While there were some enterprising individuals in Annapolis who made attempts to open their own stocking manufactory in the Province, most stockings were imported from England. And like silks and woolens, outside of paintings, diaries, letters and newspaper advertisements, there is one very good source which provides some insight into the variety of hosiery which was imported into Annapolis, Maryland in the late Colonial period, the order books of merchants.
But first a look at one stocking manufactory located in Annapolis in the 1760s. On November 3, 1763, John Bail and Benjamin Beall advertised their stocking manufactory near the church in Annapolis, making all kinds of stockings for gentlemen and ladies as well as patterns for jackets and breeches. The Annapolis manufactory however seems to have been limited to making worsted and thread stockings. One very interesting product which they made in 1764 was a thread stocking with the word "AMERICA" in place of the clocking. According to David Ridgely, in his 1841 book "Annals of Annapolis", this manufactory was located on what was then Doctor Street, now Franklin Street, in a small brick building, though this exact location is unclear. With the death of Benjamin Beall, William Reynold, a hatter by trade who also operated a tavern on Church Circle at that time, took over the manufactory advertising his ownership and continuation of business on October 3, 1765. No further record of the stocking manufactory is found in the Maryland Gazette after that date.
Advertisement for John Bail and Benjamin Beall's Stocking Manufactory
Maryland Gazette, November 3, 1763
But first a look at one stocking manufactory located in Annapolis in the 1760s. On November 3, 1763, John Bail and Benjamin Beall advertised their stocking manufactory near the church in Annapolis, making all kinds of stockings for gentlemen and ladies as well as patterns for jackets and breeches. The Annapolis manufactory however seems to have been limited to making worsted and thread stockings. One very interesting product which they made in 1764 was a thread stocking with the word "AMERICA" in place of the clocking. According to David Ridgely, in his 1841 book "Annals of Annapolis", this manufactory was located on what was then Doctor Street, now Franklin Street, in a small brick building, though this exact location is unclear. With the death of Benjamin Beall, William Reynold, a hatter by trade who also operated a tavern on Church Circle at that time, took over the manufactory advertising his ownership and continuation of business on October 3, 1765. No further record of the stocking manufactory is found in the Maryland Gazette after that date.
Advertisement for Benjamin Beall's Stocking Manufactory
Maryland Gazette, August 16, 1764
Advertisement for William Reynold's Stocking Manufactory
Maryland Gazette, October 3, 1765
From 1771 to 1775, the Annapolis merchant firm of Wallace, Davidson & Johnson imported hosiery, not only for their own store on the city dock in Annapolis, but also for their stores at Queen Anne, Nottingham and Pig Point, as well as for individual customer's special orders and other merchants doing business in other parts of the Province.
Other items were also listed among the hosiery orders as well. Breeches patterns, caps, money purses, mitts and gloves all were listed with these orders, so I have included them in this posting as well. Perhaps in the future they will get their own separate post, but for now, you will find them here.
Below is a partial transcription of the probate inventory of Benjamin Beall and the order books of Wallace Davidson and Johnson, showing the hosiery as well as when and for whom they were being ordered. Included are descriptions of type, color, amount, size and even price in many cases.
It is hoped that this will provide some interesting information for other researchers as well as reenactors and tailors.
