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Journal of Jenifer & Hooe, 1773-1774 (folios 231-460)

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Robert Townsend Hooe and Daniel Jenifer ran a store in Alexandria, Virginia, from 1773-1778. As a journal (or day book), this volume represents the summary of each day's transactions at the store, both purchases and payments, often with more detail than would be found in the official ledger. This work contains folios 231-460.

Accounts in this journal represent house (overhead) accounts, fellow merchants, ships, and men and women living in Alexandria and the surrounding area, as well as many transaction on behalf of the town's enslaved residents. In the first 60 pages, over 115 account holders have been identified and over 125 individuals purchasing on others' accounts (including 33 women and 38 enslaved individuals). While the ledger's location is unknown, it will be possible to recreate it with the completion of these transcriptions.

The original manuscript may be found within the collections of the various Hooe & Company ledgers at the New York Public Library.

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Marginalia: Alexandria

Folio: 266

Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
1773-10-14 Debit [Total] Cargoe [Cargo] As brot. [brought] forward false false Sterling Virginia 8 4 Currency Virginia 145 10 11
Captain Francis Speake 1773-10-14 Debit To 2 yds [yards] blue Frize [Frieze] @ [at] 7/ [is] 0..14..[0]; To 3 yds [yards] plaiding @ [at] 1/8 [is] ..5..[0]; To Thd. [Thread] 8d; [To] 18 Coat Buttons 1/1.5 [subtotal] ..1..9.5; To 0.75 yd [yard] Oznabgs [Osnaburg] ..[0]..7.5; To 9.5 yds [yards] red half Thicks @ [at] 2/3 [is] ..5..7.5; To 1 pr [pair] mens shoes ..7..[0]; To 0.25 w [pound] Oznabg [Osnaburg] Thd [Thread] 7.5d; [To] 1 Knife 4d [subtotal] ..[0]..11.5; For John Willshire false true 127 Currency Virginia 2 2 11
Captain Francis Speake 1773-10-14 Debit To 1 pr [pair] Leather Breeches 1..2..[0]; To 1 pr [pair] mens Shoes ..7..[0]; To 1 Knife ..[0]..7.5; For Jesse false true 127 Currency Virginia 1 9 7.5
Captain Francis Speake 1773-10-14 Debit To 3.5 yds [yards] Plaiding @ [at] 1/8 [is] ..5..10; To 0.25 w [pound] Oznabg [Osnaburg] Thread ..[0]..7.5; To 7 yds [yards] Check @ [at] 1/8 [is] ..11..8; To 1 oz [ounce] thread ..[0]..9; For William Skinner false true 127 Currency Virginia 18 10.5
Captain Francis Speake 1773-10-14 Debit To 1 pr [pair] Worsted Stockgs [Stockings] ..5..[0]; To 1 pr [pair] Leather Breeches 1..2..[0]; For F. Beck false true 127 Currency Virginia 1 7
Captain Francis Speake 1773-10-14 Debit To 2 doz [dozen] Mettal [Metal] Buttons 1/3 } To 1 Pockett [Pocket] Bottle 7.5 } for Self false false 127 Currency Virginia 1 10.5
Captain Francis Speake 1773-10-14 Debit [Total] false false Sterling Virginia 8 4 Currency Virginia 151 11 2.5
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Marginalia: Virginia 1773

