Included in these records are day books (1824-1828; 1834-1836; 1835-1837; 1842-1845; 1849-1858; 1853-1855; 1856-1860) which list chronologically the work done for private, commercial, municipal, religious and institutional clients, noting client's name and/or street address, type of remodeling, repair or construction done, and number of employees and types of materials used; with a few wages and prices given also. Buildings and structures worked on by apparently slave and free workmen included streets and drains throughout the city, the Market, Jail, Workhouse, Guard House, Military Hall, various banks, a firehouse, the Fireproof Building, St. Michael's Church, the "Jews's synagogue," the German Friendly Society Hall, as well as dozens of others for various persons, including "colored" men and women, as occasionally noted.
Other records include an 1843 list of which supplies were used for which jobs; an indexed ledger (1839-1846) detailing, by name of client, specific work done and fees charged, including those for badges (slave tags?) for employees; a cash book (1839) listing expenses for labor, lime, bricks, "negro cloth," etc., with income from fees; an estimate book (1842-1849) with projected costs, lists of supplies, descriptions and occasional drawings of floorplans for structures such as dwelling houses, stables, and kitchens to be built or repaired; a volume (1851-1855) listing work done on various streets and drains for City Council; and an unrelated volume of newspaper clippings (1824-1829) on mostly political subjects kept by Daniel Horlbeck (b. 1807).
Interspersed throughout the volumes are notations on the brickyard at the Horlbeck family plantation, Boone Hall, and the loading and unloading of schooners of building supplies as well as such commodities as hay, rice, flour, lard and glue. During the Civil War, these volumes were pasted over with newspaper clippings; clippings have been removed but misleading dates (1861-1865) often appear written over the original text. There are gaps of missing pages in several volumes. (Formerly SCHS 33/100-101)
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