Williamsburg 1857

January 27 1857	Estate of M^rMr. W^mWilliam M Jones^Paid to one metallic coffin and case with a breast plateingplating [illeg.] and funeral expenses	90.00$90.00
JanJanuary 29 1857	M^rMr. Albert Handkins^Paid to a first rate black walnut coffin for your wife with a case & silver handles	45.00$45.00
Feb^rFebruary 2 1857	Billy Coleman Colordcolored lent him 50 cents$0.50 as he is to go to worckwork for me as soon as the weather opens and becomsbecomes settled	.50$0.50
Feb^rFebruary 4 1857	Estate of M^rMr. Richard Whitaker^{Paid in full} to a first rate black walnut coffin with a case and silver handles	45.00$45.00
Feb^rFebruary 8 1857	Corporation Williamsburg^Paid to makeingmaking a coffin for Patsey White (Pauper)	3.50$3.50
	paid for diggindigging grave paid for carreying corpscarrying corpse to the ground	2.00$2.00 1.50$1.50
Feb^rFebruary 21 1857	Estate of Turner Christian or ^{Paid by M^rsMrs. Christian} to M^rMr. Christopher J. D. Pryor to makeingmaking a neat raistopraised-top Coffin with a case to same by agreement with M^rMr.C. J. D. Pryor and he became res- ponsible for the same at	15.00$15.00
Feb^rFebruary 25 1857	M^rMr. Abslem Charles^Paid to ½ gallon oysters paid on his account of wifes coffin	.25$0.25
March 3 1857	Doct^rDoctor Len Henly to makeingmaking a new key to stable door lock	.25$0.25

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