Monticello Household Account Book, page 21

Source Record
Communication: Personal_records
SOURCE INFORMATION
Author Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Document Type Communication: Personal_records
Date 1 Jan.–Apr. 1777
Place of Origin Monticello
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TRANSCRIPTION
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.