Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Nails and Brads
The Colden store sold 23 items on twelve different accounts on this date 250 years ago. Two of the items were nails. James Ward's daughter picked up 1# of nails and Higens Conkling bought 18# of nails.
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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.
Nails were a common item of sale at the store. In the prior six months, Colden sold over 800 pounds of nails! In most cases the price per pound was 10 pence. Lath nails and 4d nails sold for 16 pence per pound. Lath nails were more slender than regular nails and were used to attach the thin strips of wood called lath.
Brads were also sold. They were usually smaller and more slender as seen in the image below. They were sold by the 100 with the price varying from 3 to 9 pence. Only four sales of brads are recorded in the DayBook totalling 800 individual brads.
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| Colonial Brads (1-3) and Nails (4-5). Image courtesy of Williamsburg Coffeehouse Blog |
The large number of nails consumed by the community indicates that local construction activity was substantial.
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