Clothing Related Purchases from a Store in Richmond, Kentucky (1805)

Date / Purchaser / Item / Price (£/s/d)
3/6/1805 / Kincaid, David / Slippers, 1 pair / 0/10/6
3/7/1805 / Harr, William, Jr. / Ribbon, 1 ¼ yard / 0/0/11
Ribbon, ¾ yard / 0/0/10
Handkerchief, muslin / 0/5/0
Dimity, ½ yard / 0/2/6
Grugill, John (Mrs.) / Linen, 20 yards / 1/10/0
Delany, William / Muslin, 1 yard / 0/2/3
Gentry, David / Muslin, 1 yard / 0/2/3
3/25/1805 / Boone, Samuel / Cambric, 1 ¾ yard / 1/2/3
Thread, 2 skeins / 0/0/4
Shackelford, George / Cotton cloth, 5 yards / 1/0/0
Morrison, William / Ribbon, 4 yards / 0/4/0
Copperas, 1 ½ pounds / 0/2/3
Mason, John Jr. / Madder, 3 pounds / 0/9/0
Allum, 4 pounds / 0/6/0
Copperas, 2 pounds / 0/3/0
Blue cloth, 1 yard / 0/9/0
Binding, 4 yards / 0/9/8
Estill, Jonathan / Binding, 2 yards / 0/0/8
3/26/1805 / Jones, James / Linen, 6 ½ yards / 0/19/6
3/28/1805 / Watson, Evan / Linen, 6 yards / 0/13/6
McMahan, Samuel / Allum, ½ pound / 0/2/9
Tow linen, 5 yards / 0/6/3
Silk thread, 1 skein / 0/6/9
3/30/1805 / Pinkston, Bazel / Copperas, ½ pound / 0/4/9
Silk, 1 skein / 0/4/9
Talbott, James / Fine cloth, 2 yards / 3/6/0
Holland, 1 yard / 0/2/6
Check cloth?, 3/8 yard / 0/1/ ½
Flannel, red, ¾ yard / 0/2/9 ¾
Silks & thread, 3 / 0/2/9
4/1/1805 / Field, Ezekial / Suspenders, 1 pair / 0/7/6
Berry, James (by son) / Buttons, 4 ½ dozen / 0/0/6
Miller, William (Paint Lick) / Needles, 1 dozen / 0/0/9
Cotton cards, 1 pair / 0/7/6
Wool cards, 1 pair / 0/4/6
Thread, 5 skeins / 0/0/10
Indigo, 1 ounce / 0/1/6
Durant, 3 ½ yards / 0/8/9
handkerchief / 0/7/6
Broaddus, Edward / Linen, country, 1 yard / 0/0/6
Black, David / Cotton cloth, 2 yards / 0/4/6
Boone, Squire / Durant, ¼ yard / 0/0/7 ½
Binding, ½ yard / 0/0/3
4/5/1805 / Scrivner, Thomas (by brother) / Flannel, ¾ yard / 0/0/9 ¾
Holland, ¾ yard / 0/1/10 ½
4/6/1805 / Reid, John (by daughter) / Head dress, crepe
Coulter, James (by daughter) / Dimity, 1 ½ yards / 0/6/9
Ribbon, 2 yards / 0/1/6
Buttons, shirt, 3 dozen / 0/2/3
4/8/1805 / McClanahan, William / Casimere?, 4 yards / 1/16/0
Holland, 1 yard / 0/2/6
Linen, ¼ yard / 0/0/7 ½
Silks & twists? / 0/2/3
Carpenter, Moses / Linen, 8 yards (2/6 per yd) / 1/4/9
Linen, 11 yards (1/0 per yd) / 0/11/0
Cotton, 3 yards / 0/9/0
Fancy cord, 3 ½ yards / 1/9/9
Linen, ½ yard (2/6 per yd) / 0/1/3
Buttons, ½ dozen / 0/1/4
Silk, 2 skeins / 0/1/6
Hat, small / 0/4/6
Handkerchief, silk / 0/6/0
10/11/1805 / Hardin, Martin L. / Holland, white, 1 yard / 0/2/6
Flannel, ½ yard / 0/1/10 ½
Country Linen, 3/8/ yard / 0/0/1 ¼
Stewart, Alexander / Cotton cards, 1 pair / 0/9/0
Hendricks, James / Indigo, 2 ounces / 0/2/6
Boone, William / Snuff box / 0/2/6
Handkerchief, yellow silk / 0/9/0
Hardin, Benjamin / Fancy cord, 3 ½ yards / 1/16/9
Fine blue cloth, 2 yards / 3/15/0
Hankins, Weeden / Muslin, 5 yards / 0/7/6
Handkerchief, bandanna / 0/6/0
Handkerchief, cotton / 0/2/6

