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In 1810 the members of the First Church of Deerfield, Massachusetts, voted that "a new blank book be procured for the use of the church" into which the church records would be transcribed. The Reverend Samuel Willard (1776-1859) noted that the donations of silver should be recorded in the book
Particularly of a silver tumbler given by Mr. Samuel Barnard in 1723; of a small silver cup with two handle by Mrs. Hannah Beaman; of a silver tankard by Thomas Wells Esq. in 1750; of a silver tankard by Samuel Barnard Esq. 1765; of a silver tankard by Mr. Ebenezer Wells in 1758; of a silver tankard by Lieut. Elijah Arms 1802; & a christening basin & two cups each with two ...