Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1879

Cash Account. JANUARY. [Date] [Received] [Paid] 4th Annie Chandler Received 2.00 6 Smk'd Herring Paid .13 Charley Hill (tooth) Received .50 7 Soap, Soda &c Paid .20 8th Isaac Hartshorne Received 2.50 E Peries & Co Paid 1.35 Medicine Paid 1.35 Tobacco Paid .5 Mifs Thompson (tooth ext.) Received .50 Corn meal Paid .25 Israel Budd Paid.25 9th Tobacco, [illegible] Paid .75 10 WPMiller for Mrs Choemaker) Received .50 Cakes for Edwd Paid .2 Flour Paid .50 11th Segars Paid .10 Butter 1 lb Paid .10 Jno Ed: Hill Received 2.50 Coffee Paid .20 12 Tobacco Paid .20 Dried beef Paid .50 13th Lobster and bacon Paid .40 14th Butter and sugar Paid .60 J M Smith Received 14.00 15 Bottles (from B and C) Paid 2.60 Tobacco and medicine Paid .20 Rebecca Johnson Received .75 Ham (12 1/2 lbs) Paid 1.00 15 Mifs Lezzia Scott Received 8.50 Tobacco &c Paid .40 16th Israel Budd Paid .25 Groceries Paid 1.00 Walter Scott (for corn in 1878) Paid 5.00 17th Zinc [illegible] and beef Paid 1.75 Flour Paid .50 18 Medicines Paid .90 Oysters Paid .50 Groceries Paid .60 19 Cakes and segars Paid .25 20 Alcohol Paid .12

20 Medicine Paid .75 21 "Corn popper" sugar &c Paid .30 22 Flour, meal, Chew and tobacco Paid 1.50 23d Granville Stabler Received 1.00 Margt: Scott Received .25 Ham (Bacon) Paid 1.00 24th Coal oil cakes tinc steel &c Paid 1.75 Fresh fish (herring and perch) Paid .50 25 Medicines Paid .68 Wm F Wilson Received 12.00 Groceries Paid 1.72 26 CA Iddings Received .50 27 Insurance tax Paid 4.52 Flour and groceries Paid .85 28 Syrup Paid .30 Dividers (compases) Paid .31 29th G B through Charley Received 50.00 Oysters and Coffee Paid .75 Pitcher Paid .50 Grange (sent by C Stabler) Paid 1.50 30th Fresh Herring, cornmeal &c Paid .90 Charley G and B Received 4.00 31 [illegible] &c Paid .40 Sml Witherald Received 8.00

[log book headings] Cash Account FEBRUARY

Date. Received. Paid.

[handwritten] 1st B R Roberts paid 59.00 1st Martha Ann Wright received 1.00 1st Sand, Oil paid .20 1st Sugar paid .23 3rd Medicine paid .85 4th Saul Lebanes received 10.00 4th Sleigh basket paid 3.25 4th Flour paid .75 5th Bolts, screws, tobacco paid .50 6th Sleigh bells (3 doz:0 paid 2.20 6th Medicine paid .30 7th Groceries and fresh fish paid 1.13 7th Groceries White Lead paid .50 8th Whip paid 1.50 8th Louisa and Norman Cook received 10.00 8th Martha Stewart received 1.00 8th Chicken and pine boards paid .62 8th Medicine, cakes and segars paid .50 8th Buckwheat meal paid .23 9th Muslin and linen paid 2.17 9th Hominy paid .30 9th _____Marlow (Ex. tooth) received .50 9th Lobster, Sugar paid .60 11th E. Mill (for wood) paid 5.00 11th Medicine and [?] paid 1.37 11th Hollins Corner (Segars) paid .10 11th Coal and oil paid .50 12th Oysters paid .50 12th Nice peaches and groceries paid .33 12th Butter lb paid .35 13th Groceries paid 1.00 14th Elizabeth Johnson received 1.00 14th Canton Flannel paid .40 14th Sugar 2 lbs paid .23 15th Groceries paid 1.18 15th Comb, bologna, dish and tobaccopaid .75 15th Mrs. White for chicken paid .37 17th Groceries paid .41 18th Medicines paid .95 19th Sugar, allples paid .35 20th [?] received .20 20th Lobster and screws paid .37

[journal headings-left page] Cash Account. MARCH. Date. Received. Paid.

[handwritten] 4th Reverend and Mrs. Johnson, received 5.00 4th Lantern Oil, paid 12 1/2 4th Cod fish and medicines, paid .80 9th Jms Cook (Manor) received, 3.25 9th Segars, paid .10 11 Medicine bill, paid, 1.35 11 Codfish, paid, .24 11 Wash soda, paid, .06 11 Tobacco, paid, .15 12 Colored girl Thomas, received .50 12 House, paid, .50 16 [??] received, 4.00 17th L Massey, received,.50 17th Expenses in Rockville, paid 1.85 17th HJI, received .50

[journal headings-right page] Cash Account. March. Date. Received. Paid.

