records payments due for municipal contracts. Lists contractor, work performed on wharves, levees, public buildings, street cleaning, engine house construction, etc., and the amount of payment due. Includes payments for supplies/equipment furnished as well. Some records also give reference to the Council appropriation for the expenditure and/or to the account to be charged for the expenditure. A sample, dated June 9, 1846: To W.S. Jones For 1 brass lock $1 For repairs to iron railing of Lafayette Square $25