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Parry, Elizabeth

Her Bill of Cost in the Time of Her Lying in of an Eligetimate Child

(New England, ca. 1730) Remarkable manuscript bill which details the cost incurred by Elizabeth Parry during the time of her pregnancy. The bill includes the cost of midwife, her food and board, sugar, bread and spice, linen for the child's clothing, fire wood, two trips to Boston by a man who worked for Ms. Parry during her time of lying in. Finally the bill includes the cost of "The time spent to go to the authourity to mak complaint of Edward Dix the father of my abuve said child." The bill is signed by Ms. Parry, and witnessed by John Phillips, Joseph Lynde, Jonas Bond and Edward Emerson Small 8vo. 1 page. Preserved in a cloth autograph album. Fine

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