Thomas Jefferson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 16 June 1823
To Arthur S. Brockenbrough
June 16. 23,
Th:J. to mr Brockenbrough.
I mentioned to you yesterday the ill effect of the acute angles in the passage of the Rotunda. I send you my drawing of the building in which I have drawn portions of a circle to cover those angles. you will consider whether it is best to make them of brick or studs & laths. you will see in the drawing whereabouts the centers of those portions of circle are taken, so as to make the circle a tangent to the door post of the small room and side of the large one. be so good as to return my drawing. friendly salutation
RC (ViU: TJP-PP); written on a small scrap; dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Mr Brockenbro’.” Not recorded in SJL. Enclosure: TJ’s Floor Plan for the Rotunda, with Specifications [before 16 June 1823] (MS in ViU: TJP; , 41 [no. 330]).
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