The instrument's own words
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The Proprietors of the New School House & Thos Perry Dr
1801. 10mo mo 22d $\frac{2}{2}$ 2,000 Shingles @ 22 / per thousand $\frac{2}{2}$ 7.33
$\frac{2}{2}$ to scrubbing of 2,000 Shingles 42
$\frac{2}{2}$ 2 Spirits of Nitre from Newport & Quanorantut with 200 brushes & ash and 2 75
$\frac{2}{2}$ to 1/2 lb Double Twine @ 1/2 per lb 1 83
$\frac{2}{2}$ 30 ft of Shingle Nails @ 12 per 100 2 70
$\frac{2}{2}$ in one & half Casks of Lime @ 14 / per Cask 3 20
$\frac{2}{2}$ to scrubbing of Ditto 10
$\frac{2}{2}$ 2,000 Nails at 2 1/2 per lb ft. $\varepsilon$ 3 38
$\frac{2}{2}$ to 8 1/2 lbs Nails of North @ 9 / lb 4 lb $\varepsilon$ 7 70
$\frac{2}{2}$ to scrubbing of Ditto 25
$\frac{2}{2}$ Wageage of the Above Articles 12
$\frac{2}{2}$ One Stone at 18 ft 17
$\frac{2}{2}$ to scrubbing Stone and Wood 1
$\frac{2}{2}$ to my time and experience in governing & building the school house $\frac{2}{2}$
$\frac{2}{2}$ He Above Articles 3 Days 3
$\frac{2}{2}$ to haul Ben Church’s lumbering Pillow & Wood, some Pure $\frac{2}{2}$ 1 50
$\frac{2}{2}$ to Freight Augusts’s for transporting 12 Casks of Lime $\frac{2}{2}$
2,000 Bricks & 5,000 Shingles from Quanorantut 1 17
5th 11mo mo 18th $\frac{2}{2}$ to 8 lbs Brand Nails at 1 / per lb from Stanton 1 50
$\frac{2}{2}$ 1 Gallon of N. $\text{M}^e$ Rum at 6 / per Gal
12 $\frac{2}{2}$ 2,000 Nails @ 9 / per thousand 75
$\frac{2}{2}$ 1 One Bushel of Wheat 1 25
$\frac{2}{2}$ 2 One Day Shunting my self upon said House 2 50
$\frac{2}{2}$ 1/2 Day of the 16th mo 11th $\frac{2}{2}$ 71
17 $\frac{2}{2}$ 5 1/2 lbs Nails of $\text{S}^e$ Wood, 26 / per lb ft. $\varepsilon$ 5 25
21 $\frac{2}{2}$ 700 feet Pine Boards at 9 / per ft. $\varepsilon$ 10 50
26 $\frac{2}{2}$ 80 Nails @ 2 / per lb ft. $\varepsilon$ 21
28 $\frac{2}{2}$ 80 ft Laths in the Woods, at 1/4 per ft $\varepsilon$ 3 79
$\frac{2}{2}$ 10 ft of Laths & Nails at 1/2 per ft $\varepsilon$ 1 94
$\frac{2}{2}$ 1 Gallon N. $\text{M}^e$ Rum @ 6 / per Gal 71
85 11mo mo 10th 1001 $\frac{2}{2}$ 100 lbs Brand Nails @ 1 / per lb ft. $\varepsilon$
$\frac{2}{2}$ 2 Days work of my self in clothing 1 50
$\frac{2}{2}$ to Freight Augusts’s for hauling Stone One Day 2
$\frac{2}{2}$ had Peter Perry for 2 Days work, in breaking Stone $\frac{2}{2}$
over pinning the School House 3 33 1/2
$\frac{2}{2}$ 3 Days work of my self in helping the Mason 1 30
3/2 12mo mo 11th $\frac{2}{2}$ 6 ft Board Nails at 1/2 per ft $\varepsilon$ 1
$\frac{2}{2}$ 10 pieces of Batter & Clamps 2
$\frac{2}{2}$ to Freight Augusts’s for casting Sand and Water 2 50
$\frac{2}{2}$ 100 Shingle Nails 6
$\frac{2}{2}$ 170 ft Lath Boards @ 2 / per ft $\varepsilon$ 1 25
$\frac{2}{2}$ 6 ft Lath Nails @ 1/2 per ft 1 60
$\frac{2}{2}$ 1 Gallon $\text{N}^e \text{M}^e$ Rum 71
$\frac{2}{2}$ 6 ft Board Nails @ 1/2 per ft $\varepsilon$ 14
$\frac{2}{2}$ 1 Gallon $\text{N}^e \text{M}^e$ Rum @ 6 per Gal
Carried Over
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To 2 Hooks ------------------------------------------------- 8s 16
To 1 Glass and 2 Staples ----------------------------------- 16
12th To 3 1/2 Lath Nails at 5a p. lb --------------------------- 58
To 1 1/2 lb Roast Nails @ 17 p lb ---------------------------- 28
To 1/2 lb Hang the Dutch Chimney ---------------------------- 1 12 1/2
