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Account Book of John Mills, 1775-1785 (Folios 202-273+)

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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 202 to 273 and the additional folios. 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
Richard Johns 1779-01-23 Credit By John Dixon for his order } and credited Hooe & Harrison's in H & Ms Books } false true 178; 45 Currency Virginia 320
Richard Johns 1779-01-23 Credit By Hooe & Jenifer's Dr. [Debit] for yr. [your] 1/16 Sloop Mermaid in H & Ms Books false true 43 Currency Virginia 476 0 4.75
Richard Johns 1779-01-13 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 796 0 4.75
Richard Johns 1779-06-08 Credit By Hooe & Harrison's for 1/16th sales Mermaid's Cargo No. 1 false true 200 Currency Virginia 825 16 6.5
Richard Johns 1779-06 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 825 16 6.5
Richard Johns 01-31 Credit By Cash false false 133 Currency Virginia 36 2 10
Richard Johns Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 36 2 10
Richard Johns 1781-05 Credit By Hooe & Harrison's Debt for 1/16 Sloop Dragons } Proceeds in Tobo. [Tobacco] to Amount } false true 241 Tobacco 28663 pound
Richard Johns 1781-05 Credit By Hooe & Harrison's Debt for 1/16 Do. [Sloop Dragon's] proceeds } on finishing the returns } false true 241 Tobacco 6030 pound Currency Virginia 36 10 0.5
Richard Johns 1781-05 Credit [By] Ballance [Balance] due false false Currency Virginia 14 4 9.5
Richard Johns 1781-04-01 Credit [Total] false false Tobacco 34693.5 pound Currency Virginia 50 14 10
Richard Johns 1781-04 Credit By Hooe & Harrison's Debt as du from T. Richardson false true 254 Currency Virginia 14 4 9
Charles Little 1779-01-29 Credit By General expence [expenses] for Wood false false 21 Currency Virginia 15
Charles Little 1779-01-29 Credit By do. [General Expenses] for 16 Barrels Corn @ [at] 140/ false false 25 Currency Virginia 112
Charles Little 1779-01-29 Credit By Building Acct. [Account] for feeding Horses false false 24 Currency Virginia 18
Charles Little 1779-01-29 Credit By do. [Building Account] for 2 Bushels Rye a [at] 15/ false false 24 Currency Virginia 1 10
Charles Little 1779-01 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 146 10
Charles Little 1782-06-27 Credit By part of a Box of Sugar from J Watson 140.25 Ntt [Net] [pounds] } proportion Loss 1.5 } 141.75 a [at] 9d false true Currency Virginia 5 6 3.75
Charles Little 1782-06-27 Credit By Genl [General] Expence [Expenses] shoeing, rideing [riding] Horses before false false 234 Currency Virginia 6
Charles Little 1782-06-27 Credit By Waggon [Wagon] Acct [Account] for work done to Amot. [Amount] false false 255 Currency Virginia 4 6
Charles Little 1782-12-10 Credit By Provision Accot. [Account] Debt received of Robt. [Robert] Lysle to Amot [Amount] false true 261 Currency Virginia 3 18 6
Charles Little 1782-12-13 Credit By Generall [General] Expence [Expense] Debt for an Iron morter [mortar] of Do. [Robert Lysle] false true 261 Currency Virginia 7 6
Charles Little 1782-12-31 Credit By John _Yonist_ 4 Cord Wood - 4 [total] } By Wm [William] Bromly 12 Do. [Cord Wood] - 12 [total] } By Dyer 2 [Cord wood] } By Widow Munday 2 [Cord Wood] } By George Mason 1 [Cord Wood } 21 Cord [at] 12/ false true 264 Currency Virginia 12 12
Charles Little 1782-12-31 Credit By Wagon Accot [Account] Debt for Hay 1500 [pounds] false false 255 Currency Virginia 3 7 6
Charles Little 1782-12-31 Credit By Cash received for 1000 [pounds] Tobo. [Tobacco] & Cask false false 23 Currency Virginia 7 13
