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Daybook, James Stanley Emery

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1856

July 4 th

Arrived this day in the Territory at Topeka and learned positively of the destruction of a considerable amount of my property by theft and arson the work of U.S. officials under authority –My account Books were stolen or burned and hence I commence below a new statement of my affairs –

United States

To James S. Emery Dr.
To destruction of Law Library by a posse
under charge of U.S. Marshall Donaldson	500
May 21st 1856
To Miscellaneous Books destroyed at said time	300
To Bedding taken from my dwelling &
house by said posse at said time	25
To one Rose wood Dressing case -	25
To clothing taken or destroyed by said posse	100
To private papers taken	50
	$1,000.00

Recd May 1859 as payt for above account Territorial Warrants to the amt of $1420 –

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Territory of Kansas

1856

July 4

To James S. Emery Dr.
To services as a Justices of the Peace from
Date of my commission Nov 8 th 1854 to August
as per schedule below $990.00

This schedule is made out from a few papers now in my possession whereof my Docket was a transcript which Docket was destroyed May 21 st 1856 in Lawrence when the town was sacked by a U. S. Marshals Posse –

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1856		Office Building
July	5	Whole amt paid out to date on office Building
		By Emery	436
		By Hutchinson	364.08
		Lumber included in the above, sold	23 83	776 35
	12	Squared accounts with Hutchinson on Building and Rents
	13th	Paid Merchat (Mason) towards job in Building	10
	17	Paid Duncan for [XXX] stains & lumber 60 ft	6 80
1857
Frday	11 1857	Settled and balanced office accounts this date
	11	Paid for plastering upper rooms	48.26	65 06
				$841 41

Apr	21st	Paid for plastering back upper room	15
	24	Paid for repairing a roof	16 00
	30	Pd for repairing & painting	8.92
May	23	Pd for flooring – cornice & painting &c	61.2
June	4	Fencing		133 12
Aug	20	Paid for plastering outside &c	52 00
				$974.53

1858	5	Repairs upper office	14
Feb
June		Painting lower room	2 50
Aug	1st 1858	Painting other lower room	2 66
Sept		Damages allowed to tenant	2
Oct		Stairs repaired	7.5
“		pastering (Paul)	6
“		farther allowance	1
	25	Paid Paul on work done last spring on Hutchinson’s Room
			11
				45.66
				$1,020.19

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1856
July	12	Self Dr to Rents rec’d on building to date

		from memorandums
1855	Dec	had stove of Jenkins for office	18
		& pipe	4 13
				22 13

	“	Sold him stove	8
		& pipe	2
	“	pd cash	8	18
				4.13 [XXX]

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Day Book –

1856
July	7	Henry Kiiseel	Dr
		To passage ticket from Nebraska City – to Topeka & Money loaned
				15
	10	Leonard Merchant Dr to 5$ pd by Hutchinson on a/c
	“	Luke P Lincoln	Dr
	“	To Justice fees in 1854 as per Docket Cash	25
	“	To services as attorney	25
	“	To Interest on money loaned	10	60
			Cr
	“	By one lot sold No 65 Mass. Street		60
	“	Ed P. Fitch	Dr
		To professional advice	Cr	5
		By cash in exchange		1
	24	Mr Pierce	Cr
		By 100 Posts for fencing a 5 ½	5.5
		Mr Zimmerson	Cr
	“	By 2175 Baling a 1 ct	21.75
			Dr
	“	To cash	20
	27	Mr Pince	Dr
		To cash paid Mr M. A. A. Hanson	5.5
1857
Feb	11	James Jamison [XXX}	1.75
	“	[Illegible]
		[Illegible]
		[Illegible]
Mch	7	Luke P. Lincoln	[XXX]
	“	To Recording	3
	“	To professional service & per cent on sale of city property	37
May	13	Gains Jenkins Dr to cash	10.00 presented
		Gains Jenkins Cr. by planning	6.00 allowed
May	31st	Luke P. Lincoln	Dr
		To cash sent to mail as per order	460
	“	Charles P. Hale	Dr
	“	To cash loaned	55.00 paid
June	19	Josiah Emery	Dr
		Cr cash loaned	#50.00
		E. G. Trask	Cr
		By cash to invest in land	50