Folio: 267

Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
1773-10-14 Debit [Total] Brought forward false false Sterling Virginia 8 4 Currency Virginia 151 11 2.5
Philip Grimes 1773-10-14 Debit To Cash 2 half Joes & 20/ VC [Virginia Currency] [is] 5..16..[0] p [per] Self false false 35 Cash account, folio 16
Joshua Kay 1773-10-14 Debit To 7 yds [yards] Check @ [at] 1/8 p [per] [yard] 0..11..8; To 2.5 yds [yards] Check @ [at] 1/10 [is] ..4..7; To 8 yds [yards] J. [Irish] Linen @ [at] 2/4 [is] ..18..8; To 1 pr [pair] Scizzars [Scissors] 1/3; [To] 1 pr [pair] Sheers [Shears] 11d [subtotal] ..2..2; To 1 doz [dozen] Needles ..[0]..4; To 5.5 yds [yards] Lincey a [at] 2/ [is] ..11..[0]; To 1 _slip_ Thread ..[0]..6 p [per] Wife false true 137 Currency Virginia 2 8 11
William Shaw 1773-10-14 Debit To 1 Gallon Spirits p [per] Major false true 25 Currency Virginia 6
James Kirk 1773-10-15 Debit To 2 w [pounds] Tarrd [Tarred] Rope @ [at] 6.5d false false 45 Currency Virginia 1 1
Portobo. [Port Tobacco] Store 1773-10-15 Debit To Cash pd [paid] Col. [Colonel] Washington for a _Skew_ 12£ Va [Virginia] Curry [Currency] false true 122 Cash account, folio 16
Charges [on Merchandise] 1773-10-15 Debit { To Cash pd. [paid] Rd. [Richard] Harrison Exps [Expenses] to Dumfries 12/6; { To Cash pd. [paid] for 1 pr [pair] marchg [marching] Irons 1/ false false 111 Cash account, folio 16
1773-10-15 Debit [Total false false Sterling Virginia 8 4 Currency Virginia 154 7 2.5
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J&H_1773_268
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Marginalia: Alexandria

Folio: 268

Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
1773-10-15 Debit [Total] Cargoe [Cargo] As brot [brought] forwd [forward] false false Sterling Virginia 8 4 Currency Virginia 154 7 2.5
Colonel John Carlyle 1773-10-15 Debit To 1 hk [hank] Silk 7.5d p [per] Son Geo. [George] false true 73 Currency Virginia 7.5
Schooner John 1773-10-15 Debit To Lewis Weston Carpenters Work } p [per] Accot. [Account] } 2..6..10.5; To Thos. [Thomas] Lawson, 1729 feet } of Plank omd. [omitted] @ [at] 6/ } 5..3..9 false true 138 Lewis Weston account, folio 67; Thomas Lawson account, folio 136
Richard Harrison 1773-10-15 Debit To 1.75 yd [yard] J [Irish] Linen @ [at] 1/ [is] ..1..9; To 0.25 yd [yard] Shalloon @ [at] 1/3 [is] ..[0]..3.75; To 0.25 yd [yard] Oznabrigs [Osnaburg] ..[0]..1.5; To 0.5 Slip Thd [Thread] 1.25d; [To] 1 hk [hank] Silk 4d [is] ..[0]..5.25; To 0.125 yd [yard] buckram ..[0]..1 false false 30 Sterling Virginia 2 8.5
Schooner John 1773-10-15 Debit To 250. 4d Nails 11.25d; [To] 2 Galls [Gallons] Rum 5/4 false false 138 Currency Virginia 6 3.25
Samuel Yates (Loudon) [Loudoun] 1773-10-15 Debit To 3.25 yds [yards] frize [frieze] @ [at] 6/8 [is] 1..1..8; To 2 doz [dozen] Coat Buttons ..1..6 p [per] Self false false 139 Currency Virginia 1 3 2
Captain [Francis] Speake 1773-10-15 Debit To 1 pr. [pair] Silver Shoes Buck;es 1..2..6 p [per] Mr Beck; To 1 Barcelona Handkf [Handkerchief] ..7..6 false true 127 Currency Virginia 1 10
Wheat Accot [Account] 1773-10-15 Debit To Phil [Philip] Grimes 31.75 bushs. [bushels] false true 9 Philip Grimes account, folio 35
1773-10-15 Debit [Total] false false Sterling Virginia 11 0.5 Currency Virginia 157 7 3.25
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Marginalia: Virginia 1773