(from Maryland State Archives, Prerogative Court Inventories, Liber LXXXIX, Folio 220)
Probate Inventory of Benjamin Beall - October 23, 1765
Probate Inventory of Benjamin Beall - October 23, 1765
Some stocking frames, winding wheels, twisting mill and other utensils belonging to the stocking manufactory & thread and worsted
£140.0.0
£140.0.0
One servant man named Benjamin Chapman £20.0.0
36 pr coarse worsted men's stockings £7.4.0
6 pr boys coarse worsted stockings £0.12.0
8 pr unfinished boy's fine £1.4.0
2 pr of yarn boys fine £0.5.0
1 pr silk mits £0.5.0
60 pr of fine thread stockings £13.10.0
15 pr of coarse £3.0.0
6 pr boys fine £1.1.0
2 mits and odd stocking £0.1.6
9 breeches patterns £4.10.0
7 pr boys fine worsted stockings £1.1.0
1 negro boy Cesar £40.0.0
1 negro man Cesar £53.0.0
1 Elderly negro man named Boatswain £24.0.0
Salla negro wench £46.0.0
Sue a negro girl £35.0.0
1500 stocking weaving needles £0.15.0
18 pr thread stockings @4/6 £4.1.0
6 pr thread stockings @3/ £0.18.0
(from Maryland State Archives, Chancery Court (Chancery Papers, Exhibits) Wallace, Davidson Johnson, Order Books, 1771/4/25-1775/11/16. MSA S 528-27/28)
Order Books
25 April 1771
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hoesiery
3 doz mens double yarn hose
3 doz do
3 doz better do
3 doz better do
2 doz pr childrens spotted worsted hose 4 sorts
5 doz pr boys & youths do 10 sorts
2 doz pr girls & maids do 4 do
1 doz pr white do 2 do
3 doz pr womens chiv’d colored clock’t worsted hose
4 doz pr womens white worsted hose some very good
6 doz pr mens worsted hose sorted
1 doz pr mens plain black hose
2 doz pr mens plain white worsted hose 4 sorts
2 doz pr 1 & 2 stick ribbed colored do 6 sorts
1 doz pr nice light colored 4 th’d do 2 sorts @ 4/6 & 5/
1 doz pr mixed cotton & worsted hose
2 doz pr womens cotton hose 4 sorts
1 doz pr do india do 2 sorts
1 doz pr girls do do 3 sorts
½ doz pr mens india cotton do
3 doz pr menswhite silk do 6 prises
1 ½ doz pr neat marble do
6 pr mens plain black silk hose
1 doz pr white gauze thread do
1 doz pr worsted do
6 patterns black worsted for breeches 4/
6 patterns do 5/
6 patterns do 6/
6 patterns do 7/
6 patterns do 8/
6 patterns of the very best do 9/
3 patterns black silk do 20/
3 patterns of the very best do 25/
1 doz single worsted caps
1 doz double do
½ doz single scarlet do
½ doz double do
3 doz pr mill’d yarn mitts
1 doz pr do
Order Books
25 April 1771
For Thomas Johnson
Hose
½ doz pr woms thread hose 1 doz pr childrens for Tom & Nancy
½ doz pr do fine do
3 pr fine cotton do
Order Books
4 August 1771
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hose
6 pr childrens thread hose
6 pr better do
6 pr better do
12 pr womens good thread do 2 prises
12 pr better do 2 do
12 pr better do 2 do
6 pr mens fine white thread do
6 pr better do
6 pr better do
6 pr better do
6 pr very fine do
12 pr mens brown thread do
12 pr better do
12 pr better do
12 pr better do
6 pr better do
6 pr better do
72 pr mens fine white silk do 6 prises
12 pr better do 2 do
12 pr strong knit marble colored do 2 do
12 pr do white do 2 do
12 pr plain marble colored do 2 do
2 doz black worsted breeches patterns sorted
1 doz black silk do do
6 figured silk jackets sorted neat figures with some fig’d velvet to line the lappells
Order Books
No Date [1771]
