Robert J Cross Ledger

CrossHouse (69K)
Rockford Newspaper Item

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1854 Cost of House on Farm Dr Cr
Jan'y 25 Expenses of myself + A Tuttle(1) going to Chicago after Lumber $11.25
2000 ft 2nd Clean Lumber for varnish & finishing inside $22.00 for 1000 44.00
750 ft common boards for chamber floor and wing 11.25
320 2 by 7 scantling(2) window frames 4.80
161 2 by 10 " door frames 2.42
Draying (5) .81
300 Lath 1.20
200 ft dressed flooring 16 ft long 5.00
1370 " " " 16 ft 14x22? 32.88
1000 inch " " 16 ft 24.00
365 " " 7.93
439 scantling 3029
5 outside doors 4 pannels 11.25
10 inside doors 4 pannels 18.12
156 lights of 10 by 14 sash 9.36
100 ft clear siding 170 189.96(3)
Paid Wm Bradley $15.00 for 12 cords pf stone 15.00
Feb 2nd Paid Wm Lovesee(4) $15.13 for draying 8647 brick $1.75 for 1000 15.13
8th Draying 12353 brick for $21.61 21.61
8th Paid A C Hind? for 11000 brick at $4.56 per 1000 44.56
10 4 days with team drawing stone from Rockton $2.00 per day 8.10
10 ½ day drawing lime 1.00
25 bu of lime from Benedict(6) 3.75
20 ½ day after lime 4.00
30 bu lime from Benedict 6.00
24 Paid Thomas ? two dollars for sixteen Stone 2.00
24 Paid Wm Bradley(7) five dollars for laying well wall 5.00
25 " Bntk? for lime 12 bu 15 cts 1.80
1/3 of a day after lime .70
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1854
April 28 Paid Wm ?? in part payment for lay up of well wall 10.00
Digging well 10.00
Attending mason while laying up wall on wall 10.00
May 12 Paid Thomas Farmer(8) ? fourteen dollars for cut? stone 14.00
June 10 Paid Wm Bradley ten dollars 10.00
13 Paid Wm Bradley six dollars 6.00
13 Paid Thomas Farmer four dollars 4.00
19 Paid Thomas Farmer fifty dollars 50.00
54 1/3 ft of water table $17
10 window caps & sills & 4 door caps & sills $51.00
19 Paid Wm Bradley five dol. 5.00
The cellar wall has 13 cord of stone at $3.50 per cord for laying up and $3.00 for well and Stairs mason work on well? $48.50
Wm Bradley125 of brick .87
Wm Bradley two wooden ?? .40
July 3 Paid Ben ??wood? fifty dollars for brick 50.00
10 Wm Bradley .50
11 Sent by John to Ben Mic?? For brick fifteen dol. 15.00
July 15 40 bu of lime from B?? on Dr Ransom acct 8.00
19 Bill of goods at Watterman? 12.55
18 One day with team after time 2.00
31 Paid Wm Bradley thirty three dollars 33.00
Aug 2 7 boxes of French window glass 22.75
10 gal of linseed oil 10.63
2 kegs white lead 5.50 189.96
32 lbs of putty 2.00 473.49
663.45
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1854 Cost of House
Brought over 663.45
Aug 2 Paid in Beloit for 10,000 shingles 40.00
2 Going to Beloit twice 2.00
2 48 lights of sash 2.88
9 sash at 20 cts each 1 15ct 1.95
16 Paid Wm Bradley on his order to Kincade? fourteen 26/100 14.26
16 Paid Kincade (10) for laying up wall blown down 4.88
16 Paid for Fancy? scantling 10.69
16 Paid to Watterman for door & window trimming 7.75
16 One day with team to Beloit 2.00
16 750 shingle 3.00
17 Paid S H Letnall? for Scantling 3.60
18 17 lbs nails 11.02
20 Paid Wm Bradley fifty five 55.00
22 Goods got at Watterman's 3.41
24 Paid for 2000 ft of lath 20.00
20 lbs of nails 1.15
25 Dinnis? for my Mason in putting up wall blown down 5.00
Paid I French for covering stone 5.00
30 Paid for hair for plastering 3.25
Sept 2 Paid for 500 ft lath 5.00
4 Paid C Nelson $14.oo for 70 bu of lime 14.00
5 Paid Wm Bradley cash ten dollars my note for $16.63 26.63
Paid Wm Bradley in work 4.50
Laying up the brick runs to $122. $11.51 for work
5 Two thimbles for stove pipe 2.00
$905.59
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905.59
Sept 8 Paid Dennis for attending ?? .51
10 Booth for 32 bu of lime 6.40 6.40
½ day going after lime 1.00
19 Paid D B Pettit of Beloit due for lightening rod 8.75
19 H Gradenem for plastering 413 yds 3 coats at 14 cts and 439 yds at 10 cts per yd 77.72
Boarding plasterer 3 weeks 4.50
One load attending 17 day 17.00
Drawing sand and helping ??? Newton 6.00
26 ??? for inside door got at Watterman? 8.67
??? ?? stain post $1.00 1.20
Oct 4 4 Gals of oil
1 qrt turpentine from Willsons
5.13
4 2 kegs of paint from Abbots 5.00
Cr 60 lights of sash sold 3.75
Dr 1 bag of white lead from Mil 2.50
8 Paid Wooster $2.00 for Giuoning? 2.00
10 Paid Ben ??? in full for brick twenty two dollars. Have used 39500 brick 22.00
18 Paid Donnis for putting cellar bottom eight dollars 8.00
Nov 18 Paid Z Adams (9) for 11 days painting at $1.50 per day 16.50
Paid Amos Tuttle for the carpenter work as by agree 182.50
For extra work 31.86
Cr to flooring sold to H Tuttle 24.00
2 outside doors left 52.50 4.00
Dr 3500 ft sawed lumber 128 ft square timber 10.24 31.75
1375.56
31.75
1343.81

Footnotes
(1)1850 census; Amos Tuttle age 44, Occupation- joiner; Industry- construction
(2)Small pieces of lumber
(3)Lightly written with pencil
(4)1850 census; William Lovesee age 52, Farmer
(5)Draying means hauling with heavy vehicle
(6)Probably John Benedict; 1850 census- age 32, Turtle, Rock, Wisconsin
(7)Wm Bradley age 67, and son age 24 both a mason is in 1850 census of Rockton, Illinois
(8)1850 census; Thomas Farmer, age 32, Stone Mason, Construction; Rockton, Illinois
(9)Probably Zophar H Adams, age 55 farmer in 1860 Census for Roscoe
(10) Probably Kincade L. A. laborer; Rockton; The History of Winnebago County, Illinois : its past and present, etc, 1877
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