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Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Expenditures by the University of Virginia, 30 September 1820, enclosure no. 2 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 2 October 1820

Enclosure

Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Expenditures by the University of Virginia

A Statement of the application of the Funds of the University of Virginia, showing how much has been paid to each undertaker of work and for what purposes, and to other individuals on acct of the buildings and other expences, from the 1st day of October 1819 to the 30th day of September 1820—

$ Ct $ Cts
This sum paid to John M Perry on acct of the last payment for the 48¾ Acres of Land & improvement 3 615 .90
 To J. M. Perry on acct of the brick work of Pav: No 3 & 7 Dormitories executed in 1819 } 2 990 .54
To the same on acct of1 work on Pavilion No 4 West and 16 dormitories, including plastering & Bill of lumber, and the brick-work of Pavilion 4 East with 8 dormitories & the brick & wood work of Hotel B with 9 dormitories, lumber included2 } 8.598 .75 15.205 19
To this sum paid to James Dinsmore on acct of Carpenter & Joiners work on Pav: No 2 West and Pav: No 4 East & eight dormitories including lumber & other articles } 5 314 15
To Dinsmore & Perry, for Carpenters & Joiners work and lumber for Pavilion No 3 West and six dormitories } 1 544 11
To Richard Ware for brick work in Pav: 1 and 2 East & four dormitories } 3 891 .72
〃 same for Carpenter & Joiners work & lumber for Pavilions 1, 2 and 3 & 13 dormitories } 6 503 .77 10.395 49
To Carter & Phillips for amt of their brick work last year in Pavs No 1 & 5.3 & five dormitories &c } 3.506 75
To James Oldham on acct of Carpenters & Joiners work on Pavilion No 1 West with four dormitories and Hotel A. with nine dormitories & lumber } 2 919 99
To A. Thorn for stone foundation for Columns to Pavilion No 1 West } 86 504
To George W. Spooner on acct Carpenters work on Pavilion No 5 West and on Hotel C with 10 dormitories and lumber } 2 084 57
To John Nelson for work & lumber for Pavilion No 5 West & Pavilion No 5 East with seven dormitories } 1 486 .57
To Peter Myers for brick work in Pavilion No 5 West 11 .56 1 498 13
To William B Phillips on account of brick work the present year5 } 898 71
To Curtis Carter on acct of his contract for brick work the present year6 } 926 79
To Nelson Barksdale for lumber for the buildings 800 .00
 same for the hire of Negroes for 1819 1 101 .00
 same for a Horse for the use of the Institution 65 .00 1 966 00
To Michele & Giacomo Raggi on acct wages as Sculptors board washing &c } 1 294 .24
〃 Giacomo Raggi on acct wages 70 . 1 364 24
To Joseph Cowden & James Campbell stone cutters 314 .50
To John Gorman on acct of stone work 679 .06 993 567
To John Cullen & others for quarrying stone for Bases, Caps, door sills, steps &c } 269 258
To Thos B. Conway for free Stone 75
To Joseph Antrim for Plastering 681 .69
To Edward Lowber for Painting and Glazing 598 .25
To A. H. Brooks, for covering Pavilions 1 and 5 West and 1 and 2 East with Tin & pipes9 No 2 West } 798 .47 2 078 41
To James Leitch for sundries furnished for the buildings including, Glass, Tin, hardware &c in10 1818 and 1819 } 1 332 .73
To Brockenbrough & Harvie for Nails 282 .96
To John Van Lew & Co for Tin, hardware &c 1 360 .76
To D. W. & C Warwick for sundries 37 .00 3 013 45
To Elijah Huffman for boring & laying water pipes 242 .53
〃 Lewis Bailey for ditching for water pipes 25 .50
〃 William Boin & others for do do 85 .67 353 70
To John Herron for Wages as overseer 106 .00
〃 Jesse Lewis blacksmith work 160 .88
To this paid for provision for laborers & overseer 797 .83
〃 this sum paid for the hire of laborers, waggonage and other unavoidable expences } 1 620 .26 2 684 97
To A. S. Brockenbrough on acct services11 1 604  85
〃 Alex Garrett on acct services 375 .00 1 979 85
 Total amount paid out12 from 1 Oct: 19 to 30th Sept 1820 $ 59.158 81
 

An Estimate of what will probably be required to complete the buildings now on hand and two other Hotels, a Proctors house and twenty eight dormitories to complete the range on the Western Street—

$ Cts
Agreeable to our estimate on the 1st Oct 1819 we required to complete the buildings then contracted for the sum of 38.898 25
$  
For 3 other Pavilions now building 18.000 
〃  3 Hotels or boarding houses do 9.000.
   45 Dormitories       do 18.000 
45,000 00
For 2 Hotels & a Proctors House on the west street with 28 dormitories13 } 20.200
$ 104.098 25
To which may be added on account of stone work diging & removeing earth and other unavoidable14 expences at least 25 pCent } 26.024 56
$ 130.122 81
From which deduct the sums paid to the several undertakers of the buildings & others as pr the foregoing acct—since Oct: 1st 1819 } 59,158 81
$ 70.964 00
Funds required to meet the above balance $  
This sum unappropriated of the sum borrowed of the Literary fund15 } 20.000
The State donation of 1821 after paying 2.400 Ds interest for money borrowed16 } 12.600
Balance required to complete the buildings 38.364 70,964