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Breeches Stuffs
1 ps 4 thread knit worsted stuff for breeches
Order Books
26 Nov 1771
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hose
1 doz mens best white silk hose @ 16/
½ doz ditto 15/
½ doz ditto 14/
½ doz mens white silk hose @13/
½ doz pr ditto 12/
½ doz pr ditto 11/
1 doz pr ditto 10/
1 doz pr womens ditto 12/
2 doz pr mens colored ditto
10 doz mens white thread ditto some of the very best & well sorted
10 doz mens brown thread ditto do
3 doz womens white thread ditto do
9 doz womens white cotton ditto do
12 doz boys white & brown ditto begin at the smallest size
12 doz girls white thread ditto
2 doz womens white india cotton ditto
1 doz mens ditto
2 doz do cotton ditto
2 ps black stocking breeches of the best sort
1 ps black silk ditto
6 good black silk breeches patterns
2 doz black worsted ditto
1 doz mens black silk hose
6 single silk caps
6 double ditto
1 doz silk money purses
Order Books
20 March 1772
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hosiery
6 doz mens common yarn hose
6 doz boys do do
10 doz mens mill’d yarn hose
5 doz better do
5 doz better do
5 doz better do
5 doz boys mill’d do sorted
10 doz mens strong ribbed & plain worsted stockings sorted
5 doz strong womens stockings
5 doz girls do
10 doz boys strong worsted well sorted & some good
2 doz boys black worsted
4 doz mens black some good
6 doz childrens spotted stockings
2 doz mens cotton & worsted hose some very good
1 doz boys do
2 doz mens ribbed worsted hose 36/
2 do do 38/
2 doz do do 40/
2 doz do do 42/
6 doz 3 thread 1 stitch ribbed stockings from 44/ to 54/
6 doz 4 thread 2 stitch ribbed stockings from 44/ to 54/
A proportional part of the above stockings to be white
4 doz mens plain white worsted stockings from 44/ to 60/
4 doz womens plain white worsted stockings from 30/ to 45/ without clocks
4 doz womens cotton stockings sorted
2 doz girls do do sorted
2 doz womens india cotton stockings
1 doz mens do do
1 doz mens white silk hose 16/
1 doz do 15/
1 doz do 14/
1 doz do 13/
1 doz do 12/
2 doz mens colored do sorted
2 doz black do
2 doz womens white do
3 doz white gauze worsted hose
1 ps black silk for breeches
6 large silk patterns
6 white do
2 ps black worsted for breeches sorted & some of the very best
24 patterns black worsted
6 patterns 4 thr’d buff & blue do
1 doz silk caps half double
3 doz Monmouth caps
6 doz sailors double mill’d caps
1 doz cotton caps
3 doz worsted caps sorted
6 doz mill’d yarn mitts soom good
Wilkenson’s stockings was very bad & must not be try’d again on any account
Order Books
15 December 1771
For Roger Johnson
Stockings
6pr white & brown thread hose
Order Books
28 December 1771
For James Edison
Stockings
½ doz pr brown thread hose
Order Books
26 September 1772
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Thread Hose
2 doz mens brown thread hose a 60/.
2 doz ditto 48/.
3 doz ditto 42/.
3 doz ditto 36/.
3 doz ditto 30/.
6 doz boys ditto well sorted
6 patterns white silk breeches patterns
Buttons twist & garters for the above
Order Books
24 October 1772
For Richard Tilghman Earle (Store at Chester Mill, Queen Anne County, just east of present day Centreville)
Hosiery
1 doz mens brown thread hose @ 24/
1 doz ditto 30/
1 doz ditto 36/
1 doz ditto 40/
1 doz boys ditto 16/
1 doz youths ditto 24/
