School Accounts: August 25, 1847 - May 23, 1848

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1847 25th Augt. Jacob James Dearingstarted to school
& this week went 2 days

Sept 3rd Friday went 1 hr week 4 days
“ 10 went 4 days 1 hr week 4
“ 17 went 5 days 1 hr week 5
“ 21 went 1 hr day & stayed 12 oclock
“ 24 Mr Waddel went to [Corcons?]went 3½ days this week
Oct 1st went 4½ days this week
8 went 2 days this week
15 went 5 days this week
22 went 5 days this week
25 went Monday of this week
Nov. 22 went this week 3 days
“ 24 went Monday 1 day

1848
Jany 31st Jacob starts to school
Feby 4 went 4 days this week
Jacob has missed 3 daysthis day or 4 do to
Jerry starts to make up his lost time
Jacob miss 1 day more
Jery about made up Jacob lost
time up to this day Jerry gone to
day

[three sentences crossed out diagonally:]
augt 30thmondayTalton at building chimny 1 day &began 9 Oclock say little ps
" Sept worked 2 1/2 days & went Home
25 " worked 2 1/2 days on [?] it& went home
Entered on bond —
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1848 May 22nd Jerry 2 days to school 2
23 Jerry 1 day to Do 1

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fransalman

There is math in right hand margin. The name "James Dearing" is in upper margin, not part or sentence and probably written by someone else.

Ben W. Brumfield

Could the crossed out sentences indicate a debt that has been cancelled, or an obligation that has been settled? Graves (and other 19th-century farmers whose account books I've read) sometimes uses cross-outs this way in his financial records.

Ben W. Brumfield

The math may be his totals for the number of days attended or another figure in the table. I haven't had time to study this page in depth, but there are other places in the account books where Graves keeps a running total of days his children attend school, or a subtotal of days for each week. I'm guessing that this is a calculation of how much he owes the teacher, but that's just a guess.

fransalman

needs indexing