Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Stockings
Robert and Alexander Kidd purchased one pair of stockings on this day, 250 years ago. This was only one of the twelve items purchased by them on this day. The other eleven were all fabrics, thread, and buttons.
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| 18th Century Linen Stockings. Image Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg |
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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.
I mentioned in prior blogs that the community near the Colden Store made most of their own clothing. But the store did sell finished and luxury wear such as handkerchiefs, gloves, hats, cravats, and stockings.
In the prior seven months, Colden sold about 35 pairs of stockings (almost always spelled as 'Stockens'). They were described as 'Cotton,' 'Woled[Woolen?],' 'Milld,' 'Worsted,' and 'Fitted.' They were priced between five-and-one-half shillings and ten-and-one-half shillings.
Colden also purchased about eight pounds of 'Stocking Yarn' from the local yeomen. This was probably linen yarn spun from locally grown flax fibers. Whether this was used locally to make stockings or was exported by Colden is not known.
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