188 Thomas Hollis Makes a Gift to Harvard

    [February–July 1719]

    B. Bought of James Gilbert

    Mr. Thomas Hollis

    February 20th 1718/[19]

    Bott of James Gilbert and Comp.

    TH N1 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 2

    112 m. G 14 oz long hobs at 14d

    6/ 10/ 8

    6/ 11/ 10

    2. In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 2

    105 m. 2d G 14 oz at 14d

    6/ 2/ 6

    6/ 3/ 8

    3. In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 6

    109 m. 3d 2½ G at 16d½

    7/ 9/ 10½

    7/ 11/ 4½

    4 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 6

    70 m. 4d 4 G at 23d

    6/ 14/ 2

    6/ 15/ 8

    5 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 6

    69 m. Ditto

    6/ 12/ 3

    6/ 13/ 9

    6 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 6

    65 m. Do.

    6/ 4/ 7

    6/ 6/ 1

    7 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 6

    64 m. Do.

    6/ 2/ 8

    6/ 4/ 2

    8 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 6

    35 m. Rose 6d 7 ½ G at 3/

    5/ 5/ 0

    5/ 6/ 6

    9 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 6

    23 m. 8d 11 G at 4/

    4/ 12/ 0

    4/ 13/ 6

    10 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 8

    21½ m. 10d 14 G at 5/

    5/ 7/ 6

    5/ 9/ 2

    11 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 8

    22 m.

    5/ 10/ 0

    5/ 11/ 8

    12 In a Cask

    0/ 1/ 8

    15 m. Rose 20d 21 G at 7/

    5/ 5/ 0

    5/ 6/ 8

    Paid Custome Coquet Fees searchers Wharff porters Watermen and Bill of Loading

    0/ 18/ 7

    Hollis Letters and Papers, p. 2. The various papers are presented in sequence, to show how such a transaction was handled, “m.” stands for a thousand; a symbol is transcribed as “G”.