James Madison Papers

Receipt of Payment for Carriage Equipment, [3 February 1810]

Receipt of Payment for Carriage Equipment

[3 February 1810]

1810 Coll. Robert Patten for the President of the United States, Dr, to Robert Fielding
febr. 3. 1810 To 3 new full plated Globes for the Chariot  30,—
six ℔ of the best wax canoles1 for do   4,80
a Case for do. & Porterage   2,—
$36,80
Recd payment from Coll Patten

Rob,t. Fielding

Ms (DLC).

1Canole: a variant spelling of cannel, a hard bituminous coal that burns very brightly; also sometimes written channel and, more frequently, candle (OED Online description begins Oxford English Dictionary, www.oed.com. description ends ).

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