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Documents relating to Ferryland: 1597 to 1726
26 March, 1710; Benjamin Marston [merchant of Salem,
Massachusetts]
Account Book entry for Doctor
Richard Amass [Richard Amiss], Ferryland, Newfoundland"
Essex Institute, Salem,
Massachusetts, ms 111, Barton 9/8 (12).
MHA 16-D-3-031. Transcribed by P.E. Pope.
Subjects: New England, imports, material culture, food, tobacco, wine.
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1710 Debitor -- Dr. Richard Amass, Ferryland, Newfoundland
| August 7 | To 2 wooden plates at 16d per | £ -. 2. 8 |
| To 3 ladles, 12d.
1 large bowl 19d |
-. 2. 7 |
| August 13 | To a cider pail 2s
1 large runlet 2s
[small cask] |
-. 4. - |
| October 24 | To 2 barrels malt @ 30s per | 3. -. - |
| To 2 kegs hops @ 10s per | 1. -. -. |
| To Thomas Corde | 3. -. -. |
| To 9s paid Anthony Parsons | -. 9. -. |
| To 10 barrels tobacco, containing
80 lb in a barrel at 9d per |
30. -. -. |
| To 12 runlets of hops @ 12s per | 7. 4. -. |
| ____________ |
| | £ 45. 2. 3. |
Dr. Richard Amass, Ferryland, Newfoundland Creditor
1710
| June 18 | By firken butter, weight 57 lb.
@ 6d per |
£ 1. 8. 6. |
| September 10 | By old Roger Parrot
40s per agreement |
2. -. -. |
| By 25 quintals refuse fish
@ 8s 6d per |
10. 12. 6. |
| By Roger Dickers for me | 2. 3. -. |
| By the merchant of the
sloop for me |
-. 5. 6. |
| By Captain Barnes for me | -. 7. -. |
| By 1 jug wine | 16. 6. |
| By one hundred [lbs?] of bread | 1. 5. -. |
| | _____________ |
| | £ 18. 18. - |
| By the balance due B. Marston | 26. 04. 3 |
| | _____________ |
| | £ 45. 2. 3 |
Salem, New England, March 26, 1716
Errors Excepted [signed] B. Marston
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