Clothing Related Purchases from Ezekial Field’s Store in Richmond (1830s)

Date / Purchaser / Item / Price ($)
12/23/1830 / Woods, Archibald / 1 pc. cotton cord / .06 ¼
Allison, Saml. / 1 doz. hooks & eyes / .12 ½
2 yds black ribbon / .12 ½
1 ½ yds pink ribbon / .18 ¾
1 belt / .25
2 combs / .18 ¾
2 papers of pins / .62 ½
Gentry, Thos. J. / 5 yds blue camlet / 1.87 ½
Berry, Jas. H. / 1 vest & trim / .87 ½
Porter, C.C. / 1 yd ribbon & 1 paper of pins / .25
Gillespie, Lewis / 10 ½ yds flax linen / 2.62 ½
thread / .12 ½
12/25/1830 / James, Wm. T. / 1 pair of Pumps & 1 pair of silk hose / 2.75
Yeiser, John / 1 handkerchief & 1 pair gloves / 1.12 ½
Crary, C. G. / 1 pair gloves / .37 ½
1 pair pumps / 1.35
Beeman, R. / 3 yards rattench / .90
2 belts / .33
McKee, John / 1 ladies’ cloak / 6.00
Stone, Carlisle D. / 1 bob cape / 3.50
3 1/3 yds black muslin / 1.25
9 yds white satin / 7.50
1 fancy silk handkerchief / 1.50
1 pair silk hose / 1.75
10 yards brown silk / 8.75
2 linen cambric handkerchiefs / 2.00
1 ¾ yards B. muslin / .62 ½
1 pair Prunella shoes / 1.25
Cutler, Jacob / 1 handkerchief / .52 ½
thimble / .04 ½
2 handkerchiefs / .52 ½
¼ yard mul & 1 ¼ yard check / .41
1 yard jackonet & needles / .68 ¼
Reid, Alexander / 1 shawl (returned) / 2.00
12/27/1830 / 3 yards calico / .75
Stone, Robert H. / 1 sealskin cap / 1.25
Smith, Peter / 1 piece boot cord / .25
2 pairs pumps / 3.00
Cray, C. G. / 1 pair gloves / .31 ¼
Jones, Lydia / 1 black silk vest / 3.00
Porter, C.C. / 1 pair gloves & ribbon / .56 ½
12/30/1830 / Smith, Peter / Lasting buttons / .06 ¼
Gentry, Thomas I. / 1 yard green bombizet / .37 ½
1/1/1831 / Beeman, Henry / 1 cloak / 3.15
Herman, Cornelius / 1 yard silk [illegible] / 4.00
1 yard holland / .37 ½
¾ yard bombazet & 1 dozen buttons / .50
1 yard shirting & 3 yards cassinet / 3.25
¾ yard twill cotton / .18 ¾
Buttons & silk and twist / .43 ¾
Jones, Lydia / Thread / .12 ½
McKee, John / ½ yard linen cambric / 2.00
Beeman, R. / 3 belts / .50
Beeman & Cray / 7 yards calico / 1.61
Rodes, William / 1 bob cape / 3.50
Phelps, Thomas / 1 ½ yard muslin / .93 ¾
Turner, Squire / 3 yards circassian / 1.12 ½
1/3/1831 / Stone, Mary Jane / 7 yards circassian / 2.62 ½
1 ¼ yards colored cambric / .25
Duke, James / 1 silk handkerchief / 1.25
Gates, Thomas E. / 5 yards chintz / 2.50
Todd, Daniel / 4 ½ yards linsey
Indigo & madder / .33
Clopton, Abner / 3 yards cotton / .03 ½
Straughan, Joseph / 1 thimble / .04 ½
¼ yard calico / .08 ¼
Yeiser, John / 9 yards calico / 1.98
1 pair gloves / .31
Moberly, Dr. Thomas / Vest & trim / 3.50
Homan, Cornelius / 1 yard Sea Island [undefined] / .25
8 yards cotton / 1.33
1 spool floss / .06
1/5/1831 / Cray, C. G. / Vest & trim / 2.87 ½
Boyd & Doolin / 1 ½ yards shirting / .37 ½
1 yard linen & 3/8 yard Holland / .37 ½
2 yards cotton jenes / .50
1/8 yard velvet / .50
¾ yards Bombazet / .25
12 silks & twist / .50
Buttons / .50
Thread / .25
Homan, Cornelius / 2 hooks & eyes / .25
3 ¾ yards white linsey / .93 ¾
Porter, C.C. / 2 dozen needles / .12 ½
Allison, Samuel / 3 yards jackonet / 1.87 ½
Jones, Lydia / 1 cotton shawl / .37 ½
Homan, Cornelius / 1 cotton shawl / .50
1/7/1831 / Coates, Harden / 1 silk handkerchief / .75
