General account of building a store in Fairfax 1 lot in the town of Winchester, 7 September 1785–15 May 1787. Building finished 1 September 1786. 7 pp., 19.5x31.7cm. Repaired.

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MS1936.3.2121
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[1791, Jan. 26]

The Account of the Building of the New Store
Grainery railing in the loft & C^a...D^r To J. H. Norton

1785
Septem^r	7	To Cash p^d Diging the foundation of the _chimney			1	6
	19	To Goods for loading logs			2	9
	21	To D^o for hauling D^o			6
	22	To 1 1/2 Days hire of man horse & Cart	6/		9
	24	To 1/2 days hire of a man to put plank on _{the Kiln}			1	6
	25	To haughling Logs & Scantling		1	10
		To 3 days hire of a man to load Logs			9
		To..1...D^o...D^o Scantling			3
		To 2 loads wood to dry the plank			12
		1/4...D^o...D^o			1	6
Oct^r	10	To 50 Nails				7 1/2
	12	To 2 loads wood to dry the planks			11
		shelves			16
	13	To 150 Nails			1	10
	15	To me at the sum & C.^a for the hands that raised _{the store}			7	4
		To 250 Nails			2	4
	17	To 140...D^o			1	2
		3 pints rum to the workmen			2	3
		200 nails			2	6
	18	200 D^o			2	2
	21	300 sp[r]igs			2	2
	22	2000 [?] nails	3/6		17
	25	350...1 p^d..D^o	1/3		4	2 1/2
	29	100...D^o			1	3
	31	300...D^o	1/3		10
Nov.	1	900...D^o			10	7
		1 load wood to dry the plank			5
	2	for 500 nails			18	9
	4	To 1 Quart rum to Workmen			1
		To Cash p.^d for nails			12	6
	5	To 100...6⁰ sprigs				8
	8	To 100...8⁰ nails				11
	11	To 1000...D^o			8	6
	15	To 1 Quart rum for masons			1
	16	To Cash for lime			15
	17	To 1 Gall. rum to masons			3
	18	To 3 pints...D^o			1	6
		25 sprigs			1	2
		Amo^t Carried forward	£	11	13	4 1/2

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1785		Amount Bro^t forward	£	11	18	4 1/2
Nove^r	19	To 3 pints rum for the masons			1	6
	24	To 1 Quart rum			1
	25	To 1800 flooring brad	12/16	1	2	6
	26	To 50 sprigs				4
	28	To 100 nails			1	1
	29	To 1 Quart to masons			1
	31	To 400 nails	11^d		3	8
Dec^r	3	To Goods & Cash p^d for plank			9
		To Cash for nails			6	3
	5	To 418 nails			3	7
	8	To 600...D^o	1/3		7	6
	13	To 900...D^o			10	11
	15	To 300 sprigs	?		2
		To Goods for a tree to materials for the ?			6
		2 p Hinges	6/		12
		Cash p.^d for rivits		2	6
		120 nails			1	3 1/2
	20	To Cash pd wood to dry plank			6
		Cart L^o for Locust posts			2	6
		120 nails			1	3 1/2

	21	To 400 nails	11^d		3	8
		Cash p.^d Jn^o Kean for Iron		1	8
	22	To 300 nails			8	8
	23	To 6 p Hooks & Hinges	1/3		7	6
		5 p Large...D^o	6/	1	10
	24	To 1000 nails			5	4
		1 p Hinges			1	6
1786		To 2 loads wood to dry plank			12
Jan^r	4	To 2 [?] nails			17
		1/2^[?] Glue				10
		200...10^d nails			2	1
	5	To 800...D^o	11^d		7	4
		Cash for paints			5	2
	7	--Cash for Celler steps			10
		D^o for hauling rails			8
--	9	To 150 sprigs				6
	10	To 200...D^o			1	11
	12	To 100..D^o				8
		1 Jug Oil		1	1	3
		Amo.^t Carried forward	£	25	12	3

