What Wacoans Bought in 1851
Waco Times-Herald
October 19, 1924
OLD BOOK SHOWS HOW EARLY WACOANS SPENT THEIR CASH
S.P. Ross bought a hunting shirt for Sullivan for $15, and Neil McLennan has just purchased 12 yards of goods for "jeans." The day book kept in 1851 by George Barnard at his store in Waco village, and preserved by his daughter, Mrs. M.H. Lane of Waco, has been secured by Dr. Kenneth Aynesworth, to be added to the Texas history collection given by him to Baylor university.
Those who have made "heroes in homespun" of the first settlers will be interested that they dressed in calico, merino, and such like, and that they drove into the village for molasses and sardines, for nails, drills, sheeting and axes, and paid their bills sometimes.
The book is beautifully ruled and kept, the entries being made of course with home-made ink. The first item for 1851 is a cross cut saw, six and a half feet long, sold for $6.50; a lock to Richard Coke for his gun; a box of candles for Walker and Tool's store; goods to B.D. Arnold and P.F. Blocker; molasses in a big jug to N.W. Battle; to Layton Puckett a pair of pants for $5, a coat for $10, and a frock coat for $18; and to L.F. Puckett's store large consignments of brandy, gin, and madeira wine.
The account to the Barnard trading house at Fort Graham totals for the year 1851, $1,100.
October 19, 1924
OLD BOOK SHOWS HOW EARLY WACOANS SPENT THEIR CASH
S.P. Ross bought a hunting shirt for Sullivan for $15, and Neil McLennan has just purchased 12 yards of goods for "jeans." The day book kept in 1851 by George Barnard at his store in Waco village, and preserved by his daughter, Mrs. M.H. Lane of Waco, has been secured by Dr. Kenneth Aynesworth, to be added to the Texas history collection given by him to Baylor university.
Those who have made "heroes in homespun" of the first settlers will be interested that they dressed in calico, merino, and such like, and that they drove into the village for molasses and sardines, for nails, drills, sheeting and axes, and paid their bills sometimes.
The book is beautifully ruled and kept, the entries being made of course with home-made ink. The first item for 1851 is a cross cut saw, six and a half feet long, sold for $6.50; a lock to Richard Coke for his gun; a box of candles for Walker and Tool's store; goods to B.D. Arnold and P.F. Blocker; molasses in a big jug to N.W. Battle; to Layton Puckett a pair of pants for $5, a coat for $10, and a frock coat for $18; and to L.F. Puckett's store large consignments of brandy, gin, and madeira wine.
The account to the Barnard trading house at Fort Graham totals for the year 1851, $1,100.
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