| Author | Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson |
| Document Type | Communication: Personal_records |
| Date | June–Aug. 1777 |
| Place of Origin | Monticello |
| Previous Page | Monticello Household Account Book, page 22 |
| Next Page | Monticello Household Account Book, page 24 |
| June | bought 15 chickens from old Jenny | |
| bought 11 ditto of Juno bought 8 ditt of Jackson | ||
| bought 10 ditt of Squire bought 4 ditt fanny | ||
| bought of Jupiter bought o of Phill | ||
| bought of Will bought of mrs Scot 8 ditt | ||
| a:b: all these were pd for with bacon | ||
| July | bought 7 doz from Elk hill | |
| bought 14 ducks & 4 geese | ||
| Aug | 3: | 2 ducks killed |
| 4 | [. . .] packed up for our own eating 28 hams of bacon 21 shoulders 27 middlengs packed up for workman 40 hams 50 shoulders |
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| 4 | a goose killed | |
| 12 | 2 ducks killed | |
| 13 | a goose killed | |
| 14 | 2 ducks killed & a shoat | |
| 20 | a goose killed | |
| a goose | ||
| bought 6 geese at 18d a peice 2 geese given m. | ||
| bought 5 ducks |
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