Account of wages and boarding/Pierre Van Cortlandt /George Tomkins

Name/Title

Account of wages and boarding/Pierre Van Cortlandt /George Tomkins

Entry/Object ID

HHV 002.510

Subject

subcontracting payments

Subject Person/Organization

Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814)

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Peekskill, New York

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manuscript Collection

Letter Details

Letter Date

1795

Transcription

Transcription

CATALOG NUMBER V 1710 C OBJECT NAME Account - wages and boarding DATE May 1795 to 1797 AUTHOR Pierre Van Cortlandt RECIPIENT George Tomkins MEDIUM Paper, ink PEOPLE Fergerson Crawfort [Crawford?], Jasper Drake, Samuel Cromwell, Rhuben Gale, “Jeffers”, “Hoyt”, “Chapman”, John Denike, ?? Brackett, Wing Gugen, Axeltree, PLACES mill, sloop, house KEYWORDS blacksmith, grindstone, Mill construction, boarding, labor, wages, “Hauber”, sloop, chimney, CONTEXT: https://crotonhistory.org/2015/03/10/a-croton-river-disaster-197-years-ago-today/ 1795 George Tomkins Acct ___ ___ May 22 to 19 ½ day work boarding myself £ 12. 3. 9 To 15 ½ Days world of Fergus d’o 6.11. 3 To 11 ½ Days of Cromwell 4. 0. 6 To 11 ½ Days of [Bush] 3. 6. 0 22 to 11 Days of Drake 3. 6. 0 To a Grindstone .16.0 To 9 ½ Days boarding Cromwell 1. 1. 2 To 1o Days work of myself d’o 6. 5. 0 To 6 Days of Fergus 2.11. 0 April 23 To 37 Days work of Fergus 12.19.0 To boarding Gale 2 week 1.12.0 April .1796 Paid Gale for work at the mill 1.12.0 55.18.6 30. to 4 Days work of myself 2. 8. 0 To 3 Days work of Sam’l [Astin] . 6. 0 To 3 ½ Days of Fergus 1.15.0 June 4. to 13 Days of Sam 1. 6.0 To 27 ½ Days of myself 16.10.0 To 25 Days of Fergus 12.10.0 July 2. To 17 Days of Sam 1.14.0 To 21 Days of myself 12.12.0 [?] To 23 Days of Fergus 11.10.0 August.6. To 28 Days of Sam 2.16.0 To 30 Days of myself 18. 0.0 To 21 ½ Days of Fergus 10.15.6 To boarding Hauber 6 weeks + 2 Days 5. 0. 0 To D’o Hoyt 6 weeks 4.16.0 To D’o John Denike 7 weeks + 2 Days. 5.16.0 To boarding Taylor 1 week 16.0 To 98 Days work of Hauber at 5/ 24.10.0 188..18.6 No. 1[st?] [END OF PAGE 1] 1796 Account brought forward £ 188..18.6 Sept. 10 to 17 Days work of Sam 1.14.0 To 17 ½ Days d’o of myself 10.10.0 To 26 Days of Fergus 13. 0. 0 Octob’r.1. To 16 ½ of myself 9.18.0 To 18 d’o of Fergus 9. 0. 0 To 21 Days of myself 12.12.0 Nov’r. 20. To 6 Days of Fergus 3. 0.0 Boarding myself 21 weeks 16.16.0 Boarding Chapman d’o 16.16.0 d’o Forgus_____20 weeks 16. 0. 0 Paid Chapman for Shashes 7.10. 0 D’o Warren for blacksmith work 12. 0 To Get the Shaft 4 days work 1. 0. 0 To 20 Days work of Fergus 8. 0. 0 To mending L-[??]-key + Coachee 1.16.0 1797_ £ 317..2..6 Paid Bracket for Blacksmith work } For the new run of stones } 2.19.0 Boarding Bracket 9 Days .18.0 To Wing Gugen .19.10 To Axeltree of [Cart?] . 6. 0 To making Shelves to [Cart?] .16. 0 To 7 ½ Days work at the Sloop 3.15. 0 To 15 ½ d’o d’o at the House 6.19. 6 Paid Crum for blacksmith work 3.10. 0 Paid Jeffers for building Chimney } 6 Days work } 3.10.0 £ 340.15.10 No 1[st?] [END OF PAGE 2]

Transcriber

Kathryn Alexander

Language

English

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V 1710 C