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W8286 TO M. BRENNEN FROM L.D. Sawyer and Co. for lumber for Dr. McQuesten's House.
May 15 1871
To: M. Brennen Hamilton, Ontario
From: L.D. Sawyer and Co. Hamilton, Ontario


Hamilton May 15 1871
Mr. L.D. Sawyer & Co.
M. Brennen Dr.

Feb 23 To 393 for 1/2 down 2 sides $20 = $17.96
Feb 25 To 5 pine 2x10 12 for $15 = $4.00
Feb 25 To 1 pine 8x10 16 for [?] = $1.06
Feb 27 To 247 feet [?] less 130 feet returned= [?]$15 = $1.63
Feb 27 To 112 feet 4x6 scaling $12, 2 fpr 6x6 [?]=240 = $4.70
Mar 1 To[/] 1 1/2 $20 = $3.12
Mar 18 To 486 1 1/2 [?] 12.15/$25 = $12.15
April 7 To 5 for 4x4 [??] = $1.92
April 7 To 2 for 8x10 of 147/911 3 lengths [??] 5.00 = $4.47
April 21 To 42 for [?] framing $25 = $1.05
April 24 To 1 for 8x12 10 feet 2 [?] 6x11 10 feet 216 from $17= $2.59
April 24 To 40 feet 3- [?] 40/1.00, 1 cedar pot 25c/20= $0.68
May 1 To Turning 2 drops 0.25, 12 cedar pots .25c/20 = $2.65
May 6 To 4 pieces 4x4 11 parts cedar $14 = $0.77
[Total]=$58.75


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: W8285 and W8287.




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