Daybook of J. Morgan, 1824

This excerpt from the daybook of John Morgan shows the accounts of a custom shoemaker. It is included as a contrast to the accounts mentioned above. Morgan makes and mends shoes and boots for specific customers and charges accordingly. The two types of shoe makers co-existed in communities in the early 19th century.

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Beverly, January 1, 1824
John Morgan’s Day Book¹
First

X	Cr. Josiah Lovett to soling2 Augustus boots	0.44
X	Cr. Eben Smith to Balance due on settlement3	3.34
X	Cr. Daniel Cross tot soling pair of boos	0.28
X	Cr. Benj. Pierce to Balance due on a settlement	1.25
X	Cr. Henry Sewards to soling & welting4 your boots	1.37
X	Cr. Abraham Coldwell to soling & welting4 your boots	0.42
X	Cr. Abraham Lord to Balance due on settlement	0.80
X	Cr. Abraham Coldwell to soling 2 prs. shoes at 50 & 30 ct.	1.12
X	Cr. Elliot Hoodberry to pair bootees	4.75
X	Cr. Samuel Ives to making your boots	2.00
X	Cr. Joanna Stove to your son’s calfskin shoes	0.20
X	Cr. Jesse Sheldon to mending your boots	0.20
X	Cr. Ezra Foster to mending your boots	0.13
X	Cr. Benjamin Bunker to soling your boots	0.75
X		0.62
X		2.33
X		0.50
X		0.58
X		0.37
X		0.10
X		0.87

1 Day book = book of dealings with money
2 “soling” = “soling” putting on a sole or bottom of a shoe, could be finishing a shoe where someone else has sewn the upper part, or could be re-soling an old shoe
3 “Balance due on settlement” = settling up the money owed to Mr. Morgan
4 “Welting” – a narrow strip of leather put between the sole and the upper part of the shoe to reinforce the seam
5 “Bootees” – short boots

Citation

John Morgan’s Day Book (1824), pg. 1. Beverly Historical Society, Beverly, MA. *

*now Historic Beverly

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