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Cold Spring House: 1878
| 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 |
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| 231 |
Johnston |
William |
Barnard & Co. Express |
1/1/1878 |
horse Sitting |
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55.000 |
DR |
45 |
to hay with care and attention to two horses during the monthe of December as per aggreement |
| 220 |
Foke |
Ah |
|
1/1/1878 |
supper |
1 |
2 |
2.000 |
DR |
45 |
self and partner |
| 193 |
Black |
James |
|
1/1/1878 |
drinks |
0.25 |
5 |
1.250 |
DR |
45 |
(at cards) |
| 193 |
Black |
James |
|
1/1/1878 |
drinks |
0.25 |
5 |
1.250 |
DR |
45 |
(at cards) |
| 179 |
Fleming |
William |
|
1/1/1878 |
drinks |
0.25 |
5 |
1.250 |
DR |
45 |
(at cards) |
| 81 |
|
|
Cottonwood Ranch |
1/1/1878 |
cash |
|
|
11.250 |
CR |
45 |
from sales |
| 220 |
Foke |
Ah |
|
1/2/1878 |
Breakfast |
1 |
2 |
2.000 |
DR |
46 |
self and partner |
| 223 |
Y |
Ah |
|
1/2/1878 |
Breakfast |
1 |
1 |
1.000 |
DR |
46 |
|
| 223 |
Y |
Ah |
|
1/2/1878 |
cash |
|
|
3.000 |
CR |
46 |
on account |
| 233 |
Sam |
Ah |
Mow Sing & Co. |
1/2/1878 |
supper |
1 |
1 |
1.000 |
DR |
46 |
|
| 238 |
McWha |
Alex |
|
1/3/1878 |
drinks |
0.25 |
3 |
0.750 |
DR |
46 |
Last night |
| 238 |
McWha |
Alex |
|
1/3/1878 |
bed & breakfast |
2 |
1 |
2.000 |
DR |
46 |
this morning |
| 233 |
Sam |
Ah |
Mow Sing & Co. |
1/3/1878 |
Breakfast |
1 |
1 |
1.000 |
DR |
46 |
|
| 223 |
Y |
Ah |
|
1/3/1878 |
Breakfast |
1 |
1 |
1.000 |
DR |
46 |
|
| 223 |
Y |
Ah |
|
1/3/1878 |
horse on hay |
0.625 |
2 |
1.250 |
DR |
46 |
|
| 82 |
McWha |
Alex |
|
1/3/1878 |
Bacon, Ham, and Lard |
|
|
100.000 |
CR |
46 |
cash paid to Alex for Bacon, Ham and Lard to arive in Quesnelle |
| 234 |
Dodd |
William |
|
1/3/1878 |
hay |
|
|
32.000 |
CR |
46 |
cash from Mr. William Rodenbach of hay sales at storehouses in stanley |
| 82 |
Dodd |
William |
|
1/3/1878 |
English ale |
0.75 |
12 |
9.000 |
CR |
46 |
|
| 82 |
Dodd |
William |
|
1/3/1878 |
Large bottles of Gin |
2 |
2 |
4.000 |
CR |
46 |
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Interesting Events of Year 1878
- Quartz Excitement on Lightning Creek
- January 5: John Boyd sent $15 dollars to Robert McLeese at Soda Creek on assessment on John Boyd's interest in Quartz Claims there
- January 5: John Boyd Sold Half his interest in the Soda Creek Quartz Co.
- January 20: John Boyd Located Quartz Claim today for the Big Bonanza Mining Co. Lightning Creek. Said Quartz to be known as the Lightning Quartz Mining Co.
- February 8: Bought from Mr. McWha ½ his interest in the Lady Duffren Quartz Co. Lightning Creek and sold 5 feet of that to Mr. Carson.
- March 16: A Copying press was sold to Mr. William Johnston (Road Support)
- April 30: Boyd and Angus McPhail go Prospecting and find a nice ledge of Quartz.
- The value of Gold Dust at the time was as follows: Amalgam Gold Dust = $16.55 /oz. Virgin Gold Dust = $ 17.38/oz.
- May 13: John Boyd and family attended the funeral of Mr. Thomas Brown in Quesnelle.
- May 14: A Mr. George Hyde bought potatoes in the morning and then later John Boyd goes to Beaver Pass that night on information on death of Mr. George Hyde.
- May 31: Captain Jack Crawford and Troops spent the night at Cold Spring.
- June 26: John Boyd buys a polar bear toy when he was at Stanley.
- July 11: Mr. Nason came in for the night with a lady and 7 workmen.
- September 5: Judge Begbie, Judge Ball, and an attorney named Mason came in and bought items The judges all bought bottles of Claret.
- October 21: On this day it was William Henry Boyd's 6th Birthday.
- October 28: On this day it was John Charles Boyd's 9th Birthday.
- November 21:A school Tax is paid at the cost of $3.00 per customer.
- December 17: John Boyd gives cash to the children to decorate a Christmas tree to be exhibited at the Methodists church, Barkerville.
Questions or comments: Ruth Stubbs, curator - stubbsr@sd28.bc.ca
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