Account Book of Hooe & Harrison, 1786-1787 (folios 236-272)

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Robert Townsend Hooe partnered with Richard Harrison (of Alexandria, Virginia and later, Cadiz, Spain) to run a store in Alexandria, Virginia, from 1778 through at least 1790. Accounts in this ledger include house (overhead) accounts, fellow merchants and tradesmen, ships, and men and women living in Alexandria and the surrounding area.

This ledger includes 276 accounts across 272 folios. Due to missing folios, many of the accounts have been derived from the Cash Accounts with more to be realized as the transcribing takes place. This Work contains folios 236 to 272. Be sure to check out the list of account holders and their associated folios, if you are interested in a specific person.

The original manuscript may be found within the collections of the various Hooe & Company ledgers at the New York Public Library.

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Folio: 256

Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
Jonah Thompson 1787-06-08 Debit To flour Acct [Account] 44 barrels false false 165 Currency Virginia 59 5
Jonah Thompson 1787-06-23 Debit To Cash false false 264 Currency Virginia 23 8
Jonah Thompson 1787-08-07 Debit To W [Warehouse] & Wharf Store [Storage] of Wheat false true 244 Currency Virginia 9
Jonah Thompson 1787-09-05 Debit To R [Roberson] S [Sanderson] & Rumney p [per] Order false true 210 Currency Virginia 33
Jonah Thompson 1787-09-28 Debit To William Lowry & Co [Company] p [per] do [Order] false true 185 Currency Virginia 98 10
Jonah Thompson 1787-12-11 Debit To ditto [William Lowry & Company] p [per] two orders omd [omitted] 5th & 27th Augst [August] p [per] Jour: [Journal] false true 256 Currency Virginia 90 Secondary date included in Entry
Jonah Thompson 1787-12-20 Debit To William Lowry & Co [Company] balance of your Accot [Account] false true 256 Currency Virginia 34 10 11.5
Jonah Thompson 1787-12-20 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 338 13 9.5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-09-03 Debit To Amt [Amount] from false false 185 Currency Virginia 5050 5 3.5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-10-30 Debit To Lund Washington & Co [Company] 152 Bushels Wheat [at] 5/ false true 241 Currency Virginia 38
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-11-14 Debit To ditto [Lund] ditto [Washington & Company] 294 do [Bushels] do [Wheat] p [per] Journal false true 241 Currency Virginia 73 10
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-11-20 Debit To Sundry Accts [Accounts] p [per] Journal 258.5 do [Bushels] with Charges of Portge [Porterage] false false Currency Virginia 64 16 6
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-11-28 Debit To Wheat for 72.5 Bushels a [at] 5/ false false 205 Currency Virginia 18 2 6
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-11-30 Debit To Crop Tobacco 3 Hhds [Hogsheads] 3000w [pounds] Ntt [Net] [at] 20/; & 6/ Cask false false 268 Currency Virginia 30 18
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-02 Debit To Lund Washington & Co [Company] 270.5 Bushels Wheat [at] 5/ false true 241 Currency Virginia 67 12 6
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-08 Debit To Cash return'd [returned] false false 270 Currency Virginia 9
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-10 Debit To Sundry Accots [Accounts] as p [per] Journal false false Currency Virginia 54 9 8
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-11 Debit To Crop Tobacco 4 Hhds [Hogsheads] 4826w [pounds] at 20/; & [at] 6/ [for] Casks false false 268 Currency Virginia 49 9 2
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-11 Debit To Balance Carried down false false Currency Virginia 1565 19 2.75
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-11 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 7022 2 10.25
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-17 Debit To Crop Tobacco 11 Hhds [Hogsheads] 11,689w [pounds] at 20/; & 6/ ea: [each] Cask false false 268 Currency Virginia 120 3 9.5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-25 Debit To ditto [Crop Tobacco] 3 ditto [Hogsheads] 3,168 [pounds] at ditto [20/; & 6/ each Cask] false false 268 Currency Virginia 32 11 7
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-27 Debit To ditto [Crop Tobacco] 10 ditto [Hogsheads] 10,513 [pounds] as p [per] Journal false false 268 Currency Virginia 106 16 5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-31 Debit To RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] p [per] bill false true 271 Currency Virginia 8 13 5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-31 Debit To Lund Washington & Co [Company] an overcharge false true 248 Currency Virginia 2 19 4
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-31 Debit To W [Warehouse] & Wharf Storage of 258.5 Bushels Wheat [at] 1.5d false true 244 Currency Virginia 1 12 3.75
