[corns] THE TALBOT PAPERS 79 
(The following are copies of entries in one of Colonel Talbot’s note books, 
all in his handwriting) : 
(On inside of cover, at opening of book) 
Credit Sorter, six Dolrs, 4s. York for Hinton. 
11th July 1804 lent Sorter to buy Tobacco, one Dolr. 
13th July Sorter and Chase went to Kettle River to mow at a Dolr. per day 
23d Sorter & David went to mow in the Ever.! 
15 
4 
20th July settled with Sorter. balance due him 1s. 
22d July 1804 lent Sorter 2 Dolrs. 
The following are the entries in the notebook. 
N.Y.C.2 
1804 “James WHiTTon $ JE 8. d. 
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ATMO Gils UOICAS Myre DASERAISEUENR fee RUE EUR NE) ETC EP AA RCE 5 10 ‘A 
DAtie Nove elo vounes \billiofiSundriess AMENER ATEN 5 12 6 
Do. To Crooks 5 Do 1D 3 AA i AS eto Sa AERA eR 89 19 7 
Do. To Cummings DOR tie Voy sce ER RE AR GRAN À 2 Lo A D not Ps 3 15 6 
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Dome Lom BUShTOR SAIS ASE PE ANNEE ee SE Aly 16 

1 Abbreviation for Kettle River probably. 
2 New York Currency, 8 shillings to the dollar. 
3 A Niagara carpenter and builder, employed by Colonel Talbot, to go to Port 
Talbot to erect a dwelling, &c. 
4 Cornwall Ellis, first settler at Port Rowan (about 1802), a great hunter and 
trapper. 
5 Probably ‘‘ Young’s Store,” Vittoria. 
6 Crooks Brothers, merchants of Queenston. 
7 Probably Robert Nichol of Port Dover, afterward M.P.P. and Quarter Master 
General of Militia during the war of 1812. 
