Monticello Household Account Book, page 15

June
1774 13 15th patch of peas come to table
opened a barrel of flour a lamb killed
24 made 15 gallons of softe soap
made 54 of hard soap
gave mrs Mazie 20 of hard soap
pd ursula a midling of bacon for 20 chickens
(still due eight)
gave orange 2 suits of clothes
gave ursula 2 suits ditto (no aprons)
gave mary 2 suits ditto (one apron)
gave siller 2 suits ditto (one apron)
gave bob 2 pr of breeches & 2 white shirts
gave martin 3 white shirts & one brown ditto
gave Jupiter 2 white shirts & 2 brown ditto
gave ursula & bet each a white shift
cut of 6 tea towels of dowlas 4 halfe ditt crocus
2 dairy towels 2 crocus table cloths
gave ned & Jim pr of trousers each
gave Juno & luna each a crocus coat
10 Queens china dishes 29 shallow plates
19 deep ditto
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 13 June 1774-20 Nov. 1774
Place of Origin Monticello
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