From the foregoing estimate it will be seen that the sum of $38.364 will be wanting to complete the buildings contemplated for the accommodation of the Professors & students at the University of Virginia, the sum wanting is enlarged by adding to our former estimate a Proctors house and ten Dormitories which are required to make the Ranges on the East & West streets equal—In my estimate of October 1st 1819 the cost of the buildings alone was brought into the calculation, to make good what has been paid out for land and a variety of unforeseen17 contingent expences I have added 25 prcent on the estimate of October 1st 1819 which I am confident will be sufficient to complete the aforesaid buildings—the foregoing statements are respectfully submited to the board of Visitors by thier obt Humble Sevt

A. S. Brockenbrough Proctor

MS (Vi: RG 79, House of Delegates, Speaker, Executive Communications); entirely in Brockenbrough’s hand; with internal running totals at breaks of pages and small check marks adjacent to some entries editorially omitted; docketed in an unidentified hand. FC (DLC); entirely in Brockenbrough’s hand. Printed in Report and Documents for 1820 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1820, containing a 2 Oct. 1820 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends , 10–3. MS probably also enclosed in either Brockenbrough’s letter to TJ of 30 Sept. or that of 2 Oct. 1820, neither found, with the former inconsistently recorded in SJL as received 28 Sept. 1820 from the University of Virginia and the latter recorded as received on the day it was written. FC enclosed in Brockenbrough to TJ, 7 Nov. 1820.

pav: no 3 was later redesignated as Pavilion V. pavilion no 4 west and pavilion 4 east became pavilions VII and VIII, respectively, while hotel b became Hotel D and pav: no 2 west became Pavilion III. Richard Ware worked on pavilions 1, 2 and 3, which were renamed as pavilions II, IV, and VI. Curtis Carter and William B. Phillips did the brickwork on pavs no 1 & 5, with the latter later redesignated as Pavilion IX. hotel a and hotel c became hotels B and F, respectively. pavilion no 5 east is Pavilion X.

1FC here adds “carpenters.”

2Preceding two words not in FC.

3FC here adds “West.”

4In FC the preceding two amounts are rendered in the left column, with the subtotal “3.006 49” in the right.

5FC here adds “in pavilion No 5 East and Hotel C.”

6Instead of preceding four words, FC reads “in Pavilion No 3 East & Hotel A.”

7Subtotal not in FC.

8In FC this amount is rendered in the left column, with the subtotal “1262 81” in the right.

9Instead of this word, FC reads “tin pipes for.”

10Instead of preceding six words, FC reads “in the year.”

11FC: “salary.”

12Instead of this word, FC reads “to Undertakers & others.”

13FC here adds “yet to be put up.”

14MS: “inavoidable.” FC: “unavoidable.”

15In FC this entry reads “This Balance of the $60.000 loan.”

16In FC this entry reads “The Annuity of 15.000. $ deduct 2.400 Int: on the 40.000 borrowed.”

17MS: “unforesen.” FC: “unforeseen.”

Index Entries

  • Antrim, Joseph; and plastering at Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Bailey, Lewis; and University of Virginia search
  • Barksdale, Nelson; and University of Virginia search
  • Boin, William; and University of Virginia search
  • Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; as University of Virginia proctor search
  • Brockenbrough & Harvie (Richmond firm); and University of Virginia search
  • Brooks, Absalom H.; and University of Virginia search
  • building materials; lumber search
  • building materials; nails search
  • building materials; stone search
  • building materials; tin search
  • building materials; window glass search
  • Campbell, James (of Virginia); and University of Virginia search
  • Carter, Curtis; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
  • Conway, Thomas B.; and University of Virginia search
  • Cowden, Joseph; and University of Virginia search
  • Cullen, John (quarrier); and University of Virginia search
  • D. W. & C. Warwick (Richmond firm); and University of Virginia search
  • Dinsmore, James; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Garrett, Alexander; as University of Virginia bursar search
  • glass, window; for University of Virginia search
  • Gorman, John; and University of Virginia search
  • Herron, John; as overseer at University of Virginia search
  • horses; for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Huffman, Elijah; and University of Virginia search
  • Italy; stonecutters from search
  • John Van Lew & Company (Richmond firm); and University of Virginia search
  • Leitch, James; and University of Virginia search
  • Lewis, Jesse Pitman; and Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Literary Fund; and annuity for University of Virginia search
  • Literary Fund; and loans for University of Virginia search
  • Lowber, Edward; and University of Virginia search
  • lumber; used at University of Virginia search
  • Myers, Peter; and University of Virginia search
  • nails; as building material search
  • Neilson (Nelson), John; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Oldham, James; as builder for University of Virginia search
  • Perry, John M.; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Perry, John M.; sells property to Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Phillips, William B.; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
  • pipes, water; for University of Virginia search
  • Raggi, Giacomo; as stonecutter at University of Virginia search
  • Raggi, Michele; as stonecutter at University of Virginia search
  • slaves; work at Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Spooner, George Wilson; as builder for University of Virginia search
  • Thorn, Abia B.; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
  • tin; for University of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Expenditures by the University of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; funding for search
  • Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; and construction of University of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; brick makers and brick masons at search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; builders for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building costs search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; carpenters and joiners for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; dormitory rooms search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; East Range search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel B search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel D search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel E search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel F search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; hotels search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; land for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion I search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion II search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion III search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion IV search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion IX search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; pavilions search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion V search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VI search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VII search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VIII search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion X search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; stonecutters at search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; water pipes for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; West Range search
  • Ware, Richard; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
  • Ware, Richard; as carpenter for University of Virginia search
  • water; pipes search