Eastern Pequot Overseer Account from June 16, 1835 to June 14, 1836

 
1836    Pequot Indians in account current with Ezra Hewitt                                                       
 
 
Credit
 
 
 
 
 
1835
 
 
June 16
To balance due on settlement
$    35.32
June 18
To paid John DeWitt fees
          .81
June 18
To one day at New London settling accounting
        2.00
June 27
To seven yards cotton plaid1 for Hannah Shelly 9 pence                          
          .88
June 27
To thread to make the same
          .03
June 27
To one scythe and stick for Edward Nedson
        1.75
July 7
To one pint wine for Nancy Skeesucks for medicine
          .25
July 7
To one pair shoes for Prue Fagins at 2/
          .34
July 8
To two yards calico2 for Tyra Nedson 9 pence
          .25
July 8
To three pounds mess pork3 for Tyra Nedson 10 cents 
          .30
July 8
To cash for Tyra Nedson
          .06
July 8
To eight pounds  mess pork for Sam Shelly 10 cents
          .80
July 22
To two spelling books for Thomas Nedson's children
          .25
July 22
To three yards sheeting4 for Edward Nedson 9 pence
          .38
July 28
To three yards sheeting Samuel Shantup
          .38
July 28
To trimmings for the same (Samuel Shantup)
          .06
July 28
To three pounds mess pork for Samuel Shantup 10 cents
          .30
July 30
To two and a half yards calico for Hannah Shelly's children
          .42
July 30
To nine yards cotton plaid for the same (Hannah Shelly) 9 pence
        1.13
July 30
To four skeins5 thread
          .04
July 30
To six yards sheeting for Richard Ned 9 pence
          .75
August 3
To one whetstone for Samuel Shantup
          .06
August 14
To two spelling books for Hannah Shelly's children
          .25
August 14
To eight yards of calico for Tyra Nedson's daughter 9 pence
        1.00
September 10
To one half bushel corn for Betsy Robbins 7/
          .58
September 10
To four pounds mess pork for Betsy Robbins 10 cents
          .40
September 10
To one pound candles 1/
          .17
September 10
To two quarts molasses  2/6
          .21
September 10
To cash paid for schooling Thomas Nedson and Hannah Shelly's children
        2.70
September 10
To paid for lumber for repairing Betsy Robin's house
        2.50
October 10
To four pounds nails for repairing Betsy Robin's house 6 pence
          .34
October 10
To paid help to repair, etc.
        2.00
October 10
To eight yards calico for Tyra Nedson 9 pence
        1.00
October 5
To three yards beaverteen6 for Samuel Shantup 3/
        1.50
October 15
To one pair shoes for Hannah Shelly 6/
        1.00
October 25
To one pair brogan shoes7 for Prue Fagins 9/
        1.50
October 25
To one half bushel corn for Prue Fagins 7/
          .58
December 6
To seven pounds flour for Elsa Nedson 9/
          .38
December 6
To one quarter pound souchong tea8 nine pence
          .12
December 6
To one pound candles 1/
          .17
December 6
To one quarter pound saleratus9 9 pence
          .03
December 6
To one pound sugar nine pence
          .13
December 6
To one half yard book muslin10 3/6
          .29
December 6
To three yards lace footings11 10 cents
          .30
December 6
To three yards cotton cloth 1/
          .50
December 6
To one yard black crape12 for Tyra Ned 3/6
          .58
December 6
To thread and trimmings
          .06
December 6
To one pair boots for Cyrus Shelly's boy 12/
        2.00
December 8
To paid David Holmes for making coffin for Elsa 13Nedson
        2.00
December 8
To one quarter pound tea for Betsy Robbins
          .14
December 14
To five yards bleached sheeting for Betsy Robbins 1/6
        1.25
December 14
To three yards fine brown sheeting14 20
          .60
December 14
To one half gallon molasses  2/6
          .21
December 14
To articles furnished Charlotte Wheeler 6/
        1.00
December  24
To three yards 4/4  sheeting for Prue Fagins nine pence
          .38
December  24
To one half gallon molasses 2/6
          .21
December  24
To seven pounds flour 9/
          .38
December  24
To one half bushel corn for Betsy Robbins 7/
          .58
December  24
To one half gallon molasses 2/6
          .21
December  24
To one quarter pounds tea 3/
          .13
December  24
To one pound crackers 10 cents
          .10
December 30
To three yards cambric15 2/
        1.00
 
 
 
1836
 
 
January 6
 
To paid Benjamin F. Sisson for making coffin for Betsy Robbins                                 
        2.00
 