Charles Little 1782-12 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 33 15 3.75
Charles Little 1783-01-01 Credit By Ballance [Balance] Brot. [Brought] down false false Currency Virginia 15 5
Charles Little 1783-01-17 Credit By Wagon Accot. [Account] for 1500w [pounds] Hay false false 255 Currency Virginia 3 7 6
Charles Little 1783-01-31 Credit By Wm [William] Bromley for 2.25 [Cord Wood] } false true 209
Charles Little 1783-01-31 Credit By Henry Stroman [for] 0.75 [Cord Wood] } false true 243
Charles Little 1783-01-31 Credit By ye [the] Dyer [for] 1.5 [Cord Wood] } false true 264
Charles Little 1783-01-31 Credit By Mrs. Munday [for] 1.5 [Cord Wood] 6 Cord [total] false true 264 Currency Virginia 3 12
Charles Little 1783-02-10 Credit By Wagon Accot. [Account] for 1400w [pounds] Hay [at] 1/6 false false 255 Currency Virginia 3 3
Charles Little 1783-02-28 Credit By Joseph W. Harrason [for] 0.75 [Cord Wood] } false true 266
Charles Little 1783-02-28 Credit By Henry Stroman [for] 0.75 [Cord Wood] } false true 243
Charles Little 1783-02-28 Credit By Wm. [William] Bromley [for] 1.5 [Cord Wood] } 3 Cord [total] [at] 12/ false true 209 Currency Virginia 1 16
Charles Little 1783-02 Credit [Total] Amot. [Amount] to fo. [folio] 266 false false Currency Virginia 12 13 11
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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
Agness Stonemire 1779-01-30 Debit To Cash paid Wm. [William] Hartshorn false true 121 Currency Virginia 13
Agness Stonemire 1779-02-16 Debit To Cash paid the Shoemaker false true 121 Currency Virginia 3 4
Agness Stonemire 1779-01-30 Debit To Cash false false 121 Currency Virginia 6
Agness Stonemire 1779 Debit [Total] Amot. [Amount] to 15th April false false Currency Virginia 4 3
Agness Stonemire 1779-04-17 Debit To 1 Quart Whiskey paid Willm [William] false true 215 Currency Virginia 15
Agness Stonemire 1779-04-19 Debit To Cash paid Shoemaker false true 124 Currency Virginia 4 4
Agness Stonemire 1779-04-19 Debit To ditto [Cash] paid for pr. [pair] shoes false false 126 Currency Virginia 7 4
Agness Stonemire 1779-09-04 Debit To Cash paid for 1 pr. [pair] shoes false false 129 Currency Virginia 7 10
Agness Stonemire 1780-08-25 Debit To Cash paid Mr. Fleming false true 4 Currency Virginia 45 0 0
Agness Stonemire 1780-10-19 Debit To Cash paid for Shoes false false 5 Currency Virginia 39 6
Agness Stonemire 1780-02-07 to 02-06 Debit To Cash at sundry times in 4 paymts [payments] to Amot. [Amount]; 54 [pounds currency] } 60 [pounds currency] } 90 [pounds currency] } 157..18 [pounds currency] } [is] false false 7 Currency Virginia 361 18
Agness Stonemire 1780-02-07 to 02-06 Debit [Total, lines 9 -11] false false Currency Virginia 446 4
Agness Stonemire Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 470
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-12-10 Debit To Cash Cr. [Credit] for 4 Hhds [Hogsheads] to Amt. [Amount] false false 121 Currency Virginia 254 3
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-04-15 Debit To Balance to Profitt [Profit] & Loss false false 185 Currency Virginia 21 3 9
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-04 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 275 6 9
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-08-28 Debit To Cash for 1 Hhd [Hogshead] 1130 [pounds] Nett [Net] a [at] £18 and Cash £3 false false 129 Currency Virginia 206 8
