Thomas Jefferson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 12 March 1823
To Arthur S. Brockenbrough
Monticello Mar. 12. 23.
Dear Sir
I return you the contract with Dinsmore & Nelson which I approve of for the strong reasons assigned in your letter. I think my Colleagues, as well as myself are very desirous of being able at certain stages of the work to ascertain the exact state of our funds, that we may stop where they fail. the having to bring measurers from Philadelphia may be some obstruction to that. but I presume we may hereafter find means of effecting that
I return you also the contract with Thorn & Chamberlain1 and salute you with friendship and respect
Th: Jefferson
RC (ViU: TJP-PP); addressed (trimmed): “Mr B[rockenbrough] [. . .]”; endorsed by Brockenbrough. FC (ViU: TJP); written in TJ’s hand on a half sheet; undated; mutilated; endorsed by TJ (corner torn): “Brockenbrough A. S. Mar. 12. 2[3.]”; with page numbers 624 and 626 and the year 1692 written by TJ on verso, related to his 9 Mar. 1823 letter to Sidney E. Morse. Enclosures: (1) enclosure to Brockenbrough to TJ, 11 Mar. 1823. (2) Brockenbrough’s Agreement with Abia B. Thorn and Nathaniel Chamberlain for Brickwork for the University of Virginia Rotunda, 8 Mar. 1823.
1. Word interlined in FC in place of “Chandler.”
Index Entries
- Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; agreement with A. B. Thorn and N. Chamberlain search
- Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; agreement with J. Dinsmore and J. Neilson search
- Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; as University of Virginia proctor search
- Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; letters to search
- Chamberlain, Nathaniel; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Agreement with Abia B. Thorn and Nathaniel Chamberlain for Brickwork for the University of Virginia Rotunda search
- Dinsmore, James; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Agreement with James Dinsmore and John Neilson for Carpentry and Joining for the University of Virginia Rotunda search
- Neilson (Nelson), John; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Agreement with James Dinsmore and John Neilson for Carpentry and Joining for the University of Virginia Rotunda search
- Philadelphia; builders’ prices in search
- Thorn, Abia B.; Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Agreement with Abia B. Thorn and Nathaniel Chamberlain for Brickwork for the University of Virginia Rotunda search
- Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; and construction of University of Virginia search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; brick makers and brick masons at search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; carpenters and joiners for search