The following is a list of checks and receipts written by Susan LaForge Potter in March, 1880 in her role as Executrix for Margaret Getchell LaForge’s estate. These were kept by Edith “Dottie” Potter Childs until her death in 2006, when they were given to Phyllis Guyre Jones, a great-granddaughter of Margaret. Margaret had died January 25, 1880.
| No. | Amount | Recipient | Notes |
| 1 | $64.44 | Park & Tilford | Grocers, Sixth Avenue, NYC |
| 2 | 40.50 | J. M. Tracy | Livery stables - transportation on Jan. 29th |
| 3 | 247 | J. C. Homan | Sexton, St. Ignatius Church; funeral |
| expenses on Jan. 29th | |||
| 4 | 120 | Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi | Margaret’s doctor (July, 1879 to death) |
| 5 | 10.37 | Amer. Dist. Telegraph Co. | |
| 6 | 9.50 | John Webb | Livery stables - transportation |
| 7 | 1000 | Phebe Ann Getchell | Legacy (Margaret’s mother) |
| 8 | 500 | Samuel LaForge | Legacy (Margaret’s father-in-law) |
| 9 | 25 | Samuel LaForge | 1/4 of annuity payment |
| 10 | 25 | Phebe Ann Getchell | 1/4 of annuity payment |
| 11 | 84 | Georgiana Martin | Wages as nursemaid (& housekeeper?) |
| 12 | 100 | Church of St. Ignatius | Annual rent of pew #17 (lowered rate) |
| 13 | 500 | George Pinkham | Legacy (Margaret’s uncle) |
| 14 | 500 | Rebecca G. Pitts | Legacy (Margaret’s sister) |
| 15 | 500 | Susan Potter | Legacy (Margaret’s sister-in-law) |
| 16 | 500 | Oscar Potter | Legacy in trust for Susan’s son |
| 17 | 1000 | Rebecca G. Pitts | Legacy in trust for Ida & Reginald Pitts |
| 18 | 91.66 | William L. Jaques | One month’s rent - house at 69 East 77th St. |
| 19 | 91.66 | William L. Jaques | Second month’s rent - “ ” “ ” “ ” |
| 20 | 89.62 | Jane P. Chester | Expenses for & care of Laurence LaForge |
| 21 | 25 | Jane P. Chester | Incidental expenses for Laurence LaForge |
| 22 | 100 | Charles J. Breck | Professional services as Special Guardian |
| of infants | |||
| 23 | 60 | Susan Potter | Six weeks’ care of Margaret while sick |
| 24 | 154.10 | Henry E. Knox | $ 9.10 for newspaper (obituary) notices, |
| $35 for funeral car to Woodlawn Cemetery, | |||
| $40 to Henry Martin for Margaret’s family expenses, | |||
| $70 for packing & shipping furniture on Erie R.R. | |||
| 25 | (Check & receipt missing) | ||
| 26 | 81.06 | Knox MacLean | Repayment of advances & Surrogate Court costs |
| 27 | 1000 | Henry R. Lyle | Legacy in trust for Chester & Grace Lyle, children of |
| Margaret’s deceased sister Susan Lyle | |||
| 28 | 28.25 |
May Lierrnan (spelling?) |
Wages, presumably as children’s nursemaid |
| 29 | 29.00 |
Mary J. Mooney |
Wages, presumably as children’s nursemaid |
Receipts identified for #28 and #29 did not have checks attached to them.