COLONIAL CORRESPONDENCE

General Account for Repairs done to the Government Houses and Public Buildings at Sydney, Cape Breton, 24 March 1790

Transcribed by Janice Fralic-Brown

Government,



                  To Tremain, Stout & White Dr




To Sundries furnished for and on Account of Government Viz ~

1790 March 17	To 8 ½ lb nails @ 7d	L2	7	6
	To 25 lb Lathing Nails 4	1	5	~
	To 2800 feet Lumber laid in for Government uses @ 30/ per m.	11	4	~
	To 800 Tacks & Brads @ 6d		4	~
	To 3 ½ M. Shingles for the Stable at the Government House @ 15/	2	12	6
	To 24 ½ lb Putty 9d		18	4 1/2
	To 84 Panes Glass for Repairing the Windows Damaged by Storm at the Government House, the Farm and other Public Buildings	4	4	~
	To 28 ½ lb Sheet Lead 4 ½		10	8¼
	To 1 Lock 1/6 1 doz. Screws 6d		2
	To cash paid George Petrie for Glazing Windows at Government House	L0	18	2
	To Ditto paid Alexander Forbes for painting ditto	1	16	~
	To Ditto paid a Working Party of His Majesty’s 21st Regiment 1 Serjeant & 13 men for Clearing & Draining the Government Block and the Road to the Government Farm as per Voucher No. 1	71	5	~
	To Ditto Paid Peter Matives for the Purchase of a House & Lott necessary for a Landing Place at the Road leading to the Government Farm	10	0	~
	To Cash Paid Edward Leary for Picketing Government Garden & Block	17	5	10
	To Cash paid William Wood for Blacksmith’s work for the Government House	6	0	10
	To Ditto paid Henry Roberts for Carpenter’s Work done to Ditto	7	0	6
	To Ditto paid Rudderham & Bowers for Mason work done to Ditto	3	8	9 ¼
	To Ditto paid Philip Ingouville for Sundries per his Account No. 2	16	7	3 ¾
	To Ditto paid James Isles for Carpenter work done to the Government House	1	5	~
		135	7	5
	Commissions 5 per Cent	6	15	4
		142	2	9
	Halifax Currency	165	10	10 ¾
	Sterling	148	19	9

Sydney



      Richard Stout one of the Partners in the House of Tremain, Stout & White being

duly sworn  -- Deposeth that the above Account Amounting to one Hundred and Sixty five

Pounds Ten Shillings and Ten pence farthing Halifax currency at five Shillings

the Dollar is just and True. –



                                                        [signature] Richd Stout



Sworn this 30th Day

of March 1790

     Before Me

          D. Mathews J.P.

 

Source: Colonial Correspondence, Cape Breton: CO 217, Vol. 107, p. 100