IAGenWeb Project - Allamakee co. Misc. Historical Items

Small Journal of
Michael Clark,

Proprietor of the Boarding House
at Johnsonsport, Allamakee County, Iowa

Covering events during years 1853-1892

Part 3
(pages 25 - 36)

(Please read the transcription notes at the bottom of the page)


*Page 25*
April 1857
date George L Miller Dr
3 five cords of wood at 4/a 20.00
8 three and half *?* 14

May
9 for wood 24.50
11 for wood 28.00
15 for wood 21.00
15 for wood 10.50
17 for wood 18.75
24 *?* 7.50

June
15 to 30 cords of wood at 3.5 per 105.00
23 for wood 21.00
23 for wood 21.00
30 for wood 51.00

July
1 for wood 21.00
15 for wood 73.50

September
14 to 44 1/2 cords of wood 3.5 144.62
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$581.37

April 3 1857

Geo L Miller Dr $
3 five cords of wood 20.00
8 three and half 14.00

May
9 for wood 26.50
11 for wood 28.00
15 for wood 21.00

June
23 for six cords of wood 21.00
30 for wood 51.00

 
*Page 26*
158 Mr. Branshaw $ cts
June 6 50
August 15 1 00
Sept paid Sangey 2 80
Nov 13 paid Branshaw 6 00
May paid Branshaw

1858 Mr. Branshaw Dets

May 23 cash 1.50
June 5 cash 2.00
June 26 cash .50
Aug cash 1.00
paid langerfiele 2.80
Nov 13 cas in prairie 6.00
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13.80

October 1859
7 paid Branshaw one doller cash 1.00

November 1859
11 Branshaw got one sack of flower from miller 2.25

November 1860
16 paid Branshaw three dollers cash in prairie du chien 3.00

Disember the 20 1860
Branshaw got lumber to come to me
doller 15 cents 1.15

June 1861
*cut off*

date November 1856
*?* for board when 8
building shanty 4.75
for board do 2.50
ticket for ball 4.00

18 March
for man and cattle 2 day 2.50
bill at C Heoey's raffle 3.00
for axle helve .25
Jay McCormick cash 1.00
10 Phil Mc cash 3.00
for moving 1.50
paid taxes at waukon 1.50
for axe helve .25
Jas & Patt for board 14.57

April
6 paid Patt and James 10.00
cas on steamboat 3.00
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$51.82

September 1861

12 paid mr Branshaw one doller fifty cents 1.50

November
paid Branshaw 2.00

June the 8 1862
paid Branshaw five dollers 5.00

 
*Page 27*
John brannen and Michael Clark setteld on the 8 of April 1861
Brannen, Bil agent
Clark was 113.80
and Clark paid Brannen 82.89 and has to pay
30.91 yet
 
*Page 28*
Phillip McCabe
his wood
Cords 11.11.11.11.
11.11.11

half cords
11.11.11.11.11.11.11.1
1.11.11

quarter cords
11111

Michael Lynch
his wood
cords 111111111
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58

half cords
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quarter cords
11111

Michael Lynch
his own wood
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half cords
11111
16
2 1/2
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18 1/2

 
*Page 29*
The amount of mony henery waulton sent Michael Clark from the army
in a letter 5.00
a check 700.00
in a letter 15.00
and one hundred and ten dollars he paid me him
self 110.00
 
*Page 30*
Terren Brady paid Michael Clark fifty dollars 50.00
I paid terry forty tou the time he was going to Canada after his family 42.00

there was a old deapt that I was to pay terry of sixty 5 dollars 65.00

the number of stamps I gave Gorge Bordman the time he got the
post office on the first of Janury 1873

ten cents stamps 37
five sents stamps 90
three cents stamp 200
tow cents stamps 15
one cents stamps 139

Dear Katie
Days and

Michael Clark paid Terrence Brady this amount of mony the time he bought his land one hundred and ten dollers 110.00
paid him 2 hundred dollers 200.00

paid him thirty dollars in gold 30.00
paid him 15 dollers 15.00
paid him 2 dollers 2.00

 
*Page 31*
March 31, 1856
the number of stamps and stamp envolopes on hand at this date
stamp envolopes 100.50
three cents stamps 200.80
ten cents stamps 56.00
two cents stamps 200.00
one cents stamps 200.00

