Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Munroe, 3 July 1805

From Thomas Munroe

3 July [1805]

T Munroe respectfully informs the President that there is another framed house building near Mr Pichons which evades or an attempt is made to evade1 the proclamation by bringing down a hipp’d roof within twelve feet of the cill—The frame of2 this House was put up today—the builder told TM some days since that it was to be a small brick house, but the brick work has stopp’d about two feet above the surface of the ground, and they seem to exult in the supposed or real3 evasion—T.M. respectfully asks if any order can be taken concerning it—He should be much gratified by defeating this spirit of opposition—The area is less than 320 sq feet

RC (DLC); partially dated; subjoined to two memoranda, the first in the hand of Nicholas King and initialed by him on 22 June 1805: “The length of the new Road in the Presidents Square is, 1130 feet, or 68½ perches nearly”; the second in Munroe’s hand and signed by him: “The Cost of the above road ⅌ rolls returned by Overseer is $359.72” (see Munroe to TJ, 21 June); endorsed by TJ: “buildings evasive of proclamn T. Munroe’s note.”

near Mr Pichons: that is, in the vicinity of the Seven Buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets (Wilhelmus B. Bryan, A History of the National Capital from Its Foundation through the Period of the Adoption of the Organic Act, 2 vols. [New York, 1914-16], 1:414; Vol. 42:616n).

1Preceding seven words interlined.

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