Bill from Mark Daniels to Erastus Williams, Overseer to the Western Pequot Indians

 

Pequot Tribe to Mark Daniels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debit

 

 

 

 

 

 

1825

 

 

 

March 6

To nursing Joshua George, six weeks and four days at 1 dollar per week

           $6

.58

April 23 

To board and nursing Ann Wampey from the April 23 till November 23, being 30 weeks and 3 days at 75 cents per week 

           22

.87

May 4

To board and nursing William George from the May 4 till January 15, twenty weeks at 75 cents per week

           15

.00 x

 

To ten weeks at 1 dollar per week

           10

.00

 

To board of John Nedson, 1 year at 25 cents per week

           13

.00

April 14

To two yards bleached sheeting for shroud for Joshua George1  at 28 cents per yard

 

.56

 

To digging grave for the same 3/

 

.50

1826

 

 

 

January 13 

To three and a half yards shirting cambric2 for William George

 

 

 

To a shroud at 32 cents per yard3

             1

.12

 

To two yards cotton cloth for Ann Wampey at 12 ½ cents per yard

 

.25

 

To one pair of shoes for Ann Wampey 7/6 

             1

.25

 

To making gown for Ann Wampey 2/

 

.34

 

To making two shirts at 20 cents

 

.40

 

To one bushel of potatoes to Hannah Miller 2/6

 

.42

 

To a half bushel of potatoes 1/3        

 

.21

 

To drawing wood, one day 10/6

             1

.75

 

To plowing, one day for Betsy Squib 12/

             2

.00

 

To seven bushels of potatoes to Betsy Squib 2/6

             2

.94

 

To fifteen loads of wood, cutting and drawing at 2/6 per load to Betsy Squib

             6

.20

 

To one and a half bushels of potatoes at 2/6 to Betsy Squib

 

.63

 

To one quarter of potatoes at 2/6 to Hannah Miller

 

.11

 

To four loads of wood, cutting and drawing at 2/6 to Betsy Squib

             1

.68

 

To carting two loads of wood for William George to head of Mystic 6/

             2

.00

 

To digging and drawing stone for 19 rods of wall

             9

.00

 

To board of Ann Wampey, two weeks at 75 cents per week

 

 

       $100

.31

 

Credit by William George’s work

 

 

           70

.31

 

By carting stone for wall 12/ $2.00

 

 

 

By 22 loads of woods at

3

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

$304

 

 

Endorsement: Mark Daniels Account, $70