Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Rasp
Higons Conklin [Higone Conkling] purchased a rasp at the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago.
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| Rasp used to shape horse's hoof. Image Courtesy of Belinda Hankins Miller. |
Webster's 1828 Dictionary defined a rasp as 'a large rough file; a grater.' A rasp found work in the carpentry trade, but because of the mention of a horse in this entry, this rasp might have been used as a farrier's tool.
The farrier or blacksmith used the rasp to trim the hooves of horses.
The Day Book only records two sales of rasps.
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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 added a note to the sale of the rasp to Conklin: "NB he put a horse to Pasture." Could this indicate that Conklin cared for Colden's horses? Perhaps Conklin not only trimmed Colden's horses' hooves with his rasp, but provided pasture for them?
The Conklin (Conkling, Conklin, Conclen, Concklin) surname appeared twenty-eight times in the Day Book. The only given name was Higans (Heggins, Higens, Higons, Hegans). He was represented on occasion by his wife or boy.
The Conklin name was not uncommon in the Newburgh area. Joel Campbell (eponym of this blog) served in Captain Jacob Conklin's company of Ulster County Militia during the Revolutionary War. It was known as the 'West Newburgh Company' and was recruited from those living in eastern Hanover Precinct. The relation between Jacob and Higans Conklin is unknown to the author. Read more in my book, Yeoman of the Revolution.
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