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William Beatty Diary, 1854-1857
William Beatty Diary, 1854-1857_92.pdf
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1854
| Sept | 5 | 43 lb sweeds iron 3 per lb 10.6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1 lb powder 1/6 1 st of buggy box 2/6 | 4 | ||||
| 6 1/4 lb malliable iron 9 per lb 4/8 1/2 | 4 | 8 1/2 | |||
| 14 | 1 teapot 2/6 1 canister of powder 1/3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 21 | Jock 1 barrel of salt 10s. 2 lb of tea 5/6 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1/2 lb tea 1/3 1/2 gallon of oil 3/ 1 1/2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| spirits 2/ book 10d | |||||
| octo | 11 | plow 2s.10 1 Jug of Mustard 3.9 1 lb tea2s.6d | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| 1 side of sole leather | |||||
| 25 | 400 lath 4d & sundries other articles | 15 | 11 | ||
| 25 | 1 Barrel of salt 10 | ||||
| 8 | 1 lb tea 2 9 paper1 10.2 lock 7 1/2 horse nails 1.3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| sundre articles | 16 | 10 |
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