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Williamsburg,

Febr February 10th 1853 Eastern Lunatic AsylemAsylum Paid
  to making a first rate rais
top rais
ed top lined & trimmed coffin
for Mr Omein		 35.00$35.00
Febr February 12th 1853 Mr Richard Ford Paid by Young man
  to hire of my horse to
go to york York (for lady) 		1.00$1.00
Febr February 14th 1853 Estate of Mr John Peed Paid
  to making a neat raistopraised top
lined and trimmed coffin
with a case
the above coffin was made
by Captn A. Greens Green'sorder
which i I have in my desk
Mr Peed was on a visit to Captn
Green’s and went a hunting
on saturdaySaturdayand the 12 of Febr and
in drawning his gun after him
it hung in a bush behind him
and put the hole whole of the load
in his back and he died
about mid night sundaySunday
night, he was from Portsmouth
V,a, and they carried him
down on tuesday in the steam
boat steamboat
 to Portsmouth		 20.00
15.00$15.00
Febr February 15th 1853 Sam Olvis Jnr (black man)  
  to makeing making a common
coffin for Old Sawney, your man		 5.00$5.00
Febr 25th 1853 Mr Jackson Harwood at the vineyard (living) Paid
  to makeing making and trimming
a very neat raistopraised top Coffin
for your wife by agreement with your Brother Edward		 15.00
12.00$12.00
Feb. 25 1853 Mr Benjamine Benjamin Waller Paid
  to 4000 thousand shingles at 5½ ct.$0.055 22.00$22.00
  to 42 lbs pound nailes nails at 6¼ ct.$0.062 2.62½$2.625
  to 21 ft feet of cant or cornish cornice board at 4$0.04 .84$0.84
  to 64 ft feet of plank at 2½ ct.$0.025 1.60$1.60
  to 7 square & 62 ft feet of shingles at $1$1.00 7.62$7.62