Enclosure: Estimate by Arthur S. Brockenbrough and Thomas Jefferson of Jail Costs, [ca. 4 July 1823], enclosure no. 2 to Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 4 July 1823
Enclosure
Estimate by Arthur S. Brockenbrough and Thomas Jefferson of Jail Costs
[ca. 4 July 1823]
Estimate of the cost of the raising floor and roofing of a prison1 40. by 50. feet
| D | |||||
| 2500 f. joists 6. by 8. oak2 @ 40.D. pr M | 100. | ||||
| 1500.f. rafters of pine,3 collar beams, & ashler studding. @ 30.D. | 45. | ||||
| 2800.f sheeting plank 15.D. pr M | 42. | ||||
| 52. squares of framing & raising floor & roof.4 joists to be 6.I. apart, rafters 2.f. from center to center. @ 1. D 50 C pr square,5 rough framing. | 78. | ||||
| 2250. feet tongued & grooved sheeting plank, to be well seasoned for a tin roof. 22½ squares @6 1. D 50 C | 33. | 75 | |||
| 200. ℔ nails @ 9d | 18. | ||||
| 316. | 757 | ||||
| the above estimate is by A. S. Brockenbrough at University prices. | |||||
| 25. squares of covering of tin @ 8⅔D. | 216. | 67 | |||
| it may be done by any work man @ 1.25 D, but the work man here ask 1½ to 2. | 50. | 266. | 67 | ||
| 583. | 428 | ||||
| D | ||||||
| 137,864. bricks @ 10. D | 1378. | |||||
| 45. perch of stone flooring. | 2. | 50 | 112. | 50 | ||
| cents | ||||||
| 584. sq. f. sheet iron @ 18 | 105 | |||||
| putting on @ 4. cents | 23. | 36 | 128. | 36 | ||
| 6. open stoves @ 15.D. | 90. | |||||
| 1708. | 86 |
add iron doors & windows
all other iron works, & locks Etc.
also plaistering, digging foundation
MS (MHi); written in TJ’s hand on both sides of a narrow sheet; undated. MS (CSmH: JF); in Brockenbrough’s hand on a half sheet; consisting of first section only; undated; endorsed by TJ: “Brockenbrough A. S. estimate of roof of prison. July. 1823.”
collar beams are “used to join together roof-rafters above the base of the roof, acting either as a tie or a strut” (OED).
1. CSmH MS: “House.”
2. In CSmH MS Brockenbrough here canceled “6 inches apart.”
3. Preceding two words interlined in CSmH MS.
4. Preceding two words interlined in CSmH MS.
5. CSmH MS here adds “presuming it to be.”
6. Preceding three words not in CSmH MS.
7. CSmH MS ends here.
8. Recto of MHi MS ends here.
Index Entries
- Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer; Estimate by Arthur S. Brockenbrough and Thomas Jefferson of Jail Costs search
- building materials; bricks search
- building materials; iron search
- building materials; nails search
- building materials; oak search
- building materials; pine search
- building materials; plank search
- building materials; plaster search
- building materials; stone search
- building materials; tin search
- household articles; locks search
- household articles; stoves search
- iron; mentioned search
- iron; sheet search
- iron; used for jails search
- jails and prisons; TJ’s plan for search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Estimate by Arthur S. Brockenbrough and Thomas Jefferson of Jail Costs search
- locks; door search
- nails; as building material search
- plastering; of jail search
- stoves; in jails search
- tin; roofs search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building costs search