Account and memoranda book of [John Webb?]: chiefly sales and deliveries of beef,...

Account and memoranda book of [John Webb?]: chiefly sales and deliveries of beef, bacon, butter, osiers, pease, beans, cheese, oats, cows, calves, (sold to butcher) wheat, barley, sheep. He makes various purchases and accounts are occasionally balanced. The accounts are arranged under named clients or customers and there is a rough index and page reference. His dealings with Thos. Webb of Sherborne cover the years 1772-1778 - oats, seed barley, winter vetches; May 27th, 1774 - paid Butler at the Swan for my cousin Thos. Webb's part of the carriage of Mr. Chambers cider, 12s.; there are a number of deliveries of brawn - delivered 23½ lbs of brawn which came from James Kendalls at the Pecoack in Derbyshire; delivered to Mr. Webb 1 cwt. of clover seed at £2. 5s. per cwt.; he appears to have advanced money by note at various times - £20, 25 Aug. 1772, £23. 5s., 26 June 1772, £40, 14 April 1772 and £75, 31 July 1774. The account relating to Thos. Webb is numbered page 1. The mutual trade and balancing of accounts is illustrated by the transactions with Wm. Hawkes on p. 13 - Wm. Hawkes had 5 strike of winter vetches at 6s. per strike, £1. 10s.; received a bag of seed of seed wheat, £1. 4s.; the 6s. balance was afterwards received of Mr. Hawkes. Later 44 lbs. of beef was sold to Hawkes. Between 1773-1782 (p. 14) 449 cwts. of cheese at prices ranging from £1. 3s. to £1. 11s. per cwt. were delivered to a Mr. Collins - 6 Sept. 1782 delivered to Mr. Collins 46 cwt. of cheese at £1.9s. per cwt., £66. 14s. Money is borrowed (p. 32) - Gave John Evetts a note for £129 at 4 per cent, 19 Feb. 1781.

At end: recipe - Half an ounce of flour of brimstone put into a quart of new milk and mixed will give instant relief to a beast that is swelled by eating clover.

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