1727 04 18 : Receipt for wheat and whetstones

Update on Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 11:16AM by Petra Mitchinson

18 Apr 1727. RECEIPT FOR WHEAT AND WHETSTONES. Bundle 11, Doc 5. 16 cm x 10 cm. According to “Dialect of Cumberland” by William DICKINSON, 1878, Leahstan’ is a stone used for whetting scythes. Jene NELSON wheat &c 2 – 15 – 0 ————————— 18 apill 1727 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 18 apill 1727 Red of Geo GIBSON Two pound fouerten Shill at 9 Shill per Bll for 6 Bll of wheat and one Shill for 6 Learstones in all Two pound fivetene Shill all for Sr Chr MUSGRAVE Brt use I Say Recd in full of all a Counts per me 2 – 15 – 0 [signed] Jane NELSON