Collections : [Westport Museum for History & Culture]

The accounts list work and goods provided by Daniel Sherwood, such as carting loads of corn, the use of Daniel's horse for a ride to another town, plowing fields, and providing bushels of potatoes, flax seed, pounds of butter, gallons of cider, goose meat, pork, veal, mutton, cheese and vinegar. There are also entries for people purchasing rum, brandy and sugar from Daniel. The accounts include transactions for "free Black" Caesar dating 1794 to 1799.