Bill from Charles Chester to Eneas Morgan and Stephen Billings, Overseers to the Western Pequot Indians

 

The Tribe of Indians in Groton to Charles Chester

 

 

 

 

 

Debit

 

1817

 

 

May 18

To plowing for James Sunsamon

$0.83

May 19

To carting two loads wood to A. Shon1

.25

 

To two quarts corn and carting two loads wood to A. Shon

.31

 

To plowing garden and four candles

.42

1819

 

 

January 7

To one pound six ounces pork and two and a quarter pounds rye flour

.24

 

To one peck corn and sledding a load wood

.42

January 15

To ten quarts corn and sledding load wood

.48

January 28

To one pound pork and two quarts corn

.15

 

To sledding two loads wood

.25

February 3

To drawing a load wood and one peck corn

.42

February 16

To drawing a load wood and peck corn

.42

February 22

To one and a quarter pound pork and one peck of potatoes

.21

February 26

To one peck corn and cloth to lay out child2

.45

 

To digging grave for child

.50

February 27

To going after coffin and to bring it

.25

 

To one pint rum

.12

1820

 

 

February

To vittle the tribe when the overseers met

2.50

 

To two load wood for A. Shon

.34

March

To two load wood the drawing one peck corn

.47

1821

To drawing two load wood

.34

April

To drawing two load wood

.40

May 19

To one day’s work plowing Ann Wampey

.34

October 8

To three pecks oats delivered to Prudence Harry

.25

December 25

To drawing wood for James Sunsamon

.50

 

To three yards woolen cloth Sarah Meazon

.15

December 29

To drawing wood A. Shon

.17

1822

 

 

January 7

To cutting and drawing wood A. Shon

.17

 

To cutting and drawing two loads wood

.37

January 17

To cutting and drawing wood

.25

January 29

To cutting and sledding a load wood

.25

January 30

To cutting and sledding load wood

.25

February 2

To sledding wood

.17

February 8

To drawing two loads wood James Sunsamon

.34

 

 

$13.59

 

 

 

1822

To amount brought over

13.59

February 9

To drawing three loads wood A. Shon

.50

February 22

To drawing one load wood

.17

March 9

To drawing one load wood

.17

 

 

$14.43

 

 

 

 

Received of Captain Eneas Morgan and Stephen Billings, Esq., the overseers of the Tribe of Indians in Groton, the full contents of the within and above account.

I say received by me,

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Chester

Groton

March 9, 1822

 

 

 

 

 

Endorsement: Mr. Charles Chester Account and Receipt [ illegible ]