Thomas Jefferson’s Agreement to Hire James Oldham for Work on University of Virginia, 8 April 1819
Agreement to Hire James Oldham for Work on University of Virginia
The terms offered by James Oldham are accepted for the Pavilion No I. with an allowance to him of the Philadelphia printed prices without any discount
| Th: Jefferson |
| Apr. 8. 19. |
Pavilion No I. is 44. f front & 48.f. flank
the interval between N. II. & I is 54.f. from wall to wall.
MS (ViHi: Thomas Jefferson Papers); written in TJ’s hand on a small scrap; postscript adjacent to signature; notation on verso in an unidentified hand: “B.” Tr (ViU: PP); conjoined with other documents related to Oldham’s Memorial to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 3 Oct. 1823; lacking postscript; at head of text: “(A).” Tr (ViU: Oldham Papers); in the hand of chancery court clerk William S. Eskridge; postscript incorporated into body of document; exhibit A conjoined with Tr of Oldham’s Bill of Complaint against the University of Virginia Board of Visitors and Proctor, [before 26 Sept. 1825]. Tr (ViU: Oldham Papers); in Eskridge’s hand; lacking postscript; part of exhibit U conjoined with Tr of Oldham’s Memorial and filed with Tr of Oldham’s Bill of Complaint. Enclosed in TJ to Oldham, 8 Apr. 1819, Oldham’s Memorial, and Oldham’s Bill of Complaint.
TJ later redesignated Pavilion ii. as Pavilion III.
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