Williamsburg, 1851

January 4^th 1851	Messers Sands & Cowles^Paid
	to 3 days worck work of my man William at one dollar$1.00 a day	3.00$3.00
9^th	to 4 days worck work of my man William at one dollar$1.00 a day up to thirsday Thursday night	4.00$4.00
January 10^th 1851	M^r William W Vest	Paid
	putting in 14 pains panes glaſs glass at 6¼ ct.$0.062	.87½$0.875
January 10^th 1851	M^r Lemual J Bowden	Paid
	to cutting 7 pains panes glaſs glass at 1 ct.$0.01 a side	.07$0.07
January 16^th 1851	M^r William W Vest	Paid
	to putting on a hinge on glaſs glass door at store	.12½$0.125
	to putting on a bolt on same	.12½$0.125
January 10^th 1851	Messers Barrett & Brother	Paid
	Rented a room in my new house to them at $3$3.00 a month
	to one load of oak wood at	.50$0.50
January 16 1851	Doc^r Robert P. Waller	Paid
	Rented him a bed to day at one dollar$1.00 a month or a dollar$1.00 for a shorter time if he keep it for less than a month
January 19^th 1851	M^r William W Vest	Paid
	to putting a handle on tap boarerborrer out of a piece of hickory	.12½$0.125
January 20^th 1851	M^r Jacob C Sheldon	Paid
	to putting 2 screws in knobs to lock	.12½$0.125
January 21^th 1851	Messers Barrett & Brother	Paid
	to one load of wood & cut up same	.62½$0.625
January 21^th 1851	M^r H W Lee	Paid
	to raising up floor to store	1.00$1.00
January 21^th 1851	M^r Turner Christian	Paid
	to one Bacon ham 12 lbs at .12½ ct.$0.125	1.50$1.50
	to 100 lbs of Bacon hams at 12½ ct.$0.125	12.50$12.50

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