To 2 lb White Pine Shims for the Land @ 17 p lb -------------- 3 66 3/4
To 80 wooden Pins for Hall ----------------------------------- 50
To 1 Quart of the Glue --------------------------------------- 35
To 1/2 lb Porches ------------------------------------------- 27
To a latch y[e] for the Door ---------------------------------- 16
To 335 lb Nails white b[o]rd of the S[p]raid @ 1 1/4 p lb ---- 23
To [illegible] Cost 8s 11d, 23 [illegible] Dayes work at the House --- 42 22
To [illegible] Journey 8 1/2 3/4, 3/4 Dayes work on the House & 8 3/4 --- 9 3/4
To [illegible] Journey's Noise Dollars for 18 Dayes and 9 House --- 9
To Binding the Carpenters 10 Mason 11 Bricks at 4 [illegible] 16.30
Privated Book 8th & 12th -------------------------------------- 816.97
H. Pelig Cost 8s & 12s -----------------------------------------
Errors written by Thomas Perry
Know all Men by these Presents that I, George Hazard
Humphrey Perry of [illegible] in the County of Washington and State
of Rhode Island in Providence Plantations General Gov[ern]or for a Consideration
of the sum of forty five Dollars well and truly paid to me in
the Currency of the United States of America between me and my wife Jane
blacksmith with the Right hereof fully and adequately acknowledged I my said wife and together
conjoined paid Thomas George Hazard and daughter hannah forever quitclaimed
his heirs Successors & Conveyors to have and to hold the same to James Collins
forever unto him and said James Collins over the Lot of Land called the Lot
long 4 rods in Charlestown containing right threes in the west more or less
and is bounded North of the Home of Samuel Stratton in some part, James
Land & [illegible] on a highway to the East and to hold the said Diagram &
premises and all the other Close to the same belonging unto him the said
James Collins his Heirs & Assigns forever and the said George Hazard
Humphrey Perry as for my selling the same Successors & Administrators agree
unto the said James Collins before this instrument long I am the true sole and
owner of the Demised premises I have the right power full to sell & dispose the same
and as lawfully seized & possessed of the same my’self I do agree & promise hereby to
my self full power to sell & dispose of the same I that the said James Collins
to hold hereafter hath all the Enjoy the same furthermore the said George Hazard
Humphrey Perry doth hereby for himself his Heirs successors & administrators Warrant
Secure & defend the same against the Lawful Claims or Demands of any person
or Persons What ever Mary Perry wife of the said George Hazard Humphrey Perry
for the Consideration aforesaid has subscribed her hand to the Right of threes in the
before Demised premises unto the said James Collins his Heirs & Assigns
forever in Witness whereof the above described not being’d I do declare the
thirtieth Day of April 1804 [illegible]
Signed sealed & delivered
By George Hazard
In presence of
Mary Perry
Step Crop
Joseph Congdon
Recorded Feb 13th 1804
By [illegible] C.P.C. & C.
M. Hadlock in Notarization in the County the Day and Date
first written personally appeared the said Subscriber to be known to and proven
firstly acknowledged the same to be the same to be the same to be the same to be
Act and Deed hands and Seals instruments aforesaid as his own
Step Crop Justice Peace
The page as recorded
