Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Joel Campbell
Joel Campbell purchased gun powder and shot at the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago. He also purchased one-half bushel of salt.
This is the eponymous blog of Joel Campbell so it is only fitting that his purchases be featured. Over the fifteen months covered by the Day Book, Joel visited the store five times. This was his first visit to the Store in eight months. He shopped in December of the prior year, then once in January and again in February. Was there a reason for his long period of absence?
He would pay one final visit to the store in three weeks time.
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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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Joel's purchases of gun shot and salt may suggest that he planned to hunt for game and salt it for consumption during the winter months.
Joel would have been thirty-three years of age at this date (traditional date of birth) and supporting a family of at least seven including himself. He had three children under six years of age: Jemima (5), Ezekiel (4), and Nathaniel (1). Jonathan (the author's direct line) would not be born for another two years. Joel Jr. (13) and Joshua (7) were the older children. There may have been other children who survived child-birth and lived to this date (see alternate public genealogies), but no confirming evidence has been found.
You can read more about Joel's life and times in my recently published book, Yeoman of the Revolution.
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