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"Bullet"" type="person" rend="yes">Yancy's</name> bill for medical attendance to hands</cell> <cell/> <cell> 14.75</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="x" reg="x" type="person">Frances Reeder</name> for Tin gutters</cell> <cell/> <cell> 19.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003435" reg="Patterson, Mann" type="person" rend="yes">Mann Patterson</name> Plank</cell> <cell/> <cell> 57.65</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003443" reg="Robb, John" type="person">John Robb</name>s bill for masons work on the foundation of <name key="name0000418" reg="Gerrard Hall" type="place">Chapel</name> 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</cell> <cell/> <cell>775.60</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003453" reg="Williams, William" type="person" rend="yes">W<hi rend="sup">m</hi> Williams</name> for white Lead</cell> <cell/> <cell> 20.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0001277" reg="Nichols, William " type="person">W<hi rend="sup">m</hi> Nichols</name> for a rope & spikes</cell> <cell> 22.60</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003445" reg="Sears, Thomas" type="person" rend="yes">Tho<hi rend="sup">s</hi> Sears</name> for Shingles</cell> <cell> 20.00</cell> <cell> 43.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003412" reg="Copley, John" type="person" rend="yes">John Copley</name> do</cell> <cell/> <cell> 20.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003431" reg="Marlett, John" type="person" rend="yes">John Marlett</name> for labour</cell> <cell> 54.38 ½</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003408" reg="Branch, John" type="person" rend="yes">John Branch</name> hire of Negro in 1824</cell> <cell> 15.00</cell> <cell> 74.20</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0001277" reg="Nichols, William " type="person">W<hi rend="sup">m</hi> Nichols</name> bill for Sundries</cell> <cell/> <cell> 1844.32 ½</cell> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003424" reg="Gardner, Jeremiah" type="person" rend="yes">Jeremiah Gardner</name> for labour</cell> <cell> 9.10</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003430" reg="Lugh, Jacob" type="person" rend="yes">Jacob Lugh's</name> Bill</cell> <cell>2.50</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell> <name key="pn0003447" reg="Smith, Richard" type="person" rend="yes">Richd Smith</name> do for Ironmongery</cell> <cell> 9.65</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell/> <cell>--------------</cell> <cell>--------------</cell> </row> <row> <cell/> <cell> $1341.43</cell> <cell>3508.15</cell> </row> </table> </p> <pb id="unc02-06-p03" n="3"/> <p>The <name key="name0000107" reg="Board of Trustees" type="organization" rend="yes">Trustees</name> of the <name key="name0001146" reg="University of North Carolina" type="organization" rend="yes">University of North Carolina</name> in a/c with <name key="pn0001277" reg="Nichols, William " type="person">W<hi rend="sup">m</hi> Nichols</name> <table rows="8" cols="2"> <row> <cell>Dr.</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>To Cash advanced at sundry times for <name key="name0000107" reg="Board of Trustees" type="organization">Trustees</name> as per vouchers passed on</cell> <cell>$1341.43</cell> </row> <row> <cell>Disbursements for labour, waggoning, &</cell> <cell> 3508.16</cell> </row> <row> <cell>Labour of <name type="person" rend="yes" key="pn0001379" reg="Polk, William">Col<hi rend="sup">n</hi> Polk's</name> Carpenters from 1<hi rend="sup">st</hi> Jany. 1825 to 5<hi rend="sup">th</hi> August as per certified rate</cell> <cell>158.33</cell> </row> <row> <cell>Labour of do from 13<hi rend="sup">th</hi> Sept. 1825 to 5 Aug. 1826</cell> <cell> 725.30</cell> </row> <row> <cell>Commissions to Agent on $6000 expended</cell> <cell> 360.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell/> <cell>------------</cell> </row> <row> <cell/> <cell>$6593.22</cell> </row> </table> <table rows="9" cols="2"> <row> <cell>Cr.</cell> <cell/> </row> <row> <cell>By Cash recd. at sundry times</cell> <cell>$1033.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell>Warrant <date>Sept. 1<hi rend="sup">st</hi> 1826</date></cell> <cell>418.55 ⅔</cell> </row> <row> <cell>By Cash Dec. 8</cell> <cell> 2440.00</cell> </row> <row> <cell>By three Warrants in favour of <name type="person" key="pn0001379" reg="Polk, William">Col<hi rend="sup">n</hi> Polk</name></cell> <cell> 1383.63</cell> </row> <row> <cell>By warrant in favour of <name key="pn0003443" reg="Robb, John" type="person">John Robb</name></cell> <cell> 775.60</cell> </row> <row> <cell>By due Bill to balance</cell> <cell>542.44</cell> </row> <row> <cell/> <cell>-------------</cell> </row> <row> <cell/> <cell> $6593.22</cell> </row> </table></p> </div2> <pb id="unc02-06-bk" n="Back"/> </div1> </body> <back> <div1 type="notes"> <note id="note1" target="ref1"><p>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.</p></note> <note id="note2" target="ref2"><p>2. <name key="name0003081" reg="Cain & Moore (merchants)" type="organization" rend="yes">Cain & Moore</name> was possibly a local business that dealt in building supplies.</p></note> <note id="note3" target="ref3"><p>3. Possibly <name key="pn0003442" reg="Ricks, John" type="person" rend="yes">John Ricks</name> of <name key="name0000449" reg="Guilford County, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Guilford County, NC</name>.</p></note> <note id="note4" target="ref4"><p>4. Probably <name key="pn0003445" reg="Sears, Thomas" type="person" rend="yes">Thomas Sears</name> of <name key="name0000434" reg="Granville County, NC" type="place" rend="yes">Granville County, NC</name>.</p></note> </div1> </back> </text> </TEI.2>