Collection Name
About
1872 For the following as per Bill rendered filed in Treasurer’s Office, and certified to by John Shay viz: Dolls. Cts.
March Co House No. 1 John Hart Boss
To 8 lb. Rio coffee @ $2.24/28 of Tub syrup @ 5.25/75 $ 7. 49
“ 6 lb Bro Sugar @75/1.20 4 Box Ess coffee 20/5 95
“ 5 lb Blasting Powder 1.80/20 ¼ Bus Beans @ 1.00/$4.00 2. 00
“ ¼ bus Hominy @75/3.00 1 Sack Dairy Salt 13/ 88
“ 1 Bot Inst 05/ ½ doz Box Matches 13/ 20 Lb Dried Apples 1. bu/8/ 1 78
“ 5 Bus Potatoes @5.00/1.00 1 Empty Sack 20/1Lb Rio Coffee 2/1 5 46
“ 2 Lamp chimney 211/111 2 Lb Bacon @ 8 ½ $22.19 22 89
$41.45
Co House No 2 Jacob McGraw Boss
To 10 lb Rio Coffee @2.80/28. 4 Box Ess Coffee 20/5 $3. 00
“ 4 box Matches 10 ½ Lb Grain Pepper @ 18/35 1 Broom 25/ 53
“ 5 Bus Potatoes 5.00/1.00 ½ bus Hominy @ 1.50/3.00 1 50
“ ¼ bus Beans @ 1.00/4.00 10 Gal Syrup @ 7.00/75 8 50
“ 20 Dried apples @ 1.00/8. 353 ½ lb Bacon @ 28.28/8 29 88
$48.41
Co House No 3 Edward Renner Boss
To 5 Bus Potatoes @ 5.00/1.00 ½ Bus Hominy @ 1.50/3.00. 14 Lb Dried Apples 1.12/8 $7 62
“ 285 Lb Bacon @ 24.23/8 1/2 . 54 Lb Bacon @ 4.32/8 28 55
$36.17
Carpenter Shop Samuel Nightingale Boss
To 1 doz Glass 75/ 4 lb Primestock @400/10. 1 ½ Lb Putty @ 15/10 $1 30
$1.30
Lock No 39 William M. Jones Keeper
To 1/8 Gal Boat Oil 20
.20
Lock No 40 John F. Delaney Keeper
To 5/8 Gal Boat Oil @ 4c 15
15
John Shay Supt Co. business
To 1 Bot Inst 10 $.10
$128.28
I CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE ACCOUNT IS CORRECT: that the items therein specified were dully authorized and contracted for on favorable terms, and have been received, for the use and benefit of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and is herby approved.
Coffee 28/
John Shay, Superintendent.
The above account was authorized; it has been examined by me, found correct, and is hereby approved.
Jas. C. Clarke, President.
Received, April 18th 1872 from the Treasurer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company, One Hundred and twenty Eight dollar and 28/100 in the full of the above account.
$128 28/100
C.W. Adams
Charles W. Adams is listed in the 1870 census in Sharpsburg as a Dry Goods Merchant
This document is from the collection of Doug Bast.