Location of David Sanders Mills

 I found the location of David Sanders Gris and Lumber mills, shop, his home and the home of Benjamin Franklin read on a 1858 map of Whitely, MA on the Whatley Historical Society page.

Here is the full map:

1858 Map of Whately, MA

The properties are in the south central area of the map and here is a close up showing them.  David Sanders is labeled David Saunders on the map and Benjamin Franklin Reed ids R.F. Reed.  

Close up of Mill location, Whately, MA

 Here is a currently map of western Massachusetts for reference:

David Sanders' Mill Account books from the 1840s Book 1 page 8

David Sanders' Mill Records Page 8

Transcription

B F Reed                 D.

To half bushel corn                        37

15th To 2 bushels corn             1.50

Elisha Tilestone         D.

To 4 bushels corn                     3.00

17th To 12 bushels corn             9.00

Austin + Greeves Craft D.

To 4 bushels corn             3.00

18th To 2 bushels corn             1.60

B F Reed         D.

19th To 2 bushels procender             1.00

Paid Samuel Wait         D.

To 1 bushel corn                75

Elisha Tolestone D.

22nd To 24 bushels yest corn 80      19.20

Justin Morton C

By 24 bushels corn                   18.24

David Sanders         D.

To 2 Bushels corn + rye             1.55

B F Reed         D.

To 1 ½ bushels corn     1.12

Evaluation

• Total 60.33, which is $2,464.48 in today's dollars

David Sanders' Mill Account books from the 1840s Book 1 page 7

 

David Sanders' Mill Records Page 7

Transcription

July 22 Elisha Tilestone D.

To 8 bushels wet corn         6.40

27th To 8 bushels wet corn         6.40

Frank Bartlett D.

To 8 bushels rye + corn Paid                 6.40

Rodolphus Sanderson G                 6.40

By 8 bushels Cash to [ILLEGIBLE] 6.40

Austin + Greeves Craft D.

30th To 4 bushels corn                 3.20

August 3rd To 4 bushels corn         3.00

C By drawing corn from Easthampton                 7.21

C By meal to Haydenville                 1.19

Dort Bardwell D.

5th To 1 bushel corn                    80

8 To 2 bushels corn                 1.50

Austin + G Craft D.

To 4 bushels corn                         3.00

Elisha Tilestone D.

10 To 12 bushels corn                 9.00

David Sanders D.

To 2 bush Provender Dean Smith                 1.04

Evaluation:

• Total for page is $61.94 with is $2,530.25 in today's dollars/

David Sanders' Mill Account books from the 1840s Book 1 page 4 to 6

 

Page 4 Mill Records - D Sanders

Page 5 Blank

Page 6: 1846 June and July

Transcription:

Page 4

Mill Records - D. Sanders

Page 6

1846 Grain Account

June         Austin + Greeves Craft D.

20th         To 4 bushels corn 3.60

24th         C by Drawing Board

                Easthampton         8.08

                To 4 bushels corn last April 3.60

25th         To 4 bushels corn 3.60

27th         John Wood D.

        To 3 bushels corn 2.70

        Joseph Marsh D.

        To 3 bushels corn 2.55

        C by charge to D Sanders 2.55

July         Austin Craft C

7th         by carry Meed Haydenville 1.07

        Joseph B Alileot D.

        To 2 bushels Procenter 1.12

        Austin Craft D.

13th         To 4 bushels corn 3.40

Paid         Rufel Wait D.

        To 1 Bushes corn    85

Paid         Richardson D.

20         To 2 Bushels corn 1.60

Evaluation:

•  Total is $34.72 which is equal to $1,418.31 in todays dollars

David Sanders' Mill Account books from the 1840s Book 1 page 3

Page 3, 1849 Grain for hens

 Transcription of Page 3

1849 Grain for hems

Jan 1st         ½ bushel broomseed ground 0.31

      5th         1 bushel buckwheat ground    62

      15th 1 bushel broomseed    25

      23rd 1 bushel broom proved            50

Feb 1st         2 bushel                 1.20

        17         1 bushel proved [ILLEGIBLE]    62

March 1st 1 bushel ground broomseed    58

17         1 bushel                    58

31         1 bushel broom ground            58

                        5.24

April    29th 1 bushel b ground            58

May 11th         1                    58

22th                 1                    58

26th                 1                    58

Evaluation:

• $7.56 total income, $308.82 in today's dollars

David Sanders' Mill Account books from the 1840s Book 1 page 2

Page 2, 1847 July Grain Sold out of the mill

 

Transcription of Page 3

1847 July Grain sold out of the Mill

|| M. Abbot 1 bushel rye                                       1.12
+M. Ruaph Provende                                        X1.50
X James Beefrer % corn1.50 Buckwheat.50    X2.00
X Col Harwood 2 bushels corn                        X2.00
Col Harwood 2 bushels corn                               1.80
| M. Abbot 2 bushels [ILLEGIBLE]                   1.30
XStranger 1 ½ bushels corn                             X1.35
XM. Oeutt 2 bushels corn                                X1.80

