Report from John Lenthall, 30 November 1804
Report from John Lenthall
Quantity, in measurement, of Sheet Iron put on the Roof of the Presidents house in the City of Washington
—Novr. 1804—
—Dimensions— | |
Length of the South or North Side as finished on the bottom— | 156.8 |
Ditto on the Top | 103.0 |
Ditto on the East or West end at bottom do | 74.3 |
Ditto on the top | 20.6 |
Length of the Rafter—Ditto | 32.0 |
North and South Sides | 8309.4 |
East and West ends | 3039.4 |
5 Dormer Roofs | 180.0 |
10 Valleys of do. | 40.0 |
5 Ridges of do. | 60.0 |
4 Hyps of Roof | 224.0 |
Pedement more than its section on the Roof | 364.0 |
2 Valleys of pedement | 88.0 |
10 Sides of dormers turned up | 43.0 |
12347.8 |
Brot forward | 12347.8 | |||
Add one foot in breadth cut off rond the skirts of the Roof which was necessarily put on, on account of the Old Gutters |
461.10 | |||
12809.6 | ||||
Deduct 5 Dormer Sections of roof | 142.6 | 152.6 | ||
by error in Casting | 10. | |||
total Sqr feet | 12657.0 |
NB the Sections of the chimnies, will be about equal to the Iron employed in securing the same on the sides and ends &c &c and an alowance must be made for the lap-over of each Sheet throughout the whole
for B H Latrobe
Jno Lenthall
MS (DLC); in Lenthall’s hand and signed by him; at foot of text: “the President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ: “squares of roof on Pr’s H.”