Monies Expended on the President’s House, 1807, 31 December 1807
Abstract of Monies expended on Account of the Presidents House in the Year 1807 per Report No. 20,567—
To whom paid & for what purpose | N. of Voucher | Dolls Cts | ||
Ephraim Haines | 1 | 54 | 95 | |
Michael Shaffner | for clearing out the well | 2 | 6 | |
Alexander Cochrane | " Nails and other articles of hardware | 3 | 19 | 80 |
Peter Lenox | " hire of as Labourer for 5 days | 4 | 3 | 75 |
Roll Carpenters | " Work during October 1806 | 5 | 97 | 16 |
ditto | " ditto Novr. & Decr. 1806 | 6 | 91 | 25 |
ditto | " ditto January & February 1806 | 7 | 21 | 50 |
Peter Lenox | " Labour & Carting | 8 | 17 | 62 |
do. | " do— do. | 9 | 22 | 12 |
Robert Clarke | " painting & Colours for ditto | 10 | 585 | |
Henry Ingle | " Hardware | 11 | 42 | 4 |
James C. King | " Lumber | 12 | 12 | 64 |
Robert Brown | " 7½ day Labour | 13 | 9 | 87 |
Francis Clarke | " Nails | 14 | 10 | 48 |
Lewis Clephan | " Linseed Oil & spanish Whiting | 15 | 5 | 50 |
George King & Co. | " 1600 feet heart 5/4 Plank a 3 ¾ | 16 | 60 | |
Shaw & Birth | " Mason– work, drayage & Labour as hire | 17 | 696 | 94 |
N & D. Sellars | " 135 feet lattice–wire a 50 Cts & puting door frame | 18 | 72 | 58 |
Thomas Whelan & Pat. Connelly | for removing the Old Bricks from Gantts Kiln and laying them along the road in front of the house} | 19 | 71 | |
John Maffit | for Nails & Spanish whiting | 20 | 9 | 75 |
Edgar Patterson | " 20 Quires paper & 25 pens | 21 | 1 | 12 |
Roll Carpenters | " work during March & April 1807 | 22 | 169 | |
Peter Lenox | " Labourer’s hire and Cartage | 23 | 5 | 87 |
Daniel Maddin | " digging a ditch 65¾ perches a 50 Cts | 24 | 32 | 87 |
Henry Ingle | " 7 Spades | 25 | 8 | 83 |
Harvey & Owens | " removing 787½ Cubic yards earth from presdts sqr. & levelling 2401. s. yd.} | 26 | 325 | 57 |
Peter Lenox | " hauling Sundries | 27 | 7 | 24 |
Roll Carpenters | " Work during May 1807 | 28 | 118 | 75 |
" Labourers | " do. do. do | 29 | 12 | 18 |
Whelan & Connelly | " levelling & dressing 7.666½ sq: yards ground in Presd. gdn | 30 | 459 | 69 |
George King & Co. | " Lumber | 31 | 44 | 8 |
Timothy Caldwell | " 20.617 hard bricks a $7.50 for two drains | 32 | 154 | 62 |
Roll Carpenters | " work during June 1807 | 33 | 123 | 25 |
Owen McGlue | " 96½ barrels sand a 20 Cts | 34 | 19 | 30 |
Benjamin Burch | " levelling 14.639½ square yds. ground on Presdts. square | 35 | 1.024 | 76 |
Harvey & Owens | for levelling 13,772¼ sq. Yards ground and Presdts. square | 36 | 658 | 26 |
Thomas Williams | for Smith-work | 37 | 24 | 4 |
Matthias Hart | " do. | 38 | 13 | 24 |
Alexander Cochrane | " Nails, brads & Screws | 39 | 13 | 62 |
Thomas Whelan | " digging 20 drains, 220 Cubic Yards | 40 | 44 | |
John McClelland | " 11,500 hard bricks a $7.75 | 41 | 89 | 12 |
Henry Ingle | " hardware | 42 | 28 | 18 |
Roll Labourers | " work during June 1807 | 43 | 25 | 86 |
Peter Lenox | " Carting sundries | 44 | 10 | 86 |
Roll Labourers | " labour during July 1807 | 45 | 19 | 12 |
" Carpenters | " Work during do. | 46 | 124 | 83 |
Owen McGlue | " 54 barrels Sand a 200 Cts | 47 | 10 | 80 |
Benjamin Burch | " digging, removing & levelling earth in difft. parts of Prsdts. sq. | 48 | 1885 | 23 |
Toby Simpson | " Labourers work | 49 | 10 | 50 |
Harvey & Owens | " digging & removing 3.031 Cubic Yards of earth a 23 Cts sq. | 50 | 479 | 96 |
James C. King | " Lumber | 51 | 10 | 63 |
Richard Parrott | " 80℔ white rope | 52 | 20 | |
John Evans | " 8550 hard bricks a $7.50 | 53 | 64 | 12 |
Owen McGlue | " 72 blls sand a 20 Cts | 54 | 14 | 40 |
Basil Scott | " labourers work | 55 | 2 | 25 |
Roll Carpenters | " Work during August | 56 | 123 | 50 |
Peter Lenox | " Carting sundries | 57 | 5 | 12 |
Roll Labourers | " labour during July & August 1807 | 58 | 263 | 38 |
George Andrews | " Ornamental Composition work | 59 | 34 | 11 |
Griffith Coombe | " Lumber & hauling do | 60 | 44 | 43 |
William Yates | " Repairing a Pump | 61 | 2 | 50 |
Roll Carpenters | " labour during September 1807 | 62 | 111 | |
George Spunaugle | " Smith work | 63 | 9 | 76 |
John C. Shindle | " New water pipes & Repairs to the Offices of the Presdts House—.— | 64 | 12 | 75 |
Thomas Williams | " Smith work | 65 | 5 | 99 |
Joseph Dougherty | " Manure purchased for the Presdts. Square | 66 | 100 | |
Roll Labourers | " Labour during Septr. 1807 | 67 | 122 | 16 |
7,920 | 80 |
DNA: RG 53--Register of the Treasury’s Estimates and Statements.