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Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Alexander Hepburn’s Poplar Forest Materials List, [ca. 8 October 1819]

Notes on Alexander Hepburn’s Poplar Forest Materials List

[ca. 8 Oct. 1819]

	pieces		breadth		thick		long		Hewing.
Grist-mill.	2		14		12		18	.	sills		78

	2		14	.	12	.	11		do [i.e. 2. 14. 12. 11.]1		47	–8
	2		10		10		11		do		36	–8
	2		18		11		18		mealbeams		87	.
	3		14		11		8		posts		50	.
	3		12		11		8		do		46
	2		10		10		9		do		30
	2		10		10		14		do		46
	1	.	15		10		8		spursill.		17
	2		10		10		8		do		27
	2		17		12		4		headblocks.		120
	6		8		7		7		braces		53
	1	.	12	.	10		11		bridge tree		20	558.4
	1		27.		diam.		18	.	shaft.	16 square	120	–
	1		20	.	diam		9		do	12 square.	45

threshing machine	1		20	.	diam.		12		shaft.	16. square.	60
threshing machine	1		18	.	diam.		16		do	12. square.	72
											297				297
Penstock	5		[ ]		[ ]		18		sills.		210
	2		[ ]		[ ]		24		do		112
	3		[ ]		[ ]		18		caps.		54
	4		15		15		8		posts.		80
	10		12		10		8		do		146	8
	6		9		7		8		braces		64		656
													1214	× 2 =	2428
															27252

	pieces		breadth I	thick I		long		Sawing
for Grist-mill.	9		17	5		12	f	Cants for Grist mill.			to be seasoned.
	9		16	4		10		facings.
	12		14	2		12		Arms.
	5		14	4		11	.	Arms		may be of oak.
	4	.	12	4		10		Arms		may be of oak.
	30		12	1	½	14		planks				sq.f.	I
												1071–	10
	9		17	4		13		shrouds. may be oak.			these may be the last sawed, and by our own saw-mill.
	18		17	1	⅛	16		bucket planks.
	18		14	1	¼	16		soaling planks.
	9		10	4		15		Arms. may be oak.
	18		3	2	½	16	.	elbow pieces.				1295–	3
								190. cogs. 4½ by 3½ 16.I. long			hiccory, not taking more than 3. cuts from a tree.
								70. rounds 3.I. sq. 19.I. long			hiccory, not taking more than 3. cuts from a tree.
saw mill	6		6	5		14		way pieces.
	3	.	12	4	½	12		Cants. oak.				sq.f	I
	15		5	1	½	8		buckets oak.				176–	6

Threshing machine	5		17	4	½	14		cants.
	5		17	3	½	11		facings
	3		15	3	½	11		cants
	3		12	3		8		facings.
	5		12	3	½	12		arms	)	may be oak or pine.		sq.f	I
	3		10	3	½	6		arms	)	may be oak or pine.		397–	9
	1	.	13	13		10		drum shaft. black gum.
	2	.	9	9		7		feeders. post oak.
								220. cogs. 4. by 3. 14.I. long.
								60. cogs. 3. by 2½ 12.I. long.

PoC (DLC: TJ Papers, 232:41564); written entirely in TJ’s hand on both sides of reused address cover of Joseph C. Cabell to TJ, 22 Feb. 1819; undated; damaged at seal; endorsed by TJ: “Mr Hepburn’s bill.”

1. Brackets in original.

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Title: Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Alexander Hepburn’s Poplar Forest Materials List, [ca. 8 October 1819]
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 8 October 1819

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Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Alexander Hepburn’s Poplar Forest Materials List, [ca. 8 October 1819],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-15-02-0080. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 15, 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018, pp. 112–114.]