Statement of Account, Theodore Turley to Nauvoo Temple Committee, 14 August 1841
Statement of Account, Theodore Turley to Nauvoo Temple Committee, 14 August 1841
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| 1841 | $ d | |
| August 14th | By Wm Thompson rep[airin]g Drills | 0.25 |
| [By] to Steeling Drill $0.12½ | 0.12½ | |
| <1841> June 15th | By | 3.00 |
| August 18 | By Wm Thompsons order for work | 1.25 |
| October 17th | To work by Mr Hose | 1.25 |
| To makin[g] pick & finding steel | 1.50 | |
| 22 | To repg. ax $1.00 To order by $1.00 | 2.00 |
| To new Peck & finding Steel | 2.00 | |
| Dec 8th | Malhook & finding steel $2.00 | 2.00 |
| <1842> Jany 4th | To Tools by Huntington $2.50 To Tools by Anderson $1.50 | 4.00 |
| To Tools by C◊◊◊one 2 picks 1 stone ham[m]er | 3.50 | |
| To handham[page torn] 1 Chisel 1 Crobar 1 point | 2.00 | |
| To stone hamer & steel $2.00 to order by Stewart $3.50 | 5.50 | |
| Tempering ax crobar & points repaired | 0.87 | |
| To hammer $1.00 Float $0.50 by Bare | 1.50 | |
| March 17th | By Bare steeling drills & finding steel 15 | 0.75 |
| 15th | By [Bare] Steeling & sharping drills & Tools | 1.00 |
| By Huntington $0.62½. Dressing tools comitee $0.12½ | ||
| Order by $1.75 June 2nd To bell fixings $4.00 | 5.75 | |
| by Rockwoods Pistols $0.25 July 1 5 hamers 4 Picks 2 axes $11.00 | 11.25 | |
| July 4th | Dressing & Steeling hamer $1.00 To 4 Pitching Tools $2.00 | 3.00 |
| To 2 points $0.25 To 14 points $0.42 2 Drills $0.25 To 4 Drills $0.25 | 1.17 | |
| To 8 Drills $0.50 15 Points $0.95 2 new picks $2.00 4 Small Tools $0.20 | 3.65 | |
| To 2 Letter punches for $2.00 | 2.00 | |
| 7 | ax $1.00 steeling one $0.75 3 points $0.75 | 2.50 |
| $61.82 |
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Turley appears to have used both American and British currency symbols and notations in this account. The column for monetary values is headed with the symbol for the American dollar and the “d” used to signify the British penny, or pence, instead of the symbol for American cents. Turley also used a dash between numbers, which was much more common in British accounting. There are also several instances in the main entries where Turley used the “d” symbol. Ultimately, the amounts seem to signify American currency, so all amounts throughout the document have been standardized to American currency. (“Denarius,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 3:191; Sutherland, English Coinage 600–1900; see also “Pounds, Shillings and Pence,” The Royal Mint Museum, accessed 3 July 2023, https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence.)
The Oxford English Dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, and C. T. Onions. 12 vols. 1933. Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.
Sutherland, Carol Humphrey Vivian. English Coinage 600–1900. London: B. T. Batsford, 1973.
The Royal Mint Museum. https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/.