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-09-08 Debit To Cash for 2 Hhds [Hogsheads] 1212 [pounds] & 1003 [pounds] and £7..4..0 for Casks a [at] £18 false false 129 Currency Virginia 405 17
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-12-11 Debit To Cash for 1 Hhd [Hogshead] Tob. [Tobacco] Ntt [Net] 1143 [pounds] at Urbanna a [at] 22£ } NB [Nota bene] the above Hhd [Hogshead] is to be delivd [delivered] at Urba. [Urbanna] by R. Mathew as by Receipt false true 133 Currency Virginia 247 9
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-05-10 Debit To Drayage Cash paid false false 1 Currency Virginia 9
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-05-30 Debit To Merchandize [Merchandise] Cr. [Credit] 63 Bushl [Bushels] Salt paid for 4200w [pounds] Tobo. [Tobacco] false false 233 Currency Virginia 2520
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-06 Debit To Cash paid Freight Freight & Assesmt. [Assessment] on _Marys_ Tobo. [Tobacco] false true 2 Currency Virginia 31 20
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-06-17 Debit To Cash paid Cooperage false false 2 Currency Virginia 5
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-06-17 Debit To Do. [Cash] paid Warehouse Rent false false 2 Currency Virginia 18
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-06-31 Debit To Robt. [Robert] Mawthes Cr. [Credit] for Freight false true 148 Currency Virginia 30
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-06 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 3473 4
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] Debit To 4 Hhd [Hogsheads] Tobo. [Tobacco] on hand Cost in Salt at 40 p [per] Bushl [Bushel] to Amount false false Currency Virginia 2520
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-11-10 Debit To Walter Pyes Cr. [Credit] for 2 Hhd [Hogsheads] Nett [Net] 1915 wt [weight] Cask a [at] 37. 12 pCt [percent] to Amot. [Amount] false true 140 Currency Virginia 738
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1778-11-10 Debit To Hooe & Harrison's Cr. [Credit] for 1 Hhd [Hogshead] Nett [Net] 1051 false true 241 Currency Virginia 676 11 4
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1781-06-01 Debit To Mills Fraizier & Cosby 1 Hhd [Hogshead] N [Net] 1000 [pounds] false true 216 Currency Virginia 700
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1781-06-03 Debit To John Corrie's Cr. [Credit] 1 hhd [hogshead] Ntt [Net] 941 [pounds] Markd [Marked] RC Urbanna a [at] £55 false true 221 Currency Virginia 517 11
Crop Tob. [Tobacco] 1781-06 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 5152 2 4
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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
Agness Stonemire 1780-01-01 Credit By Genl [General] Expence [Expense] for 1 years Wages 1779 4 Mo. [Months] to Jany. [January] 1st 1780 false false 54 Currency Virginia 50
Agness Stonemire 1781-02-01 Credit By Do. [General Expenses] for 13 Months Wages to Feby. [February] 1st 1781 a [at] 30 [pounds currency] p [per] Mo. [Month] false false 54 Currency Virginia 390
Agness Stonemire 1781-03-01 Credit By Do. [General Expenses] for 1 Mo [Month] Wages to this date false false 54 Currency Virginia 30
Agness Stonemire 1781-03 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 470
Crop Tobo. [Tobacco] 1778-12-10 Credit By Mills, Fraizer & Co. [Company] Debit to Amt. [Amount] false true Currency Virginia 0 0 0
Crop Tobo. [Tobacco] 1778-12-10 Credit By Mills, Fraizer & Cosby Dr. [Debit] for 4230 [pounds] a [at] 130/ false false Currency Virginia 275 6 9
