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Primary document
Title: Account of Disbursements by William Nichols,
September 1, 1826: Electronic Edition.
Author: Nichols, William
Funding from the University Library, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this
title.
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Bari Helms
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Risa Mulligan
First Edition,
2005
Size of electronic edition: ca. 24K
Publisher: The University Library, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2005
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English
Revision history:
2005-10-17, Risa Mulligan finished TEI/XML encoding.
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Title of collection: University of North Carolina Papers
(#40005), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Title of document: Account of Disbursements by William
Nichols, September 1, 1826
Author: William Nichols
Description: 3 pages, 4 page images
Note:
Call number 40005 (University Archives,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Page 1
Acct. of disbursement by
Wm Nichols for labour and materials in repairing the
Presidents House
and
Stewards Hall
; getting timbers, making brick, and building
the new
Chapel
; taking down Cupola from
South College
, repairing the roof, and building a Belfrey in
the yard agreeably with instructions given by the
Building Committee in March
18241
and
Stewards Hall
; getting timbers, making brick, and building
the new
Chapel
; taking down Cupola from
South College
, repairing the roof, and building a Belfrey in
the yard agreeably with instructions given by the
Building Committee in March
18241
| Paid | Due | |||
|
James Winfree
a Bricklayer (as per
Bill) |
$24.75 | |||
| Abraham Spurling do dos | do | do | 54.40 | 39.75 |
| John S. Hardy | do | do | 8.25 | |
| Henry & Peter | do | 2 ¾ mo each @ $218.00 | 99.00 | |
| Attomon | do | do | 49.50 | |
| Harry & Dick | do | 1 ¼ mo— 20 | 25.00 | |
| Nelson & Luke | do | 2 ¾ -- 18 | 99 | |
|
Thos
Pendergrass
|
Labourer | as per Bill | 65 | 10— |
|
Pleasant Henderson
|
do | 10.. | ||
| Ned & Clayton | Masons | 2 ¾ each 9 | 49.50 | |
| Burrell Bird | do | Bill | 20 | |
|
Lewis Parton
|
3 | |||
| John Crittendon | Brickmaker | do | 53 | |
|
John King
|
hire of boy & horse | 7.20 | ||
| Chas Lewis | bill for bacon $30.10 | do for board $35.00 for nails $6.25 | 71.35 | 5.87 ½ |
| Cain & Moore2 | for nails $5.40 | Wm H. Hill for do $11.47 ½ | 16.87 ½ | |
| John Ricks3 | for hair | 5.00 | ||
| Thos Sears4 | hauling rock | 9.00 | ||
| Eli Smith | do lime | 45.75 | ||
|
Willm Boylan
|
do | do | 31.02 | |
|
Jane Craig
|
board of hands | 14.70 | ||
|
Moses Pratt
|
hauling lime | 44.68 | ||
|
Jos Wm Peace
|
for Nails | 5.20 | ||
| Wm Nichols | for Bacon | 60.00 | ||
|
Jms. Williams
|
for Plank | 9.56 | ||
|
Benjn
Rhodes
|
for Brick | 100 | 50.40 | |
| P. Lyon | for Nails | 25.31 | ||
| John Lewis | do | 21.44 ½ | 5.60 | |
|
Leml
Morgan
|
for a rock quarry | 14 | ||
| Jn. Robb | for disbursement as per Receipt | 100 | ||
|
Henry Merritt
|
for Plank & as per Bill | 10 | 244.10 | |
|
Christr Barber
|
Smiths work & | do | 140.87 ½ | |
| Disbursements by Jno D Barr | do | 16.05 | ||
| Jno D Barr | for labour | do | 54.70 | 129.05 |
|
Bryan Kittrell
|
for boarding hands | 50.00 | ||
| -------------- | -------------- | |||
| 1208.20 | 685.64 |
Page 2
| Amount Brought Over | $1208.20 | 685.64 |
|
Cave
& Yancy's
bill for medical
attendance to hands |
14.75 | |
| Frances Reeder for Tin gutters | 19.00 | |
|
Mann Patterson
Plank |
57.65 | |
|
John Robbs bill for masons work on
the foundation of
Chapel
including the face @ rock in the plinth Steps
and window sills & the steps & some Capitals, & Bars of the
Portoco, the foundation & plinth of the Belfry |
775.60 | |
|
Wm Williams
for
white Lead |
20.00 | |
| Wm Nichols for a rope & spikes | 22.60 | |
| Thos Sears for Shingles | 20.00 | 43.00 |
|
John Copley
do |
20.00 | |
| John Marlett for labour | 54.38 ½ | |
| John Branch hire of Negro in 1824 | 15.00 | 74.20 |
| Wm Nichols bill for Sundries | 1844.32 ½ | |
| Jeremiah Gardner for labour | 9.10 | |
| Jacob Lugh's Bill | 2.50 | |
|
Richd Smith
do for Ironmongery |
9.65 | |
| -------------- | -------------- | |
| $1341.43 | 3508.15 |
Page 3
The
Trustees of the
University of North Carolina in a/c with
Wm Nichols
| Dr. | |
| To Cash advanced at sundry times for Trustees as per vouchers passed on | $1341.43 |
| Disbursements for labour, waggoning, & | 3508.16 |
| Labour of Coln Polk's Carpenters from 1st Jany. 1825 to 5th August as per certified rate | 158.33 |
| Labour of do from 13th Sept. 1825 to 5 Aug. 1826 | 725.30 |
| Commissions to Agent on $6000 expended | 360.00 |
| ------------ | |
| $6593.22 |
| Cr. | |
| By Cash recd. at sundry times | $1033.00 |
| Warrant Sept. 1st 1826 | 418.55 ⅔ |
| By Cash Dec. 8 | 2440.00 |
| By three Warrants in favour of Coln Polk | 1383.63 |
| By warrant in favour of John Robb | 775.60 |
| By due Bill to balance | 542.44 |
| ------------- | |
| $6593.22 |
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Endnotes:
1. Included in Nichols's list are a number of men—Henry, Peter, Attoman, Harry, Dick, Nelson, Luke, Ned, and Clayton—who were probably enslaved African Americans working as bricklayers on buildings at the University of North Carolina in the 1820s.
2. Cain & Moore was possibly a local business that dealt in building supplies.
3. Possibly John Ricks
of Guilford County, NC.
of Guilford County, NC.4. Probably Thomas Sears of Granville County, NC.