hay   Sal Wats    8.0
4.11.2

General note:   For the most part, transcripts retain the author's original spelling, abbreviations, underlining, capitalization, and punctuation (or lack thereof).  Transcriber's comments, changes or additions are in brackets.

1. tass = heap, pile, or stack
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