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W8285 TO JAMES WEBSTER FROM L.D. Sawyer and Co. for supplies for Dr. McQuesten's house.
May 12 1871
To: James Webster Hamilton, Ontario
From: L.D. Sawyer and Co. Hamilton, Ontario


Hamilton 12 May 71
L.D. Sawyer & Co. Dr= to James Webster

to materials & time at Dr. McQuestens residence 12 1/2 days of 1 mason at $2.75c. a = $34.3 1/2
12 1/2 to 1 labourer- 1.23 = $3.12 1/2
1 load of stone- 1.30= $1.30
1 load of sand = $1.23
10 bushels lime at 25c. a bush= $2.30
Beach sand = $1.00
[Total] $43.73.

Pd. James Webster

1 For more accounts of repair work done to Dr. McQuesten's house at 41 Jackson Street in Hamilton (Whitehern), please see the following documents: W8286 and W8287.


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