Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Construction Payments for University of Virginia Buildings, [after 30 March 1822], enclosure no. 5 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 7 October 1822

Enclosure

Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Construction Payments for University of Virginia Buildings

[after 30 Mar. 1822]

A STATEMENT of amount paid to undertakers and other individuals, on account of the buildings and other improvements since my report of the 26th of November last, to the 30th of March, 1822.

To	Dinsmore & Perry, for balance due on woodwork and lumber of Pavilion No. 5, and 6 Dormitories,	$ 2,566	67
	James Oldham, on account undertaking by him, and lumber purchased,	934	92
					3,501	59
	Brockenbrough and Harvie, for nails, negro clothing, &c.	1,000	00
	John Van Lew & Co. for hardware, &c.	762	50
	D. W. & C. Warwick, for tin, salt, &c.	900	00
					1,762	501
	Nelson Barksdale, for lumber for sundry buildings,	1,336	58
	John Neilson, for work and lumber purchased,	856	36
	A. H. Brooks, on account of tin work,	5	50
	Edward Lowber, on account2 of the painting and glazing, &c.	715	86
					2,914	30
	William B. Phillips, on account of brick work,	73	34
	Giacomo Raggi, on account of his wages, expenses, and passage money back to Italy in full,	1,186	42
	John Herron, for overseer’s wages and contingent expenses,	143	50
	James Dinsmore, on account of work and lumber,	628	73
	Dabney Cosbey, on account of brick work,	1,696	17
					3,728	16
	Blackford, Arthur & Co. for balance of account for stoves, windows, weights, &c.	301	92
	Alexander Spinks, for balance of wages, quarrying of stone and board,	100	00
	Bassett & Co. for digging and filling up Wt. Street,	11	00
	Charles Bankhead, for hire of a smith,	55	00
	Erasmus McSparran, for wages as tinman,	57	49
					535	413
	Joseph Antrim, on account of plastering,	1,827	88
	Peck & Crawford, on account of carpenter’s work and lumber,	1,759	30
	Richard Ware, on account of work and lumber,	1,408	31	½
	John Gorman, on account of stone work,	413	90
					5,409	39½
	Geo. W. Spooner, on account work and materials,	1,617	96
	John M. Perry, for work and materials,	2,758	69
	Uriah Leonard, on account of wages as smith, and expenses,	95	00
	A. S. Brockenbrough, as salary and contingent expenses,	765	00
	Contingent expenses for hire of labourers, provision, &c.	1,346	57	½
					6,583	22½

	Total amount of drafts since 26th November, 1821,				$ 24,434	584

Printed in Report and Documents for 1822 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1823, containing a 7 Oct. 1822 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends , 21; undated. Also enclosed in TJ to James Pleasants, 23 Dec. 1822.

my report of the 26th of november last: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of his Drafts on the University of Virginia Bursar, [ca. 26 Nov. 1821], enclosure no. 8 to University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 30 Nov. 1821.

wt. street: West Street, later McCormick Road. William Green was the enslaved blacksmith leased from charles bankhead.

1. Correct total is $2,662.50.

2. Manuscript: “acount.”

3. Correct total is $525.41.

4. Correct total is $25,324.58.

Index Entries

African Americans; and University of Virginia search
Antrim, Joseph; and plastering at Central College–University of Virginia search
Bankhead, Charles Lewis (Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead’s husband); hires out slaves to University of Virginia search
Barksdale, Nelson; and University of Virginia search
Bassett & Company (firm); and University of Virginia search
Blackford, Arthur & Company (Shenandoah Co. firm); and University of Virginia search
Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; as University of Virginia proctor search
Brockenbrough & Harvie (Richmond firm); and University of Virginia search
Brooks, Absalom H.; and University of Virginia search
building materials; hardware search
building materials; lumber search
building materials; nails search
building materials; tin search
clothing; for slaves search
Cosby, Dabney; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
D. W. & C. Warwick (Richmond firm); and University of Virginia search
Dinsmore, James; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
Dinsmore & Perry (Albemarle Co. firm); as builders for University of Virginia search
Gorman, John; and University of Virginia search
Green, William (C. L. Bankhead’s slave) search
hardware search
Herron, John; as overseer at University of Virginia search
John Van Lew & Company (Richmond firm); and University of Virginia search
Leonard, Uriah; as blacksmith at University of Virginia search
Literary Fund; University of Virginia Board of Visitors reports to search
Lowber, Edward; and University of Virginia search
lumber; used at University of Virginia search
McSparran, Erasmus; and University of Virginia search
nails; for University of Virginia search
Neilson (Nelson), John; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
Oldham, James; as builder for University of Virginia search
painting; at University of Virginia search
Peck & Crawford (firm); and University of Virginia search
Perry, John M.; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
Phillips, William B.; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
Raggi, Giacomo; as stonecutter at University of Virginia search
Raggi, Giacomo; returns to Italy search
salt; for University of Virginia search
slaves; clothing for search
slaves; work at Central College–University of Virginia search
Spinks (Sprinks), Alexander; and University of Virginia search
Spooner, George Wilson; as builder for University of Virginia search
stoves; for University of Virginia search
tin; for University of Virginia search
Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; accounts of search
Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Construction Payments for University of Virginia Buildings search
Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; funding for search
Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; annual reports of search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; African Americans (free and enslaved) employed at search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; brick makers and brick masons at search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building costs search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building materials for search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; dormitory rooms search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; painters and glaziers for search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion V search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VI search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; plasterers for search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; stoves for search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; tinsmiths at search
Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; windows search
Ware, Richard; as carpenter for University of Virginia search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Construction Payments for University of Virginia Buildings, [after 30 March 1822], enclosure no. 5 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 7 October 1822
Author: Brockenbrough, Arthur S.
Recipient: University of Virginia Board of Visitors
Date: March–October 1822

Reference

Cite as: “Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Construction Payments for University of Virginia Buildings, [after 30 March 1822], enclosure no. 5 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 7 October 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0032-0006. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 19, 16 September 1822 to 30 June 1823, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, pp. 62–63.]

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