Articles of agreement entered into this 15th day of Aug. 1842 between W M Wilson of the City of Richmond of the one part & Alexr H. Rutherfoord of the said City of the other part-
Witnesseth--The said Wilson hereby agrees to execute for the said Rutherfoord all the plaistering for a dwelling house just erected by the said Rutherfoord in the said City on F Street and to furnish all the materials for the same, which are to be of the best description, & the whole work throughout the house to be executed in a handsome & workmanlike manner, that is to say-- the ceiling of the whole basement story and the walls of the store room are to receive two coats of plaister--
The whole ceiling of the principal story and the walls of the dining room & parlor (which rooms are not to be papered) to be plaistered with three coats--the stair way also to receive three coats, and the walls of the remainder of this story, viz. the sitting room, passage & closet to receive two coats of plaister--plain but neat centre pieces to be put up in the parlour, dining room and passage--the outside walls of the parlour & dining room to be lathed on stripping--
The ceiling throughout the second story to be plaistered with three coats & the walls to receive two coats of plaister which are not to be papered the outside walls of the two large chambers to be lathed on stripping--
The said Wilson further agrees that the above mentioned work shall be executed in a substantial & complete manner, so as to give a handsome finish to the plaistering throughout the whole house and more especially where the walls are not to be finished for papering---
In consideration whereof the said [page break] Rutherfoord hereby agrees to pay to the said Wilson the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars
Walter M Wilson
$100 payable 1st Oct, $140 last of Decr, Alexr H. Rutherfoord & balance about the 1st by next[?]
In addition to the above mentioned work the said Wilson has this day agreed to execute for the said Rutherfoord the following--
To put up in the parlour & dining room a large & very handsome Cornice, such as the said Wilson has described and assured the said Rutherfoord will give satisfaction--
In the passage an ornamental centre piece; in the passage also, a third coat of plaister to the walls which are to be whitened with plaister of Paris similar to the principal rooms--
In the sitting room third coat of plaister also to be whitened with plaister of Paris, so as to correspond with the parlour, dining room and passage & c, it being understood that the walls & ceiling of the principal story throughout are to be made white & firm & to be in no respect inferior to the work done by the said Wilson in the Second Baptist Church--
In the outhouse the two small rooms to be lathed and plaistered with two coats of plaister--
In consideration of the above the said Rutherfoord hereby agrees to pay to the said Wilson the sum of one hundred & seventeen dollars and twenty cents and to dispense with the three centre pieces mentioned in the foregoing contract.
Richmond 23d Aug 1842
Sept 10th twelve dollars to be added for a white coat to the 2d story $100 for the cornice 11.20 for the 3d coat of plaister & c to passage & sitting room & 6.50 for the work on the out-house