Rhodes, Isaac / 8 yards shirting / 1.00
2 ½ yards jeans / 1.37 ½
Clopton, A. / 6 yards shirting / .75
Jones, Lydia / 1 dozen black Lasting buttons / .25
Campbell, C. / 1 ¾ yard black silk / 1.75
Samuel Allison / 1 pair gloves / .25
Herrick, Ellen / 1 pair gloves / .25
Rowland, Christopher / 1 ½ yards blue cambric / .30
3 bunches braid / .19
Beeman, R. / 6 yards Irish linen (65) / 4.80
6 yards Irish linen (80) / 3.90
Thread & buttons / .25
Breck, Daniel / 13 yards calico / 3.81 ¼
Brown, John H. / 13 yards calico / 3.81 ¼
1/12/1831 / Warner & Crary / 3 ½ yards cassimere / 9.84 ½
1 yard cotton jeans / .25
Warner, A. / 1 black silk handkerchief / 1.50
1 pair hose & trim for coat / 2.50
Wood, Starling / 1 white Marsailles vest & trim / 1.37 ½
Homan, Cornelius / 6 yards white linsey / 1.50
4 yards tow linen / .50
Anderson, Miss Julia / Cable cord / .12
Coates, Harden / Vest & trim / .87 ½
Harriss, Lucian / 1 ½ yards Russian sheeting / .56 ¼
Twist / .04 ½
Hook & eyes / .18 ¾
Buttons / .25
Kerrick, Ellen / 1 cotton shawl / .62 ½
Crary, C. G. / 1 pair hose / .33
Porter, C. C. / 2 bunches braid / .37 ½
Heathman, James T. / Coat & trim / 15.00
Vest & trim / 2.00
Gillespie, Lewis / 2 ½ yards cotton jeans / 1.25
Kerrick, Ellen / Making cloak / .75
Evans, George / 3 yards cassinet & trim / 3.50
Entries from 1/12 to 5/9/1831 covered by later scrapbook items / Ready-made clothing and accessories only tabulated
5/9/1931 / Vallandingham, N. / 1 pair [white] half hose / .75
1 umbrella / 5.00
7 collars & cord / 2.50
Porter, C.C. by Pallum / Boots & pumps / 6.00
1 belt / .25
4 side combs / 1.50
Cutler, Jacob (Mrs.) / 1 pair cotton hose / .37 ½
2 side combs / .50
1 belt
Gilkey, Christopher / 2 pair cotton hose / .75
Deathney, William (Mrs.) / 1 pair Moro[ccan] pumps / .37
Tarlton, Taylor (Mrs.) / 1 cotton handkerchief / .25
Deathney, William / 1 cotton handkerchief / .25
4 side combs / .25
Gentry, John P. / 1 pair shoes / 1.75
5/12/1831 / Mattingly, Mrs. / 1 silk shawl / 1.00
Beeman, R. / 1 pair gloves / .75
Bergen, John per Mrs. Starns / 1 black gauze shawl / 7.00
1 pair Moro[ccan] shoes / 1.25
1 pair black cotton hose / .50
Starns, Mrs. / 1 shawl / 1.00
1 pair black cotton hose / .50
Wood, Starling / 1 umbrella / 4.50
5/15/1831 / Phelps, Thomas (Mrs.) / 2 pairs Prunella shoes / 2.75
5/20/1831 / Landford, Minerva / 1 Naverino bonnet / .50
5/23/1831 / Vallandingham, N. / 1 watch ribbon / .12 ½
7/15/1831 / Letcher, William R. per Lucy / 1 parasol
2/11/1832 / Embry, Tarlton, Senior / 1 black Italian cravat / 1.50
4/11/1832 / Herndron, Vance C. / 2 jackinett cravats / 1.00
4/21/1832 / Miller, John / 1 fine hat / 8.00
5/14/1832 / Steel, Oliver C. / 1 Girl’s bonnet / 1.50
8/11/1832 / Miller, John D. / 1 pair suspenders / .25
Rodes, Miss Fanny / 1 snuff box / .25
8/14/1832 / Campbell, Caldwell / 1 jackinette collar & 1 brooch / 8.72
9/25/1832 / Miller, Robert / 1 veil / .92
Estill, James M. / 1 pair silk stockings / 2.00
11/5/1832 / Edwards, John / 1 wool hat / .75
5/21/1833 / Bennett, Moses / 1 corded skirt / 1.25
7/23/1833 / Jenkins, Bushrod / 1 Palm hat / .62
Estill, James, Sr. / 1 pair worsted hose & 1 pair gloves / 1.37
10/1/1833 / Webster, Dudley / 1 green veil / .75

