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John A. Steinbeck's diary, primarily during the Civil War, handwritten mainly in pencil, leather-bound, over 200pp, [195] 1859-1862
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Monday night at ½ 10 oclock left St. Au. March 10
“ 11 camped on the beach near Duponts landing.
“ 12 camped 6 miles inside of Buhlows
“ 13 at Buhlows
“ 14 at in the [illegible]
“ 15 marched 17 miles camped at Blackwelders
16 at Volusia
17 in the Swamp near Hawkinsville
18 at Hawkinsville
19 [Ditto marks]
20 at Enterprize
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[page crossed out] 1861 J. A. Steinbecks [illegible] account with [illegible] M. D[illegible]
1 pr shoes | 1.50 | |
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1 plug taba | .19 | |
" 24 | 1 Pair Shoes | 1.00 |
" 26 | 1 Plug Tobacco | 19 |
Nov. [4?] | 1 Plug Tobacco | 18 |
" 18 | Tobacco | 19 |
" 29 | Thread | 13 |
" " | Tobacco | 12 |
Decbr 11 | Tobac | 24 |
393 |
Wm [Augur?]
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Mr. Myers [Div?] Carried $10.12/2
Nov. 20 By hire for mule carry a load to Picolata | 2.00 |
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Nov 1. Packing sewing machine | .50 |
Nov. 25 By hire for mule to bring two [illegible] | 100. |
[right column] 49 29 29 ---107 305 ---412 42 --454 [/columns]
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Mr. Walton Cr. Aug 15 due $.30
Mr. Myers
Sept 19 Made cover + altered a hawking box | 12 1/2 |
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Sept 21. 1 dozen eggs | 25 |
By work on carrige hous | 350 |
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By hire for mule to haule [7?] loads of wood 3.50 for other hawling 1.00 By fixing 6 packing boxes 1.50 nails .50 ----101 2 1/2
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Bought from Mr. [Taisch?]
Axe | $1.00 |
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9 quarts of [fluid?] | 1.12 1/2 |
6 lbs of starch | [99?] |
2 lbs of coffee | 1 87 |
& aster | 1 00 |
[illegible] | 25 |
[illegible] | 75 |
12 yards of matting | 1.20 |
measures | 37 1/2 |
9.06 | |
5 quarts beans | 62 |
3 / little [pans?] | 50 |
1/2 lb tea | 98 |
1 basket 2/ 1 can of [illegible] | 75 |
[illegible] 2/ 4 soap [illegible] | 50c 75 |
13 06 | |
68 |
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Mr. G. W. Walton | Cr. |
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12 1/2 lbs of rice | 7.5 |
soda biscuit - July 13 | 1.2 1/2 |
July 16 tobacco | 1.2 1/2 |
July 21 [ditto marks] | 1.2 1/2 |
July 23 12 1/2 lbs of rice 5/ | 6.2 1/2 |
tobacco; nails 16 c. | 2.8 1/2 |
[illegible] | 1.2 1/2 |
Sugar | .50 |
266 | |
Tobacca | 12 1/2 |
rice | 50 |
326 1/2 |
25 20 ---
12 | 500 | 49 |
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481 |
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Mr. Fairchilds
June 27 | one | water melon | $20 |
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[ditto marks] 28 | 2 | watermelons | 10 |
[ditto marks] 29 | 1 | watermelon | 10 |
July 1 | 1 | watermelon | 1.2 |
[ditto marks] 3 | 1 | [ditto marks] | 1.2 |
[ditto marks] 6 | 1 | [ditto marks] | 10 |
9 | 4 | [ditto marks] | 20 |
by work making boxes + packing refiregreator[?] 100 Mr. Snails[?] 16 -----281
Mr. F.[?] by 19 lbs of pork at 15cts
19 15 ----285 $2.85