Williamsburg 1854

Dec^rDecember 27 1854	Reverend Parson George Willmer	Paid
	to makeingmaking a neat maho- -gany coffin for your mother	35.00$35.00
	to makeingmaking a case & dou- ble top for same	5.00$5.00
	to diggindigging grave for same	2.00$2.00
	to 6 yards of flannellflannel for shroud at 50 ct.$0.50	3.00$3.00
	to 2 yards of white ribbon	.16¾$0.168
	to makeingmaking shroud for Do	1.50$1.50
Dec^rDecember 28 1854	York County Parish^Paid
	to makeingmaking a coffin for M^rMr. Tinny	3.00$3.00
Dec^rDecember 28 1854	M^rMr.George Jackson com- ^Paid
	menced worckwork for me on tuesdayTuesday morning the twelthtwelfth of December 1854 at one dollar$1.00 a day and he found himself as the days was very short by agreement with him he made the first weak week 5 days	5.00$5.00
	second weakweek up to the twenty third at night 6 days at $1$1.00	6.00$6.00
		$11.00$11.00
	he had from me in the coarsecourse of that time one hog waid weighted 118 lbs pounds at 6½ ct.$0.065 a lbpound	7.67$7.67
	to cash on saturdaySaturday night the 23 in cash	5.00$5.00
	to 4 lbspounds of sasage sausage meetmeat at 12½ $0.125	.50$0.50
	to one Turkey gobler by agreement	1.00$1.00
		$14.17$14.17
	M^rMr.George Jackson came	Paid
	to worckwork again on tuesdayTuesday the day after ChristmassChristmas day and made 5 days that weakweek at one dollar$1.00 a day	5.00$5.00
	and he received from me in cash $2.50 ct.$2.50 & one turkey again for newyers dayNew Years Day	3.50

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