This is a miscellaneous accounts book covering several areas and transactions. It contains the names of yearly and weekly renters and the rents paid, an inventory of movable articles on the plantation, information on increases and decreases in the number of cattle, mules and horses, a detailed list of the cattle and their names, the plantation's day book for the month of January 1866, detailed accounts with George McClean & Co. and Nightengale & Co., book keeping records of all accounts listing debits and credits between Newton Plantation and Michael Thomas Greaves for the sale and purchase of a number of items as well as delivery records for rum, sugar and molasses.
This book contains records of yearly and weekly renters, comprehensive inventories of movable items and cattle, as well as increases in the stock of horses and mules. It also incorporates the day book for 1868 and records some of the daily activities on the plantation. This book was used as somewhat of a multi purpose book as it also gives an account of the standings of accounts and transactions with some listed companies such as G.W. McClean & Co., Michael Greaves, John Alleyne & Co., M.L.Croney as well as Nightengale & Co. Also included is a list of plantation workers who were caught stealing from the plantation and were sentenced to time in prison. It then goes on to detail deliveries of rum, sugar and molasses produced on the plantation and sold to customers.
This book contains records of monetary transactions that took place on the plantation from July to December 1869. It includes records of monies received form rent, from the sale of cattle and other livestock and other goods such as potatoes etc. It also includes monies paid out to labourers, payment for supplies, veterinary services, and even the cost of feeding masons and carpenters. [this book has no cover]
This book contains records of monetary transactions that took place on the plantation from January to December 1870. It includes records of monies received form rent, from the sale of cattle and other livestock and other goods such as potatoes etc. It also includes monies paid out to labourers, payment for supplies, veterinary services, and even the cost of feeding masons and carpenters. [this book has no cover]
This book contains records of the names of yearly renters and the rents paid, a detailed record of all monetary transactions taking place on the plantation, both money received and money paid out as well as who it was paid to and for what purpose it was paid, these records date from January 1870 to December 1870. It also contains records of the the disposal of rum, sugar and molasses from the crop of 1870. The last four pages of the book consists of a detailed list of cattle and the increases and decreases of both cattle and mules. Note that the book was flipped and these last four pages were started from the back which became the front for this sequence. This appears to be a method used to make a separate record sequence.
This book contains records of monetary transactions that took place on the plantation from February 4th 1871 to August 2nd 1872. It includes records of monies received for rent, from the sale of cattle and other livestock and other goods such as potatoes etc. It also includes monies paid to labourers, carpenters, masons and the engine driver as well as payment for supplies for use on the plantation.
This book contains detailed records of monetary transactions on the plantation which included accounts payable and accounts receivable. Some of these transactions included items which the plantation credited from suppliers such as lumber and oil and the accounts receivable included accounts of persons who purchased items produced on the plantation and also persons renting land from the plantation. An account of the delivery schedules and the shipment of the sugar and molasses. Also included was documentation of increases in cattle and mules on the plantation.
This book contains records of monetary transactions that took place on the plantation from January to December 1873. It includes records of monies received for rent, from the sale of cattle and other livestock and other goods such as potatoes etc. It also includes monies paid to labourers, payment for supplies for use on the plantation. In addition to payments to companies like Alleyne Arthur and Nightengale and Company there are several payments to "Middle School."
