Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 41

Distribution of clothes for Dec. 1774. 1794.

Rule for the oznabrigs & woollen, supposing the latter ¾ yd. wide

[to find the age, subtract the year of birth from
the present year without regarding the month.]

 yards of
linen		 ¾ yds cloth
call those of 1 year old 1st size 1. 1⅔

3. skaines of thread to make each shirt give 3 more to mend it.

3. do to a suit of of cloth + 3 to mend.

9 skaines weighed 2. oz.

1.℔ of thread contains from 100. to 130 skaines.

8. yds. of rolls to a bed.

6.℔ oznabr. thread have yielded 924 skaines which is 154. to the ℔.
2. 3. 4. 2d size 2 2
5. 6. 7. 3d size 3 3
8. 9. 10. 4th 4 4
11. 12 .13 5th 5 5
14 .15. 16. 6th 6 6
common sized men or women 7th 7 7
very large do 8th 8 8
Jupiter 10½ yds Irish linen coat, waistcoat
breeches of cloth.		 2 pr worsted stockgs
1. pr cotton.
James 10½ yds Irish linen coat, waistct &
overalls of cloth		 2. pr worsted stockgs
1. pr cotton.
Peter. 10½ yds Irish linen coat, waistct &
overalls of cloth		 2. pr worsted stockgs
1. pr cotton.
Critta. 10½ yds Irish linen 11. yds callimanco
3½ yds flannel		 3. pr cotton stockgs
Sally 10½ yds Irish linen 11. yds callimanco
3½ 4¼ yds flannel		 3 pr cotton stockgs
Betsy. 10½ 9 yds Irish linen [. . .] 8. yds callimanco
3½ yds flannel		 3 pr cotton stockgs
Joe 6. yds ozn. 3. yds bearskin
Wormley 5. yds ozn. 3 yds bearskin
Burrel 5. yds ozn. 3 yds bearskin
Brown 4. yds ozn. 3 yds bearskin
yds of
linen		 half ells
of cloth		 skains of
thread		 pr stockings blanket bed shoes
knap half thick
George 8 9. 6 + 3 1 1
Ursula 8 93/5 6 + 3 1 1
sm. George 7 . 8 6 + 3 overall 1
Isaac. 7 8 6 + 3 overall 1
Jamey (Critta’s) 2 3 6 + 3
Lucy (Jenny’s) 7 8 6 + 3 1. 1
Betty Brown 7 8 6 + 3 1 1
[. . .] Melinda 3 4 6 + 3
[. . .] Edith 2 3 6 + 3
[. . .] Betty Hemings 7 8 6 + 3 1 1.
[. . .] Moses 6 8. 6 + 3 1
Shepherd 5 7 6 + 3 1
Barnaby 5 7 6 + 3 1 1
Davy 4 6 6 + 3 1 1
Jamey Hubbard 4 ½ 6 6 + 1 1
Ben 4 6 6 + 3 1 1
Kit 4 6 6 + 3 1 1
[90] [½] 583/5 56 4 4 1 ¼
[adjacent and rotated 90 degrees to table above:]
hides [calf
skins]		 continued
sent to Haden’s 20 1.
soal. upper.
they yielded 171.℔ 91¾ + 2 small skins
his share was 57 30½
mine 114 61¼
171 91¾
Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 41). Scan available online here.

Source Information

Author Thomas Jefferson
Date Dec. 1794
Place of Origin Monticello
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