Abram Spears’ Daybook, Paris, Kentucky

Date / Purchaser / Item / Price
11/1/1854 / Cutting clothes for Negro / 6/0
Ford, M. M. / 1 pair child’s shoes / .87 ½
11/3/1854 / Leer, Henry / 2 pairs boy’s shoes / 2.50
Martin, H.D. / 1 pair boy’s U.B. Kip shoes / 9/0
Porter, B.D. / 2 L.C. handkerchiefs / .60
11/4/1854 / Stemmons, M.A. / 1 pair berlin gloves / .40
Hildreth, John by Lacy / 1 pair child’s shoes for black child / .75
Brent, Charles L. / 4 pairs co[tton?] socks / .25
2 pairs co[untry?] boots / 3.50
Hutchcraft, James per daughter / 1 dozen whalebones / .25
Credit to Mrs. Gardener / Making a janes coat for Sims’ boy / 1.00
Credit to W.E. Sims / Making coat & pants for Tom / 1.50
Credit to Mrs. Richardson / Making 1 pair cotton janes pants for Sims’ boy / .50
11/6/1854 / Bowles, Robert / 1 pair women’s coarse shoes / 9/0
Talbott, Gus Sr. / 1 cassimere vest & trimmings / 2.00
Talbott, Gus Sr. (for son) / 1 cassimere vest & trimmings / 2.00
Rion, N. B. (for daughter) / 1 pair raw silk gloves / .35
11/11/1854 / Turner, John W. per Frank / 1 black silk cravat / 1.50
Judy, George / 1pair Kip boots / 3.50
11/13/1854 / Duvall, Thomas S. / 1 overcoat / 6.00
Ferel [?], M.H. / 1 pair kid gloves / 5/3
11/14/1854 / Hildreth, John for Mary Ellen Bayless / 1 pair misses calf boots / 1.00
Leer, Henry for Daughter / 1 pair ladies’ gum boots / 9/0
11/15/1854 / Shackelford & Howerton / 1 pair shell side combs / 4/6
Todd, John / 2 ladies’ woolen under shirts / 9/0
11/16/1854 / Credit to Mrs. Gardener / Making 2 jackets & 2 pairs of pants for Solomon Spears / 1.50
11/28/1854 / Kiser, Allen for wife / 1 hair brush / 2/3
1 gum dressing comb / 4/6
1 pair ladies’ calf pegged boots
12/4/1854 / Dungan, Thomas / 4 shirt collars / .85

