Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Final Day of Day Book Entries & Sealing Wax
The last dated entries in the DayBook were on this day, 250 years-ago. The 450 pages of the bound Day Book were totally filled. The last three entry pages contained no columnar lines. Those vertical lines appeared to be part of the original ledger and not added by Colden.
There is no indication that the activities of the store stopped after this date. The store activity appeared normal leading up to this date. It is assumed a new Day Book was started, but did not survive.
Robert Goodjion purchased one stick of sealing wax.
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| Sticks of Sealing Wax |
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| Wax Seal and Wax Stamp |
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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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Webster defined 'Sealing Wax' in his 1828 dictionary as 'A compound of gum lac and the red oxyd of mercury; used for fastening a folded letter and thus consealing the writing, and for receiving impressions of seals set to instruments. Sealing wax is hard or soft, and may be of any color.'
Sealing wax was only sold on two occasions at the Colden Store.
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Jay for doing all of this. I have read each one every day and have learned a lot about how our ancestors lived and the conditions in the day to day lives of our folks. I will miss learning about the daily transactions at the store and your research into the individuals and families of the neighborhood.