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-31 Debit To Balance Carried to Ledger G false false 146 Currency Virginia 1490 6 7.25
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-31 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 1763 3 5.5
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Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
Jonah Thompson 1787-05-04 Credit By L [Lund] Washington Junr [Junior] & Co [Company] 882 Galls [Gallons] Rum [at] 3/4 false true 241 Currency Virginia 147
Jonah Thompson 1787-05-30 Credit By Porto [Port Tobacco] Store p [per] Bill false true 163 Currency Virginia 82 13
Jonah Thompson 1787-07-23 Credit By Crop Tobo [Tobacco] 1 Hhd [Hogshead] 1053w [pounds] [at] 22/; & Cask 6/ false false 262 Currency Virginia 11 17 7.75
Jonah Thompson 1787-07-31 Credit By Do [Crop Tobacco] 1 do [Hogshead] 931 [pounds] false false 262 Currency Virginia 10 10 9.75
Jonah Thompson 1787-08-01 Credit By L [Lund] Washington Junr [Junior] & Co [Company] their Draft to W [William] Thompson false true 241 Currency Virginia 40
Jonah Thompson 1787-08-09 Credit By Crop Tobo [Tobacco] 4 Hhds [Hogsheads] 4129 [pounds] [at] 22/; & Casks [at] 6/ false false 262 Currency Virginia 46 12 4
Jonah Thompson 1787-08-09 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 338 13 9.5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-10-10 Credit By Amt [Amount] from false false 185 Currency Virginia 6754 14 5.75
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-10-16 Credit By RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] p [per] bill of 5th Inst [October] false true 271 Currency Virginia 68 5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-07 Credit By Cash borrow'd [borrowed] false false 270 Currency Virginia 9
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-11 Credit By Sundry Accots [Accounts] 2 Entries false false Currency Virginia 190 7 11.5
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-11 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 7022 2 10.25
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-11 Credit By Balance brot [brought] down due at the following periods vizt Now due 447..1..0.5; Feby [February] 16th 315..2..7; March 14th 323..17..4; April 10th 411..17..10.25 [April] 16h 68..0..5 false false Currency Virginia 1565 19 2.75 Secondary dates included in Entry
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-15 Credit By Cash false false Currency Virginia 30 1 4
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-20 Credit By Sundry Accots [Accounts] as p [per] Journal false false Currency Virginia 129 15 11.75
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-22 Credit By Cash false false 20 Currency Virginia 10 1
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-24 Credit By Adam Stephens, your order to David Hunter false true 71 Currency Virginia 27 5 11
William Lowry and Compy [Company] 1787-12-24 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 1763 3 5.5
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Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-04 Debit To Amt [Amount] from false false 233 Currency Virginia 2029 17 3.25
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-08 Debit To W [William] Bushby Sundries as p [per] Jour [Journal] false true 235 Currency Virginia 5 7
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-22 Debit To J [John] Murray & Co [and Company] 242 w [pounds] bro: [brown] Sugar [at] 6d false true 232 Currency Virginia 6 1
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-09 Debit To do [John Murray & Company] for 7 Casks Rum omd [omitted] 27th Apr [April] false true 232 Currency Virginia 54 2 Secondary date included in Entry
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-11 Debit To J [John] Dunlap p [per] Bill false true 219 Currency Virginia 935 11
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-19 Debit To Mdze [Merchandise] Sundries as p [per] Jour [Journal] false false 18 Currency Virginia 43 16 3.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-25 Debit To P [Philip] Marstiller Sundries p [per] Accts [Accounts] false true 228 Currency Virginia 18 10 7.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-26 Debit To W [William] Hunter Junr [Junior] for a new Ledger & Jour [Journal] false true 134 Currency Virginia 6
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-23 Debit To W [William] Tebbs Victoria Tebbs's Debt false true 242 Currency Virginia 26 15 9.5 Looked into folio 242 and the pence amount is not struck through
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-07 Debit To Mdze [Merchandise] Sundries as p [per] Jour [Journal] false false 18 Currency Virginia 143 15 5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-10 Debit To do [Merchandise] 8970 feet Plank with Chs false false 18 Currency Virginia 27 9 2 No additional information available on folio 18: Chs = ?
