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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 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 , 22–3; with running totals at page break editorially omitted. Also enclosed in TJ to James Pleasants, 23 Dec. 1822.

west 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

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Jefferson Papers
Title
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]
Author
Brockenbrough, Arthur S.
Recipient
University of Virginia Board of Visitors
Date
October–December 1822

Reference

Cite as
“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],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0177-0002. [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. 238–240.]

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