1 doz mens white ditto 30/
1 doz ditto 44/
1 doz boys ditto 28/
1 doz womens white ditto 48/
1 doz do collon ditto 30/
1 doz do ditto 36/
2 doz do ditto 4/ & 4/6
1 doz maids ditto 42/
1 doz girls ditto 24/
1 doz womens worsted ditto 36/
1 doz do ditto 24/
1 doz mens ditto 30/
1 doz ditto 36/
1 doz ditto 44/
1 doz mens raw silk ditto 66/
1 doz ditto 84/
1 dos mens fashionable silk hose 126/
Order Books
19 February 1773
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hose
½ doz mens silk hose @ 13/
½ doz do 14/
½ doz do 15/
½ doz do 16/
6 doz mens very best brown thread do
3 doz cheaper do
3 doz do do
12 doz strong coarse brown thread hose sorted
4 doz youths brown thread do do
3 doz girls white thread do do
3 doz childrens white stockings do
3 doz womens white thread hose from 25/ to 36/ in ½ dozens
1 doz mens best white rib’d thread hose
Order Books
24 May 1773
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hosiery
50 doz mens boys & youths yarn hose sorted
6 doz mill’d yarn mitts sorted
2 doz do caps sorted
1 doz Monmouth caps
2 doz worsted caps sorted
2 doz good yarn gloves
1 doz good worsted do
12 doz womens girls & maids colored worsted stockings sorted
12 doz boys worsted stock’gs well sorted
1 doz boys cotton & worsted stock’gs sorted
6 doz childrens worsted do sorted
4 doz mens & womens white gauze worsted hose
6 doz mens cotton & worsted do good
3 doz black worsted do sorted
50 doz mens worsted stock’gs well sorted half very good & well chosen from 20/ to 60/
2 ps best black worsted ps about 20 yards
12 doz womens cotton stock’gs well sorted
2 doz india do
3 doz girls & maids cotton do
3 doz childrens white th’d do
2 doz mens cotton do
2 doz mends white th’d do
4 doz boys thread do sorted
6 doz mens bro thr’d do mostly good
6 doz mens white silk do from 12/ to 16/ p pr
2 doz colored do
6 large & good black silk breeches patterns
2 doz black silk stock’gs
1 doz mens white silk gloves
6 worsted buff breeches patterns
3 do blue do
6 good black do
3 doz childrens spotted stockings
3 doz womens white worsted hose without clocks
1 doz gauze thread hose two sizes
Order Books
21 August 1773
For Lloyd Tilghman
Stockings
2 pr white gauze silk stocikings 1”2”
Order Books
17 October 1773
For Charles Carroll of Carrollton
(appears to now switch to goods for RD - Rachel Darnall, mother-in-law to Charles Carroll of Carrollton)
Lines Haberdashery Millinery & Hosiery
1 piece irish linen 2/.
1 do 3/.
7 yards good dark ground cotton with lively colors
1 pea green Durant quilted petticoat
6 yds best white swanskin
6 pr fine womens cotton stockings
9 yds of good corded dimity
1 pair of the best moved stays to measure sent
2 yds best flowered silk gauze
3 yds plain do
4 silk laces
10 good silk pocket handkerchiefs
2 double gauze handkerchiefs with white satin striped boarders
3 fine sheer double muslin handkerchiefs with striped boarders
12 pr best womens middle sized French kid gloves
10 yards fashionable white ribband
10 do genteel French grave do
12 yds black taste
2 black velvet collars
1 fashionable black bonnet
10 yds aight yd wide white tammy for lining quilted petticoats
1 ps black silk ferret
4 Ells striped muslin
7 yds india sprigged muslin for a gown of a genteel pattern
15 yds fine thread edging
10 yds blonde edging
(appears to now switch to goods for MC - Mary Carroll, wife of Charles Carroll of Carrollton)
