This weekend I paid a visit to the Missisquoi Museum in Quebec and came across another small item of interest regarding this particular James Schoolcraft. The Museum recently obtained the loan of two ledgers from Philip ruiter's store in Philipsburg. Within them I located a small acount in the name of James Schoolcraft. James is known to have been in the Missisquio Bay area around 1795, possibly a little earlier. The next record of him that I had located was 1813 when he had returned to Vermont. It was not until 1825 that he came back to Quebec and settled in St. Ignace de Stanbridge. The ledger record shows that in 1800 he was actually still in the Bay area and was living on South River. That probably means he was at either Mandigo's Landing or Mitchel's Landing in Noyan. This is a substantial distance from Philip ruiter's store and would have entailed 4 or 5 miles road travel to a ferry trip, also of about 4 or 5 miles. While that may not seem far today, these were dirt roads with a cart doing about 2 mph and a boat of similar speed. i.e. half a day's travel each way, maybe even requiring an overnight stop in Philipsburg. 1800 March 5th By 1/2 Bushel Pease by James Schoolcraft 2 6 April 14 By cash 6 June 23rd By cash left by Mr. Schft of South river for fulling Cloth 34 yds - suppond at 10d pr. yd 28/4 1 8 4 ---------- By drefs my Cloth last fall is 1 ---------- 2 11 4 NOTE: If you are trying to check the tally, the currency is £ s. d. where 12 pence [d.] equals 1 shilling [s.] and 20 shillings [s.] equals 1 pound [£].