Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on William J. Coffee’s Agreement with University of Virginia, [ca. 10 April 1823]

Notes on William J. Coffee’s Agreement with University of Virginia

[ca. 10 Apr. 1823]

In the agreemt signed by mr Brockenbrough and inclosed to me by mr Coffee, and again returned to him, under Pavilion No 1. the words ‘lead to be paid for extra’ and under Pavilion No 2. the words ‘the whips of lead to be pd for extra’ are expressly inserted in the body of the description

Coffee	413.	34
Br.			382.	39
packg Etc			13.	64	396.	03
lead			60.	48	60.	48
	487.	46	74.	12	456.	51

3/6. N.Y. = .43¾

	487.	46
	456.	51
	30.	951

3/6 No 1. 3. 7

½ No 2. 4. 8

3/6 for 30. 8

MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 223:39915); written in TJ’s hand on a small scrap, with TJ’s Notes on Doric Ornamentation for University of Virginia Pavilions, [ca. 10 Apr. 1823], on verso; undated, but likely composed in conjunction with TJ’s letter to Coffee of 10 Apr. 1823.

For the agreemt signed by mr brockenbrough, see note to Coffee to TJ, 27 Mar. 1823 (second letter).

1. Remainder of text written perpendicularly in left margin.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on William J. Coffee’s Agreement with University of Virginia, [ca. 10 April 1823]
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 10 April 1823

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Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on William J. Coffee’s Agreement with University of Virginia, [ca. 10 April 1823],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0398. [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, p. 523.]