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Subject: Thomas Elfe Account Book, Feb 1772 From: Steven J. Coker Date: August 02, 1998
THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE
Published By The South Carolina Historical Society
Volume XXXVIII (pp. 79-83)
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THE THOMAS ELFE ACCOUNT BOOK 1768-1775
Contributed by MABEL L. WEBBER
Copied by ELIZABETH H. JERVEY
(continued from April)
Sundries Dr. To Cash £ 987. 7. 5
.63 Shop;
10th paid Burnham & Fullerton for Work 44.
31st paid Willm Graves for Sundries 35. 4.9
paid for Carting 3. 7.6
paid Sharp for Sawing 14.12.6
paid for Carving 37. 134. 4.9
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.59 Bonds and Notes; 31st paid Sarah
Clark in part on my Bond 157.
Lent Joshua Lockwood on his Note 103. 255.
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.58 House Expences 31st paid for Sundries this month " 228. 2.8
.56 Profit and Loss; 31st Gave away to E.G 10.
.42 Handicraft Slaves; 31st paid Cornelius Dickerson
for a Negroe Boy named Jacob " 360.
.60 Sundries Dr. To William Patterson £ 117. 7.6
.25 House and Lot in Friendship 2d For sundry Jobs " 4.15
.58 House Expences; For Sundrys " 10.16.6
.42 Handicraft Slaves; Allowed him for Lake
when Apprentice " 5.16
.59 Bonds and Notes; For his Note of hand for the
ballance due me this Day 96.
Sundries Dr. To Shop £ 374.18.9
101 Robertson 5th a Cedar Coffin, handles &
plates for a Child 10.
.102 John Drayton;
6th For a Breakfast Table 16.
" a Tea Table 12.
2 Dining Tables 32.
8th For Covering 12 Chairs seats
wth Dammast 3.15.
81/2 yards of Dammast at 17/6 7. 8.9
Taking Down & puttg. up 2 Bedsteads 1. 72. 3.9
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.102 Roger Smith; 8th For a Mahogany
Breakfast Table the Ends Carved 28.
.93 John Miles; 10th For a poplar Bedstead 6.
.100 William Cattle 10th For 7 Window
Larths & pullys at 30/ 10.10
a Set of Cypress Cornishs 2.10
a Set of Larths for Do 1. 5
a Set of Screw Rods for Do 5. 19. .5
.87 Philip Smith 18th puttg pins to 2
Mahy. Bedsteds &c 5.10
Mending & Sacking Bottom 3. 8.10
.103 John Marshall 18th For a Dressing draws 22.
.103 John Smith; 25th For a Carved Mahogany Tea Table 30.
.104 Revd. Henry Purcell 25th Mending a Tea Table 1.
.104 Revd. Hewith; 30th For a Sopha 100.
.72 Alexander Garden 31st for 2 Comd. Close Stool Chairs 24.
.105 George and Josiah Smith 31st a
Tea Table 12.
2 Mahogany Dining Tables 32.
.63 1 side Board Table 10. 54.
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FEBRUARY 1772.
.60 Cash Dr. To Sundries £ 557. 2.6
.28 To House and Lott in Broad streed 3d Reced of
Thomas Scotto for 2 Quarters Rent " 100.
.70 To Benjamin Huger; 7th Reced of him in full " 47.10
.59 To Bonds and Notes; 13th in part of Jacob Valk's Bond " 150.
.92 To Interest Account; 13th Of Gee. Parker
Interest on his Bond &c " 80.
.64 To Jacob Valk; 15th Receiv'd of him in full " .15
.63 To Shop; 17th Reced for a Coffee pot
Handle 1.12.6
21st Reced for Handles & Sks 7 £
& a Fish Skin 25. 9. 5. 10.17.6
.61 To Lott of Land in Queen street 28th Reced for Rent 8.
.42 To Two Tenements in Broad street 3d of John
Blott in part of Rent 50.
.63 To Shop 12th Recd. for a Library Book Case 110.
.60 Sundries Dr. To Cash £ 367.11
.63 Shop;
4th paid for making 4 Tables 11.
paid for a piese of Osnabrugs
to Gillon & Co. 21.15
13th paid Parker and Hutchins 5. 5
paid C. D. Knolton for Work 24.
paid Thos. Cocker in full
for Work 38.
15th paid Thos. Burnham for
1 months work 35.
paid James Fullerton for
1 months work 36.
17th paid for Sundry Hinges and Screws 8. 4.3
paid Philip Hawkins & Co. 33.13
23d paid Sharp the Saweyr 10. 222.17.3
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.58 House Expences; 12th paid for a
Quarter of Beef 8.18.6
.60 12th paid Egan for 2 Barrels of Beer 11.
paid Walton for 1 Years
teaching of my Daughter 79. 6.6
13th paid Remington for Coles 6.10
paid for Little House Tubs 1.10
paid for Shoes 1. 7.6
28th paid for Sundry House Expences 36. 1.3 144.13.9
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Sundries Dr. To Shop £ 708.16.6
.74 Thomas Skottowe 1st for 12 Splatt
Back Chairs Carved 160.
2 Elbo Chairs same pattern 31. 191.
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.105 James Smith; 3d For a mahogany
Bedstead, Eagles, Claws and
knees with Casters 42.
a Set of Screws Rods 5. 47.
.103 John Smith; 6th A mahogany
Bedstead, Eagles, Claws & Knees
with Casters 42.
15th For 2 Dining Tables 34. 76.
.93 John Miles; 7th For a Cedar Coffin with handles 15.
.102 John Drayton; 7 For Mending 6
mahogany Chairs 2.10
Covering 12 Seats with hair Seating 3.
61/2 yards of hair Seating at 20th 13. 18.10
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.106 Atkins and Weston
13th For a Mahogany Desk 50.
2 Dining Tables 26.
A Tea Table 12.
A Close stole Chair & Casters 13. 5
a half Draws 30. 131. 5.
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.81 John Massey; 15th A Fire Screen
stand & Frame 7.
23d Taking down & putting up a Bedstead .10 7.10
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.106 Benjamin Cattle; 23 For a. Sopha 100.
2 French Chairs 60.
a Chamber Table 10.
a Slap Table 12. 182.
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.104 Revd. Henry Parsall 15th Mending 2 Windsor Chairs 1.
.72 Arnuldus Vanderhorst; 21st For a small Teatable 8.
Sundries Dr. To Shop £ 708.16.6
.107 Doctor Oliphant; 23d Mending a night Table stool 1. 5
.82 Timothy Philips; 28th For a mahogany Tea Table 14.
.107 Thomas Evans; 28th mending a Teatable
Jointed & a new Lock to Do. 1.10
.108 Widow Moultrie; 28 mendg a
mahogy Desk &c 2.
3 new Locks to Do. .15 2.15
.97 Thomas Waring 28 takg. down 2
Bedstd. & puttg. them up .15
putting pins to a Sacking bottom
bedsted 2. 5 3.
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.108 Benjamin Baker; 28 Turning 11
Newils a 7/6 4. 2.6
.63 66 Banisters with pins a 1/6 4.19. 9.1.6
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