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John Williams kept this account book in 1843 to record brief accounts of expenses related to the construction of houses, barns, or other construction projects, likely near Hartford, Connecticut.

John Williams kept this account book in 1843 to record brief accounts of expenses related to the construction of houses, barns, or other construction projects, likely near Hartford, Connecticut.

The accounts reflect labor costs for framing, painting, oiling, scoring timber, carting, carpentry, and masonry. Purchase costs for various goods are also represented, such as lumber, doors, nails, glass, shingles, flooring, brick, lime, clapboards, stairway railings, and more. There are very brief notes regarding the sale of peaches and apples.