Accounts in 1854 Diary of Isaac McComas; Baltimore, Frederick and Carroll Counties, Maryland Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Charles McComas Robb Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* 1854 Cash Account—January Date ------------------------------ Received Paid 7 Allen & McComas 12.00 4.00 13 do 9.00 4.00 21 do 3.00 14.00 21 Watch & to Church 2.00 5.00 23 Mr. Burcke 25 last year 31¼ 25 Board & pants 9.50 28 Cravat 1.37½ 28 Washing .50 29 Church .9 30 Sun Papper .12½ 31 ------------- 3.00 3.40 _______________________ 63.50 42.30 ½ Cash Account—February Date -------------------- Received Paid 1 Pew Rent 5.50 1 Home Mishion 3.00 3 to Kent Island 1.05 5 Church .3 6 came home 1.00 7 cakes .11 8 to Incampment 6.00 9 to Lodge 5.00 9 to Sundry 2.41½ 8 Board 3.00 9 Boots 4.00 10 Likeness 2.50 10 Sunday School 3.00 10 Carpet Bagg 1.12½ 10 Church .12½ 11 3 Likenesses 1.25 11 Aunt Mary & Virginia 3.00 11 Sundry 1.85 11 car…..ring .25 13 from Baltimore to New York 6.00 14 Fair to California 180.00 14 Sundrys .54 16 Sundrys 1.33 17 Sundrys .5 17 Sundrys .80 20 Sundrys 5.03¼ _____________ 237.95 ¾ Cash Accounts—March Date --------------------------- Received Paid 1 2 Apples .10 1 To Wattor .10 2 2 cakes .20 2 Water .4 3 Lodgeing & Board 3.00 3 Found .10 3 Found .10 4 Board 2.00 5 Panama Mission .60 8 Wine .50 7 Boat check 1.00 10 3 washinbg close .60 6 6 lb Baggage 15 cents lb .90 6 Watch christal bo. in Panama 1.00 13 Ice .10 17 Poart feas 2.00 17 1 shirt wash .20 17 to Sundry .30 18 Boat Hire at Tabago .40 18 Found .10 29 Candeys .10 30 Candeys .10 28 Returned 1.00 _____________________________ 2.30 10.29 Cash Account—April Date ------------------------- Received Paid 2 gave in church .10 2 night’s lodgeing 1.00 3 [--] cup of coffee .25 3 saop & pye .37½ 3 Week’s Lodgeing 5.00 3 Mrs. Trubody .40 4 Breakfast .37½ 4 Supper .37½ 4 Poor Man 12½ 5 Breakfast .25 5 Supper .25 6 Bre & Din .50 7 do…….do .50 8 do…….do .62½ 9 3 loves of Bread 25 9 church .12½ 10 Breakfast & Dinner .50 11 Breakfast .37½ 11 Lodgeing one week 4.00 12 Breakfast & Supper .37½ 8 washing 3 shirts .75 13 Breakfast & Dinner .37½ 14 do…………do .37½ 14 12 letter stamps .50 15 Breakfsat & Dinner .50 16 Meals & Church .37½ 17 do…………do .37½ 18 do… & night lodgeing 1.00 18 half month lodgeing 5.50 18 Meals .43¾ 20 do .37½ 21 do .50 22 do .37½ 23 2 loaves bread .25, church .12½ .37½ 23 Dinner & Breakfast .37½ 24 do……………..do .37½ 25 Meals .37½ 26 do .50 27 do & 1 sugar .62½ 28 do .37½ 29 do .37½ 30 do & church .37½ _________________________ .40 137 ½ Cash Account—May Date ---------------------------- Received Paid 1 Meals .37½ 2 do .37½ 3 do .50 4 do (& washing 50) 1.00 5 do found .25 .25 6 do & 2 weeks room rent 5.37½ 6 do .25 7 gave to poor .12½ 8 Meals .50 9 do .25 10 do .50 11 25 do, $3.50 pair blankets 3.75 12 2 blankets 3.50 12 2 over shirts, 1 knife 4.25 12 Meals .62½ 12 Fair to Marysville 12.00 13 do to Downeysville by syage 16.00 13 breakfast & dinner 1.50 14 do & lodgeing .62½ 15 do 1.50 20 gold dust 4.79 22 11 days board 11.00 30 1 lb butter & loaf of bread 1.00 31 supper lodgeing & breakfast 2.00 31 Rideing about 14 mi.on wagon .50 31 Pair of shoes 2.25 31 Turner .50 31 Trowel .50 Money Paid for D. White 31 Supper, lodgeing & breakfast 2.50 31 Riding about 14 miles .50 June 3 washing .25 do 24 paid me 3.00 27 mineing 4 days at $4 per day 16.00 27 board at same place 5 days 5.00 ___________________________ 21.04 78.25 Cash Account—June Date -------------------- Received Paid 3 one week board 10.00 3 pointing trowel 1.00 3 to washing 37½ 10 received 50.00 3 do 10.00 10 1 coat and shirt 6.00 10 one week’s board 10.00 10 to sundry 4.25 11 to sundry .75 17 received 50.00 17 one weeks board 10.00 17 composition .25 24 to sundry 4.50 24 received 45.00 24 shirt and looking glass 1.12½ 29 Board and room rent 5.56¼ 25 gave in church .25 ______________________________ 155.00 54.06¼ Cash Account—July Date ------------------------------- Received Paid 1 to sundry 5.12½ 8 Board 3.68¾ 8 2 under shirts 1.00 8 received by cash 81.00 8 washing 2 pieces .50 7 Beed [bed] 1.00 9 gave in church .12½ 11 letter .12½ 15 to sundry 6.25 22 received by cash 50.00 22 Board 3.87½ 22 Washing .25 23 gave in church .25 27 ranching Board 2.75 27 board ½ week 5.00 29 Wattermellon .50 29 washing .25 29 received by cash 40.00 31 received by cash 8.00 31 room rent 7.75 ______________________________ 179.00 38.43 ¾ Cash Account—August Date ------------------------------- Received Paid 5 Rec. from Mr. Perry 50.00 5 sold beed [bed] 1.00 3 Board 5.00 4 Paid to Adams & Co. 2.50 5 Washing 1.00 9 Brandy 1.00 10 2 week’s board 20.00 10 Hankerchief 1.00 12 pants 2.00 12 Watermellon .37½ 12 Washing .75 6 gave in church .25 12 Rec. by cash 48.00 14 1 shirt .75 14 straw hat .25 15 gave a blind man 1 .50 18 Washing 3 pie. .75 19 Rec. by cash 52.50 21 set powders .25 21 Board 10.00 26 Rec. by cash 60.00 26 Board 10.00 26 Washing .50 23 brandy .25 26 Water mellon .25 27 gave in church .25 28 Washing .25 _______________________________ 211.50 58.12 ½ Cash Account—September Date --------------------------------- Received Paid 2 Hare cut .50 4 Rec. by cash 60.00 7 Board 10.00 8 Washing .62½ 9 Rec. by cash 55.00 10 gave in church .25 16 By cash rec 40.00 16 2 week’s board 20.00 15 Washing .50 17 gave 2 meals to a friend .50 21 Brandy .12½ 23 Rec by cash 50.00 22 Washing .50 30 2 week’s board 20.00 30 do…..Work 60.00 30 a balance 35.00 30 Hat 4.50 30 pare of Boots 4.25 30 close brush 4.25 ____________________________ 300.00 62.75 Cash Account—October Date _____________________ Received Paid 1 gave in church .25 3 letter Shakespear .12 ½ 7 By cash Rec. 52.50 7 sugar .12½ 8 gave in church .50 11 Washing 4 1.00 14 Washing .25 14 2 week’s board 20.00 14 Rec. by cash 52.50 15 gave in church .25 17 Paid S. School [singing] 8.00 18 My share building a house 34.34 18 curmma(?) sacra(?) 2.25 18 found .6 ¼ 21 Washing 2 .50 22 canvis 1.25 23 gave in church .25 24 bed and pillow 2.00 23 Rec. by cash 60.00 28 By cash rec. 47.50 28 9 days board 11.00 28 chair 2.00 29 gave in church .12½ 31 Rec. by cash 20.00 31 ½ soling boots 1.25 ________________________________ 232.56 ¼ 86.21 ½ Cash Account—November Date ----------------------------- Received Paid 4 Board 4.54 7 pare blankets 5.50 11 Board 4.75 11 Coat 14.00 11 stockings 3 pare .50 11 B brush & B .62½ 4 Rec. by cash 40.00 11 By cash rec. 60.00 11 Washing 3 .75 12 gave the church .25 13 gave S. S, Libria 5.00 13 do buy Tracts 1.00 18 Received .50 17 gave a poor man 1.00 18 Board 5.12½ 17 pare pants 3.50 18 [--] coat & hat [--] 7.50 19 Rec. by cash 5.00 19 gave in church .25 23 Washing .50 25 Rec. by cash 65.00 25 sundreys 1.12½ 22 Dinner at the Oriental Hotel .50 28 do……do .50 25 Board 4.37½ 26 gave in church .25 30 Rec. by cash 40.00 30 gun & equipments etc. 15.00 29 gave S. S. Library 5.00 30 Belt .50 ______________________________ 260.00 81.04 Cash Account—December Date -------------------------------- Received Paid 1 gave a blind man 5.00 2 Rec by cash 20.00 2 Board 4.62½ 2 Washing .50 5 Sons of Temperance 3.00 3 gave in church .12½ 9 Rec. by cash 54.00 9 Board 5.15 5 Sons of Temperance 3.00 6 gave in church .25 15 Mortgage recorded 3.00 16 Board 4.62½ 16 Washing 3p .75 17 gave in church .25 18 tooth drawn 3.00 23 By cash rec. 18.00 21 Washing .50 17 gave in Sunday School .75 23 Board 4.12½ 30 do 4.62½ 29 Washing .50 30 Diary for 1855 1.00 30 Rec. by cash 89.50 ________________________________ 181.50 44.77 ½