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Transcriptions contributed by Colin Greenstreet, Michael Powell-Davies, Jen Waghorn, and Charlie Wilson

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1. Transcribe as you see the text, using original spelling 2. Reproduce upper and lower case as written 3. Expand contractions. No need to use square brackets as you expand the contracted word. 4. Write shillings for s and pence for d. Use a "£" sign before numeral, otherwise "pound" or "pounds" 5. Put a square bracket around a word which is doubtful. Use capital "X" for each unknown letter in a word. Put a "?" at the start of the doubtful word in square brackets. As in [?AndrXX] or [?Andro]. 6. For weights and measures, which are often abbreviated, think "hundredweight", "stones", "pounds", "ounces"; "barrels", "butts", "hogsheads"; "gallons", "quarts", pints"; "ells" (measure of cloth). For more background on C17th weights and measures browse the MarineLives weights and measures glossary 7. DON'T insert the amounts of money recorded in the account books if on the RH side of the page. Colin is sorting out most efficient way to enter tabular data in the wiki. Until then, concentrate on the words.

Transcription tips: Think laterally. Andrew Hardie's spelling in his account book in in HCA 30/636/3 is particularly unusual. Colin (a half Scot) is convinced Hardie is a Scot, but has no proof, other than the intriguing fact that Hardie dictated his will, whilst sick and living in the "Scot's house" in Middleburg, after the Abraham had arrived there from Barbados.

Note on weights and measures from Michael Bennett: "The symbol is 'lb' for lbs of tobacco. There was very little cash circulating in the English colonies during the seventeenth century, including in Barbados. The main cash crop in production was therefore used as a commodity currency in commercial exchanges. In Barbados during the 1630s goods were bought and sold with reference to lbs of tobacco, but by the late 1640s this had changed to sugar in response to changing patterns of plantation production in Barbados."

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S Januarye:/ (1636

Mr William Newkey [?Governour] is debitor

more for 12 galons of sack at 9 shillings per galon as appears in Journal 3
more 6 galons of Oyle at 12 shillings per galon as appeares in Journal 3
more 10 galons of vynegar at 4 shillings per galon as appeares in Journal 3
more 4 galons 2 quarts of spyrits at 20 shillings per gallon as in Journal 3
more 2 gallons 1 quart and 1 pint of spyrits at 20 shillings per gallon as in Journal 3
more 5 dosen of shoes at 10 shillings per pair as in Journal 9
more 6 broad [?Noes] and 6 narrowe at 6 shillings per pair
more 1 dosen of shirts [?XX] at 10 shillings per shirts
more 6 galons of Tent wine at 10 shillings as in Journal 13

Presydent Peirce is debitor

ffor 12 servants at 500 pounds weight of Tobacco per price as in Journal 1
more ffor [?X] pieces of pewter Candlestickes at £8 per payre as in Journal 6
ffor 1 pewter Chamberpot as in JOurnal 6
more 29 pound weight of pewter at £4 per pound as appeares in Journal 6
more 3 galons of Tent wine

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ffolio 3 Anno dom 1636
January Mr James Draxe
29: ffor 3 Servants at 500lb weight of Tobacco per piece as in as in Journall
31 more 1 Case of Spyrits at 80lb per Case, as in Journall
- more 5 Gallons 2 quarts 1 pint at 20lb per galon is, as in Journall
ffebruary 3 [----line struck through----]
more 4 Gallons 1 quart of Spyrits at 20lb per Gallon as Journall
more 1 Stewing panne at ------ as Journall
more 1 [?] of Spoones 6lbs 2 Candlestikes at [?] per pair as
more 4 payre of Blankets at 30lb per pair as in Journall
more 3 payre of bodyes at 10lb per pair & [?] as in
more 2 dozen of [?] hafted kniues at 12lb & 1 dozen of [?] at £16 as in
more 1 pair of silver tipt knives at 1lb 1/2 & dozen of [?] at 10lb per pair as

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Anno Dom 1636

Feb 11 Addam A[?]dam is Debitor
[----line struck through----]
Monday 9 For 3 pair of worsted Huse
10 For 10lb of prunes

February John Je[?]arl is Debitor [abbreviated to Dr:] Journal [abbreviated to Jourl:]
[?] 13 For 11 yards 3/4 of linen bandle cloth sold him as appeared in
For 3 thousand of [?] nayles at 2lb the [abbreviation?], as in Journall
For 2 pieces of Mohayre at 14lb per piece as appeared in
For 19 dozen of Irish Hose at 29lb per dozen as in
For 6 p[]riny[?] at 5lb per piece ----- as Journal
more 9 [?] at 1lb 1/8 per [?] is
[?] more 110lb of lead in 10 bars at 50lb per [abbreviation?]
[?] his pl[?]er John Cortes

Beniamin Grace is Debtor
[?] For 408lb of Tobacco as by his bill accepted For the payment
of Edward Fayrehurst his debt

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