| Author | Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson |
| Document Type | Communication: Personal_records |
| Date | 25 Nov. 1772-23 Jan. 1773 |
| Place of Origin | Monticello |
| Previous Page | Monticello Household Account Book, page 10 |
| Next Page | Monticello Household Account Book, page 12 |
| 1772 | Nov. | |
| 25 | a goose killed & brewed a cask of beer | |
| Experiment of Coffee | ||
| 2 oz of beans Troy weight made a pint 12 oz 1℔ wd made 6 pints the Troy ℔ is to the Averdupoize ℔ as 14:17: |
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| Dec. | 2 | a mutton killed |
| 8 | 6 hogs killed | |
| 9 | a goose killed & broke a loaf of sugar | |
| 11 | opened a cask of butter | |
| bought a quarter of beef & mutton kept the Sir-loin & rump | ||
| 18 | a goose killed | |
| 16 | brewed a cask of beer—20 gallon cask | |
| 21 | a goose killed & broke a loaf of sugar | |
| 22 | bought of sharp 2 bushels of wheat | |
| 23 | 6 hogs killed | |
| 28 | a goose killed | |
| bought a quarter of mutton & rump of beef | ||
| 30 | bought a round & brisket of beef | |
| bought 14℔ of coffee | ||
| 1773 | Jan. | 4 hogs killed |
| 3 | a goose killed | |
| 4 | brewed a cask of beer | |
| 19 | a goose killed | |
| 20 | a mutton killed | |
| 21 | bought half a barrel of wheat | |
| 23 | brewed a cask of beer |
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