“Cyrus W. Field.”
From this time until 1842 the accounts were kept with the same exactness; some of the items for this latter year are:
| “1842 | |
| June 13, to cutting coat, vest, 2 pair pants | $ 1 75 |
| “ 15, to soap, 8 cents; pepper, 5 cents; tobacco and linen | 32 |
| July 4, to Niblo’s Garden, M. E. F., M. S., and C. W. F. | 1 50 |
| “ 6, to Dr. Paine, $1; pill, 6 cents | 1 06 |
| Aug. 7, to letter to and one from Mrs. Field | 25 |
| Oct. 1, to W. H. Popham, 7 tons coal | 37 75 |
| Nov. 18, to shoestrings, 5 cents; tacks, 19 cents | 24 |
| “ 22, to Tribune, 2 weeks | 18 |
| Dec. 1 | $1,482 79 |
“The above were our expenses for one year, December 2, 1841, to December 2, 1842.
“Cyrus W. Field.”
And on December 1, 1843, at the end of the book we read:
| “1843 | $1,654 91 | |
| Less | ||
| Dec. 1, | boarding —— from October 8, | |
| 1842, to date, 596/7 weeks @ | ||
| $3...................$179 57 | ||
| “ 1, cash over to date[A]6 30 | 185 87 | |
| $1,469 04 | ||
[A] This amount is for sundries sold, and entered the past year in our expenses, and for which I refund back the money.
“The above are our expenses for one year, from December 2, 1842, to December 2, 1843.
“Cyrus W. Field.”