6 of the finest book muslin handkerchiefs with striped boarders
6 lbs of perfumed hair powder
6 lbs of plain powder
6 pr white silk stockings of the finest & best sort
8 pr of the finest thread stockings not of the thick sort & rather large
Silk stockings as well as the thread are desired to be very long
1 pr of pack thread stays for a child at 5 years old
6 pair cotton stockings for ditto
Order Books
20 October 1773
For Joseph Hopkins Son of Gerrard
Stockings
4 pair of neat brown thread ribbed stockings
Order Books
11 October 1773
For Robert Tyler (Perhaps of Duckett’s Hope, Prince George’s County)
Hosiery
4 pr mens best large worsted stockings rib’d
4 pr brown thread do
4 pr womens smallest thread stockings
Order Books
20 October 1773
For Samuel Tyler
Hosiery
2 pr mens thread hose 3/
2 pr do worsted do 3/
Order Books
9 October 1773
For Benjamin Hall
Hosiery
3 pr womens best thread hose
4 pr mens large white knit thread hose at about 3/6
1 pr mens best black silk hose , ordered not to be sent 3 Nov
Order Books
16 October 1773
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hosery
3 doz pr best white silk hose
2 doz pr womans best cotton do
1 ps best black breeches silk pattern
½ ps best white do
Order Books
14 December 1773
For William Bond
Hosiery
3 p mens white silk hose
8 doz mens thread & worsted hose sorted
2 doz womens do do
1 doz mens fine cotton do
Order Books
21 November 1773
For Hall Gilbert & Hall
Hosiery
6 p womans white thread hose 30/
6 p do do 33/
6 pr fine do 36/
6 pr do cotton do 40/
6 pr mens cotton do 48/
1 doz pr mens thread hose 30/
½ doz do white do 36/
½ doz mens gray worsted hose 40/
½ doz do white do 42/
½ doz do rib’d do 45/
½ doz do marbled do 45/
½ doz womans white worsted do 36/
Order Books
No Date [1773]
For Buchannan & Cowen
Hosiery
½ doz womens white th’rd hose 24/
½ doz do 30/
½ doz do 36/
½ doz cotton do 36/
½ doz do 48/
½ doz mens white thread 3th hose 36/
½ doz do do 42/
1 doz do bro do 26/
1 doz do do 30/
1 doz do do 42/
½ doz womans worsted hose 18/
½ doz do do 21/
½ doz do do 24/
½ doz do do 30/
½ doz do do 36/
½ doz do do 42/
½ doz mens do gray do 21/
½ doz do do 24/
½ doz do do 30/
½ doz do do 36/
1 doz do white do 40/
½ doz 4 th’rd black worsted patterns 7/6
3 ___ 4 th’rd buff do 7/6
6 single caps silk 3/ 6 dble do 4/6
6 pair white & ½ col’d silk hose 10/6
Order Books
No Date [1773]
For Archibald Buchannan
Hosiery
½ doz womens plain white thread hose 24/
½ doz do 3 th’d do 30/
½ doz do 4 th’d do 38/
½ doz cotton do 30/
½ doz do fine do 36/
½ doz do 48/
½ doz do 60/
½ doz mens brown th’d hose 26/
½ doz do 3 th’d do 33/
½ doz do 4 th’d do 40/
½ doz fine nit rib’d do 4 th’d 48/
½ doz do small rib’d do 50/
½ doz mens col’d silk hose 9/
½ doz do col’d rib’d do 12/
½ doz black silk breeches patterns 6/
½ doz do 6 th’ds do 10/
½ doz best 6 th’d buff col’d worsted do 9/
½ doz black do 6 th’d do 8/
(For Miss Nelly Buchanan)
20 yds brocaded lutestring at about 12/ p yd
1 suit minionet lace to cost about 12/
1 pr garnet bracelets with gold sliders 4 guineas
4 handsom caps
1 best wax necklace and earrings
1 pr best black silk mitts
1 pr best white do
1 suit of worked muslin with an apron
1 pr shoes suitable to the brocade & fashionable trimming for the brocade
A fashionable hat and handkerchief
