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Account Book of John Mills, 1775-1785 (Folios 127-201)

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John Mills was a merchant residing in Alexandria, Virginia. This ledger comprises transactions that occurred between 1775 and Mills's death in 1784; at least 2 different authors created the ledger based on the handwriting found within it. Accounts include both men and women and connections Mills had with individuals in London; King George County, Loudoun County, and Fairfax County, Virginia; and Maryland. The accounts are grouped in alphabetical order by geographic location.

Mills built his home on Shuter's Hill, the present day location of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial; the ledger details the purchase of the land in 1779 for 389 pounds and carries through its construction detailing the purchase of bricks and the enslaved labor used to construct it.

This ledger includes 485 accounts across 274 folios, plus 4 additional folios detailing summary transactions from other ledger and memorandum books. This Work contains folios 127 to 201. 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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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
William Turn Senior Loudon 1775-05-15 Debit To Cash false false 77 Currency Virginia 5 2 7.5
William Turn Senior Loudon 1775-05-15 Debit To Sundries as p [per] Journl [Journal] false false 23 Currency Virginia 5 17 9
William Turn Senior Loudon 1775-05 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 11 4.75 Total pence value doesn't add up
Josias Clark 1775-05-15 Debit To Amount as p [per] Journall false false 21 Currency Virginia 3 4 6
Josias Clark 1775-05-17 Debit To Amount as p [per] Journl [Journal] £10..12..11; Cash £4 false false 27 77 Currency Virginia 14 12 11
Josias Clark 1775-06-09 Debit To half a Nest Wooden Ware false false 46 Currency Virginia 5
Josias Clark 1775-06-16 Debit To Cash £1..4..[0]; To Charles Coopers Credit of this date £0..13..2; To Sundries as p [per] Journal of this date £8..7..9.25; false false 50 79 Currency Virginia 10 4 11.25
Josias Clark 1775-07-22 Debit To Sundries as p [per] Journal of this date Acct [Account] Rd [Received] false false 69 Currency Virginia 12 3
Josias Clark 1775-07 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 28 19 7
Josias Clark 1776-02-01 Debit To Amount Brot [Brought] down false false Currency Virginia 28 19 7
Josias Clark 1776-02-01 Debit To Ballance [Balance] due false false Currency Virginia 6 5
Josias Clark 1776-02-28 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 29 6
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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
William Turn Senior Loudon 1775-05-15 Credit By 1 Hhd [Hogshead] Tobacco Nett 1102 [pounds] [at] 20/ false false 23 Currency Virginia 11 4.75
William Turn Senior Loudon 1775-05 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 11 4.75
Josias Clark 1775-05-18 Credit By 3 hhd [hogsheads] Tobo [Tobacco] Nett 2895 [pounds] [at] 20/ false false 27 Currency Virginia 28 19
Josias Clark 1775-08-14 Credit By 1 pr [pair] Shoes Returnd [Returned]; Accot [Account] Rd [Received] false false 82 Currency Virginia 7
Josias Clark 1775-08-31 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 29 6
Josias Clark 1776-02-01 Credit By Ballance [Balance] due; _Consigd_ false false Currency Virginia 6 5 Word under date? Consigned?
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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
John Bruce Fairfax 1775-05-16 Debit To Amount as [Per] Jurnl [Jounral] Vizt To 2.5 yards Kersamire [Cassimere] Cloth false false 25 Sterling 1 4
John Bruce Fairfax 1775-05-24 Debit To Amount as [Per] Jurnl [Jounral] Vizt To 3.5 yards Kersamire [Cassimere] Deliverd [Delivered] Mr Hunter false true 32 Sterling 1 11 6 Not sure on the last 2 entry words; Mr Hunter
John Bruce Fairfax 1775-05-31 Debit [Total] false false Sterling 2 15 6
Hector MComb 1775-05-24 Debit To Eward [Edward] Browns Exchange on Wm [William] Lee Endorsed by me at 60 days } false true 32 124 Sterling 40
Hector MComb 1775-07-11 Debit To Cash in full £7..19..4 @ [at] 15 pCt [percent] false false 63 82 Sterling 6 18 6.5 "H.C."?? P Ct
Hector MComb 1775-07-31 Debit [Total] false false Sterling 46 18 6.5
John Dantignac 1783-02-14 Debit To year's Rent of a Houses & Lotts [Lots] near Colchester due Jany [January] 7th 1783} 20..[0]..[0]; To Chas [Charles] Sims as attorney, ..15..[0]; To Sherriff [Sheriff] fees and other Expences [Expenses] 1..5..[0] false true Sterling 22
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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
John Bruce Fairfax 1775-05-16 Credit By 7 pr [pairs] Mens Shoes [at] 4/6 false false 25 Sterling 1 11 6
John Bruce Fairfax 1775-05-16 Credit By 8 Volo [Volumes] Clarissa false false Sterling 1 4 Copies of the novel? Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. And Particularly Shewing, the Distresses that May Attend the Misconduct Both of Parents and Children, In Relation to Marriage
John Bruce Fairfax 1775-05-31 Credit [Total] false false Sterling 2 15 6
Henry MComb 1775-05-16 Credit By 5 hhd [hogsheads] Tobo [Tobacco] Nett [Net] 4889 [pounds] a [at] 16/ false false 25 Sterling 39 2 2.75
Henry MComb 1775-05-18 Credit By 1 hhd [hogshead] Tobo [Tobacco] Nett [Net] 977 [pounds] [at] 16/ false false 28 Sterling 7 16 3.75
Henry MComb 1775-05-31 Credit [Total] false false Sterling 46 18 6.5
John Dantignac 1783-02-14 Credit By Cash false false 24 Sterling 22
John Dantignac 1783-02-28 Credit [Total] false false Sterling 22 0 0
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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
James Cumins 1775-05-16 Debit To Sundries as p [per] Journl [Journal] £2..12..10; Cash £8 false false 26 77 Currency Virginia 10 12 10
James Cumins 1775-05-31 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 10 12 10
James Cumins 1776-02-01 Debit To Ballance [Balance] due false false Currency Virginia 5 10
William Keens 1775-05-16 Debit To Amount Sundries as p [per] Journl [Journal] £11..12..3; Cash £6 false false 26 77 Currency Virginia 17 12 2.5
William Keens 1775-05-20 Debit To Cash false false 29 77 Currency Virginia 4 7 4.5
William Keens 1775-05 Debit [To] Ballance [Balance] due false false Currency Virginia 3
William Keens 1775-05-31 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 22 2 7
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