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Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of his Drafts on the University of Virginia Bursar, [ca. 26 November 1821]

Enclosure
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Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of his Drafts on the University of Virginia Bursar

[ca. 26 Nov. 1821]

A STATEMENT of the amount of the Proctor’s Drafts on the Bursar of the University of Virginia, on account of the Buildings and the contingent expences, from the 1st day of October, 1820, to the 26th day of November, 1821, both days inclusive.



This sum to  John M. Perry, on account of his several contracts for brick and wood work, lumber, &c. $ 17,629 83
Do. James Dinsmore, on account of his contracts for wood work and lumber on Pavilions 3 & 8, and 8 Dormitories, 3,249 89
Do. Dinsmore & Perry, on account of wood work and lumber for Pavilion, No. 5, and 6 Dormitories, 1,171 18
Do. Richard Ware, on account of the wood work and lumber of Pavilions, 2, 4 and 6, Hotel C C, and 13 Dormitories, 5,723 25
Do. James Oldham, on account of the wood work and lumber of Pavilion 1, Hotels A, and A A, and 15 Dormitories, 1,988 29
Do. George W. Spooner, on account of the wood work and lumber of Hotels C, and B B, and 10 Dormitories, 2,221 13
Do. John Neilson, on account of the wood work and lumber of Pavilions 9 and 10, and 7 Dormitories, 2,861 87
Do. Peck & Crawford, on account of the wood work and lumber of 25 Dormitories, on the West Street, 1,160 14
Do. William B. Philips, on account of brick work, 4,208 18
Do. Curtis Carter, on account of   ditto 3,693 28
Do. Dabney Cosby, on account of   ditto 850 36
Do. Nelson Barksdale, on account of lumber for buildings, 1,607 22
Do. John Gorman, on account of stone work, 1,881 01
 
Do. Gicicomo Raggi, (stone cutter) for wages, board, &c. 236 15
Do. John Cullen & Co. for quarrying stone for bases, caps, &c. 384 00
Do. Alexander Spinks & Co. for  do.  do.   do. 289 90
Do. Thomas B. Conway, for free stone for Ionic caps, and 12 Tuscan caps and bases, each wrought, 218 75
Do. Joseph Antrim, on account of the plaistering of 7 Pavilions, 3 Hotels, and 36 Dormitories, 3,892 08
Do. Edward Lowber, for painting, glazing, and materials, 2,224 95
Do. A. H. Brooks, on account of putting on the tin of the Pavilions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, and 3 Hotels, and 62 Dormitories, 1,344 97
Do. James Leitch, for sundry articles for buildings, 151 64
Do. Brockenbrough and Harvie, for nails, &c. 845 80
Do. John Van-Lew & Co. for hardware, 1,431 00
Do. D. W. and C. Warwick, for tin plates, salt, &c. 1,200 00
Do. Blackford, Arthur and Co. Franklin Stoves, and W. Weights, 364 50
Do. Alexander Garrett, to be remitted to Italy, on account of the Corinthian and Ionic caps ordered, 1,200 00
Do. Lewis Bailey, the balance for ditching for pipe logs to conduct the water to the University, 19 25
Do. Elijah Huffman, for balance due him for boring and laying water pipes, 75 97
Do. John Herron, for wages as overlooker of labourers, 120 00
Do. Charles Bankhead, for the hire of a blacksmith, 54 00
Do. Uriah Leonard, on account of wages as blacksmith, 15 00
Do. Bassett and Co. on account of digging out two foundations of Hotels, and cutting out the West Street, 348 94
Do. To contingent expences, for articles not properly chargeable to any one building, embracing the waggonage of all articles from Richmond; the waggonage of stone for the bases, caps, steps, door-sills, &c.; the hire of labourers for the last year, and daily labourers the present year; provision for labourers and horses; one horse and a waggon; hoisting apparatus; Roman cement for cisterns; pumps for wells; and cisterns, &c. &c. 4,373 06
Do. Proctor for his services, 1,716 09
6,722  31
$ 68,751  68
The above amount includes several accepted drafts of the undertakers on the Proctor, which are charged to them, but are due to other individuals by the University, viz:—
J. M. Perry’s drafts on Proctor accepted, $ 1,228 16
Richard Ware’s do.   do.   do. 913 37
Peck and Crawford,   do.   do. 70 30
For several contingent expences, 168 50
$ 2,380  33
Total amount of drafts on the Bursar from 1st October, 1820, to the 26th day of November, 1821,
$ 66,371  35