A mourning ring for R Buchannan one name engraved round the ring and the other round the stone the inclosed hair worked under the stone
1 cap for an elderly lady with lappers under the chin
1 cap for girl 12 years old the 2 caps not to exceed 1 guinea
Order Books
No Date [1773]
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hosiery
6 doz boys & youths brown th’d hose sorted
12 doz mens brown th’d do 20/ to 30/
12 doz mens do 30/ to 60/
6 doz boy & youth white th’d do sorted
6 doz mens white th’d do 2/9 to 3/6
2 doz fine narrow rib’d do
2 doz mottled th’d do in half doz sorted
6 doz womens th’d do from 22/ to 48/
4 doz do cotton do 24/ to 54/
2 doz do white silk do
4 doz mens raw silk do sorted
3 doz do white silk do 12/ to 16/ in ½ dozens
1 ps fine blk silk breeches patterns wide & good
Order Books
No Date [1773]
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Nottingham Store
Hosiery
6 pair childrens 3 th’d hose 13/6
6 pair do 15/ 6 pr do 18/
6 pair do 20/ 6 pr do 24/
6 pair do 26/
2 doz pr mens bro thread 24/
2 doz pr do 30/
½ doz pr do 36/
½ doz knit W white35/
½ doz do 38/
1 doz womens white th’d do 25/
2 doz do 36/
1 ½ doz mens col’d spun silk 60/
Order Books
No Date (previously listed order was 1773)
For Aquila Hall
Hosiery
½ doz pr womens good 3 thread hose 40/
½ doz pr do cotton do 50/
½ doz pr do n’r worsted do 42/
Order Books
No Date (previously listed order was 1773)
For William Lux & Bowly
Hosiery
1 doz mens large white rib’d thread
1 doz do plain
1 doz brown thread narrow rib
1 doz do plain
6 doz coarsest yarn
Order Books
No Date (previously listed order was 1773)
For James Johnson
Hosiery
4 doz mens & 2 doz womens worsted hose
Order Books
19 March 1774
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hosiery not of Pope
20 doz mens boys & youths yarn hose sor’d
6 doz mill’d yarn mitts sor’d
2 doz wors’d cap sor’d
20 doz womens girls & maids col’d wors’d stock’gs sor’d
12 doz boys wors’d stock’gs sor’d
1 doz boys cotton & wors’d do sor’d
6 doz childrens wors’d do
4 doz men & womens white gauze wors’d stock’gs
6 doz mens cotton & wors’d hose good
4 doz mens black wors’d stock’gs sor’d
2 ps best black wors’d piece about 20 yds
6 doz womens cotton stockings well sorted
2 doz india do
3 doz girls & maids cotton stock’gs
3 doz childrens white th’d do
2 doz mens cotton stockings
3 doz mens thread stockings some ribb’d (white)
6 doz white silk do
2 doz colored silk do
6 large & good black silk breeches patterns
6 doz childrens spotted stockings
3 doz womens white worsted hose no clocks
2 doz col’d do with clocks
50 doz mens wors’d hose from 20/ to 60/ some plain some broad ribb’d & some three & four thr’d one & two stich ribb’d
This is a capital bill with us & therefore look out for the best Hosiers in London of whom take this assortment & let them be well chosen & put up; those of whom you formerly had will not do by any means.
Order Books
19 March 1774
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Nottingham Store
Hosiery
1 doz womens grey worsted hose 22/
2 doz do 24/
1 doz do 48/
2 doz pr norrow ribb’d 54/
1 doz do black 38/
2 doz womens grey worsted do 24/
2 doz do with silk clocks 36/
1 doz do white wors’d
2 doz pr large youths grey do
3 doz pr mens yarn hose 15/
6 doz pr do 16/
Breeches
½ doz mens neat buckskin breeches large 16/.
½ doz do 18/.
