James Oldham to Nelson Barksdale, 27 March 1819
James Oldham to Nelson Barksdale
Sharlottesville March 27.–1819.
Sir
The standard adopted in your advertisment for the rule of Prices, for the carpenters and Joiners worke of the Buildings to be erected at the university of virginia, I tender to you my servises to undertake one or two of the Buildings at 25 ⅌ cent advance on the adopted rule, the worke to be performed agreeable to the Turms specifyed in the advertisment, but the kiln drying of Plank and bordes will be charged for,1
J; Oldham
RC (ViU: TJP); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ: “Carpenter. Oldham James.” RC (MHi); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Andrew Smith, 5 July 1819, on verso; addressed: “Nelson Barksdale Proctor of the University neare Sharlottesville.”
1. Oldham here canceled “and a ⅌ cent on all Iron mongery equal to that of the retail merchant.”
Index Entries
- Barksdale, Nelson; Advertisement for Workmen for the University of Virginia search
- Barksdale, Nelson; as University of Virginia proctor search
- Barksdale, Nelson; letter to, from J. Oldham search
- building materials; ironmongery search
- building materials; plank search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Advertisement for Workmen for the University of Virginia search
- Oldham, James; as builder for University of Virginia search
- Oldham, James; letter from, to N. Barksdale search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; carpenters and joiners for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; wages for workmen search