31To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 27 August 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
As I could not be well spared myself, I sent down my Clerk to the Quarries, immediately after writing to you, and as soon as the business would permit, I followed him, and made such arrangements, as that we have now all our most heavy stone in the Yard, and shall not probably be again at a Stand for stone. The architrave is set round the East semicircle, & by Friday evening the three Stones...
32To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 17 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your letter of the 13h. this morning, being arrived here from the country, on my road to Washington. I am still so weak, that a few days of rest are necessary to me, before I can proceed, but on Monday or Tuesday, I shall go by way of Newcastle to Baltimore & be in Washington in all next week. I write to Mr. Lenthall by this post & shall give him such instructions...
33To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 29 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
During your illness, from which I sincerely rejoice that you are recovering, I was unwilling personally to intrude upon you, & I am still fearful, lest a visit on business, might not yet be convenient to You. I beg leave therefore to request Your consideration, and indulgence, while I state to you in writing, what I should otherwise have verbally laid before you.— I have heard with great...
34To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 8 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I am so unwilling to take up your time unnecessarily, especially on my own concerns, that I take the liberty to write, rather than speak to you. During my stay here from the 10th. of April to the latter part of May, I stated to you an account, showing the inadequacy of my Salary of 1.700$ to cover the expenses induced by my appointment. You were pleased to say that it should be raised to...
35To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 11 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
We have put in the frames of the Pannel lights on the whole of the West side of the dome and are now engaged in putting in those on the East. I find it impossible to save the Center light on the South side, and indeed it would have been better to have sacrificed the two next east & West of them,—for the roof in that part is so flat, that I fear we must cover it with Lead. I will endeavor so to...
36To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 17 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
In presenting to you the drawing of the Capitol, which I herewith leave at the President’s house, I have no object but to gratify my desire, as an individual citizen, to give you a testimony of the truest respect and attachment;—an attachment to which your high office adds nothing,—and which existed though not in the same degree for your character before I had the happiness to be known to you,...
37To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 25 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The difficulty of procuring a sufficient supply of freestone, of a quality suitable to the construction of the interior of the House of Representatives, and of its communications, which I stated and explained to you in my report of the 22nd. day of December 1805, has rendered the completion of the South wing of the Capitol, so that it could be occupied by the House during the approaching...
38To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 27 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Lenthall did not put the drawings of the proposed alteration of the North Wing of the Capitol into my hands till this moment. I have in the limits of the recess been attentive to the caution you formerly gave me on the subject of the Center part of the Work, and they are contracted within the line that bounds the North side of the South Recess, at the angle of which stands the pilaster...
39To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 28 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The Roof of the South wing of the Capitol having been completly boarded before the late heavy rain, it was sufficiently tight to throw a very large quantity of Water upon the Gutters which lie in the direction of, & over the Arch that surrounds the Area of the house. All the Water which fell between the Gutters & the external Walls was thus collected in a Body in the N.E & N.W, angles. These...
40To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 30 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The very unfavorable weather of yesterday rendered it impossible for me to procure all the information necessary to compleat the enclosed report before the evening, & then, having no servant of my own here, I could not procure it to be conveyed to you agreeably to promise. In order to avoid intrusion on your time at the present near approach of the Session, I do not wait upon You. I have left...