Order Books
20 March 1774
For Archibald Buchannan
Hosiery
2 doz mill’d yarn caps 6/
2 doz Monmouth caps 15/
1 doz worsted cap 5/
1 doz boys grey wors’d hose 13/6
1 doz youths do 16/
4 doz mens large grey wors’d hose 20/ to 26/
3 doz do do 30/ to 34/
2 doz fash’b ribb’d do 36/ to 40/
2 doz kit do small ribb’d 48/ & 50/
½ doz mens fash’b col’d silk do 9/ p pr
½ doz clouded ribb’d do 10/
½ doz do 11/
1 doz white ribb’d do 10/
2 doz womens blue wors’d hose 16/ & 20/
2 doz do with white clocks 24/ 30/
1 doz white do 36/
½ doz 4 th’d buff col’d breeches patterns 6/
½ doz 6 do supple do 9/
½ doz 4 do black do 6/
½ doz 6 do do 9/
Order Books
20 March 1774
For Buchannan & Corvan
Hosiery
1 doz womens wors’d hose 18/
1 doz do 21/
1 ½ doz do 24/
1 ½ doz do 28/
1 doz do 30/
½ doz do 36/
½ doz do 40/
2 doz mens grey wors’d hose 21/ & 24/
½ doz do 28/
½ doz do 30/
½ doz do 36/
½ doz do 40/
½ doz do 48/
½ doz do ribb’d 42/
½ doz do fine 48/
½ doz white do 36/
½ doz do 42/
Order Books
9 April 1774
For Hall, Gilbert & Hall
Hosiery
1 doz pr youths wors’d hose 20/
1 doz mens do 24/
1 doz do do 30/
1 doz ribb’d do 30/
1 doz do do 36/
1 doz do white do 40/
1 doz plain marbled wors’d hose 45/
1 doz do white do 42/
1 doz pr neat ribb’d do 48/
1 doz womens plain hose 20/
1 doz do do 24/
1 doz fine do 30/
1 doz white do 36/
6 doz mens yarn do 16/
1 doz womens fine worsted gloves sorted to colors 16/
Order Books
No Date [1774]
For Charles Carroll Barrister
Hosiery
1 doz woms light grey wors’d hose 1/6
4 pr large mens do 2/6
4 pr small do do 2/6
1 pr small boys do 1/6
1 doz double wors’d caps
6 milled do
Order Books
27 June [1774]
For William Lux & Bowly
Hosiery
1 doz mens rib’d worsted 36/
1 doz plain do grey 24/
1 doz do 30/
1 doz do 36/
1 doz do white 36/
1 doz do narrow ribs 36/
Order Books
24 April 1774
For Clement Brooke
Hosiery
2 doz pr mens wors’d hose
1 doz do thread do
Order Books
10 September 1774
For Sarah Murray (Most likely the daughter of Dr. William Murray of Chestertown who died 13 April 1758. She was born 12 November 1747 and married John Thomas of West River on 23 August 1777.)
Hose
3 pr of womens thread stockings 4/.
Order Books
20 August 1774
For Isaac Hall
Stockings
2 pair mens brown thread stockings
Order Books
29 August 1774
For Richard Ireland
Hose
2 pr mens worsted hose 4/
2 pr brown thread do 4/
Order Books
12 August 1774
For Benjamin Hall
Hose
2 pr mens large brown thread hose @ 4/
Order Books
20 August 1774
For Jacob Green
Hosiery
4 pair plain brown thread hose 3/
2 pair white do 4/
Order Books
29 September 1774
For William Bond
Hosiery
4 doz mens brown thread hose
2 doz do white do sorted
2 doz womens white do sorted
1 doz mens worsted different colored sorted
1 doz do white do
1 doz do grey do
1 doz womens different colored do
1 doz mens fine cotton do
Order Books
1 November 1774
For William Bond
Hosiery
4 doz pair mens worsted hose sorted
2 doz pair womens do do
Order books
No Date [1774]
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson
Hosiery
3 doz childrens white thread hose sorted
15 doz mens strong brown thread hose 20/ a 30/
15 doz mens do 30/ to 70/
4 doz mens white thread do 24/ to 48/
3 doz mens white rib’d do sorted 72/
6 doz youths strong brown thread hose
2 doz youths strong white do
2 doz mens good cotton hose sorted
6 doz womens white thread do 22/ to 42/
6 doz womens cotton do sorted 27/ to 60/
1 doz womens fine india cotton sorted
4 doz girls white thread do sorted
2 doz girls cotton do sorted
