Thomas Jefferson Papers

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.”

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