Monticello Household Account Book, page 12

1773
Jul. 22 came to montecello found haalf a loaf of sugar & barrel flour opened in my absence
23 bought of Garth 3 of butter
24 bought of Reynolds 2 do
brewed a cask of beer
Aug. 2 a lamb killed
3 2 broke two loves of sugar
bought of mrs Reynolds a pot of butter weighd 20
6 a lamb killed
8 3 ducks killed
12 2 ducks killed
13 bought half a lamb
Eat 6 hams 4 shoulders 2 midlings in 3 weeks & 2 days
used 3 loves of sugar in preserves one do in punch
bought wheat of Garth 2 ducks killed
25 a shoat killed
27 a lamb killed & a goose
Sep. 1 broke 2 loves of sugar a turkey killed
bought a rib peice of beef
3 a shoat killed
7 a lamb killed
9 bought a bushel of wheat
bought of mrs Wallice 13 of butter
14 bought half a mutton
18 bought a quarter of beef weighd 57
30 bought of Marks a sirloin & rump do
Manuscript (Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Ser. 7, Volume 1: Household Accounts and Notes of Virginia Court Legal Cases. Scan available online here.

Source Information

Author Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Date 22 July 1773-30 Sept. 1773
Place of Origin Monticello
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