Folio: 269

Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
1773-10-15 Debit [Total] Brot. [Brought] forward false false Sterling Virginia 11 0.5 Currency Virginia 157 7 3.25
Flour [Account] 1773-10-15 Debit To Isaac Nichols 20 bbls [barrels] fine; [Mark: IN, capitalized] [No.] 1. .213 [less] 20; [No.] 2. .239 [less] 17; [No.] 3. .213 [less] 18; [No.] 4. .212 [less] 19; [No.] 5. .225 [less] 20; [No.] 6. .221 [less] 19; [No.] 7. .228 [less] 20; [No.] 8. .217 [less] 18; [No.] 9. .215 [less] 19; [No.] 10. .222 [less] 20; [No.] 11. .207 [less] 17; [No.] 12. .227 [less] 17; [No.] 13. .223 [less] 17; [No.] 14. .214 [less] 18; [No.] 16. .216 [less] 18; [No.] 17. .214 [less] 18; [No.] 18. .222 [less] 19; [No.] 19. .221 [less] 17; [No.] 20. .218 [less] 18; [No.] 21. .217 [less] 18; [Subtotal] 4384 [less] 367; [Loss] 367 w [pounds] [is] 4017 a [at] 11/6 [is] 23..1..11; Casks @ [at] 1/6 [is] 1..10..0; [Total] 24..11..11 false true 10 Isaac Nichols account, folio 104
Richard Sanford 1773-10-15 Debit To 1 Lo. [Loaf] Sugar 12 w [pounds] 13 oz [ounces] @ [at] 1/ [is] ..12..9.75; To 1 w [pound] Tea 5/; [To] 2 Galls [Gallons] Rum 8/ [is] ..13..[0] p [per] Self false false 108 Currency Virginia 1 5 9.75
Richard Sanford 1773-10-15 Debit To Cash full 14/6.75 false false 108 Cash account, folio 16
Geo. [George] Gilpin 1773-10-15 Debit To 11.25 w [pounds] Tarrd [Tarred] Rope for a _Teahlefall_ } To 1 block for Do. [Tarred Rope] 8 Inchs. [Inches] a [at] 2.5d } false false 139 Currency Virginia 7 9
1773-10-15 Debit [Total] false false Sterling Virginia 11 0.5 Currency Virginia 158 15 10
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Marginalia: Alexandria

Folio: 270

Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
1773-10-16 Debit [Total] Cargoe [Cargo] As brot. [brought] forward false false Sterling Virginia 11 0.5 Currency Virginia 158 15 10
William Carling 1773-10-16 Debit To 1 Gallon W [West] India Rum p [per] Jno. Longdon false true 128 Currency Virginia 4 6
John Evans 1773-10-16 Debit To 1 w [pound] Bohea Tea p [per] Wife false true 21 Currency Virginia 5
John Evans 1773-10-16 Credit By Cash 1..8..[0] false false 21 Cash account, folio 16
Schooner John 1773-10-16 Debit To Cash pd. [paid] Rd. [Richard] Clark for 2 } Cords Wood } 18/ false true 138
Schooner John 1773-10-16 Debit To 1 w [pound] Marline 1..3..[0]; To 2 w [pounds] Sail Twine ..4..[0]; To 1.5 Gallon Lin [Linseed] Oile [Oil] ..9..[0] false false 138 Currency Virginia 14 3 Cash account, folio 16
Wheat Accot. [Account] 1773-10-16 Debit { To Cash pd. [paid] Wm [William] Hobby for 5.5 bushs. [bushels] 1..7..6; { To Do. [Cash] pd. [paid] Jos. [Joseph] Reeder for 36.375 Do. [bushels] 9..1..10.5; { To Do. [Cash] pd. [paid] Ben. Deakings 9.5 Do. [bushels] 2..7..6; { To Do. [Cash] pd. [paid] Jo. Bennett 14.25 Do. [Bushels] 3..11..3; [Total] 65 .625 [bushels] £16..8..1.5 false false
Susannah Patterson 1773-10-16 Debit To 1 w [pound] yellow ocre [ochre] 4d } To 1 black barcelona Handkf [Handkerchief] 7/6 } p [per] son Wm. [William] false true 17 Currency Virginia 7 10
Francis Summers 1773-10-16 Debit [Marginalia: recd. Cash] To 2.875 Gallons spirits @ 6/ false false
Joshua Kay 1773-10-16 Debit To 0.5 w [pound] Pepper 1/3; [To] 1 w [pound] Shott [Shot] 4d p [per] Self false false 137 Currency Virginia 1 7
1773-10-16 Debit [Total] false false Sterling Virginia 11 0.5 Currency Virginia 160 9 0
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