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Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Architectural Ornaments for Poplar Forest, [by 10 July 1822]

Notes on Architectural Ornaments for Poplar Forest

[by 10 July 1822]

Hall

36. Metops 14.I. wide 15.I. high

 4. do angular, mitred. the two moieties equal to one whole

June 14. wrote to Coffee for the above1

Parlour.

74.8 f of frize. but say 80.f running measure2=28. D 80 c

MS (ViFreJM); written entirely in TJ’s hand on a small scrap; undated, with conjectural date based on TJ to William J. Coffee, 10 July 1822.

hall: dining room.

1. Sentence interlined in a different ink.

2. Remainder of line in a different ink.

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Title
Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Architectural Ornaments for Poplar Forest, [by 10 July 1822]
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
Date
14 June 1822

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“Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Architectural Ornaments for Poplar Forest, [by 10 July 1822],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-18-02-0472. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 18, 1 December 1821 to 15 September 1822, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, p. 534.]