Williamsburg 1855

Feb^rFebruary 23 1855	Estate of M^rMr. William Bacon or M^rMr. William Gillham his son in law himself as he was responsible to me for it by agreement to makeingmaking a neat lined and trimed trimmed raistopraised-top coffin for him ^self	15.00$15.00
Feb^rFebruary 24 1855	M^rMr. George Jackson worckedworked^Paid all this weakweek up to saturdaySaturday night the twenty fourth and iI paid him in cash	5.00$5.00
March 2 1855	M^rMr. Joshua Walker^Paid to 2 white pine plank at 50 ct.$0.50 each	1.00$1.00
March 3 1855	M^rMr. George Jackson worckedworked^Paid all this weakweek for me up to saturdaySaturday night the third of March and he had one shanghie Shanghai chicken	.50$0.50
	and cash paid him	10.00$10.00
March 8 1855	M^rMr. Alexander Powell^{Paid Paid} to 250 shingles at 75 ct. $0.75 a hundrhundred	1.87½$1.875
March 10 1855	M^rMr. George Jackson worckedworked^Paid all this weakweek for me up to saturdaySaturday night the tenth
9March 9 1855	and on fridayFriday iI let him have a hog waidweighed 122 lbspounds at 8 cent$0.08 a lbpound	9.76$9.76
13March 13 1855	and on the thirteenth iI paid him in cash	5.00$5.00
March 10 1855	M^rsMrs. Elizabeth P W ^{Paid Paid} Hockady to one bblbarrel flour $10.00$10.00 for by an old gig	10.00$10.00
March 12 1855	M^rsMrs. A Wynn^Paid to makeingmaking a coffin for your man Tom (on sundaySunday)	5.00$5.00
	to diggindigging Grave & funeral expenses (cart horse & boy)	2.00$2.00

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