William J. Coffee’s Estimate for Varnishing Thomas Jefferson’s Paintings, 16 March 1820
William J. Coffee’s Estimate for Varnishing Thomas Jefferson’s Paintings
On looking over Mr Jefferson Paintings I find som of them will want much doing to and som not so much except that all must be well Varnished, I think they will take in time fifty days
I Value My1 time when I am employed at five Dollars pr day, but in the case of Mr Jeffersons Pictures I Shall Say three Dollars pr day.
There are I think fifty Paintings and therefore the expencs can easily be Computed, the rest must be Left to Mr Jefferson
W. J. Coffee
NB. Mr: Jefferson
would have to find about 3 Pints good Varnish
two Quarts good Linseed Oil
One Quart of S/t turpentine
16th day of March 1820
MS (DLC); in Coffee’s hand; endorsed by TJ: “Coffee Wm J. Mar. 16. 1820.”
s/t: “spirit.”
1. Manuscript: “ny My.”
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