Samuel Winship cash book, 1826-1827
1 volume
Samuel Winship kept this cash book between 1826 and 1827, primarily to document accounts relating to slate quarries in Duchess County, New York. It also appears to feature some personal accounts or entries, such as a recipe for curing hams and a small list of foods towards the end of the volume.
Samuel Winship kept this cash book between 1826 and 1827, primarily to document accounts relating to slate quarries in Duchess County, New York. It also appears to feature some personal accounts or entries, such as a recipe for curing hams or a small list of foods (tobacco, sugar, apples, corn, eggs, molasses, etc.) towards the end of the volume. Also present in the volume is a one-page record of marriages.
On the back cover, Winship inscribed it as being his "Slate Book."