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1786		Amount Bro^t forward		25	12	3
Jan^r	12	To hauling in the lott		5	15
	21	To 6^lb Spanish brown	6^d		3
	23	to 1/2 ^lb Glue				10
	25	To 300 nails			3	3
	27	To 2 ^lb White lead	6^d		1
		1 Jug Oil		1	1	3
	30	To Cash for Whitening			1
		2^lb White Lead	8^d		1	4
		15 pains Glass	8^d		10
Feb^r	1	To Cash for lamblack			1	3
	2	...D^o			2	6
	3	To 2 Hand Hire of two men for Work			16
	6	To 300 nails			3	3
		Cash p.^d a man for lending the masons			5
		1000...4^d nails			4	6
		200 sprigs				8
		400 nails	10^d		3	4
		65 pains glass	8^d	2	3	4
	8	To 1 pint rum Masons				6
	9	To 1 Quart D^o to a Waggoner			1
		1 brass knob for the counting(?) room _door			2	6
		1 p [?] Hinges...D^o			4
		1 p Butt [hinge]...D^o				9
		Cash for twelve screws			1
		3 pints rum to the Carpenters			2	3
	14	To 3^lb white Lead	8^d		2
		30 pains Glass	8^d	1	10
		1 Jug Oil		1	2	3
	15	To Cash p.^d painting & Glazing the store		1	16
	20	To 2 locks for doors 20/ & 4/		1
		10 p Hinges	2/	1
		1 bolt			1
		Cash for two locks			10
		To 7 1/2 days Waggonage of stone	12/	4	10
		2 load flag stone	1/3		2	6
		Cash p.^d Iron			7	11
		D^o p.^d maissonns(?) for an Iron bar for the Cellar door			3	6
	23	To 1^lb White Lead to make putty				8
		1^lb Chalk to make putty				6
		10oz pains glass			8
		To the masons board		1	7
		To Ryan J Waller for sundry Blacksmith work		5	15	4
		1 pint rum to the masons				6
		To hire of an man 1 day			3
		Carried forward		57	14	11

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1786		Amt^t Bro^t forward		57	14	11
May	9	To 1 Quart rum to masons			1
		To Cash p.^d hauling the scantling for the granery		1	16
	20	To 3 days Hire of a man to level the footway			9
June	26	To Quart rum to the men when raisin[g] the Granery			1	6
		1...D^o...D^o				9
		500 nails			5	5
July	3	To 700...D^o	1/6		10	6
		To Sund^r p.^d for clapboard Shingles		2	13
		Cash..D^o		2	2	4
		1250 nails			13	1 1/2
	7	To 2550...D^o		1	7	3 1/2
		To Jacob Bougher for his Acc^t for the Building the store		90	10
		To Elisah Cowgill for his acc^t of mason work		3	17
		To Jesse Pugh for D^o		10	10	9 1/2
		To Digging the Cellar		5
		To Locusts Posts shingles & Cellar steps		3	17	6
		To Adam Hood for sundry work some about the store as p his acc^t		1	13	3
		To Adam Anderson for stone		10	16	6
		To Rob^t Allison for Waggonage			12
		To Rob^t Craigen...D^o		1	16
		To George Wright for sawing scantling		12	13	6
		To Frederich wanents for waggonage		1	1
		To Jn.^o Young for work			3
		To Sam Boy^d for Plank		2	18	6
		To Natⁿ Lockhart...D^o		19	9	7
		To Nathaniel White for shingles & Clap^b		18	15
		To Enoch Fenton for plank		3	15
		To Jacob Pickring for Locusts Posts			11	3
		To Ryan J Waller for making Hinges for Cellar Door			17	6
		To James S. Dowdall for Waggonage			10
		To A. M [?]onah for sundry work			9
		To...D^o			3
		To Cash p^d for nails		1
		To 1250...D^o			[ink blot]	6 1/2
		Carried forward--249.[illegible].1	£	249	17	1