Crop Tobo. [Tobacco] 1778-12-10 Credit [Subotal] false false 11 Currency Virginia 275 6 9
Crop Tobo. [Tobacco] 1778-12-10 Credit By 4 Hhds [Hogsheads] Tobo. [Tobacco] as Cost false false Currency Virginia 2520
Crop Tobo. [Tobacco] 1778-12-10 Credit [By] Ballance [Balance] for Tobo. [Tobacco] lost sent wt. [with] Mr. Wm [William] Hartshorn, being } taken by the Enemy to proffitt & loss debt } false true 199 Currency Virginia 953 4
Crop Tobo. [Tobacco] 1778-12-10 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 3473 4
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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
Samuel Beal 1779-01-14 Debit To Cash false false 121 Currency Virginia 600 14
Samuel Beal 1779-01-14 Debit To John Dixon to be paid you in Wmsburgh [Williamsburg] false true Currency Virginia 0 0 0
Samuel Beal 1779-03-17 Debit To John Dixon's Cr. [Credit] for false true 178 Currency Virginia 654 16
Samuel Beal 1779-03 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 1255 10
Samuel Beal 1779-07-02 Debit To Disbursmts [Disbursements] for 471w [pounds] Cordage p [per] rect. [receipt] false false 213 Currency Virginia 94 4
Samuel Beal 1779-07-02 Debit To ditto [Disbursements] for Proportion expences [expenses] on same which at 10 for 1 is 9..16..4 Specie false false 213 Currency Virginia 4
Colonel John Fleet 1779-01-02 Debit To Cash Cr. [Credit] false false 121 Currency Virginia 42
Colonel John Fleet 1779-01 Debit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 42
Michael Thorn 1780 Debit To Cash received for Bread sold agreeable to Bakehouse Cr. [Credit] in for false false 235 Currency Virginia 226
Michael Thorn 1780 Debit To Yours & Coopers part for money advanced, being in bread on hand } false true Currency Virginia 421 4 9
Michael Thorn 1780 Debit [To] Ballance [Balance] to your Cr. [Credit] in merchandize [merchandise] Acct. [Account] Goods Sold by you as p [per] } Coppy [Copy] Renderd [Rendered], kept in your _name_ } false false 237 Currency Virginia 1050 9 3
Michael Thorn 1780 Debit [Total] Depreciated false false Currency Virginia 1697 14
Michael Thorn 1780 Debit To 4 Bushl [Bushels] Salt false false Sterling Virginia 160
Michael Thorn 1780 Debit [To] Balla. [Balance] due to yr. [your] Cr. [Credit] false false Sterling Virginia 292 18 1
Michael Thorn 1780 Debit [Total] false false Sterling Virginia 452 18 1
Michael Thorn 1780-09 Debit To Your assumsit [assumpsit] for Bread Sold by you to Amot [Amount] false false Sterling Virginia 462
Michael Thorn 1780-09 Debit To Do. [assumpsit] for Wood false false Sterling Virginia 240
1780-09 Debit [Total] 702 a [at] 72 for 1 false false Currency Virginia 9 15
Michael Thorn 1782-01-24 Debit To Wm [William] Thompson's Cr. [Credit] paid you by Maj. [Major] Valentine Peers false true Currency Virginia 5 8
Michael Thorn 1782-03-25 Debit To 5 Bushells [Bushels] Salt [at] 15/ false false Currency Virginia 3 15
Michael Thorn 1782-11-16 Debit To Salt Accot. [Account] Cr. [Credit] for Cash received for 7 Bushells [Bushels] false false 242 Currency Virginia 7 2
Michael Thorn 1782-11-28 Debit To Do. [Salt Account] for 3 Bushl [Bushels] for self £3; To Do. [Salt Account]] 4 [Bushels] Sold 4..16.. false false 242 Currency Virginia 7 16
Michael Thorn 1782-12-13 Debit To Do. [Salt Account] for 0.5 Do [Bushel sold] false false 242 Currency Virginia 12
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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
