Philip Van Rensselaer Journal

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Putin Bay May 1 st. [superscript] 1838. 
Odell [illegible symbol] To 41. Shoats. young hogs 
13 Bus Barley [illegible symbol] seed $1.34 Flour 13 [illegible fraction] lb ["lb" superscript throughout document] Pork	15.71 
Mr Bassford [illegible symbol] 1 1/2 Bus Potatoes 4/6. 44 [?] Pork	 		 4.65 
Wm ["m" superscript] Furguson [illegible symbol] 1/2lb Tobacco 6 pipes  		  .25 
Henry Provost [illegible symbol] 1/2lb Tobacco		  	 		 	  .13 
Mr Bassford [illegible symbol] 1/2lb Tea		  	 			  .25 
John Horsford [illegible symbol] 1/2lb Tobacco			        	   	  .13 
Mr Bassford for J M Wright [illegible symbol] 1/2lb Tobacco	  			  .13 
do 4lb Sugar 4/. 1/4lb Tea 1/6 1/2 bus Potatoes for Jebbe 1/6	 		  .91 
Mrs Rogers [illegible symbol] 3lb Sugar 3/. 6lb Flour 2/. [?] Pork 5/. 			 1.25 
do 1/2 bus Potatoes 1/6								  .19 
Mr Bassford [illegible symbol] 1/2 bus Potatoes 1/6. 1 1/2 bus Potatoes 4/6	 	  .75 
Mr Odell [illegible symbol] Garden Seed 3/.					 	  .38 
Mrs Rogers [illegible symbol] 1/2lb Tobacco 1/.			 			  .13 
Mr Bassford [illegible symbol] 20lb flour 80 1/2 bus Potatoes for Black 1/6    	  	  .75 
B Odell [illegible symbol] 12 Bus Potatoes seed 3/. 2 hoes 8/.				 5.50 
do 14lb Pork [illegible symbol] $1.31 13lb Lard 10 $1.36 3 1/4 for Barley $3.25 	 5.92 
Mrs Rogers [illegible symbol] 16lb Meal 48 d [superscript]	                 	  .50 
Mr Bassford 1/2 bus Potatoes 1/6 1lb Tobacco [illegible] 51lb Meal 77   		 1.11 
do for Blackman 35lb Meal 52c. [superscript] 23lb Pork 10$230      			 3. 
Mrs Rogers [illegible symbol] 21lb Flour 54c [superscript] 1/2lb Coffee 9c. [superscript] .93 
do 3 lb sugar 3/. 9lb Pork 91c [superscript]						 1.28 
Mrs Bassford To Blackman [illegible symbol] 1/2 bus Potatoes			 	  .19 
Mr Bassford [illegible symbol] 1 Bu Flour $7. 1 1/2 bus do 4/6				 7.56 
do 1/2 lb Salratus 9 [curved line above number] 3 lb sugar 3/.					   47 
B Odell [illegible symbol] 34 lb Meal 3 8/6. 13 lb Pork $1.30				 2.36 
Seed 2/.										  .25 
John Hosford [illegible symbol] 1 Shirt							 1.10 
J Bassford To Blackman [illegible symbol] 1/2 bus Potatoes				  .18 
To 34 lb Pork $3.49 9lb Beef 63c [superscript] 1lb Tea 44c [superscript]		 4.47 
To boarding Henry Provost 2 Weeks      $2						 4. 
By boarding Wm Furguson		1 4/7 Weeks						 3.16