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Account with St. Mary’s College, [25 June 1806–7 December 1806]

Account with St. Mary’s College

[25 June–7 December 1806]

Dr. James Madison for John Todd
1806 June  25  for  2 night & swimming Trowsers  $  2. 37½   
″  mending summer clothes . 25
″  1 pair of shoes on the 19th instant 2.
July 11 1 pair of ditto & mended Ditto 2. 12½
18 1 pair of shoes 2.
August 10 1 pair of ditto 2. 10. 75
″  1½ yard blue cloth for an uniform coat 9.
″  Linen, bottons, Trimming & making 4.
″  ½ yd. Dimity for a waistcoat . 75
″  Linen, Trimming & making 1. 50
″  1 black, silk cravat . 75
″  1 Leather Cap 1. 50
″  Paid to mend his Trunk . 37½
″  1 Desk lock, 25 April 1. 12½
″  paid to Sadler 2 July for a watch gold key & repair 4. 75
″  paid to Livers 14 do: for a beaver hat delivered 5 April 4.
″  paid to sadler again the 31 July for repairing his watch. . 87½ 28. 62½
October 5 Cornelius Nepos 2.
″  Gloucester greek’s Grammar 1.
″  Goldsmith’s Roman history . 87½
25 1 beaver hat paid to Livers 3. 6. 87½
Novembr. 12 1 pair of suspenders 1.
″  2 pairs of shoes the 18 & 31 of october 4.
 
20 3¼ yards Calmouth for a great Coat 4. 6
″  Flannel, Linen, Ribbon, Thread, & Bottons 1. 85
″  Making 2.
mending clothes . 62½
″  1 yard blue cloth for an uniform Pantaloon 7.
″  Linen silk, & Trimming . 62½
Making 2.
″  ⅝ Casimir yellow, for an uniform waistcoat 1. 87½
″  Bottons silk & Linen 82½
″  Making 1. 50 27. 36
24 4 Pocket handkerchiefs 3. 50
″  Washing Two quarters 9.
Mending Linen stockings &c 3.
Doctors Fees 4.
″  Paper quills, Slates &c. 3.
J/A Penny post on 13 Letters & postage on 3 do: . 51 23.  1
fo. 1621 7 Six Months Boarding & Tuition in advance 100.
196. 62
omís pour Maîtres d’agrèment2 29 
225. 62

MS (MdBSAr: St. Mary’s College Account Book, 1805–7). Undated; conjectural date assigned based on the date range for this accounting and filed at the final day listed in the entry.

1This notation refers to a separate journal of accounts where JM’s 7 December 1806 total due of $225.62 is represented on page 162 (MdBSAr: St. Mary’s College Journal, 1805–8; 1 p.; in French).

2Omitted for masters of pleasures. “Maîtres d’agrément” instructed pupils in dance, music, and social refinement (Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 5th ed. [2 vols.; Paris, 1814], 1:33). A separate accounting entry for this omission appears five pages later in the account book under “Dt. James Madison for John Todd” (MdBSAr: St. Mary’s College Account Book, 1805–7):

“1806 Decemb.  7    as per account renderd this Day $          196. 62
“″ Dancing Master Entrance 5.
“″ Two quarters Lessons begun the 21 of october 24. 29.
“225. 62”

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