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Dec 21, 1843

Journal Entry

December 21, 1843 ~ Thursday

20th, 21 I spent the time to work on my house

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Daybook (1841 - May 1844)

Expenses of Building A Dwelling house in 1843 [Date] [Expense] [$] [cts] To team work By T B Foot 1 06 to 2 cord of Rock By P. R. Bird 4 00 to 2 cord of Rock By Edward Wells 4 00 To 2 cord of staves per J Boyce 4 00 To work By Church 3 1/2 Days 2 62 To work By Follett 3 Days 2 00 To Lumber from Woodworth 9 00 To Lumber from Land 1 20 To 15 cords of Stone in Suller [cellar] 30 00 June 5th To 110 bushels of Lime 1/ 18 33 To stone & team work on Suller 26 12 July 7th To 1 Bill of Lumber per W & W Land 48 66 To 29 1/2 days work By Littlewood 75 cts 22 12 1/2 To 23 days work by John Fidoe mason work 1.50 34 50 To 15 3/4 days work By A Millet 1.50 23 To 15 days work By Cooley 1.50 22 50 Sundry work 5 days 1.50 7 50 Sundry work 18 1/2 days .75 13 87 1/2 D wielding 5 1/2 day work 1.50 8 25 To 3 days work per wm parks .75 2 25 275 11

Daybook (1841 - May 1844)

Expenses of Building in 1843 $ cts To 12 1/2 days work per Stead .75 9 18 To 21 1/2 days work per A Cordon .75 15 93 To 2 days work per G Cannon 3 00 To 10 1/2 days work per J Riley 1.25 13 01 To work per Thomas Dobson 17 12 To work per James Morr 5 3/4 days 4 30 To J MCewen 10 1/2 days 7 87 1/2 To 3 1/2 days work per J Moss 2 43 To 11 1/2 days work per A Douglass 8 62 To 5 days work per J Barnes 5 00 To 1 day per Godard 1 50 To 4 1/2 days per Downing 3 37 1/2 To James Townsend 12 days work 18 00 To 9 1/2 days work per Moulton 9 50 To 13 1/2 days work per J Steed .75 10 12 1/2 To 20 1/2 days work per Morgan $1.25 28 10 To 9 1/2 day per Thomas Bishop .75 7 22 To 2 days work carpenter Reed 3 00 To 4 1/2 days work per Johnson 6 50 To work By Tenders 6 50 To Carpenters work 7 50 To Lumber for window & door frames 3000 feet 6 00 To makeing 14 window frames 15 00 To making 11 door frames 11 00 To making 168 lights of window sash 10 x 14 10 cts 16 80 To 2 Boxes glass $4 8 00 To Paints & oils 20 00 To Trimings for house 201 To nails 5 00 To Bill of Lumber of parsons 1000 feet 2 ct 20 00 To Irons for Bars & Cranes 9 00 218 58 1/2

Daybook (1841 - May 1844)

[Date] Expenses of Building in 1843 $ cts To 14574 Brick of F Pollin 88 65 To 1000 Brick 5 00 To 6,000 Brick of J Steed at $4. 44 00 To 16,250 Brick of Hiram Kimball at $5. 81 25 Total (37,825) ($198.90) To drawing 37821 Brick at 70 cts per thousand 26 47 1/2 To 2.50 bushels of Lime for Brick 18 cts 45 00 To drawing lime 7 00 The foregoing expenses are all counted 297 37 1/2 & included in the following Bills up to 275 11 Dec. 21st 1843 218 58 1/2 $791 07 Dec 22 To work By 15 men laying Brick, tending carpenter &c 16 00 23 To work By 3 men 3 00 30 To 900 feet of sheeting at 1.25 11 25 To flooring 50 JAN 3rd 18344 To 8000 shingles 2.25 pr thousand 18 00 To 1 Bill Cutting Door set By A Johnson 3 00 To 1 Bill Carpenters work per Cannon 3 56 10th To making Scuttle per gray 1 00 11 To Putting on Roof 12 00 12 To Boards & nails for scuttle 30 13 To 35 feet of tin gutter & putting on 20 7 00 25 To 14 pairs of window Blines $2 per D Foster. 28 00 Feb To Making 2 Doors per Moutnt 6 00 To Joiner work [per] Mount 6 00 March To Making 3 inside doors per Foster $3 9 00 To Laying floor & Joineyr work per Reed 14 00 April To Lumber for Blooring & doors 12 00 May To Lathing & plastering 2 Rooms and laying four hearths 10 days at $1.25 cts per day per Morgan 12 50 $954 18

Daybook (1841 - May 1844)

Expenses of Building the House in AD 1844 [Date] [Expense] [$] [cts] Brought over $954 18 May 1844 paid Wm Snow for Joiner work 4 00 [May 1844] 50 bushels of Lime at 20 cts for plastering 10 00 [May 1844] 2 bushels of hair 50 cts 1 00 [May 1844] To Lumber for petitions in chamber 5 00 June & July To 15 1/2 days work laying floors &c per D Webster $1.25 19 37 August 12th To work By W. Woodruff on the house from the beginning to the month of August 1844 100 00 $1093 55

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Publication of "The History of Joseph Smith" in the Times and Seasons covering period up to January 7, 1832.

Dec 21, 1843