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-15 Debit To do [Merchandise] 4 Hhds [Hogsheads] Rum 475 Gs [Gallons] [at] 2/ false false 18 Currency Virginia 47 10
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-04 Debit To W [William] Lowry & Co [Company] 2w [pounds] white Thread false true 185 Currency Virginia 10 4
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-13 Debit To do [William Lowry & Company] 2 Bills as p [per] Jour [Journal] false true 185 Currency Virginia 302 4 3
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-14 Debit To do [William Lowry & Company] 2 do [Bills] do [as per Journal] false true 185 Currency Virginia 21 13 1
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-25 Debit To Cash retd [returned] in full of so much borrowed 17th Augt [August] false false 266 Currency Virginia 21 Secondary date included in Entry
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-25 Debit [Total] Carried to false false 271 Currency Virginia 3685 1 9.75
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Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-04 Credit By Amt [Amount] from false false 233 Currency Virginia 801 6 7.75
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-08 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] as per Jour [Journal] false false Currency Virginia 11 15 9
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-09 Credit By Jacob Cox Sundries p [per] do [Journal] false true 253 Currency Virginia 16 8
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-10 Credit By do [Jacob Cox] do [Sundries] do [per Journal] false true 253 Currency Virginia 5 6
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-12 Credit By Cash false false 259 Currency Virginia 24
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-14 Credit By flour Acct [Account] 10 bls [bushels] [at] 26/ false false 165 Currency Virginia 13
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-14 Credit By Jacob Cox Sundries false true 253 Currency Virginia 6 7.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-15 Credit By Jos: [Joseph] Lewis 2 yds [yards] Linen [at] 2/2 false true 212 Currency Virginia 4 4
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-15 Credit By Jacob Cox Sundries false true 253 Currency Virginia 2 10 3
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-21 Credit By Wheat Acct [Account] 1.75 bs [bushels] false false 205 Currency Virginia 9 Not sure why the strike through with the wheat amount? Removed notation of
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-31 Credit By flour Acct [Account] Sundries as p [per] Jour [Journal] false false 165 Currency Virginia 21 15 4
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-31 Credit By House Expences do [as per Journal] false false 31 Currency Virginia 37 3 5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-31 Credit By Charges do [as per Journal] false false 23 Currency Virginia 1 2
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-31 Credit By W [Warehouse] & Wharf do [as per Journal] omd [omitted] 30th April false true 244 Currency Virginia 2 9 Secondary date included in Entry
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-05-31 Credit By Household & other furniture do [omitted 30th April] false false 36 Currency Virginia 3 This is on folio 3 so the ditto is for the 'as per Journal' from the above line; according to folio 36 the 'do' means the omitted Secondary date included in Entry
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-02 Credit By W [Warehouse] & Wharf 2415 feet Scantling [at] 15/ false true 244 Currency Virginia 18 2 3 Scantling is not in the Glossary - A timber of relatively slight width and thickness, such as a stud in a house frame. It was sometimes split to size, like fence rails, and other times hewn from small stock, but seldom sawn (http://www.milaminvirginia.com/glossary.html) Added to glossary
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-11 Credit By L [Lund] Washington Junr [Junior] & Co [Company] p [per] Jour [Journal] false true 241 Currency Virginia 17 17 6
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-13 Credit By Charges Sundries as p [per] ditto [Journal] false false 23 Currency Virginia 7 6 9.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-22 Credit By R [Robert] Hooe 1 bottle Snuff false true 170 Currency Virginia 3 6
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-30 Credit By Cash false false 264 Currency Virginia 44
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-06-30 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] as p [per] Jour [Journal] 2 Ents [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 14 13 11.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-04 Credit By Simon Zane 2 [hundredweight] 2 [quarters] 22 [pounds] Iron [at] 28/ false true 216 Currency Virginia 3 15 6 This entry was a little confusing to figure out. Folio 216L is missing to check for clarity Symbols above Iron values not included
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-07 Credit By Geo: [George] Hill p [per] Acct [Account] false true 250 Currency Virginia 15 19 2.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-09 Credit By Jacob Cox p [per] do [Account] false true 253 Currency Virginia 8 12 10.75
