Account with Reuben Perry for Work on Barn at Monticello, 1 July 1813
Account with Reuben Perry for Work on Barn at Monticello
| A Bill of work done for Thos Jefferson Esqr | ||||||||
| Sq. feet. In | $ . | Cts | ||||||
| 127. | 57. | 6 | Framing | @ 6/– | 127. | 57½ | ||
| 19. | 60. | Sheeting & shingling | @ 10/6 | 34. | 30 | |||
| 16. | 62. | Sheeting Shed | @ 1/6 | 4. | 15 | |||
| 20. | 86. | 4 | planking | @ 3/– | 10. | 43 | ||
| 53 | Shingling hips say per foot | @ 1/6 | 13. | 25 | ||||
| 7. | 85. | 10 | flooring | @ 6/– | 7. | 85½ | ||
| 3. | 75 | flooring loft | @ 6/– | 3. | 75 | |||
| making & hanging 5 Dble doors | @ 12 | 10. | 00 | |||||
| 78 | Barge board | @ 2d | 1. | 56 | ||||
| $ | 212. | 87 | ||||||
| A Bill of Scantling | ||||||||
| Feet In | $ . | Cts | ||||||
| 8 Sills | 16 feet long | 10 by 12 In | 469. 4 | @ 6/– | 4. | 69 | ||
| 6 do | 26 do | 10 – 12 | 572. | @ 6/– | 5. | 72 | ||
| 2 plates | 37 do | 10 – 4 | 86. 4 | @ 6/– | . | 86 | ||
| 1 do | 24 do | 9 – 4 | 26. | @ 6/– | . | 26 | ||
| 1 hip Joist | 24 do | 9 – 4 | 26. | @ 6/– | . | 26 | ||
| 30 Joist | 16 do | 10 – wide | 400. | @ 6/– | 4. | 00 | ||
| 55 sleepers | 14 do | 12 – do | 770 | @ 6/– | 7. | 70 | ||
| 15 do | 12 do | 12 – | 180. | @ 6/– | 1. | 80 | ||
| 8 Sidepost | 7 do | 10 – | 46. 8 | @ 6/– | . | 46½ | ||
| 62 Rafters | 16 do | 3 – 5 | 661. 4 | @ 6/– | 6. | 61 | ||
| 6 plank | 27 do | 15 wide | 202. 6 | @ 6/– | 2. | 02½ | ||
| 34. | 39 | |||||||
| Amt brought down | 212. | 87 | ||||||
| 247. | 26 | |||||||
| add ⅓ for board | 82. | 42 | ||||||
| $ | 329. | 68 | ||||||
| 1st July 1813— | ||||||||
MS (ViW: TC-JP); in Perry’s hand; notation by Perry on verso: “Bill Mr Jefferson’s Work”; endorsed by TJ: “Perry Reuben.”
sq.: a square is an area of one-hundred square feet, a standard by which carpenters measure their work (). The numbers in the three leftmost columns in the upper table are thus expressed in squares, square feet, and square inches.
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