Monticello Household Account Book, page 21

Jan: 1777
1 31 hogs killed
9 17 hogs killed
27 20 hogs killed
Feb: 1 a beef killed
11 a mutton killed
18 a beef killed(66 of tallow in ye cellar)
Mar: 5 11 doz & 2 candeles in the cellar
8 made 100. of soft soap 2 geese killed
7 beds 7 bolsters 10 pillows 7 pr of blankets
5 mattresses one straw bed 6 counterpains
14 made a pot of hard soap not weighed
15 made 40 of soft soap
25 made a pot of hard soap not weighed
made 6 doz & 10 candles
28 a beef killed kept only one qurt 10 butter
a goose killed
April 7 2 ducks killed
9 a shoat killed
a list of our wCloths
T. Jeff 44 old fine shirts graffled ditt 12 new plain
Manuscript (Library of Congress, Monticello Household Account Book, page 21). Scan available online here.

Source Information

Author Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Date 1 Jan.–Apr. 1777
Place of Origin Monticello
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