Massachusetts Historical Society
Thomas Jefferson Papers: an electronic archive
Farm Book, page 145
by Thomas Jefferson


[column 1]

shirts.plains.woolen blankt.hats beds socks
Nace 7 3 2 1/2 1
Nance 7 5 1 1
Nancy 7 2 3
Nanny. Bagw's 0 5 4 1
Ned 7 3 2 1/2
Janey 7 2 3
Moses 3 4 3 1/4 1
Sucky 6 3 2 1/2
Ned. junr.7 3 2 1/2 1
Peter Hemings 7 5 1/2 1
Philip 7 3 2 1/2 1
Rachael 7 2 3 1 1
Eliza 5 3 1/3 2 3/4 1
Ellen 8 2 1/3 2
Sally 7 5
Harriet 1 4 2/3 3 3/4
Madison 5 3 1/3 2 3/4
Eston 8 2 1/3 2
Sanco 7 3 2 1/2 1
Scilla 7 2 3 1
Jamy 11.1 1/3 1 1/4
d Fanny 13
Shepherd 7 3 2 1/2 1
Solomon.7 3 2 1/2 1 1
Sucky 7 2 3 1 1
Thenia 93.7 2 3
Thrimston.99 5 1/3 2 1/4 2 1
Wormly 7 3 2 1/2
Ursula 7 5
Joe 5 3 1/3 2 3/4
Anne 7 2 2/3 2 1/4
Dolly 9 2 1 3/4 1
Cornelius 11 1 1/3 1 1/4
Thomas 13
hired.
Lewis. Bacon's 7 3 2 1/2 1
Peter 7 3 2 1/2 1


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shirting
all Cotton
dble. cloth
wool & cotton
single cloth
wool & cotton
shirting
Cotton & thread
41. men. 287. yds 226. yds
32. women 224. 160.
61. children 137 yds 180 yds
134.511 386 137.180 = 1214.
cotton lb.wool lb.thread lb.
511. yds. all cotton 256
386. cotton & wool dble.103 206
137. do. single 36 54
180. cotton & thread 45 45
440 260 45
Summer clothes. all cotton.
42 men @ 2 1/2 yds = 105
21 women @ 3. yds = 63
168 yds requires. 84 lb. cotton
a kiln of 27. cords yields 605 b. = 22 1/2 b. to the cord.

ordered distribution of 147. b. shipstuff & 252. b.bran now due me at the mill as follows
b. bran b. shipst.
Mr Ballard 9+12 weekly
Ham 7.10
Bacon 6.8. for the plantation
Jerry 2.for the house
24
the bran will thus last 10. weeks
The shipstuff 5. weeks, by which time we shall have a screw to crush & grind corn & cobs together.
Tufton Lego Monto.Total
wheat sowed autumn 13.260 109 50 419.Wheat
oats spring 14.40 50 20 110 oats
rye 50 rye

begun wheat harvest

finish it.

finished rye & oats