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-11 Credit By Rt [Robert] Hooe Sundries p [per] Jour [Journal] false true 170 Currency Virginia 2 18 7
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-11 Credit By David Stuart Sundries to B Craik false true 40 Currency Virginia 19 10 Couldn't find a B Craik on the Index or in the Early Colonial Settlers search
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-17 Credit By Crop Tobo [Tobacco] 1 Hhhd [Hogshead] 1091w [pounds] [at] 22/; & [Cask] 6/ false false 262 Currency Virginia 12 6 2
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-21 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] as p [per] Jour: [Journal] 2 Ents [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 21 18
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-27 Credit By do [Sundry Accounts] do [as per Journal] 2 do [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 21 5 2
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-28 Credit By Jos: [Joseph] Lewis Junr [Junior] Sundries p [per] Jour [Journal] false true 212 Currency Virginia 6 1.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-07-31 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] as p [per] Jour: [Journal] 6 Ents [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 24 8
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-01 Credit By Cash false false 266 Currency Virginia 10
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-03 Credit By Captn [Captain] Rd [Richard] Harrison p [per] Acct [Account] false true 223 Currency Virginia 5 1 6.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-06 Credit By Geo: [George] Hill p [per] Acct [Account] false true 250 Currency Virginia 5 14 6.75
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-08 Credit By J [John] H Stone 1w [pound] H [Hyson] Tea false true 245 Currency Virginia 12 In Folio 245 the amount is 15 shillings not 12
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-09 Credit By J [Joseph] Lewis Junr [Junior] Sundries false true 212 Currency Virginia 9 9
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-11 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] as p [per] Jour: [Journal] 2 Ents [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 9 13 9.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-16 Credit By W [William] Barnes & Co [Company] Sunds [Sundries] p [per] Bill false true 267 Currency Virginia 740 14 0.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-27 Credit By Cash false false 266 Currency Virginia 36 7 6
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-28 Credit By Geo: [George] Hill p [per] Acct [Account] false true 250 Currency Virginia 1 12 4.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-30 Credit By Jacob Cox do [per Account] false true 253 Currency Virginia 23 17 9.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-08-30 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] as p [per] Jour [Journal] false false Currency Virginia 18 16 10
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-01 Credit By do [Sundry Accounts as per Journal] 2 Ents [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 4 9 6.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-03 Credit By Geo: [George] Mason Junr [Junior] 10w [pounds] Twine [at] 2/ false true 103 Currency Virginia 1
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-07 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] as p [per] Jour: [Journal] 2 Ents [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 18 3 4.5
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-10 Credit By do [Sundry Accounts] do [as per Journal] 2 do [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 6 8
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-11 Credit By Cash false false 266 Currency Virginia 3 2 8
RW [Richard Watts] Ashton & Co [Company] 1787-09-13 Credit By Sundry Accts [Accounts] p [per] Jour: [Journal] 2 Ents [Entries] false false Currency Virginia 13 11 3
1787-09-13 Credit [Total] Carried to false false 271 Currency Virginia 2047 12 7.25
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Prefix First Name Last Name Suffix Profession Location Reference Date Dr/Cr Entry Same Entry Names/Places Journal Folio Reference Folio Reference Raw Material RM Quantity RM Qualifier Money Type 1 Colony_1 Pound_1 Shilling_1 Pence_1 Money Type 2 Colony_2 Pound_2 Shilling_2 Pence_2 Comments
W [Willing] M [Morris] & Swanwick 1787-05-04 Debit To Amt [Amount] from false false 72 Currency Pennsylvania 57 19 10.5
W [Willing] M [Morris] & Swanwick 1787-07-06 Debit To Sundry Accts [Accounts] as p [per] Jour: [Journal] false false Currency Pennsylvania 6499 13 4
W [Willing] M [Morris] & Swanwick 1787-08-03 Debit To do [Sundry Accounts] do [as per Journal] false false Currency Pennsylvania 3678 14 10
W [Willing] M [Morris] & Swanwick 1787-08-03 Debit To Balance carried down false false Currency Pennsylvania 579 12 8
W [Willing] M [Morris] & Swanwick 1787-08-03 Debit [Total] false false Currency Pennsylvania 10816 8.5
W [Willing] M [Morris] & Swanwick 1787-12-31 Debit To Bala [Balance] Carried to false false 265 Currency Pennsylvania 579 12 8
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