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To make mortar Take 3 parts of fine and 4 parts of coarse sand 1 part of quick lime recently slacked and as little water as possible. the addition of burnt bones renders it more tenacious(tenuous?) and less liable to work it might not to exceed 1/4 of the lime. Weight of grain in N.J. Wheat 60, rye & corn 56, Buckwheat 50, Barley 48, flax seed 54, cloverseed 60 Expenses Mar. 24th 1838 cloth for Lurius clothes 1.87-1/2 31st maple sugar .50 rye flour .50 Apr. 1 apples 5 doz at .12-1/2 1.37-1/2 soda .50 crown(?) 2.00 Apr. 6 - Lemons .50 Sybaths(?) .25 .75 9th Doctor Davidson 15.00 Bible 6.00 10th cloth for pants & stirts(shirts?) 3.00 Lemons .25 1/2 gal. whiskey .25 sundries .12-1/2 for 6 Lemons .62-1/2 20th sugar 2.00 notions .75 apples 1.87-1/2 5.62-1/2
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up to Apr. 20th 1838 $673.20 calics of Groveland 1.88
.50 2.38 2.38
Lemons .25 loaf sugar 68-3/4 .93-3/4 Lemons .37-1/2 Tamarinds 50 calics Lemons .25 Balsam Cap____ .25 .50 shoes for Edna 1.50 yarn .62-1/2 2.12-1/2 Lemon .25 apples .12-1/2 .37-1/2 1/2 U. Tea .50 fastening for Lurius shorts etc. .50 Trevor's(?) shoes 1.18-3/4 3 June 10 lb sugar 1.00 solaraties(?) 18-1/4 25 cash to Edina ____ to Edina 7.06-1/4 paper pens hot. soap meetings .68-3/4 to a Swiss beggar .25 3rd July sugar 1.00 coffee 1.00 cloth .31 2.31-1/4 5th