Farm Book, 1774-1824, page 165, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]

Farm Book, page 165
by Thomas Jefferson

Page 165

[column 1]

Bear cr.1819		Woolen	Shirting	blankets	beds
Jame Hubard		5 1/2	7.
Cate		5	7.
Armstead.		5 1/2	7.
Aggy. Dick's		5.	7.	1.
Sally.	12.	2 1/2	3.
Kate. Rachael's		5.	7.
Maria. Cate's		5	7		1.
Johnny.	4.	4 1/2	5 2/3
Isaac.	9.	3 1/4	4.
Nisy.		5.	7.	1
James Washn.	15	1 3/4	2.	1.
Harry-Anne	19	baby clothes		1.
Sally. Cate's		5.	7.	1.
Billy	8.	3 1/2	4 1/3	1
Anderson	10	3.	3 2/3	1
Henry	12	2 1/2	3.	1
Nancy.	18.	1	1	1
Reuben		5 1/2	7.
Austin		5 1/2	7.
Flora		5.	7.		1.
Gawen	4.	4 1/2	5 2/3	1
Aleck	6	4.	5.	1
Billy	8	3 1/2	4 1/3
Wiltshire Burton	15	1 3/4	2.
Francis	18	1	1
	25	93 3/4	121 2/3	7.	2.

[column 2]

Bear cr. 1819		Woolen	shirting	blankets	beds
Fanny.		5.	7.
Rachael	7.	3 3/4	4 2/3	1
Rody	11.	2 3/4	3 1/3	1
Zacharias	13	2 1/4	2 2/3
Martha Anne	16	1 1/2	1 2/3
Joe	6	4 1/2	5.
Shepherd	9	3 1/4	4.
Cate. Suck's		5.	7.
Davy	6	4.	5	1
John	11	2 3/4	3 1/3	1
Solomon	14	2.	2 1/3	1
Elmsly.	17.	1 1/4	1 1/3	1
Daniel		5 1/2	7.
Nanny		5.	7.		1.
Milly	6	4.	5
George
Dennis	8	3 1/2	4 1/3
Janetta	12	2 1/2	3.	1
Ellen.	14.	2.	2 1/3	1
Stephen		5 1/2	7.
Cate. Betty's		5	7		1
Gabriel.	14	2.	2 1/3
	22.	78.	99 1/3	4	2.
wheat. eaten 558. bush.
sowed 324.

			yds.		cotton	wool
wool	16	men at 5 1/2 yds.	88	218. dble. cloth woollen	58 lb.	116 lb.
	26	women at 5	130	218. dble. cloth woollen
	52	childr.	138.	single	28	56
shirt	42.	grown	294		147		hemp
	52	children	101		32		48
					265	172	48

5. yds. double cloth, wool & cotton, weigh 4. lb

30. yds. require 8. lb cotton & 16. lb wool.

30. yds. cotton shirting weigh 15. lb

30. yds. cotton & hemp weigh 15. lb

the 30. yds. require 6 lb cotton & 9 lb hemp.

Cite web page as: Farm Book, 1774-1824, page 165, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]. Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2003. http://www.thomasjeffersonpapers.org/

Original manuscript: Jefferson, Thomas. Farm Book, 1774-1824. 174 pages. Original manuscript from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Source of transcription: Baron, Robert C., ed. The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, 1987.