Williamsburg 1859

March 22 1859	M^rMr. John Armestead^Paid to one metalic coffin for your wife to a case for same to makeingmaking Making a case for same [illeg.] 1859	90.00$90.00 5.00$5.00 10.00$10.00
March 29 1859	M^rMr. John A Henly to worckwork in the cof hindlng
March 19 1859	Estate of Bradbery^{Paid by Pleasant Bradbery his brother} on queensQueens Creek to makeingmaking a coffin for hims- elf and had to carry it to the landing	6.00$6.00
April 6 1859	M^rMr. Peter Powell for Peter^{Paid by PT Powell Sept^rSeptember 9 1859} to a first rate black walnut coffin lined and trimedtrimmed with a case by agreement to a arch board for grave to turn the brick worckwork on	40.00$40.00 3.00$3.00
April 10 1859	Eastern Lunatic Asylum^Paid to 257 lbs of oats in the hay at to 3 bushellsbushels of seed oats at 75 ct.$0.75	$2.57$2.57 2.25$2.25
April 1859	Estate of Polly Gillett^Paid to a raistopraised-top lined and trimedtrimmed coffin for herself neatly finished to a plank to go over the coffin	15.00$15.00 1.00$1.00
May 2 1859	M^rMr. George C Richardson^Paid to makeingmaking a neat lined and trimedtrimmed raistopraised-top coffin for his daughter (M^rsMrs.Jones) by his direction to a neat case for same	15.00$15.00 5.00$5.00
April 6 1859	M^rMr. Little Berry G Waddell to makeingmaking a coffin for your son to makeingmaking a case to Do	15.00$15.00 5.00$5.00

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