3 doz mens colored spun silk hose 5/6 to 8/
2 doz mens white do
1 doz mens good black silk hose sorted
6 doz mens white & colored do from 11/ to 16/
1 ps best black worsted for breeches
6 very best black worsted patterns
Order Books
17 November 1774
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Nottingham Store ordered by Edward Botelar
Hosiery
1 doz pair mens fine grey worsted hose 44/
6 pair three thread do 52/
6 pair superfine do 60/
6 pair fine cotton & worsted 5/6
1 doz 4 thread knit ribb’d 48/
1 doz womens worsted 18/
1 doz fine do silk clocks 36/
½ doz womens superfine white do 60/
½ doz do do 38/
1 doz means brown thread 24/
1 doz W large white thread 36/
½ doz superfine do 60/
½ doz mens brown superfine do 60/
½ doz do do 44/
½ doz womens white thread (large) 30/
½ doz do 36/
½ doz do 44/
½ doz do 48/
12 pair mens marble spun silk 7/
6 pair mens fine white silk large 12/
3 pair do black 10/6
3 pair do marble 12/
Order Books
No Date [1774]
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Queen Anne Store
Hosiery
3 doz mens brown thread hose 24/ 26/ & 30/
1 doz do 36/
½ doz do 48/
1 doz do silk & thread do colored 72/
2 doz womens thread 24/ to 30/
3 doz mens grey worsted hose 24/ 30/ 36/
1 doz rib’d do 42/
½ doz do do 44/
1 doz silk & worsted do 72/
1 doz womens worsted hose 30/
½ doz colored breeches patterns 6/
2 doz yarn hose 15/
Order Books
No Date [1774]
For Wallace Davidson and Johnson’s Pig Point Store
Hosiery
1 doz mens brown thread hose 2/
1 doz do 2/6
1 doz do rib’d 3/
1 doz do 4/
1 doz white thread do 3/
1 doz do 4/
1 doz raw silk hose 6/
½ doz plain white silk do 10/
½ doz colored do 10/
½ doz black do 10/
½ doz womens cotton do 3/
½ doz thread do 3/
Order Books
8 January 1775
For Charles Carroll of Carrolton
Hosiery
6 pair of best strong colored silk stockings grave colors a full size for a short thick foot high instep
12 pair of good strong brown thread stockings for servants at 2/6 or 3/.
(appears to now switch to goods for RD - Rachel Darnall, mother-in-law to Charles Carroll of Carrollton)
Hosiery
6 pair fine thread stockings
N.B. This invoice to be packed under its proper mark
(appears to now switch to goods for MC Junior - Mary Carroll, daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton)
Hosiery
12 pair of thread stockings for a child between 6 & 7 years old
Order Books
20 March 1775
For Hall Gilbert & Hall
Hosiery
2 doz pair womens cotton hose 3/
Order Books
1 August 1775
For Alexander Ogg
Hosiery
1 doz raw silk hose colored
1 doz silk & thread do
2 doz mixd blue & white do
3 doz brown do
2 doz mens white thread do
2 doz do blue & white do
3 doz fine brown do
3 doz mens coarse do 2/2
2 doz do ribb’d do
1 doz boys thr’d plain do
3 doz womens thread do fine 3/
2 doz do do do 2/6
2 doz mens white cotton hose fine
1 doz do coll’d do do
1 doz black do do
1 doz knot breeches patterns
Order Books
29 September 1775
For James Hutchings
Hosiery
6 pair spun silk hose (knit) 6/6
6 pair very fine brown thread do 5/
6 pair womens very fine cotton & thread hose 3/6
Order Books
10 September 1775
For Edward Abell
Hosiery
1 doz pair mens brown thread stockings 24/
1 doz pair ditto 30/
1 doz pair mens white thread stockings 30/
1 doz pair ditto 36/
1 doz pair boys thread stockings 26/
1 doz pair youths do 20/
Order Books
No Date [1775]
For James Hutchings
6 pr [ ]silk hose 6/6
6 pr of very fine thread 5/6
6 pr womans very fine cotton & thread do 3/6
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