Thomas Jefferson’s Drawing of Shadwell Mills and Canal, [before 19 November 1819]
Drawing of Shadwell Mills and Canal
[before 19 Nov. 1819]

Sketch of Canal
from the waste to the head of the digging for the bason is 30. yds1
thence2 to the upper point of the spit of ground 78 yds.
thence | to the safety gate 75. yds | |
to the toll mill 75. yds | ||
to upper corner of manufg mill 46. yds |
from the lower corner of manufg mill | across the valley to the store house 62. yds |
to the spring 67. yds |
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 194:34552); on verso of portion of reused address cover to TJ; in TJ’s hand; undated; but probably written before delivery of the Opinion of John Brown (1762–1826) in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, [19 Nov. 1819], and possibly created in relation to TJ’s Notes on Depositions in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, [ca. 31 May–1 June 1819].
1. Line interlined.
2. Word interlined in place of “from the waste.”
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