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Cottonwood House: 1886

Customer Number Last Name First Name Company Date mm/dd/yyyy Item Cost Per Unit Number Bought (lbs, or per item) Total Type (DR/CR) Page in Ledger Notes
28     Cold Spring House 10/23/1886 cash     220 DR 42 C.B. 47
        10/23/1886 bread     0.25 CR 42 cash from Indian boy 
C.B. 46       10/23/1886 cash from sales     3.25 CR 42  
memo       10/23/1886 see notes     0   42 son William Henry returned this evening
18 Stevenson Mr. John   10/24/1886 lunch & supper last evening     1 DR 42  
18 Stevenson Mr. John   10/24/1886 bed & breakfast this morning     1.25 DR 42  
18 Stevenson Mr. John   10/24/1886 5 horses fed hay one night 0.375 5 1.875 DR 42  
10 Barlow Mr. A.   10/24/1886 supper last evening 0.75 1 0.75 DR 42 by Mr. McIntosh
10 Barlow Mr. A.   10/24/1886 bed & breakfast this morning     1.25 DR 42 by Mr. McIntosh
10 Barlow Mr. A.   10/24/1886 1 mule & 2 horses fed hay one night 0.375 3 1.125 DR 42 by Mr. McIntosh
        10/24/1886 supper last evening 0.75 1 0.75 CR 42 cash from Chinaman downwards
        10/24/1886 bed & breakfast this morning     1.25 CR 42 cash from Chinaman downwards
        10/24/1886 3 horses fed hay one night 0.5 3 1.5 CR 42 cash from Chinaman downwards
C.B. 46       10/24/1886 cash from sales     3.5 CR 42  
memo       10/25/1886 see notes     0   42 John Boyd goes to Quesnelle this morning with 2 horse team -Billy & Henry
C.B. 46       10/25/1886 no cash sales     0   42  
1 Baker August   10/26/1886 supper last evening 0.75 1 0.75 DR 43 Boulanger
1 Baker August   10/26/1886 bed & breakfast this morning     1.25 DR 43 Boulanger
1 Baker August   10/26/1886 potatoes 0.03 174 5.22 CR 43 Boulanger
  North Mr.   10/26/1886 supper last evening 0.75 1 0.75 CR 43 sold for cash
  North Mr.   10/26/1886 bed & breakfast this morning     1.25 CR 43 sold for cash
        10/26/1886 supper last evening 0.75 3 2.25 CR 43 sold for cash to China travellers
        10/26/1886 3 breakfasts & 1 bed this morning     2.75 CR 43 sold for cash to China travellers
entered with the above Baker August   10/26/1886 horse fed hay one night 0.5 1 0.5 DR 43  
memo       10/26/1886 see notes     0   43 John Boyd returns from Quesnelle this evening
28     Cold Spring House 10/26/1886 by cash yesterday     244 CR 43 at Quesnelle
C.B. 46       10/26/1886 Ah Foo -Chinaman peddler, last evening     2.625 CR 43 cash collected at Quesnelle 
C.B. 46       10/26/1886 Yan War     3.25 CR 43 cash collected at Quesnelle 
C.B. 46       10/26/1886 H.B. Co.     225.2 DR 43 amount paid out
C.B. 46       10/26/1886 John McLean -meals     5 DR 43 amount paid out
C.B. 46       10/26/1886 D. Duhig -drinks     0.75 DR 43 amount paid out
C.B. 46       10/26/1886 China stored -fire crackers     0.5 DR 43 amount paid out
C.B. 46       10/26/1886 Bohannan -flour     12 DR 43 amount paid out
C.B. 47 in sales       10/26/1886 gallons oil -from Quesnelle   5 7.5 CR 43 cash from  H. Wallace
        10/26/1886 candles -from Quesnelle 0.4 5 2 CR 43 cash from  H. Wallace
        10/26/1886 cash paid Wallace for cabbage     2.5 CR 43  
note       10/26/1886 see notes     0   43 Boyd has a sore thumb 

Interesting Events of Year 1886

  • Sept. 10: Constable Allen stops by with a prisoner, and buys the prisoner supper
  • Oct. 10: Judge Harrison stops by
  • Oct. 12: Judge Harrison stops by again
  • Oct. 12: Sargeant James Lindsay stops by
  • Oct. 22: William Henry Boyd's birthday, he is now 14 years old; Boyd gives $2 to him as a present, and William goes to Quesnelle for his birthday, returning on the 23rd
  • Oct. 26: Boyd has a sore thumb
  • Oct. 29: Boyd arrives home after taking Ah Jin to Quesnelle, who got hurt falling at the Bonanza dam
  • Nov. 8: Albert Edward Boyd's bithday, he is now 7 years old; Boyd gives Albert $0.50 as a birthday present 



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