APPENDIX C
Reading edition
An Abstract of the Inventory of Contents of the Shop of Capt. Joseph Weld of Roxbury, made February 4, 1646-7
48 yds. greene cotton at 22d. 85 yds. red cotton at 2/1. 1¾ yds. kersey at 5s. 11 yds. do at 3/2. 52 yds. yellow cotton at 22d. 8 yds. white cotton at 20d. 21 yds. red cloth at 7/9. 39 yds. broad cloth at 8/8. 21 yds. broad cloth at 9/7. 8 yds. do do at 15/4. 42 yds. greene tamie at 2/1. 5 yds. red do at 2/1. 3 yds. flannel at 2/2. 12 yds. scarlet broad cloth at 16/6. 41 yds. course at 3/2½. 24 yds. frize at 4/7. 31 yds. penniston at 2/7. 38 yds. do at 2/11. 44 yds. grey Kersey at 5/6. 66 yds. fustian at 1s. 15 yds. Holland at 5/9. 7 yds. do at 4/1½. 7 yds. Slezie lawne at 4/. 8 yds. blue linen at 1/4. 29 yds. lane at 6/9. 3 pr. bodies at 3/2. 11 belts @ 3/2. 15 do @ 3/. 23 bandeliers at 2/. 14 pr. Stockings at 1/6. 41 pr. do at 1/3. 15 pr. Jecs at 2/9. 10 doz. points at 2/. 61 combs at 3½d. 14 doz. thimbles at 1/9. 18 pr. pads at 6d. 1 spectacle case 1/. 26 gro. thread buttons at 9d. 29 primers at 2d. 8 lb. thread at 12/3. 10 pces. tape at 1/1. 5 gro. buttons at 2/. 5 gro. do at 1/. 6 doz. great buttons at 1/2. 17 silk buttons at 2/. 14 yds. lace at 2d. 64 yds. lace at 3½d. 3 pces. binding at 1/2. 80 yds. ribboning at 2½d. 21 doz. tape at 1/. 43 lb. ginger at 1/. 6 pr. slippers at 2/. 20 1b. whalebone at 10¾d. 17 1b. pepper at 2/1. 2 1b. worm seed at 8/. 5 1b. cinnamon at 8/4. 7 hat bands at 4d. 2 1b. nutmegs at 1/9. ½ lb. blue starch at 1/8. Cloves, 10d. 3 yds. buckram at 1/2. Pack needles and tainter hooks, 15/. 40 lb. sugar at 10d. 3 lb. powder at 2/2. 26 lb. raisins at 4d. A barrell of fruit, £5.11.3. 4 lb. starch at 4d. 1 counter, £1. 4 pr. scales, 8s. 48 lb. Lead weights, 9s. 1 file of brass weights, 5s. 12 lb. yarn, £1.13.0. A net 24 yards [no value]. 2 sconces, a melting ladle, a hitchell, 8/.
—Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol. II, p. 52
Robert Turner of Boston, shoemaker, died in 1651. In his shop were children's shoes at 9d. per pair, No. 7 shoes were valued at 3s., No. 10 at 4s., No. 11 at 4/4, No. 12 at 4/8, No. 13 at 4/10. Boots were 14s. per pair, and wooden heels were 8d. per doz. He also sold hats. Black hats were valued from 5 to 14 shillings, each; colored hats from 5 to 10 shillings; black castors were 14s. each, black coarse felts, 3s. each, children's colored, 3/6, and children's black castor with band, 4s.—Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol. II.