Enclosure: James Walker’s Timber List for Thomas Jefferson’s Sawmill, [ca. 10 September 1811]
Enclosure
James Walker’s Timber List for Thomas Jefferson’s Sawmill
| Nomber | Length in ft &. Inches | Breadth in inches | Thickness in Inches— | Terms for the different pieces of Timber | |||
| 2 | 50 | 14 | 12 | Main sills pine or poplar | |||
| 2 | 50 | 9 | 9 | Plates ditto | |||
| 3 | 11 | .½ | 18 | 12 | Cross sills— | ||
| 8 | 9 | .¼ | 9 | 9 | Posts— | ||
| 2 | 9 | .¼ | 11 | 9 | ditto— | ||
| 2 | 11 | .½ | 11 | 11 | Fender posts pine or oak | ||
| 1 | 12 | 11 | 11 | Enterties— | |||
| 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | ditto— | |||
| 24 | 11 | .½ | 8 | 6 | sleepers— | ||
| 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | ditto— | |||
| 1 | 30 | 8 | .½ | 6 | .½ | for Carriage pine to be very straight | |
| 1 | 30 | 7 | .½ | 6 | ½ | ditto ditto ditto | |
| 2 | 4 | .¼ | 11 | 3 | .¾ | ditto— | |
| 2 | 5 | .¾ | 16 | 8 | — | Headblocks—oak | |
| 2 | 9 | .¼ | 4 | .½ | 3 | .½ | saw frame pine or oak |
| 2 | 6 | .½ | 12 | 3 | .½ | ditto ditto | |
| 10 | 7 | .½ | 7 | 4 | Braces— | ||
| 3 | 9 | .½ | 7 | 4 | ditto— | ||
| 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .½ | way plank pine or oak— | ||
| 8 | 13 | 8 | .½ | 1 | .¼ | oak to shoe the carriage— | |
| 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | .¼ | pine or oak for Rag wheel | ||
| 3 | 5 | .½ | 6 | 2 | .¼ | pine for ditto— | |
| [1]00 | 1 | 3 | 3 | good hickory or white oak for coggs | |||
| 8 | 1 | 2 | .½ | 2 | .½ | dogwood for rounds— | |
| [3]0 | 1 | 4 | .½ | 3 | .½ | way coggs white oak | |
| [3]0 | 1 | 3 | .½ | 3 | .½ | ditto ditto | |
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 194:34447); edges trimmed; entirely in Walker’s hand; undated; endorsed by Walker: “Bill of Timbers for Mr. Jeffersons Sawmill 1811.”
enterties (obsolete form of interdice) are horizontal pieces of timber used to connect two vertical pieces. headblocks hold the log on the carriage while it is being sawed ().