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[Missing]	[Missing]	Am.^t Bro.^t forward	£	249	17	/
July	4	900...nails	1/1		9	9
	7	800...D^o			8	8
	11	To 113^lb paint	8^d	3	18	8
		1 Jug Oil		1	3	8
		425 flooring brads	1/6		6	4 1/2
	12	To Cash p^d for D^o			15
	14	To 1 m^~ so^d nails			10	6
	17	To 3 p Hinges			7	6
	19	To Cash p. for Oil		1	6	3
		To D^o p.^d for nails			7	6
		To 250...D^o			2	8 1/2
	20	To 500...D^o			5	5
	21	To Adam Alber for smiths work		1	6
	24	To 1 [?] lock			8
		To 300 nails	1/1		3	9 1/2
	26	To Adam Alber for work			5	3
Aug^t	9	Cash for the workmen			1
	18	To sund^r for Locust posts for _{the pavement}		1	7	9
	19	To Cash p.^d for rum for the workmen			1	6
	22	To Cash p^d...D^o			1
	23	To sund^r(?) to Adam Albert for work			6	3
	25	To Abra^m(?) Mosby for 3 days of himself. cart & horse. making the footway		1	1
		to Benjamin Pryatt Laboring _{for 4 1/2 days work}	3/6		15	9
	30	To Abraham Mosby for 2 days _{work at the footway}			14
		To Benjamin Pryatt...D^o			3	6
		To Cash p.^d Scantling for the rails of the pavement			17	6
Ap^l	6	To Rob.^t Allison for waggon[a]ge			3
		To abram Mosby for 2 days work _{at the footway}	7/		14
		Benjamin Pryat 2 days O^d	7/6		7
		Amo.^t Carried forward _267.6.87~	£	268	15	9 1/2

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1786		Amount Bro^t forward		[Missing]68	[Missing]	9 [Missing]
Sept^r	9	To 5 days work of Mosby Horse & Cart _{at the footway}		1	1[illegible]
		To Benjamin Pryatt for 8 days work _{at the footway}	3/6	1	8
	14	To 3 days work of Mosby JC^d	7/	1	1
		3 days...D^d...Pryatt D^d	9/6		10	6
	25	To 4 D^o...D^o...of Mosby...D^o		1	8
		To 4d^o...D^o of Pryatt	/		14
	28	To Cash f^o a man to tend the marin(?)			8	9
Oct^t	5	To Adam Albert for work			6
	17	To...D^o...D^o			2	2
Nov.^r	22	To sun^d for 2 pullys			2
1787
Feb 7	1787	1.^ll To sund^y for hauling the frame _{of the nec[e]ssary House}			6
	20	To Jacob Pickring for locust posts			11	3
March	19	To Jn.^o Crockwell for painting the [?]			3
	22	To Edward Smith for Nails			3
		To J H Norton...D^d			11	9
May	3	To...D...for Oil			10	6
	4	To 2 p [?] the Hinges			2
	15	To Enoch Fenton for plank		1	15
		To W^m [?] for Building the _{Granery &c^a}		37	15
		320.15.8 1/2	£	320	15	6 1/2
		Deduct for overcharge 7^th July 36 for work done by A. M. Horal(?) it being charged [?] £0.9.0 D.^d for an over charge the £0 Feb^r 17[illegible] for [illegible] they being charged before	11.3	1
				319	15	3 1/2
		Deduct for an overcharge in Jacob D[?]ghn Acc.		3
				316	15	3 1/2
		We do herby certify that the above is a true statement of the expenditures by us for buildings [?] or Fairfax in Lots--on [?] of M^r Jn.^o H. Norton for Dan^l Norton JC.^o [?] Jan^y 26^th 1791 [?]

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Am^t over	£	316	15	3 1/2
	[1791, Jan. 26]
To Am^t of Sundries in JHN Ledger		14	6	11
	£	331	2	2 1/2

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The booking was finished the F.^th of September (1786)
1786; & occupied from that period
J.H.N.

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Store
Winchester

General Acc^ts of Building
in Fairfax, Lot in the
Town of Winchester

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“General account of building a store in Fairfax 1 lot in the town of Winchester, 7 September 1785–15 May 1787. Building finished 1 September 1786. 7 pp., 19.5x31.7cm. Repaired.,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed January 19, 2026, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/2121.

General account of building a store in Fairfax 1 lot in the town of Winchester, 7 September 1785–15 May 1787. Building finished 1 September 1786. 7 pp., 19.5x31.7cm. Repaired.

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