Memorandum of Tasks for John Hemings, 24 September 1804
Memorandum of Tasks for
John Hemings
[24 Sep. 1804]
reserved for J. Hemings.
All the Chinese railing.
Venetian blinds for the Porticos.
the 3. remaing. Angular Portals.
the Aviary.
facings &c of windows of covered ways
folds of window shutters.
closet of my bed chamber
store rooms in the loft.
MS (MHi); undated; entirely in TJ’s hand; on other side of sheet containing “Work to be done by mr Dinsmore,” dated 24 Sep. (see Memorandum of Tasks for James Dinsmore, 24 Sep.); , No. 147l. MS (same); undated; in TJ’s hand; at head of text: “John Hem.”; written alongside a version of the list of tasks for Dinsmore ( , No. 147m); consisting of five entries: “Venetian porches,” “Chinese railing,” “Cellar sashes,” “Inner leaves of window shutters,” and “Venetian blinds of Porticos.”
Among several undated plans and sketches in TJ’s hand related to Venetian blinds was a drawing labeled “manner of fixing Venetian blinds in the Porticos.” It showed a blind folded all the way to the ceiling and also folded “half up held together by hooks at the sides” (MS in MHi; , No. 147s).