Accounts and notes written by a Hartford, Connecticut, Justice of the Peace and King's Attorney. Debits were recorded for such items as writing a writ, drawing a deed, and for trying cases; there are also a few entries for logs, pine boards, rum, sundries, and pasturing someone's cows. The notes include recipes, reminders of tasks to complete, a statement about the formation of Waterbury from Litchfield, mentions of receiving or lending money to such individuals as Nepash Indian, Noah Negro, and a wandering Jew. Also records for the South Church in Hartford, of which he was a Deacon, and the costs of materials estimated for building a structure, possibly for the County Court.
