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Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Construction Payments for University of Virginia Buildings, 4 October 1822, enclosure no. 1 in Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, [received 19 December 1822]
Enclosure
Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Statement of Construction Payments for University of Virginia Buildings
A STATEMENT of the sums paid to the undertakers and other individuals on account of work executed at the University of Virginia, from the 1st day of April to the 1st of October, 1822.
This sum paid to the order of Dinsmore and Perry, on account of turning executed for Pavilions, | $ 4 | 01 | |||||||
Do. | To James Oldham, on account of work on Pavilion, No. 1, 2 Hotels and 15 Dormitories, | $ 978 | 40 | ||||||
Do. | To John Neilson, for work on Pavilions 9 and 10, and seven Dormitories, | 226 | 60 | ||||||
Do. | To A. H. Brooks, for tin gutters for the Dormitories, on the West Street, | 120 | 15 | ||||||
Do. | To Edward Lowber, on account of painting and glazing, at University Va. | 255 | 06 | ||||||
1,580 | 21 | ||||||||
Do. | To Wm. B. Phillips, for brick work in 1821–22, | 1,136 | 55 | ||||||
Do. | To James Dinsmore, for work on Pavilions 8, and 8 Dormitories, | 77 | 28 | ||||||
Do. | To Dabney Cosby, for brick work in 1821, | 1,759 | 75 | ||||||
Do. | To Blackford, Arthur & Co. for castings, | 51 | 75 | ||||||
Do. | To Bassett & Co. for digging and filling up the West Street, | 184 | 50 | ||||||
3,209 | 83 | ||||||||
Do. | To Joseph Antrim, for plastering, | 1,628 | 85 | ||||||
Do. | To Peck & Crawford, for work and materials for west range Dormitories and Privies, | 1,869 | 46 | ||||||
Do. | To Richard Ware, for work on three Pavilions, 1 Hotel and 13 Dormitories, | 1,186 | 96 | ||||||
4,685 | 27 | ||||||||
Do. | To John Gorman, for stone work, | 104 | 35 | ||||||
Do. | To George W. Spooner, for work on Hotel B B, | 549 | 35 | ||||||
Do. | To John M. Perry, for brick work in 1821–22, | 1,321 | 96 | ||||||
Do. | To Uriah Leonard, for smiths work, | 179 | 12 | ||||||
Do. | To A. S. Brockenbrough, on account of salary and hire of labourers, | 784 | 80 | ||||||
2,939 | 58 | ||||||||
Do. | To Alex. Garrett, his commission on the amount disbursed, | 151 | 27 | ||||||
Do. | To Robert Johnston, for hardware, | 115 | 23 | ||||||
Do. | To James Harrison, for overseer’s wages, | 50 | 00 | ||||||
Do. | To Samuel Campbell, for stone work in area of Hotel A A, and garden walls, | 20 | 00 | ||||||
Do. | To Bernard Peyton, on account of the caps ordered from Italy, for Pavilions, 2, 3, 5, 8, | 947 | 20 | ||||||
1,283 | 70 | ||||||||
This amount paid out for hire of labourers in 1821, | 537 | 70 | |||||||
Do. | For provision for labourers and horses, | 160 | 89 | ||||||
Do. | For clothing for the same, | 26 | 50 | ||||||
725 | 09 | ||||||||
Do. | Bills for nails, and waggonage of nails from Richmond, | 73 | 48 | ||||||
Do. | On account waggonage of hardware, | 16 | 01 | ||||||
Do. | On do. do. of tin, | 8 | 12 | ||||||
Do. | On account of tar and oil, | 28 | 12 | ||||||
Do. | For smiths work, | 10 | 28 | ||||||
Do. | For taxes, | 15 | 11 | ||||||
Do. | For plaster, clover seed, &c. | 12 | 50 | ||||||
Do. | For lime for stone work, | 39 | 70 | ||||||
203 | 32 | ||||||||
Do. | For repairs of carts, waggons, &c. | 13 | 66 | ||||||
Do. | Mr. Bagby, for laying brick culvert, | 5 | 00 | ||||||
Do. | To Sam (black man) for hire, | 2 | 00 | ||||||
Do. | To A. H. Brooks, for materials for Japan, | 75 | |||||||
Do. | To John Vowles, for soldering gutters for Hotel C C, and a paint stove, | 14 | 92 | ||||||
Do. | For powder for quarrying | 2 | 00 | ||||||
Do. | For stationary for Bursars and Proctor’s offices, | 41 | 38 | ||||||
79 | 71 | ||||||||
This amount paid out for iron, | 4 | 41 | |||||||
4 | 41 | ||||||||
Amount paid to undertakers and other persons for materials furnished for the University of Va. to the 1st October last, | $ 14,715 | 13 |
A. S. BROCKENBROUGH, P. U. V.
Proctor’s Office, Oct. 4, 1822.
Printed in TJ to James Pleasants, 23 Dec. 1822.
, 22–3; with running totals at page break editorially omitted. Also enclosed inwest street was subsequently named McCormick Road. hotel b b, hotel a a, and hotel c c later became Hotels C, A, and E, respectively.
Index Entries
- African Americans; and University of Virginia search
- Antrim, Joseph; and plastering at Central College–University of Virginia search
- Bagby, Thomas; 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
- Brooks, Absalom H.; and University of Virginia search
- building materials; hardware search
- building materials; stone search
- carts; for Central College–University of Virginia search
- clothing; for workmen search
- clover; for University of Virginia search
- Cosby, Dabney; as brick mason for 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
- Garrett, Alexander; as University of Virginia bursar search
- Gorman, John; as stonecutter search
- gunpowder; for University of Virginia search
- gutters; at University of Virginia search
- gypsum (plaster of paris); for University of Virginia search
- hardware search
- Harrison, James; and University of Virginia search
- horses; for Central College–University of Virginia search
- iron; for University of Virginia search
- japan (varnish) search
- Johnston, Robert (of Richmond); and University of Virginia search
- Leonard, Uriah; as blacksmith at University of Virginia search
- lime (mineral); as building material search
- Lowber, Edward; and University of Virginia search
- nails; for University of Virginia search
- Neilson (Nelson), John; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
- oil; for University of Virginia search
- Oldham, James; as builder for University of Virginia search
- paint search
- Peck & Crawford (firm); and University of Virginia search
- Perry, John M.; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
- Peyton, Bernard; and University of Virginia search
- Phillips, William B.; as brick mason for University of Virginia search
- privies search
- Sam (African American); and University of Virginia search
- Spooner, George Wilson; as builder for University of Virginia search
- stationery; for University of Virginia search
- tar; for University of Virginia search
- taxes; and University of Virginia search
- tin; for University of Virginia search
- tin; gutters 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; Construction and Grounds; blacksmiths for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; brick makers and brick masons at 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; gardens search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; gutters for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel A search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel C search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Hotel E search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; hotels search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; painters and glaziers for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion I search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion II search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion III search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion IX search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; pavilions search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion V search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VIII search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion X search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; plasterers for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; privies search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; quarrying for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; stonemasons at search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; wages for workmen search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; workmen at search
- Vowles, John; and University of Virginia search
- wagons; for University of Virginia search
- Ware, Richard; as carpenter for University of Virginia search