Williamsburg 1855

January 1 1855	M ^rMr. James Shell Paid
	to makeingmaking a small coffin for your child (lined)	3.00$3.00
January 1 1855	M^rMr. John B Cosnehan Paid
	to putting up and furnished strips and nailesnails to four cornish for windows with curtains at 62½ ct.$0.625 each	2.50$2.50
January 2 1855	M^rMr.Wiliam W Vest^Paid
	to 20 sawdsawed railesrails at 20 ct.$0.20 each	4.00$4.00
	to 46 ftfeet of white pine plank at 3$0.03	1.38$1.38
6January 6 1855	to 4 days worckwork of M ^rMr. G Jackson	6.00$6.00
	to 4 days worckwork of my boy at 50 ct.$0.50	2.00$2.00
	to 4 days worckwork of myself at 1.50$1.50	6.00$6.00
January 8 1854	Estate of M^rsMrs. Deunefville^Paid
	on York river to makeingmaking a neat raistopraised-top coffin for herself lined & trimed	15.00$15.00
	to case for same	5.00$5.00
	to Boy horse & Gig	2.50$2.50
January 8 1855	Pay Patient fund at the Eastern Lunatic AsylemAsylum^Paid
	to one metallic coffin for Doctor Good by agreement	50.00$50.00
	to case for same	5.00$5.00
JanJanuary 6 1855	M ^rMr. George Jackson worckedworked all day on saturdaySaturday for me ^Paid	1.00$1.00
January 9 1855	M^rsMrs.Catharine Coleman to 5 knewnew china dishes at 75 ct.$0.75 Paid	3.75$3.75
January 10 1855	M^rMr. Jacob C Sheldon to cutting shorter a settset of crutches for M^rsMrs. Sheldon^Paid	.25$0.25
January 12 1855	M^rMr. George Jackson worckedworked 6 days this weakweek at $1$1.00 a day	6.00$6.00
	and iI paid him $5$5.00 in cash and settled $2$2.00 with M^rMr. Whitaker for him	7.00$7.00

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