[Dibley & Stringer’s Bill for Care of John Adams’ Horses.]
[from the Diary of John Adams]

[Dibley & Stringer’s Bill for Care of John Adams’ Horses.] 1

John Adams Esqre. Dr. to Wm. Dibley & Stringer
1775			£	s	d
June	28	To hay for two Horses 3/ Oats 2/		5:
	29	To Ditto to July 2d. 3 days hay 9/ Oats 9/		18:
July	2	To hay 3/ Oats 1/4		4:	4
	3	To ditto 3/ Oats 1/4		4:	4
	4	To Shoeing		4:	6
	4	To hay 5 days to July 9th. at 3/ a day		15:
		To Oats 5 days to July 9th. at 1/4		6:	8
	5	To Triming Horse		5:
	9	To hay 1/6 to Oats 1/6		3:
	10	To hay 10 days to 20 July at 3/	1:	10:
		To Oats 10 days to 20 July at 1/4		13:	4
	20	To hay 4 days to 24 July at 3/		12:
		To Oats 4 days to 24 July at 2/		8:
	24	To Oats 8			8
	30	hay 3/ Oats 3/		6:
	31	To hay 3/ Oats 3/ Aug. 1 to hay 3/ Oats 3/		12:
Aug.	2	To hay 3/ Oats 3/		6:
Aug.	32	To Oats		1:
		To Mr. Wrights Bill for Pasture.		10:	4	1/2
			£8:	5:	2	1/2
		Shoeing		8:	6
			8:	13:	8	1/2

Received August 1st. 1775 the within Account is full to the third Instant

Wm. Dibley

1. M-Ar: vol. 210. Endorsed by JA: “Dibley & Stringers Acct.”

2. If this date is correct, JA did not leave Philadelphia until 3 Aug., which would make his return to Braintree, where he evidently arrived on the 9th, a fast trip indeed. See note on Mrs. Yard’s Bill, preceding.

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Title: [Dibley & Stringer’s Bill for Care of John Adams’ Horses.]
Author: Dibley, William
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 28 June 1775 – 3 August 1775

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Cite as: “[Dibley & Stringer’s Bill for Care of John Adams’ Horses.] ,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/01-02-02-0005-0002-0005. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, vol. 2, 1771–1781, ed. L. H. Butterfield. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961, p. 166.]