Amos Morehouse Daybook Entry 1838

These items were given to Levi
about two weeks after his
May 16, 1838 marriage to Lucy Kee.
May 29 1838 A list of the things that I let Levi J. Morehouse my son have
one coat eighteen Dollars $18.00
one coat and vest eleven dollars 11.00
one coat ten Dollars 10.00
one pare of overhalls three dollars   3.00
do one pare of Janes two Dollars & fifty      2.50
one fur cap seven dollars   7.00
one hat three dollars fifty cents            3.50
boots shoes shirs four dollars   4    
two pare of cotton pantiloons   2.00
one chest three dollars   3.00
one bedstead two dollars fifty cts   2.50
1/2 set of chairs four dollars                4.00
bed and bedding twenty three dollars  23   
pot metal 225  2.25
four hogs six dollars  6.00
four sheep twelve dollars 12.00
one cow ten dollars 10.00
two yearlands steers fourteen dollars         14.00
one sheet                 1.25

L. Jennings Morehouse Daybook 1830

I photographed portions of this DAYBOOK, in 2010 at our Morehouse family reunion in Lafayette, Indiana. Most of the entries seem to be written by Levi J. Morehouse, although two of the pages that I have photos of were written by his father Amos.