Williamsburg, 1851850

Dec^rDecember 13^th 1850	M^r William W Vest	Paid
	to 2 horse racks at 50 ct.$0.50 each	1.00$1.00
	to putting up and fixing same and window also	1.00$1.00
	to putting up a piece in the large stable to mend rack	.12½$0.125
14^th	to sharpening of tap borrer borer	.18¾$0.188
Dec^rDecember 12^th 1850	M^r James W Custis	Paid
	to putting down 12 ft of was- h wash board around 3 chimneys at 6¼ ct.$0.062 a ft	.75$0.75
	to putting down 8 ft of cap moulding on wash board around 2 chimneys at 3 ct.$0.03 a ft	.24$0.24
	to cutting 12 myters mitres in wash- board washboard and fit 6 ends up to marble mantles at .18¾ ct.$0.188 a miter	2.25$2.25
	to plugging and putting up 6 long beeds beads at the corners of chimneys to receive the plastering measuring 58 ft at 3 ct. $0.03 a ft	1.74$1.74
Dec^rDecember 19^th 1850	M^r John H Barlow	Paid
	to 3 hoggs hogs waighing weiging 510 lbs at $5½ ~~ct.~~ $5.50 a hundred ~~lbs~~	28.05$28.05
Dec^rDecember 21^th 1850	Messers Sands & Cowles	Paid
	to 6 days worck work of my man William at one dollar$1.00 a day	6.00$6.00
Dec^rDecember 24^{th 1850}	M^r Jacob C Sheldon	Paid
	to repairing of chamber door- lock doorlock and put it on again	.62½$0.625
Dec^rDecember 24^th 1850	M^r William West	Paid
	to mending mahogany chair	.25$0.25
	to putting up blocks for to hook curtains to	.50$0.50
Dec^rDecember 24^th 1850	Messers Vest & C^o	Paid
	to mending writing desk	.12½$0.125

From the Archives
Of Swem Library at the College of William and Mary