| Author | Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson |
| Document Type | Communication: Personal_records |
| Date | 1 July 1774-20 Nov. 1774 |
| Place of Origin | Monticello |
| Previous Page | Monticello Household Account Book, page 15 |
| Next Page | Monticello Household Account Book, page 17 |
| July | ||
| 1 | 11 pewter dishes 2 doz. pewter plates 6 deep ditt | |
| 6 old shallow ditt & 5 old dishes 12 water plates | ||
| 13 | opened a barrel of flour | |
| 14 | gave old Jean a suit of cloths & 3 aprons | |
| made 3 doz candles made 6 crocus bags | ||
| Aug: | 13 | opened a barrel of flour |
| 14 | a killed | |
| 15 | a shoat killed & broke 2 loaves of sugar | |
| Sep | 3 | bought 7℔ of buter from mrs Reynolds |
| 10 | bought 3 qurt of beef | |
| Oct | 1 | bought a put of butter weighed 5℔ |
| 8 | bought a qurt of mutton | |
| 22 | bought half a beef & half a mutton | |
| 23 | bought 7℔ of butter of mrs wallice | |
| 24 | bought 7℔ of hops with an old shirt | |
| 25 | bought 5℔ of butter of mrs Reynolds | |
| 26 | bought a qur of beef | |
| Nov. | 1 | a shoat killed |
| 7 | bought 6℔ of butter of mrs Reynolds | |
| 20 | 2 hogs killed for pork a beef killed kept half | |
| a pot & cag of butter came from Bedford pot weighed 30℔ & cag 80℔ |
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