Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Claret
David Parshel purchased a bottle of Claret for two-and-one-half shillings at the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago. Claret was the term used by the British up to the 18th century to decribe a red wine of the Bordeaux region of southwest France. Webster defined it in 1828 as "A species of French wine, of a clear pale red color."
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| Claret, English silver bottle ticket, by Sandylands Drinkwater, circa 1740 or 1750. Image courtesy of R. de Salis, Rodolph |
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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.
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Colden did not sell very much wine at his store. In the prior year he had about ninety wine transactions (compared to more than a thousand sales of rum) which were almost always sold in units of quarts or gallons. It is presumed that much of this was Madeira wine.
Today's sale of 'Claret' is the only one recorded in the prior year in the DayBook. It is also only one of three wine sales in 'bottles.'
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