Note 217 — Chapter XIV · SOCIETY IN THE OLD DOMINION.
Reading edition
The following specimen of a bill of funeral expenses is given in Bruce, op. cit. ii. 237:—
lbs. tobacco.
Funeral sermon 200
For a briefe 400
“ 2 turkeys 80
“ coffin 150
2 geese 80
1 hog 100
2 bushels of flour 90
Dunghill fowle 100
20 lbs. butter 100
Sugar and spice 50
Dressing the dinner 100
6 gallon sider 60
6“rum 240