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Account book record of chocolate purchase

Date:
1754 - 1755
Item Type:
manuscript
Account book record of chocolate purchase
Elijah Williams (Old Soldier's) account book, vol. 2, pg. 61, PVMA collections

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Elijah Williams's store account book includes an entry showing that Lucy Terry bought an unsweetened cake of chocolate for six pence on June 7, 1755. We know she made a hot drink with it as this the only way people at the time used chocolate. Like other storekeepers, Elijah kept track of purchases and payments in his account book. Each account included a page listing a person’s purchases with values in pounds, shillings, and pence, and an opposing page listing the ways in which these people paid for their items with labor, goods, or cash.


Transcript

1747 Thos Lamb (61) Dr    
Augt 6th to 3 £ Sterling pr Recpt equall to 24 -- -
  to paid Jonn Catlin ye Ordr ye whole 22 - -
    46    
  To paid Nathan Catlin 53 12 0
         
  All pd      
1754        
Octr 17 Lucy Terra Dr    
1755 To 1/8 yd of Cambrick - 1 3
May 3 To 1 yd of Ribband - 1 -
26 To Sundries - - 9.2
29 To a thimble - - 6
June 7 To 1 Cake of Chocolat - - 6
    0 3 8.2

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