1851Williamsburg,

May 29^th 1851	M^r Jacob C Sheldon	Paid
	to makeing making a fancy key to lock	.50$0.50
	to repairing large lock and made a key to same & fitted up 2 latches with a Knobb knob furnished to me	.75$0.75
May 31^th 1851	M^r David S Cowles	Paid
	to 6 days worck work of William	6.00$6.00
June 4^th 1851	Doct^r Robert P Waller	Paid
	to fixing a lock on table draw drawer & furnished screws.	.18¾$0.188
	to picking a desk lock	.25$0.25
	~~to makeing making a key to same~~
	~~to putting on same~~
June 4^th 1851	Received two dollars$2.00 of Sarah Stephens the same beeing be ing for house rent due this year Richard M Buckt.
June 7^th 1851	M^r David S Cowles	Paid
	to 6 days worck work of William	6.00$6.00
June 11^th	Charles Jarvis
	to 38 ft of coffin plank to make your wifeswife's coffin with at 4 ct.$0.04 credited by a sow pigg pig very poor and lousy	1.52 $1.52.75 $0.75.77$0.77
June 14^th	Doct^r Rober Robert P Waller	Paid
	to one draw drawer lock and screws	.37½$0.375
	to opening the draw drawer and put lock on same	.25$0.25
June 14^th	M^r David S Cowles	Paid
	to 4 days worck work of William on the weak week of the holaday holiday	4.00$4.00
June 14^th	M^rs Pierce formerly M^rs Vaughn	Paid
	to 2 bbl of strained putty & one of Plaster for $3.50 ct.$3.50 by agreement with her son	3.50$3.50
June 13^th 1851	I hired Phillis from M^r James Hocaday and she came to worck work on friday Friday the thirteenth at the rates of $30 dollar$30.00 a year

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