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The following old document, giving the Lebanon
bill of prices for stone work, brick work and plastering, agreed upon
in 1815, is published so far as it is legible:
We the subscribers have thought proper to regulate and form a bill of
prices on stone work, brick work and plastering, of which we take the
liberty to inform our friends and the public in general.
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$ Cts. |
For stone work under ground, and found per perch |
.43 3-4 |
And if not found |
.81 1-4 |
For rough stone work above ground and found per perch |
.75 |
And if not found |
1.00 |
For single range work and found per perch |
1.87 1-2 |
And if not found |
2.00 |
For brick walls of one brick and half thick if found per thousand |
2.12 1-2 |
And if not found |
2.62 1-2 |
For one brick or nine inch wall if found per thousand |
2.75 |
And if not found |
3.25 |
For brick chimney building and brick counted on the ground and found
per thousand |
4.00 |
And if not found |
4.62 1-3 |
For stone chimney and measured girth and 1-2 girth and found per
perch |
.43 |
And if not found |
.81 |
For brick cornice and found per foot extra on the thousand |
.25 |
And if not found |
.81 1-4 |
For painting and penciling per yard and found |
.12 |
And if not found |
.16 |
For flemish-bond or front work extra on the thousand and found |
.25 |
And if not found |
.81 1-4 |
For laying hearths and found from 50 to |
1.25 |
And if not found |
from 62 1-2 to 1.50 |
For a trimmer arch and found |
1.00 |
And if not found |
1.25 |
For separate ovens and found from |
8.50 to 4.50 |
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And if not found from |
4.00 to 5.00 |
For setting a single still and found |
5.00 |
And a double still, or two stills joining |
9.50 |
For a scratch coat on a brick wall and found |
.10 |
And if not found |
.12 1-2 |
For finishing the same and found |
.16 |
And if not found |
.20 |
For lathing and scratch coat and found |
.14 |
And if not found |
.16 |
For finishing the same and found |
.20 |
And if not found |
.35 |
Observe that all vacancies in walling and plastering
we measure as solid work. |
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N. B.—We, the undersigned, do hereby agree not
to warrant or run any risk in the draft of a chimney of any description
whatever. |
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ELIHU CRANE, |
WM. LEVINGSTON, |
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SMITH CRANE, |
JOHN SMITH, |
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BENJ. ASHLEY, |
JONATHAN CRANE, |
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DAVID SMITH, |
JOSEPH ROLL, |
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BENJ. TAPPIN, |
ELI W. MINOR, |
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ISAAC TAPPIN, |
JAMES READEN, |
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BENJ. BUNDY, |
THOMAS FAUQUIRE. |
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Jan. 18, 1815. |
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INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS OF LEBANON IN 1839.
BUSINESS |
Shops |
Hands |
Woolen factories |
2 |
30 |
Tailoring |
5 |
17 |
Stove, copper and tin manufactories |
2 |
5 |
Tanning |
1 |
5 |
Wheelwright and turning |
2 |
5 |
Chair making |
4 |
10 |
Saddling |
6 |
17 |
Cabinet making |
3 |
15 |
Hatting |
3 |
9 |
Shoemaking |
3 |
27 |
Gunsmithing |
1 |
3 |
Brickmasons, brickmaking, etc |
- |
60 |
Blacksmithing |
6 |
23 |
Carpenters and joiners |
10 |
38 |
Milliners and mantua-makers |
6 |
15 |
Tailoresses or seamstresses |
20 |
80 |
Silversmiths |
2 |
4 |
Wagonmaking |
4 |
37 |
Barbers |
1 |
3 |
Sign-painters |
3 |
3 |
House-painters |
3 |
7 |
Butchers |
2 |
6 |
Bakery |
2 |
4 |
Weavers |
1 |
6 |
Printing |
1 |
4 |
Pump-makers- |
1 |
4 |
Coopers |
2 |
2 |
Tallow-chandler |
1 |
2 |
Plow-making |
3 |
5 |
Iron foundry |
1 |
4 |
Oil mill, carding and fulling |
1 |
3 |
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