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John A. Steinbeck's diary, primarily during the Civil War, handwritten mainly in pencil, leather-bound, over 200pp, [195] 1859-1862
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April 2[illegible] Mr. Saml S book cr.
By cash[?] 50 1 peck of corn 31 cabbage 12 tobacco 9 May 8 Cash 10 1 peck of corn 25 sugar 50 tomatoes 5 potatoes 5 May 11 Cash 25 May 9 beef 50 potatoes 5 tobacco 6 1/4 cash 22 cash 25 1 peck corn 25 ----355
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April
Haled for Mr. Case 2 barrels of liquod 2 [ditto marks] flour 2 [ditto marks] pork[?] 3 bags of corn 5 loads of barrels of Henrys[?] to Mr. C. stores.
67 1.8 ---Nov 8 1861
Mr. Jenkes Se[?] by cutting + putty x puttying glass 37 1/2 by putty on one pain of [illegible] 30 20 mending for 1 stone 10 [illegible] 12 1/2 ----90
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Monday 14 - [illegible] began to work
Oct 21 one rainy day no work
Nov 25 - syine[?] sink Paid to Luit Drydale $20,00 for [illegible] his board for two months $20,00 15,00
Wm K. Fellows West Vienna Oneida Co. N.Y.
or to Rome - Oneida Co. N.Y. care of Canal Collector
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15 feet 37 1/2 feet flooring [line crossed out] 23 feet & cantliv 35 feet 43 15 20 30 54[crossed out] flooring 50 66 10 54 66[crossed out] 37 1/2 40 ----300 157 flooring 75 ---631
Mr. L. Gills due me 75c [line crossed out] [illegible] + work 50 work 25 [line crossed out]
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Amount of lumber used for back piazza 197[?] feet for skylights[?] 66 feet for piazza 88 [ditto marks] 25
Jan 13[?] 75 feet of weatherboards 26 feet of scantlings Jan 19 219 feet Feb 7, 77 feet flooring 104 feet weatherboards 20 feet scantlings Feb 9 100 feet weatherboarding in all 634 feet scantlings at 23 dollars per m. feet. S 356 feet of weatherboardg x flooring at 25 dollars per m. feet. 26 feet scantling + 36 feet weather
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June 27 settled $302 with Mr. Standenmeier due me 302
28 3 muskmelon 15 29 tomatoes 5 July 1 1 muskmelon 6 1/4 1 dozen eggs 18 3/4 1 watermelon 10 tomatoes 5 July 17 water muskmelon + green corn 37 1/2 1 dozen eggs 18 3/4 1 small muskmelon 5[crossed out] July 22 beans 2 1/2 1 dozen eggs 20 [illegible] 20
1 peck of sweet potatoes 21
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Carried 102,72 By repairing crolset[?] 37 [illegible] painting bathing tub 150 milk to date 300 -----20759 Received June 8 - on this bill $7,00
June 29 scraped + varnished secretary 2 00 July 20 1 bottle of catsup 31 1/4
281 107 59 200 2 31 94[crossed out] 31 110 40 50 50 ------------ -----109,90 281 82 16 ---------- 27 74 27 74 1 50 182 90 --------------- 29 24 109 90
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For Mr. Myers - 2 bolt for [illegible] upstairs 75 putting on [illegible] 50 April 31 - Putting on doorbell 200 extra family[?] 5 00 2 sets of shirts studs 75
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June 8 1861 Gave this morning Mr. Myers his bill - as followsNov 19 1860. By varnishing barn 1.50 By 2 1/2 days work 4.25 March 9 - Balance due on contract 2.16 By shirts studs 75 [ditto marks] 5 bags of corn 6,00 [ditto marks] hawling 9 boards[?] 1.25 [ditto marks] repairing + upholstering sofa 5.00 [ditto marks] [illegible] 2.50 [ditto marks] small table 31 [illegible]