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BOOK-KEEPING BY DOUBLE ENTRY
Bartered 15 hhds Lisbon wine, at 11/ 10$
a hhd, for
1 cwt cochineal, valued at 120 0 0
The balance I have received inl r9 ln n
toney - ‘ J 5 °
Bartered with Thomas Young,
250 yds of linen, at 3^ a yard 37 10 0
And 9 tons lead, at 18/ a ton 162 0 0
For 120 lb cinnamon, at 8,s id
a lb
And 12 bags cotton, qt Si1)
cwt 2 qr, at 3/ 10s a cwt, i"
- April 24, 1789. -
May 1
Sold 40 cwt sugar, at 58s a cwt, for which
received a bill for 50/ on Samuel Ward,
due in 30 days, and 66/ in cash
Shipped on board the Speedwell, John
Gibson, master, by order, and for'ac-
count of Timoleon Jansen, merchant in
Leghorn, the following goods, marked,
and numbered as per margin, viz.
200 yds my own broad cloth, '
at 14s - -
210 ton lead, presently bought
for ready money, at 16/ 4s
51® pieces drugget, at 7/ 7s,
^bought of James Horton
Paid custom and other charges,
till on board
Paid Hazard’and Co, for in¬
suring 400/ on the whole
My commission on ditto, at 21
per c^nt. '. ..
f140 00
l162 00
P117 12 0
12
10 10 0
11 1 3