Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Memorandum to Thomas Jefferson on Expense of Dormitory Gutters, [ca. 1 September 1819?]
Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Memorandum on Expense of Dormitory Gutters
[ca. 1 Sept. 1819?]
Memorandum of the expence of one Range of dormitories
done with wood—99. feet long—
| 4972 feet heart pine Scantling @ 5$ = | $248 | =60 | |||||
| 23–m. Shingles 22. In long @ 4$ = | 72 | ||||||
| timber for Do—@ $1.25⁄100 pr. M. | 28 | 75 | |||||
| hauling scantling 10. miles 18. days @ 5$ = | 90 | – | |||||
| hauling shingles 11. days @ 5$ = | 55 | . | |||||
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38 Squares frameing Roof includeing guttering Joist @ 5.50⁄100$ = |  |
209 | – | |||
| 1008 feet Runing Shingling Ridges @ 20⁄100 | 201 | –60 | $904. | 95⁄100 | |||
| difference between Sheet Iron & wood | 295. | 93 | |||||
| $ | 1200. | 88 | |||||
| done with Sheet Iron | |||||||
| 2756 feet. heart pine scantling @ 5$ = | 137 | .80 | |||||
| hauling scantling 10 miles 10. days @ 5$ = | 50 | ||||||
| 38. Squares frameing Roof. @ 4$ = | 152 | ||||||
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38. Squars. of Sheet Iron will Cost 18$ the Squar— | |
684 | ||||
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bending and putting on 38 Squars. of Sheet Iron at $4.66⁄100 pr Square = | |
177 | – 8 | $1200. | 88 | |
MS (ViU: TJP-PP); in Brockenbrough’s hand; undated; endorsed by TJ: “Estimate of gutturing with sheet iron.”
This document can conjecturally be dated to around 1 Sept. 1819, when TJ stated a preference for wood rather than sheet iron for the University of Virginia’s dormitory gutters. The following year Brockenbrough urged TJ to consider using tin instead of wood (TJ to Brockenbrough, 1 Sept. [1819]; Brockenbrough to TJ, 7 June 1820).
Index Entries
- Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; as University of Virginia proctor search
- Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; Memorandum on Expenses of Dormitory Gutters search
- building materials; pine search
- building materials; shingles search
- building materials; timber search
- gutters; at University of Virginia search
- iron; sheet search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; dormitory rooms search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; gutters for search
- wood; shingles search