Samuel Beal 1778-12-16 Credit By 6 pieces Oznabgs. [Osnaburg] Contg. [Containing] 535 yds [yards] @ [at] 10/ false false 196 Currency Virginia 267 10
Samuel Beal 1778-12-16 Credit By 10 Bolts Canvas a [at] 40£ false false 213 Currency Virginia 400
Samuel Beal 1778-12-16 Credit By 5 Bolts ditto [Canvas] a [at] 40£ false false 213 Currency Virginia 200
Samuel Beal 1779-01-25 Credit By Cash paid Cartage, _Cavans_ &c. [et cetera] to the Landing false false 213 Currency Virginia 8
Samuel Beal 1779-01-25 Credit By Genl [General] expence [expenses] paid Alexander Purdie false true 22 Currency Virginia 1 4
Samuel Beal 1779-03-02 Credit By 1894w [pounds] Cordage a [at] 4/ false false 213 Currency Virginia 378 16
Samuel Beal 1779-03 Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 1255 10
Colonel John Fleet 11-26 Credit By 1586 feet Inch & Quarter plank } to ye [the] Hill's debt 17..10 By 1500 feet Inch Plank } Supposed to Amot [Amount] 15 [total] £42 false true 219 Currency Virginia 42
Colonel John Fleet Credit [Total] false false Currency Virginia 42
Michael Thorn Credit By amot. [amount] advanced ye [the] Bakehouse from Goods Sold agreeable to Bakehouse Accot. [Account] in for (and Accot. [Account] Renderd [Rendered] false false 235 Currency Virginia 1697 14
Michael Thorn Credit [Total] Depreciated false false Currency Virginia 1697 14
Michael Thorn Credit By Your 1/3d [third] proffitts [profits] on Goods sold by you } to Amot. [Amount] as p [per] Accot. [Account] Renderd [Rendered] } 452..18..1 Depreciated false false
Michael Thorn Credit [Total] false false Sterling Virginia 452 18 1
Michael Thorn 1780 Credit By Ballance [Balance] Brot. [Brought] down false false Sterling Virginia 292 18 1
Michael Thorn 1781 Credit By your one half of Bread & Wood Sold in Sept. [September] 1780 false false Sterling Virginia 644 10
Michael Thorn 1781 Credit [Total, Virginia pounds sterling] 937..8..1 @ [at] 72 for 1 is false false Specie Virginia 13 4.5
Michael Thorn 1782 Credit By your do. [one-half] for Bread sold ye [the] State as by Certificates paid Mr. Wm [William] Payne Senr [Senior] for Cash receivd [received] of him to amot. [amount] 866..2.._ @ [at] 100 for 1 is false true Specie Virginia 8 13 2.5
Michael Thorn 1782-11-28 Credit By Genl [General] Expence [Expense] for Smoakg [Smoking] Meat 18/; [By cash] for whiskey & Brandy 32/ false false 261 Specie Virginia 2 10
Michael Thorn 1782-11-28 Credit By Do. [General Expenses] for storage false false 261 Specie Virginia 18
Michael Thorn 1782-11-28 Credit By Thos. [Thomas] Herbert paid Daniel McAlister false true 262 Specie Virginia 3 3 2
Michael Thorn 1782-12 Credit By Provision Accot. [Account] for Ducks 2/ [and] Potatoes 3/ false false 261 Specie Virginia 5
Michael Thorn 1782-12 Credit By Generall [General] Expence [Expenses] wooden ware false false 261 Specie Virginia 8 6
Michael Thorn 1782-12-23 Credit By Provision Accot [Account] paid Sommers false true 261 Specie Virginia 12
Michael Thorn 1782-12-23 Credit By Do. [Provision Account] for half a Gallo. [Gallon] Brandy false false 261 Specie Virginia 4
Michael Thorn 1782-12-23 Credit By Cash Debit false false 22 Specie Virginia 12
Michael Thorn 1782-12-23 Credit By George Solomans false true 263 Specie Virginia 1
Michael Thorn 1782-12-23 Credit By Sundrys [Sundries] to Provision Accot. [Account] 27/6 [and] to G. [General] Expence [Expenses] Accot. [Account] 15/3 ... 270 false false 261 Specie Virginia 2 2 9
Michael Thorn 1783-07-08 Credit By Genl [General] Expences [Expenses], 6 Bowls false false Specie Virginia 7 6
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