Evaluation:

• Total value $12.87 (today's value: $493.69 in value today)

David Sanders' Mill Account books from the 1840s Book 1 page 1

 

Front Cover of David Sanders' Account Book

These have been sitting on my shelf for years and I have been meaning to transcriber them  They are the account books for the flour mill my 3rd Great-Grandfather David Sanders had in Whately, MA,  I will do my best o transcribe them accurately but there are some words I just can't decipher and those will be marked with [ILLEGABLE] tag.  The front cover of the book had some writing on it, but it is to faded to read.  You will also see references to my 2nd Great-grandfather Benjamin Franklin Reed in the book.

 

Inside cover of the account book

Transcription of Page 2

Cash lent to B.F. Reed     For Shingles to Melham 12.50     For E H Weed fo corn 8.83 1848 Billing + Dwight           5.00 [ILLEGIBLE] for Mr Jenny  5.00 Mr. Field         13.20 G by cash $5.71 18.20                                                         5.71                                                         12.49 Lent to Sanders + Reed 25 ⅕         41         66 ½ Seend Wells D. To 105 inch 308

Evaluation:

• B.F. Reed is my second great grandfather
• for 1848, You can multiple the dollars by 39.82 to covert it to a value in 2024 dollars.  Therefore the $66.50 lent to Sanders + Reed would be $2,648.03 today

Champs Elysees Avenue, Paris, France 1919

Champs Elysees Avenue, Paris, France 1919

 

Murat Castle, Wilson's Home, Paris, France 1919

Murat Castle, Wilson's Home, Paris, France 1919

 

Place Concord, Paris, France, 1919

Place Concord, Paris, France 1919

 

Des Long Champs, Buis de Boulnge, Paris, France, 1919

Des Long Champs, Buis de Boulnge, Paris, France, 1919

 

Champs Elysees Avenue Towards Arc de Triumph, Paris, France 1919

Champs Elysees Avenue Towards Arc de Triumph, Paris, France 1919

 

Boat on the Seine River, Paris, France 1919

Boat on the Seine River, Paris, France 1919

 

Champs Elysees Avenue, Paris, France 1919

Champs Elysees Avenue, Paris, France 1919

 

Dirigible over Paris, France 1919

Dirigible over Paris, France, 1919

 

Cafe near the Barracks, Paris, France, 1919

Cafe near the Barracks, Paris, France, 1919

 

Grand Palais, Paris, 1919

Grand Palais, Paris, France 1919

 

on Quai D'orsay, Latin Quarter, Paris 1919

on Quai D'orsay, Latin Quarter, Paris, France 1919

 

Notre Dame, Paris, 1919

 

Notre Dame, Paris, France 1919

Through back to some photos of Paris: Boat on the Seine 1919

 Sorry for the gap in posting but the property has taken a lot of time this year.  The Paris Olympics made me thing of the photos my grand father took after World War 1 so I thought I would repost them.

Boat on the Seine, Paris, France 1919

The Putnam Apple

 

The Putnam Apple Tree, Springer Spaniel for scale, Palisade CO, April 2024 

It's been a bit since I've posted because we have been rather busy.  In September of last year we bought  2 acres in Palisade, CO and we are starting a Market Garden and building out a small guest house.  If you want to read about what we are doing, check out my wife's blog at https://www.palisadeposh.com/blog.  

I'm not sure if I've blogged about the Putnam Russet before but I've been wanting to and this is the perfect opportunity  The Putnam Russet's standard name is the Roxbury Russett.  According to Cummings Nursery, the Roxbury Russet is one of America's oldest apples.  It first grew on the farm Ebenezer Davis in Roxbury, MA around 1635.  It as brought to Marietta, OH and sold by Putnam Nursery under the names Putnam Russett and Marietta Russet. It is also called Shippers Russet, Belpre Russet, Boston Russet, Hewe's Russet, and Leather Coat. 

Again according to Cummings Nursery, this Late-season apple is large, green-gold, and covered with a fine russet that thickens toward the stem.  The flesh is hard, granular, and crunchy.  It is good for baking and cider making and has a sweet taste once it has been store for a bit.  I suspect the apple tree we had in our front yard in Marietta was a Putnam but I didn't realize it growing up. So, why am I talking about it now? Well we just received one from Cummings Nursery and planted it in our orchard.  

Fun little side not on our new property.  We moved in next to a Putnam.  Turns out her late husband and I were likely 8th or 9th cousins tracing back to New Salem(now Danvers), MA.

I hope to get back to blogging more regularly soon.  Lot of work to do here and I am still unpacking the genealogy documents.