Jenifer & Hooe - Index of Account Holders & Shoppers

1773-1774, Account Journal

With the Glassford & Henderson collection, only the ledgers, or the final document, remain.  The Hooe collection includes journals, or the daily accounting of purchases and payments made at the time.  Transcribing the Jenifer & Hooe Journal for 1773-1774 allows the recreation of the ledger for those years.  Similar to the Glassford Index of Account Holders, the index presented here required a careful examination of each transaction since the format is by day rather than by account holder.  This index also contains shoppers identified through the transactions. 
 

At present, the index of account holders includes 313 accounts.  Twelve accounts belong to women, of which only 1 (Elizabeth Hunter) also shopped at Glassford stores.  Seventeen accounts described specific goods and services as part of the store's operations, e.g. bags, tobacco, wheat, flour, etc.  Only one account was for the store's ship, Schooner John, and one account was notated as for someone deceased, William Lane, whose estate account was a continuation from the previous ledger. 

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The journal's transcription phase has completed and is at present being edited. Working with From the Page, History Revealed launched its Shopping Stories transcription effort in August 2021 and included this journal in February 2022.  Due to its size, the journal can be found in two Works on our Shopping Stories Transcription Project: Journal of Jenifer & Hooe (Folios 001-230) and Journal of Jenifer & Hooe (Folios 231-460).

In the hopes of helping researchers quickly find the people and places of interest to them, included in the index is the folio (page) connected to each account as identified with the original entries.  As of October 2025, we are excited to include a list of both account holders and all individuals found with purchases made by and on behalf of them as described in the entries (note that information about the shoppers will be updated at the completion of the editing phase).  The "Account" column tells you whether there is an account holder (yes) or just a shopper (no).

With the inclusion of the shoppers, an additional 562 names have been added to the list.  The number of women jumps to 84.  In addition, around 57 enslaved, or with an unknown status of enslavement, individuals have been identified making this journal an invaluable resource to historians and genealogists. 

Should you be interested, you can also find the original images through the New York Public Library's Digital Collections.  Stay tuned as we continue to learn more about the Jenifer & Hooe store and partnership in Alexandria, Virginia.