By early spring 1763 Thomas Nevell's journeymen and apprentices were spending the working week on site at Mount Pleasant. Nevell was receiving cash installments for the work from John Macpherson roughly every two weeks in amounts that ranged between £5 and £40. Nevell credited his carpenters their time working with weekly entries in his daybook. … Continue reading “Credit John MacPherson for Cash Recevied – £20.5”
Month: May 2013
“Debit John McPherson to building a Lime House” Thomas Nevell daybook, May 7, 1763
By the spring of 1763 work was well underway on Captain John and Margaret Macpherson's country retreat Mount Pleasant. The Macpherson's initially purchased 38 acres of land from Benjamin Mifflin and his wife Hannah in September 1761 and would add to this acreage with additional purchases of land after the buildings on the site were completed four … Continue reading “Debit John McPherson to building a Lime House” Thomas Nevell daybook, May 7, 1763
In Proportion to the Trouble 