July the first 1866
the number of stamps and stamp envolopes on hand to this date

Stamp envolopes 100.24
ten cents stamps .43
three cents stamps 200.24
two cents stamps 100.96
one cents stamps 100.92

October the first 1866 the number of stamps on hand at this date and stamp envolopes

Stamped envolopes 100.00
ten cents stamps 39.00
three cents stamps 200
two cents stamps 1.94
one cent stamsp 1.89

April the 4, 1866
the number of letters this day 111111111111111
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10 cents for a Canada letter
20 cents for a Canada letter
6 cents for 2 letters

the account of the post at Allamakee from the first of July to the first
of October 1866

Stamps sold
Stamp Envolope 24
ten cents stamps 5
three cents stamps 27
2 cents stamps 2
1 cents stamps 6
1 Canada letter .10
5 newes papers .25

 
*Page 32*
Allamakee Post Office
Allamakee Co Iowa
the number of stamps and stamp envolopes on hand January 1 67

two cents stamps 32
three cents stamps 1.38
four cents stamps 1.90
one cents stamps 1.86
stamp envolopes .52

the number of stamps on hand April the 1 1867

ten cents stamps .19
three cents .12
towe cents stamps 1.72
one cent stamps 1.50

for regestering 40 cents
for newes papers 25 cents

1867
April 20 Receaved stamps and stamp envolopes from the Department to amount to nineteen dollers and seaventy cents 19.70

July, the first 1867
the number of stamps and stamp envolopes at this date

ten cents stamps 60
three cents stamps 100 25
one cent stamps 100 32
two cents stamps 100 55
300

May 4, 1867
the number of stamps and stamp envolopes

3 cents stamps 400 12
5 cents stamps 100 5
250 stamp envolopes 250 8.70
the stamp envolopes is worth three dollars 48 in a hundred

the lots I want to pay taxis on in Johnsonsport
Lot 2 lot 5.6 lot 7
lots 162.163.164.165
lots 166.167.168.169

June the 7 1854
my towe mares was put to the horse this day

 
*Page 33*
Michael Brady his acount for the work he don for Michael Clark
July 1868
Cash to mrs Brady 17.00
stove and other tings*?* 13.00
flower 5.00
grocerys 3.00
tooles 4.00
flower 5.00
flower 4.00
cash for a book 3.50
flower 3.50
June 14 1869 cash 20.00
18 cloes for Gorge Brady 4.00
a hat for George 0.75

Miss Eva Clark
Mr Johnie Clark
Miss Annie Clark
Miss Nellie Clark

Days and years may
pass and change but
my love for you can
never change

Hugh Clark *?* of Februry 1865
Hugh clark the amount of mony he gave Michael Clark commencing June 1868 for Bord
June 12 Cash 9.00
18 cash 10.00
25 cash 15.00
July 8 cash 30.00
September 10 cash 5.00

Remember me when
Years have fled and
I am remembered with
The dead and be those
lines are left to tell of that
Dear *?*
When *?* that *?*
Your eyes astray remember
Days that passed
Away remember friends
And friendship dear
And remember the one
That wrote thus here
 
*Page 34*
Amos Steelsmith his acounte for the yeare 1860

April 2 overalls .75
May 16 cash .25
June 4 boots 5.00
" shirts 1.00
cash .35
cash 1.00
cash .15
August 23 boots 2.50
powder and shot .20
October 23 powder shot caps .30

 
*Page 35*
Allamakee Post Office acount of Register

one for Michael Brady on the 23 of Febury 1867 to north Buffalo NY

one letter from JN Flack to Cincinnate O on the 4 of March 67

 
*Page 36*
 
acount of the new male key receaved on the 31 day of December 1867 the number of the key 25.913
 

 


- Transcribers notes:
* I have transcribed this document directly from the original text
* This journal was originally a business ledger. It appears to have been recycled later for miscellaneous family data, farm data, and random musings (see poetry at the end)
* I have added page headers for clarification of reading text. These do not appear in the original and appear in bold text & marked with * *. When something was illegible, it is indicated with *?*
* This document has been transcribed, formatted and submitted to the Allamakee Co., IAGenWeb for FREE genealogical use. This document may not reproduced in any manner or used for personal or commercial gain.

copyright 2003, Jody L Howard

 


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