Thomas Jefferson Papers

Enclosure: John Gorman’s Proposal for Rotunda Stonework, 16 December 1822, enclosure no. 4 in Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, [received 19 December 1822]

Enclosure

John Gorman’s Proposal for Rotunda Stonework

I will furnish & set the following stone work for the library Viz 10 Corinthean Bases, Six do Pilasters, five1 flights of steps Viz one to front portico with the Pedestals & coping one at the end of south terras and two in back all of which is to [be]2 finished agreeable to the plan that will be furnish’d & in the best manner including the entire expence of quarrying, working and seting for the sum of three thousand nine hundred & forty dollars—and in addition to the above stone work will furnish the two out door sills & set the same, the payment for which will be included in the aforesaid sum of three thousand nine hundred & forty dollars—

Jno. Gorman

MS (ViU); in Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s hand, signed by Gorman; endorsed by Brockenbrough: “J. Gorman Proposals for the Stonework of the Library.”

1Word reworked from “four.”

2Omitted word editorially supplied.

Index Entries

  • Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; as University of Virginia proctor search
  • building materials; stone search
  • Gorman, John; as stonecutter search
  • Gorman, John; Proposal for Rotunda Stonework search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building costs search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; quarrying for search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Rotunda (library) search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; stonemasons at search