Frederick McHold account for music lessons with John Hatley Norton, 1787 January 3 - 1788 April 30

Title

Frederick McHold account for music lessons with John Hatley Norton, 1787 January 3 - 1788 April 30

Date

Description

Statement of account from Frederick McHold for teaching the spinet to the ladies in the household of John Hatley Norton, Winchester, Virginia, from February 16, 1787 to April 30, 1788. The ladies of Norton's household were his daughters Nancy, Courtenay, and wife Sarah Nicholas Norton. Sarah died in childbirth on May 20, 1787.

Identifier

MS1936.3.1984
Folder 191

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

[Recto]

£ S D
1st.) Begun to teach Music of the Spinet, three Ladies of
Mr. John H: N. Esqr. from Wednesday January 3d.
untill Friday the 16th Day of February 1787.
Two Dollars pr Month of each Scholar -
  0 18 0
2d.) Begun again to teach said three Ladies from Monday
the 16th. Day of Aprill 1787 untill Friday
the 31st. of August 1787. in all four months &
a half ---
  8   2 0
3d.) Begun to teach again Two Ladies as above from
Monday the 19th. Day of Novembr. 87, and quitted
the 30th Day of Aprill 1788. in all five
months ---
  6   0 0
15 - -

[Verso]

Fredk McHold
wth.
JH Norton} Acct.

Citation

McHold, Frederick, “Frederick McHold account for music lessons with John Hatley Norton, 1787 January 3 - 1788 April 30,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed April 24, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/1984.