Bill from Charles Chester to Eneas Morgan, Overseer to the Western Pequot Indians
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Indian Tribe to Charles Chester
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Debit
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1822
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May
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To one day plowing for Betsy Wheeler
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$1.34
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December
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To carting three loads of wood for Dosia Deshon
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.50
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1823
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January 2
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To two yards woolen cloth for Sarah Meazon
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1.00
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To five quarts meal to Dosia Deshon
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.10
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To three and a half pounds pork and two quarts corn to Dosia Deshon
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.34
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To one quart of beans
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.04
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To carting wood to the door through the winter
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+2.00
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5.32
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To making sixteen rods stone wall at 75 cents per rod
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+12.00
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$17.32
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Received the contents of the above bill
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Charles Chester
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By cash at sundry times[1]
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+16.00
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33.32
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Deduct for cash in this bill
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-16.00
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17.32
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Received payment Charles Chester
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Endorsement: Mr Charles Chester Account / to be entered in part
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[1] It’s unclear why the $16.00 was added and then subtracted. It is introduced in bill in the language of a credit, but added to the expenses of the bill.
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