George Town, September 8, 1790.
Wm. Pancost—Architect and Carpenter, can by the asistance of David Willers, pump maker, late from Philadelphia, serve the public by supplying them with pumps, cove logs or girders, for any purpose on the shortest notice.
George Town, near the Lower Ware Houses, Jan. 29, 1799.
Then in 1800, James Hoban, who was the architect and builder of the President's House, put this in a paper:
$2.00 per day will be given for good carpenters and joiners, at the President's House and in proportion for those less skilful, to be paid daily or weekly, as may be required.
Imagine! Now when the White House is being rebuilt hiring "good carpenters and joiners for $2.00 per day!"