Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Estimate of Sundry Expenses for University of Virginia, [ca. 4 March 1824], enclosure no. 1 in Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1824
Enclosure
Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Estimate of Sundry Expenses for University of Virginia
[ca. 4 Mar. 1824]
| An Estimate of sundries for the University of Va | |||
| For | fiting up eight lecture rooms with benches, & desk | 300. | 00 |
| 〃 | smoke house to each pavilion & Hotel say 16 of brick—120 $ | 1920. | 00 |
| 〃 | some little painting to finish say from $250– to | 300 | — |
| 〃 | Gutters & pipes to pavilions about | 250. | 00 |
| 〃 | some paving & stone walls to back yards probably | 230. | 00. |
| $3,000. | 00 | ||
MS (ViU: TJP-PP); in Brockenbrough’s hand, with notations by TJ at foot of text indicating that $1,200 (reworked from 960) might be saved, and the cost of the above reduced to $1,800 (reworked from 2,040), if one were to “deduct <8> 10. smokehouses for Pavilions”; undated; covering letter subjoined.
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