Received the Eleaventh Day of the fourth month
called June one thousand six hundred seaventy
and five of John Test citizen and Cordwayner
of London the sume of ffive pounds sterling -- which
is the same sume of ffive pounds --
menconed and expressed as the consideration
money in a certain deed poll made frome me
William Malster of the Citty of Westminster wth
in the Kingdom of England gent Katherin
his wife and Ffrancis Bowyer of Frer
in the County of Buckingham within the said
Kingdom of England spinster sister unto the
aforesaid Katherine to the said John Teſt


I say received



  By William Malster
Witness hereto  
   
Richard Noble Katherin Malster
Edward Wade  
John Smith Frances Bowyer
James Garfeild  












Source: Salem, New Jersey Historical Society

The Malster Receipt


This receipt was very important to John Test or John Teſt as it is written at the end of the receipt. It was written on leather -- parchment.

He kept the receipt his entire life and it was preserved by his hiers. Eventually the Salem Historical Society acquired it.

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About the Long ‘ S ’


Notice the second appearance of the name ‘John Teſt’:


The ‘s’ here is called a long s. It was typical printing from the 15th - 18th century. Here's a snippit from the Declaration of Independence as it was first printed.