January 6
To paid Charles G. Hewitt for work done and articles furnished as per bill                       
 14.00
January 6
To one pair thick shoes for Edward Nedson
       1.50
January 6
To eight yards cotton plaid for Hannah Shelly nine pence                                
       1.00
January 16
To one pair yarn stockings Samuel Shelly 4/6
         .75
January 30
To seven yards calico for Sarah Pompey at 14 cents
         .98
January 30
To three yards sheeting nine pence
          .38
January 30
To ten yards calico for Nancy Skeesucks at 14 cents
        1.40
January 30
To six yards sheeting for Nancy Skeesucks nine pence
          .75
February 6
To one half gallon molasses for Samuel Shantup
          .21
February 6
To seven pounds flour  8/                                                                         
          .34
February 6
To four pounds mess pork at 10 cents                                                                  
          .40
February 6
To paid for 2 loads wood for Charlotte Wheeler
        2.25
February 9
To two quarts molasses for Prue Fagins 2/6
          .21
February 9
To one half bushel corn 7/
          .58
February 9
To four pounds pork at 10 cents                                                                               
          .40
February 9
To paid Thomas P. Wattles for doctoring the Tribe from April 1, 1835 to April 1, 1836, as per contract
      12.00
February 23
To seven and one half yards calico 1/6 $1.88, four yards sheeting 9 pence, 50 for Tyra Ned
        2.38
February 23
To one quarter pound HS tea at 3/, 13 cents, one pound  sugar 12 cents, one half paper pins 6 cents
          .31
February 23
To my services superintending Indians affairs up to the present time
      10.00
April 2
To eight yards cotton plaid for Tyra 9 pence
        1.00
April 2
To one pound  crackers for Cyrus Shelly
          .12
April 5
To one pound sugar for Cyrus Shelly
          .12
April 10
To paid David Holmes making coffin for Jeremiah Shantup's child
        1.00
April 28
To three yards cotton plaid for Thomas Nedson 1/4
          .52
May 3
To four yards calico for Hannah Shelly  1/
          .67
May 15
To one pair shoes for Tyra Ned 8/
        1.34
June 14
To seven yards calico for Hannah Shelly 1/
        1.17
June 14
To three yards beaverteen for Edward Nedson 2/
        1.00
June 14
To one bonnet for Hannah Shelly 4/6
          .75
June 14
To one yard ribbon for Hannah Shelly 1/
          .17
 
To interest on balance due on former settlement
        1.42
 
 
 $ 136.16
 
 
 
 
Supra  Credit                              
 
 
 
 
1836
 
 
January 15
By rent of pasture up to April 1, 1836
-$120.00
 
Balance due Ezra Hewitt
$   16.16
 
        
 
Judicial Action:
Pequot Indians in account with Ezra Hewitt, February 1836.  Approved, John Dewitt, Clerk.  February 1863 / Recorded
 
Docketing:
Files June 1836 / 350a /2252
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • 1. Commonly used to describe the tartan pattern of colored stripes or bars that cross each other at right angles forming squares. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 462.
  • 2. In the United States, calico is a generic term for a plain weave cotton or blended fabric that usually having small busy printed pattern. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles.
  • 3. Mess pork is barreled salt pork made from shoulders and sides of lightweight hogs cut in pieces of about 4 pounds each. Merriam-Webster.
  • 4. A sturdy plain-woven cloth usually of cotton used especially for bedsheets. Merriam-Webster.com.
  • 5. A skein is a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or into a coil. OED
  • 6. A heavily-wefted fabric of the moleskin type, used cheifly for heavy trouserings.
  • 7. From the Irish word for shoe, bróc, a brogan is a coarse untanned leather lace-up shoe reaching to the ankle.  It was used as work boots in the wet bogs of Ireland and Scotland as early as the 16th Century.  It became the military footwear during the American Revolution and Civil War. While the brogan later became a fashion trend after Thomas Jefferson wore a pair to his inauguration, it remained a mainstay as a heavy work-shoe.  Because they were manufactured on straight lasts, brogans did not have a left or right version, making them inexpensive to make but uncomfortable to wear, causing blisters until the leather was broken in. Wikipedia.  OED.
  • 8. A fine black variety of China tea. OED
  • 9. Saleratus (Latin for aerated salts) was a chalk-like powder used as a chemical leavener to produce carbon dioxide gas in dough. It was a precursor to baking soda.  "Saleratus" Cook's Info, https://www.cooksinfo.com/saleratus. For more information on its production, see Saleratus to Baking Soda, Joe Pastry, https://joepastry.com/2011/saleratus-to-soda/
  • 10. Book muslin is a textile used for stiffening and lining clothing and for the foundation of ladies' hats. Frank P. Bennett & Co., A Cotton Fabric's Glossary (Boston, MA: The Frank P. Bennett & Co., 1907),  258.
  • 11. The edge of lace trimming that is sewn to fabric or a simple cotton lace net used for edging. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 244.
  • 12. Crape cloth is crinkled black woolen fabric dyed black; used for mourning. Dictionary of Textiles, 48.
  • 13. Elsa or Betsy Robbins may have been the victim of a horrible accident in which she was fatally burned when her clothes caught fire. See Related Document, Awful Ravages of Esq. -- --'s Grog-Shop.
  • 14. Brown sheeting is a term used to designate unbleached or grey sheeting.  Department of Commerce, "United States Government Master Specifications for Brown Wide Cotton Sheeting," Circular of the Bureau of Standards, No. 278 (Washington, D.C., 1925), 4.
  • 15. A thin, plain linen or cloth fabric of fine close weave, usually white, cambric is used for linens, shirts, handkerchiefs, ruffs, lace and needlework. Lexico; Wikipedia.
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