CLOTH! January 22, 1768 at the Colden Store, Coldengham, New York

Friday January 22, 1768
Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.

Cloth!  and Joel Campbell's 33rd birthday

According to family tradition, this day would have been the 33rd birthday of Joel Campbell. Many of you know that I am sceptical of this date, but it has been tradition for so long that I am going with it. Joel is the eponym of this blogsite, the subject of my recent book (bit.ly/JoelCampbellBook), and an occasional shopper at the Colden store. But he was not one of the eight shoppers on this day.

This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.

The shoppers on January 22nd were in a celebratory mood (likely not for Joel's birthday) as  seven of the eight purchased rum.  In fact, for half of them it was their only item! [Go here and search for "173-" to see all of the purchases on January 22, 1768] A prior blog discussed rum.

One of the shoppers, Jeames Stekeney (James Stickney?), purchased a representative group of sewing goods. See below:

The store carried many types of fabrics. Most of them are shown below along with the quantity sold in the prior five months.  The first four items are ribbon-like goods that were less expensive.  Linen, Shalloon, and Callico were the top fabrics in yardage sold. Descriptions of most of these fabrics can be found in the DayBook Dictionary.

Fabric	Yards Sold
Binding	224
Lace	23
Ribbing	8
Ferreting	6
Linen	108
Shalloon	86
Callico	62
"Cloth"	55
Flannel	53
Forest Cloth	45
Check	36
Nap Cloth	31
Cotton	29
Cotton	28#
Cambrick	24
Kersey	24
Osnaburg	21
Durant	19
Baize	18
Everlasting	17
Crape	16
Half Thicks	16
Persian	16
Stuff	16
Gimp	13
Buckram	11
Lawn	11
Swanskin	11
Rateen	10
Wilton	9
Shirting	7
Taffeta	4
Serge	3
Alamode (a silk)	2
Plaid	2

I made extensive use of the 1887 edition of Caulfeild's Dictionary of Needlework courtesy of Internet Archives in creating the DayBook Dictionary: http://archive.org/details/dictionaryofneed00caul

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