broadcloth: cloth made from carded wool in plain weave and fulled after weaving.

calico: cotton cloth of many grades and varieties first made in India and later in the West.

cambric:a fine white linen cloth in plain weave.

cassinet: a light mixed cloth, a modification of cassimere with the warp of cotton and the weft of very fine wool or wool and silk, in twill weave; American cassinet was a coarse variety of satinet and was frequently called Negro cloth.

cassimere: a medium-weight twilled woolen cloth of soft texture; plain varieties, competitors of broadcloth, were used for clothing.

circassian: mixture of wool and cotton made to imitate fashionable cashmere shawls.

clouded: fabric with clouded or shaded effects produced by dyeing or printing warp threads in different colors prior to weaving.

corduroy: a coarse, durable cotton fabric, having a piled surface, like that of velvet, raised in cords, ridges or ribs. dimity:any of a number of harness-loom patterened fabrics.

durant: glazed worsted of plain weave, used generally for gentlemen’s clothes.

ferret: tape, ribbon or binding, often used to edge a garment.

flannel: cloth made of woolen yarn slightly twisted in the spinning and of open texture.

fustian: a general term covering a large category of linen and cotton or, later, all cotton textiles; may also include wool in their composition.

holland: generic name for linen cloth.

jackonet (jaconet): a thin, closely woven cotton textile, thicker than muslin, slighter than cambric, and thinner than nainsook, used for dresses, neckcloths, and infants’ clothese.

linen: cloth of many grades and weaves made from flax.

linsey or linsey-woolsey: a coarse cloth made of linen warp and woolen weft; often produced in homes for personal use.

marseilles: fine quilted fabric used for petticoats.

muslin: a fine cotton textile first made in India.

nankeen: cotton cloth of plain weave originally sold at Nankin in China and made from a yellow variety of cotton; later made in other colors.

Negro cloth: see cassinet.

osnaburg: coarse, unbleached linen or hempen cloth first made in Osnabruck, Germany and commonly used for trousers; made of cotton in the 19th century in blue and white or brown and white, stripes, checks, or solid colors and used for overalls and farmers’ clothing in the United States.

ratteen (rattench): a thick woolen stuff, twill woven, mostly used in linings.

sagathy: a slight woolen stuff of twill weave; a kind of serge or ratteen, sometimes mixed with a little silk.

satinet: a very slight, thin sort of satin, chiefly used for ladies’ summer nightgowns; ordinarily striped.

stuff: a general term for worsted cloths.

surtout: a close fitting coat similar to a frock coat.

thickset: a kind of cotton fustian or velvet made either plain or flowered.

tow or tow linen: coarse linen

worsted: lightweight cloth made of long staple combed wool yarn