[handwritten] 17 Corn Meal, paid, .25 17 Groceries, paid, .37 18 Fresh fish, paid, .50 18 [??], paid. .19 20th [??]. received, 5.00 20th Groceries, paid, .79 21st Dinner and Horses (Rockville), paid 1.10 21st Ammonia, paid, .20 21st Wood watch, paid, .20 21st C's watch, paid, .25 21st Ostlen at Rockville, paid, .25 21st Lamp chimneys and segars, paid, .25 22nd Comb for Dora, paid, .12 21st David Patterson, received, .50 22d Gross of pill boxes, paid, .50 22d Louisa Redmond, received, .50 22d "Cap" letter paper, paid, .40 26th Postage and tobacco, paid, .15 26th Flour, paid, .50 27 Salt and tobacco, paid, .15 28th, Tea, paid, .35 28th Susanah Nugent, received, .50 30th [??] Howard (tooth), received, .50 30th Segars and eggs, paid, .40 31st G and B on Charleys acct, received. $50.00 31st Plated forks and butter knife, paid, 5.00 31st Flour, paid, .50 31st Tobacco postage, paid, .15

[journal headings-left page] Cash Account. APRIL. Date. Received. Paid.

[handwritten] 1st. Mrs. S. Bond, paid, 40.00 1st Medicines, paid, 1.10 1st Cod fish, paid, .38 2nd Soap, paid, .20 2nd Salt meat, paid, 1.00 2nd Sugar and eggs, paid, .45 2nd, Eggs, paid, .25 3rd Helen Lea (by Edwd Lea), received 2.50 3rd Syrup animal cales segars, paid, .60 3rd Sorghum, paid, .25 4 2 lbs butter (??), paid, .60 4 Teas and segars, paid, .50 4 Mrs. Johnson, received, 5.00 4 HJI, paid .25 5 Groceries, paid, 1.10 5 Sundries, paid, .30 6 Tobacco, paid, .15 7th Doubletree bolt, paid, .25 7th Paint brushes and eggs, paid, .45 7th Oil and garden rake, paid, .35 7th Eli Powell (tooth), received .50 8 Fresh fish, paid, .40 8 Bolts for camp chair, paid, .09 8 Segars, paid, .10 8 Coffee and sugar, paid, .45 8 Postage and Rifle Club, paid, 18 9th Green paint, paid, .17 10th House-, paid, .30 11th Segars, .10 11th Eggs and groceries, paid, 1.36 13 Sundries from store, paid, .98 14th Tea and eggs, paid, .54 15th Salt and vinegar, paid, .15 19 Fanny Davis, received, .75

[journal headings-right page] Cash Account. APRIL. Date. Received. Paid.

19th House, paid, .50 26 Harriet-colored, received, .50 26 Sundries, paid, .20

[journal headings-left page] Cash Account. MAY. Date. Received. Paid.

[handwritten] 1st Mrs. Coutee A Farwell, received, 4.00 2d Sundries at store, paid, .87 3d Free's fish bill, paid, 1.00 3d Cod fish, paid .30 3d Medicines paid, .75 3d Nails and segars, paid .25 3d Willie, paid, .25 3d Cakes for Edwd, paid, .05 3d Note paper, paid, .15 7th Chas, Howard, received 1.00 7th Sundries, paid, .25 7th House, paid, .75 10 Mrs. J Scofield, received 2.15 11 Groceries and fish, paid, 1.50 12 Tobacco and meal, paid .50 15th Sundries, paid, .15 17th Chas and Millie Howard, received, 1.00 17th Fresh fish, paid, .25 17th Nails and Segars, paid, .25 17th House, paid, .75 18 Tobacco and Segars, paid, .15 18 CUI, received, 1.00 18 Colored glasses for Harriet, paid, 1.00 18 Postage, paid, .05 20 CUI, received .50 20 Medicine at Brighton, paid, .45 20 Our Session at Brighton, paid, .05

[journal headings-right page] Cash Account. May. Date. Received. Paid.

[handwritten] 27th Warner Cook, received 5.00 27th Medicines, paid, .65 27th Bacon Shoulder, paid, 1.05 27th Groceries, paid, .50 28 Eggs, paid, .10 28 Cap for Willie, paid, .08 28 Calico for Edwd Segars, paid, .35 28 Dozen eggs, paid, .14 29 Marth Ann Wright, received 1.00 29 "Old Folks Concert", paid, .25 29 Nails, Paid, .15 30 Nails, paid, .16 30 Fresh meat and butter, paid, .75 30 Flour, paid, .50 30 Corn Meal, paid .25 30 Frank L. Wilson, received 2.00 30 Crash for dish towels, paid, .25 31 Matilda Lasker, received, 3.00 31 Henson Hill, paid, 2.00 31 Segars and Tonacco, paid .15