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Williamsburg, 1850,

January 1850    
January 7th Mr Peter Powell Paid
  to 4 & ½ days worckwork of my
carpenter William at $1.25$1.25		 5.62 ½$5.625
  to 122 ft of plank at 3 ct. a foot$0.03
numbers as follows 8=16=16=34=16=16=16 		 
JanJanuary 12th 1850 Mr W W Vest Paid
  to putting in 3 painspanes at houshouse .18 ¾$0.188
  to to 3 at store at 6 ¼ ct. $0.062 fixing gate 0.31 ¼$0.312
JanJanuary 12th1850 Mr William Waller Paid
  to one drawdrawer lock .25$0.25
  to putting on same .12 ½.12 ½
  to one wardrobe lock .31 ¼$0.312
  to putting on same .12 ½$0.125
  to glueinggluingKnobbknob and put it on .06 ½$0.062
  to makeingmaking a trundle bedstead 2.50$2.50
JanyJanuary21th 1850 Docr Robert P Walker Paid
  to takeingtaking off parlor lock
repaired same and put it on again 		.37 ½$0.375
JanyJanuary 21 th 1850 Mr William W Vest Paid
  to repairing front door lock .50$0.50
  to repairing & makeingmaking a roller
to easy chair and put on same 		.50$0.50
  to repairing divan (or small sofa) .50$0.50
  to repairing banister in cribbcrib .06 ¼$0.062
FebrFebruary 2th1850 Coln Robert McCandlish for
Mrs ColemansColeman's house 		Paid
  to 201 ft of merchantable plank
for scaffold at 2 ½ ct. a ft $0.025		 5.02 ½$5.025
  to 70 ft of cornish & facia & steps at 3 ct.$0.03 2.10$2.10
  to 10 days worckwork of my man
William at $1.25$1.25 a day by agreement 		12.50$12.50
FebrFebruary 16th 1850 Coln Robert McCandlish Paid
  to 63 ft of plank at 2 ½ ct. $0.025 1.57 ½$1.575
  to 58 ft for checking & sash at 3 1.74$1.74
  to a piece of timber for window sills .87 ½$0.875
  to a piece of flooring for valey boards .63 ½$0.625
  to 11 ½ days worckwork of my man William
$1.25 ct. $1.25		 14.37 ½$14.375