Eastern Pequot Overseer Account from July 1, 1847 to June 28, 1848
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The Pequot Indians in account with Elias Hewitt |
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Debit |
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1847 |
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July 1 |
To six yards shirting1 60 cents, coat 2 dollars, and hat 50 cents for Ed Nedson |
$ 3.10 |
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July 6 |
To one pound butter 17 cents and six quarts meal 25 cents for Molly Gardner |
.42 |
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July 10 |
To shirt for Henry Shantup |
.50 |
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July 14 |
To nine yards calico,2 two yards cotton cloth, and thread for Fagin's girl |
1.67 |
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August 3 |
To wood for Molly Gardner |
.40 |
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August 10 |
To calico dress for Philena |
1.69 |
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August 10 |
To pair calf shoes for Philena 98 cents and six yards shirting 60 cents for Philena |
1.58 |
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To this sum paid Stanton Hewitt for boarding Philena |
10.00 |
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September 6 |
To three pounds butter at different times 50 cents to two pounds pork 20 cents |
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September 6 |
To seven pounds flour 28 cents, one quarter pound tea 17 cents and two pounds sugar 20 cents for Molly |
1.35 |
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September 13 |
To shirt for S. Shantup3 |
.50 |
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September 13 |
To pair brogans4 for Thomas Ned's daughter |
1.08 |
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September 13 |
To twenty-eight pounds flour and one half pound tea for Thomas Ned [while] sick |
1.30 |
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November 20 |
To wood for Molly Gardner |
.34 |
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November 20 |
To four quarts meal 16 cents and peck potatoes 16 cents for Molly Gardner |
.32 |
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November 27 |
To pair thick boots $2.25, flannel shirt 1 dollar, tobacco, thread and needles, and cloth, 33 cents for Henry Shantup |
3.58 |
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December 18 |
To one pair satinet5 pantaloons, part worn $2, cloth coat and vest $2.75 for Henry Shantup |
4.75 |
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December 25 |
To wood for Molly Gardner |
.75 |
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December 26 |
To calico dress for Polly Nedson |
1.34 |
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1848 |
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January 4 |
To six pounds pork 54 cents, peck potatoes 17 cents, eight quarts meal 32 cents for Henry Shantup |
1.05 |
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January 15 |
To coat 1 dollar, shirt 50, cents, and pair shoes 1 dollar for young Indian |
3.50 |
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January 15 |
To one pound butter 20 cents, three quarts meal 12 cents. sugar 9 cent for Molly Gardner |
.41 |
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February 8 |
To eight pounds pork 72 cents and one half bushel corn 50 cents for Thomas Ned |
1.22 |
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February 8 |
To satinet pantaloons $2.13 for Thomas Ned |
2.13 |
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February 8 |
To pair shoes for Thankful |
1.06 |
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February 28 |
To five pounds pork 40 cents, peck meal 25 cents, and potatoes 25 cents for Henry Shantup |
.90 |
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March 15 |
To one pound tea 17 cents, three pounds sugar 33, and six quarts meal 24 cents for Molly |
.74 |
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April 3 |
To one pair brogans for Thomas Ned's daughter |
1.08 |
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April 3 |
To 296 pounds flour 1 dollar, two pounds crackers 16 cents, one pound tea 40 cents, four pounds sugar 32 cents, and six pounds pork 54 cents for Thomas Ned |
2.46 |
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To this sum paid Mrs. Williams7 for trouble and burying Ned killed in Ledyard8 |
10.00 |
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To coffin and grave cloths for Philena |
6.00 |
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To paid Jack Randall old debt contra by Ezra Hewitt |
1.50 |
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To paid Jack Randall for delivery coffin for Philena |
1.00 |
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May 3 |
To flour 87 cents and crackers 20 cents for Thomas Ned's daughter |
1.07 |
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May 20 |
To seven pounds pork and six quarts meal for Thomas Ned |
.87 |
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May 20 |
To shirt 50 cents and pantaloons 2 dollars for Henry Shantup |
2.50 |
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May 20 |
To wood furnished at sundry times from December 25, 1847, to June 20, 1848, for Molly Gardner |
6.00 |
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May 25 |
To eight pounds pork for Thomas Ned |
.729 |
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June 25 |
To coffin for Ned girl |
3.50 |
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June 25 |
To horse, wagon and man to assist in burying |
1.50 |
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June 25 |
To shirt, stockings, etc. for Tom Ned |
1.34 |
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June 25 |
To calico dress for Polly Nedson |
2.00 |
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June 25 |
To pair shoes for Polly Nedson |
.92 |
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June 25 |
To this sum paid Mark Daniels his bill |
9.33 |
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To this sum paid Black woman10 for keeping Philena when crazy |
3.75 |
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June 25 |
To amount due Horace Niles for keeping Philena in 1845 |
2.50 |
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June 28 |
To coat 2 dollars and pantaloons 75 cents for Henry Shantup |
2.75 |
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To this sum paid for doctoring the last year |
10.00 |
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To this sum due me on last settlement with the court |
26.64 |
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To interest on balance due on last settlement and cash advance before I received the rents |
2.34 |
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To this sum for attending to the concerns of the Indians, letting their land, etc 20 dollars, being the amount formerly allowed |
20.00 |
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To this day and expense to New London to settle account |
2.34 |
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To paid clerks fees |
.81 |
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$178.5911 |
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Contra Credit |
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1848 |
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April 1 |
By this sum received of Colonel John W. Hull for rent of the lands from April 1, 1847, to April 1, 1848 |
$105.00 |
| July | Due Elias Hewitt | $ 73.59 |
- 1. White English kersey,originated in the early part of the 18th Century. Also called washers or white washers. Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 53
- 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. Samuel Shantup
- 4. 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.
- 5. One of the important textile manufactures of New England in the early industrial period was satinet, a satin-like fabric made largely from cotton. Hayward's New England Gazetteer recorded satinet factories in the following towns in the 1830s. "New England Satinet," NewEnglandTowns.org
- 6. Overwriting: The number 8 overwritten by 9
- 7. Nancy Hewitt, the wife of Erastus Williams, was also the sister of Eastern Pequot overseers Ezra and Elias Hewitt.
- 8. Edward Nedson was employed as a servant in Nancy Hewitt Williams' household. On the night of August 1, 1847, he was violently assaulted by George and Isaac Jackson. He returned to his residence the following morning but died of his injuries on the 3rd. Nancy's son William and another person buried Nedson. She and William were summonsed to the Jackson's hearings to give evidence. For more on the killing, see the StoryMap, The Awful Consequences of the Fiery Curse of Rum, https://www.nativenortheastportal.com/awful-consequences-fiery-curse-rum-0
- 9. In the original pagination, Hewitt's addition for this folio up until here was $88.87. The correct sum is $78.88. The $9.99 error is continued through the report.
- 10. This person remains unidentified.
- 11. Because of Hewitt's $9.99 accounting error in addition as noted above, the final debit should be $168.60, making the sum due to the Overseer to be $63.60.