Williamsburg 1857

March 11 1857	Doctor Len Henley to one box of honey in the comb at one shilling a lb 17 lbs in the box	2.84$2.84
March 12 1857	M^rMr. Washington Bryant^{York County}^{Paid Paid} to makeingmaking a neat raistopraised-top lined & trimedtrimmed coffin for your wife	15.00$15.00
	to a case for same to conveyance to carry corpscorpse to the ground on and boy to drive	5.00$5.00 20.00$20.00 2.50$2.50
March 14	Billy Coleman a free colordcolored man worcked worked for me all this weakweek and did not make more than four days as it rained and snowed which made him looselose a good deal of time and he made about four days in all ^{at 62½ ct.$0.625}	2.50$2.50
	and iI paid him one dollar$1.00 in cash	1.00$1.00
March 18 1857	Kings Mill Estate^Paid to makeingmaking a coffin for Peter the black carpenter by the Order of M^rMr. W^mWilliam Edlow	5.00$5.00
March 21 1857	Doct^rDoctor Robert P Waller^Paid to furnishing cocanutcoconut hull and put a handle to same	.25$0.25
March 21 1857	Billy Colemanworckedworked this weakweek and made five days (as he was sick one) at 62½ ct.$0.625 a day is	3.12½$3.125
	and iI paid him on saturdaySaturday night the 21st in cash ($2.00$2.00) Billy is due me on shoat he sold for me to M^rsMrs. Anderson and lacked ^{one dollar$1.00}	2.00$2.00 1.00$1.00
March 27 1857	ColⁿColonel Mundford^Paid to 25 lbs of lard at 16¾ ct.$0.168 a lb	4.16¾$4.168
March 27 1857	Doct^rDoctor Robert P Waller^Paid to 60 bushellsbushelsbushells of coal at 35 cent$0.35 by agreement	21.00$21.00

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