Small
Journal of Michael Clark, Proprietor of the Boarding House at Johnsonsport, Allamakee County, Iowa Covering events during years 1853-1892 |
Part 2
(pages 13 - 24)
(Please read the transcription
notes at the bottom of the page)
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May the 1st 1854 James Conroy his acount I paid Patrick Doyl on his account 14.75 May the 2nd 1854 my expencis from the cannal to galena from the canal
to Batavea is 2.75 and my bill there that nigh was 3 |
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and our faire from Chicago to Galena
26.25 and I had to pay Chargeis for a chisto and washtob 1.50 for the 2 big boxis 17.50 my expencis in galena was 12 and my expensis lucking for land 12 |
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July the 24th 1854 Receaved of Mr. farman one half bushel of potatis .10 on the 25 four pound ten ounses of pork .37 August 1854 on the 5th I got one half bushel of potatis .20 this is up to the 17 of Augus 1854 |
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June 1854 Thomas hoey his expensis
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Paid Pat Clark .10 for washing 2.25 paid the doctor 18 paid mrs. wodson for nursing .45 paid mrs o donnell for nursing 2 paid for brandy .80 this account up to the 6 of July 1854 John Brannon his account aginst Michael Clark for
Choping 18 1/2 for henery Waltons bord 36.00 |
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July the 1st 1854 paid the chool fund
for 100 and sixty acres of land one hundred paid for three lightys in debuqe on 7 of July three hundred dollars $300 and my expensis was 3.00 for four crossis to put at there heads in the Buring Grounds 9 for washing and one doller to mrs odonnell 4.75 paid golding for house room at the time that ann dide and some other exspencis 10 paid mrs odonnell on the 9 july 1854 .50 paid mrs. Duffy for medeson .25 paid for cathern on the steamboat to pr du sheen 1.50 |
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July 1854 A bil due to Michael Clark since the time he worked for him in Canada was 7 paid cash paid to Patt Clark was at the time we went to see the land 3 pat Clark got one barril of flower 6.50 pat clark got pork and grocereis 2 paid pat clark cash 2.50 paid for a bottey *?* of medeson of Mary hoey .50 paid the prist for 2 masses 1 paid the doctor for pills and powders for mary .40 pleade out five hundred one dollars and fifty nine cents up to the first of July 1854 that is for land and other calls August the 5th 1854 paid WFB for land 100.53 paid the doctor for ann jane .61 September the 12th 1854 paid pat clark the sum of .60 |
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I gave one dollar and fifty cents for nurcing ann
jane 1.50 November the 8th 1854 paid the prist for massis 1 rosy Burk got ten dollars on the 25 of November .10 Disember the 21 paid rosy burk .15 for a chanty for factory in miller store 1 March 1855 for medeson .25 27 paid frank burk ten dollars at the time he went to Dobuke 10 April 1th 1855 11 paid for 3 y*?* for thomas .35 May 1855 November 1855 Disember 20 1855 for thomas hoeys taxes for towe hundred and forty acers is five dollars 5 paid for the same loand for taxes at the time it was sold 2.50 paid Chalis hoey for a ballence of a old acount 3.50 12 May 12 1856 July 1856 13 August 1856 September 15 paid for the children Bord 2 31 October 1856 |
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1856 November paid frank Burk for the childrens bord twenty dollars 20 December
1856 paid James Eagen one dollar for the taping of Bootes 1 in April 1857 paid James Eagen one doller for taping frank Burks boots 1 September 1857 the Burkes folk got 2 babes at 12 dollars 12 September 1854 |
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2 frise vests 1 flannin frock 1 prayer book September 12 1854 Know all me by the presents that I patrick clark do
bind my self my ears and asias to the sum of five hundred
dollers to never ask any more mony or value from his
brother in law Thomas hoey
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May the 17 1855 This is to certify that Francis Burk got $39:18 for the childrins bord from the 12 of September 1854 to this date this leaves me one hundred seaventy one dollers and 22 sints to keep May 17th 1855 December 8th 1856 January 1857 11 June 1857 July 1857 15 November 1857 15 April 1858 August 16 1858 May 1858 November |
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January 1860 paid for thomas hoey three dollars ninety five cents 3.95 for close in prairie du chen Disember 10th 1860 June the 24 1860 paid cathern clark cash 10.00 paid mary heoy cash 10.00 pad thomas heoy cash 10.00 A Registered leter sent to the dead leter office
februry the 15 1870 |
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- Transcribers notes:
* I have transcribed this document directly from the original text
* This journal was originally a business ledger. It appears to have been recycled later for miscellaneous family data, farm data, and random musings (see poetry at the end)
* I have added page headers for clarification of reading text. These do not appear in the original and appear in bold text & marked with * *. When something was illegible, it is indicated with *?*. The format of some of the notes/sentences have been slightly altered from the original for ease of reading, but the actual text is unchanged.
* This document has been transcribed, formatted and submitted to the Allamakee Co., IAGenWeb for FREE genealogical use. This document may not reproduced in any manner or used for personal or commercial gain.copyright 2003, Jody L Howard