Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Green Nap
Lewis Bodine purchased three-quarter yard Green Nap from the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago.
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| Green Nap? Nap is linen used as tablecloth. |
Webster's 1828 Dictionary did not include a definition of 'nap' which matched with the fabric sold at the Colden Store. He did include the noun 'Napery' which he defined as 'Linen for the table; table cloths or linen cloth in general.' Caulfeild's 1887 Dictionary of Needlework further explains that the French term is 'Nappe, a tablecloth.'
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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 had over twenty sales of Nap (Napt) Cloth including Green (5), Blue(1), and Scarlet (1). Nap was fairly expensive at six to twenty-four shillings per yard.
The Bodine surname appeared sixty-four times in the DayBook. Two Bodine homes appear in the Galatian map of 1798. They are underlined in green below.
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| 1798 Galatian map of Montgomery showing Bodine homes in Green. |
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