Williamsburg 1855

July 18 1855	Judge George P Scarborough to makeingmaking a box to put a house in made of corn pith	1.00$1.00
	to 14 ftfeet of thin poplar for same at 3$0.03 cents a ft foot	.42$0.42
	to makeingmaking a box to pack side bordboard in joints open	1.00$1.00
	to 40 ftfeet of pankplank at 3 ct.$0.03	1.20$1.20
	to makeingmaking a neat box to put silver in 12 by 14 ininch and 2 ft feet long in Richmond	2.50$2.50
	to one pair of hinges and screws to one chest lock good to 10 ftfeet of clear stuff at 3$0.03 to repairing a trunk to furnishing screws & hingshinges^{to same} to repairing the lock	.37½$0.375 .50$0.50 .30 $0.30 .25$0.25 .37$0.37 .12½ $0.125
	to cutting and putting in a loockinglooking glass in frame	.12½$0.125
July 16 1855	M^rW^mWilliam W Vest to furnishing a shelf & brackettbracket in bathroom	Paid .50$0.50
	to cloathseclothes rack	.50$0.50
	to putting on a piece on double gate	.25$0.25
	to hanging gate to repairing of double gate & put on fastningsfastenings	.25$0.25 1.00$1.00
July 16 1855	Judge George P Scarborough^Paid to 4 ftfeet of plank for top	Paid .16$0.16
	to nailing down tops on 2 boxes at 12½ ct.$0.125 to plaining out the old names amd marke-mark- ing of boxes	.25$0.25
July 23 1855	ColⁿColonel Robert H Armestead^Paid to makeingmaking and trimingtrimming a neat coffin with a case for your little boy	10.00$10.00

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