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W8287 ACCOUNT FOR LUMBER AND REPAIRS TO DR. MCQUESTENS HOUSE CHARGED TO L.D. SAWYER AND CO.
May 26 1871
To: Dr. McQuesten Hamilton, Ontario
From: L.D. Sawyer and Co. Hamilton, Ontario


May 26, 1871
Repairs done on Dr. McQuestens House

Lumber got of L.D. Sawyer & Co.= $52.39
Do got of M. Brennan= $58.75
Carpenters time 78 1/4 days at $1.75= $136.94
44 hours of Circular saw & Planer a 40c/ = $17.60
7 1/2 days of labour at 1.00= $7.50
Teaming eight boards at 25c/= $2.00
Nails & Hardware= $9.15
Blacksmith work = $1.00
Delay Pak 50c/ Slates 50c/= $1.00
Paid for use of Staying Pales= $2.00
[Total] $288.33

Turnbull Clues bill for Tin work= $85.89
J. Webster's bill for Mason work= $43.75
M. Penningtons bill for Paint, Oil & c.= $68.33 1/2
29 1/2 days of Paints at 1.25= $36.87 1/2
20 1/4 days of Paints at 1.00 = $20.25
4 days of foreman Paints at 2.00= $8.00
[Total] $263.10
$263.10 [+ 288.33] = $551.43

Charged by L.D. Sawyer & Co. in book after May 26/71


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 W8286.




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