A. S. BROCKENBROUGH, Proctor.

Printed in Report and Documents for 1821 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1821, containing a 29 Nov. 1821 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends , 33; undated. Also enclosed in Brockenbrough to TJ, 25 Nov. 1821, in the preceding enclosure, and in TJ to Thomas Mann Randolph, 4 Dec. 1821.

hotel c c later became Hotel E. hotels a, and a a were redesignated as Hotel B and Hotel A, respectively. The names of hotels c, and b b were changed to Hotel F and Hotel C. gicicomo raggi: Giacomo Raggi. Window weights (w. weights) or sash weights are attached to the cords of window sashes as counterbalances to ease opening and closing (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ).

Index Entries

  • Alexander Spinks (Sprinks) & Company; and quarrying for University of Virginia search
  • Antrim, Joseph; and plastering at Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Bailey, Lewis; and University of Virginia search
  • Bankhead, Charles Lewis (Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead’s husband); hires out slaves to University of Virginia search
  • Barksdale, Nelson; and University of Virginia search
  • Bassett & Company (firm); and University of Virginia search
  • Blackford, Arthur & Company (Shenandoah Co. firm); and University of Virginia search
  • blacksmiths; at University of Virginia search
  • blacksmiths; enslaved 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; bricks search
  • building materials; cement, Roman search
  • building materials; lumber search
  • building materials; nails search
  • building materials; stone search
  • building materials; tin search
  • building materials; window weights search
  • Carter, Curtis; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
  • cement; Roman search
  • cisterns; at University of Virginia search
  • Conway, Thomas B.; and University of Virginia search
  • Cosby, Dabney; as brick mason for 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
  • Dinsmore & Perry (Albemarle Co. firm); as builder for University of Virginia search
  • food; salt search
  • Garrett, Alexander; as University of Virginia bursar 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
  • household articles; stoves search
  • Huffman, Elijah; and University of Virginia search
  • John Cullen & Company (firm); and quarrying for University of Virginia search
  • John Van Lew & Company (Richmond firm); and University of Virginia search
  • Leitch, James; and University of Virginia search
  • Leonard, Uriah; as blacksmith at University of Virginia search
  • Literary Fund; University of Virginia Board of Visitors reports to search
  • Lowber, Edward; and University of Virginia search
  • lumber; used at University of Virginia search
  • machines; hoisting search
  • machines; pumps search
  • nails; for University of Virginia search
  • Neilson (Nelson), John; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Oldham, James; as builder for University of Virginia search
  • Peck & Crawford (firm); and University of Virginia search
  • Perry, John M.; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Phillips, William B.; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
  • pipes, water; for University of Virginia search
  • plastering; at University of Virginia search
  • Raggi, Giacomo; as stonecutter at University of Virginia search
  • Richmond, Va.; wagon carriage to and from search
  • salt; for University of Virginia search
  • slaves; as blacksmiths search
  • slaves; work at Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Spooner, George Wilson; as builder for University of Virginia search
  • stoves; for University of Virginia search
  • tin; for University of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of his Drafts on the University of Virginia Bursar search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; overseer at search
  • Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; annual reports of search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; blacksmiths search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; brick makers and brick masons search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building costs search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building materials for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; capitals for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; carpenters and joiners search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; cellars search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; cisterns search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; dormitory rooms search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; hoisting machine for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel A search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel B search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel C 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; painters and glaziers 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 VIII search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion X search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; plasterers search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; quarrying for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; stonemasons search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; streets search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; tinsmiths search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; wages for workmen search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; water pipes for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; wells search
  • wagons; transport goods to and from Richmond search
  • Ware, Richard; and builders for University of Virginia search
  • Ware, Richard; as carpenter for University of Virginia search
  • water; pipes search
  • wells; at University of Virginia search