Nicolás Tomasiny, a soldier in the Permanent Infantry Regiment of Louisiana, who was assigned to guard the drawbridge over Bayou St. John, certified having received from Juan de Castanedo, City Steward of New Orleans, the following sums: forty-five pesos five reales, his salary, as approved by the Cabildo, for guarding the bridge from January 1 to December 31; eights pesos for wood burned during cold weather; and three pesos for twelve pounds of grease to lubricate the metal moving parts of the bridge.
