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Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Balance Sheet of the University of Virginia, 31 December 1823, enclosure no. 2 in Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1824

Enclosure

Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Balance Sheet of the University of Virginia

Balance sheet of the University of Va 31st day of December 1823
36     Hotel A 4.051  97        
37     〃 B 5.634  30    
38     〃 C 4.106  53    
39     〃 AA 5.734  69½    
40     〃 BB 4.237  02    
41     〃 CC 5.527  65½ 29.292 17.
42   Pavilion No 7 8.745  61    
44     〃  〃 1 9.105  00    
45     〃  〃 8 9.936  36½    
46     〃  〃 9 8.040  04    
47     〃  〃 2 10.000  53½    
48     〃  〃 4 10.284  68    
49     〃  〃 5 10.801  46    
50     〃  〃 6 9.135  57    
51     〃  〃 10 10.881  97    
173     〃  〃 3 16.127  98 103.059 21.
53   Dormitories 11 to 26 Wt Rg 15.436  60    
54     〃     5 〃10 〃 〃 4.919  68    
60     〃     1 〃 4 〃 〃 3.231  13    
61     〃    27 〃28 〃 〃 1.459  37    
62     〃     1 〃 4 Et Range 2.833  80    
64     〃     5 〃13 〃 〃 5.976  45    
55     〃    14 〃21 〃 〃 5.268  67    
56     〃    22 〃26 〃 〃 3.199  87    
65     〃     1 〃 9 Et St 4.754  66    
57     〃    10 〃13 〃 〃 2.701  24    
58     〃    14 〃23 〃 〃 6.105  26    
59     〃    24 〃28 〃 〃 2.935  42    
63     〃     1 to 27 Wt St 13.730  15 72.552 30
318   Rotunda 10.291  30    
282   Brickwork 6.794  18    
316   Brick acct 191  55    
258   Lime acct 80  50    
132   Lumber acct 284  60 17.642 13
270   Privies 2.230  00    
108 ✓Water Works 1 030  32    
185 ✓Overseer House & Quarters 263  79    
190 ✓Proctors do 584  65 4.108 76
 
86 ✓Burs Procs Clerks salaries 1.500       
1 ✓Proctors Salary .375       
274 ✓Bursars Salary 478  23    
277 ✓Clerks hire 4  — 2.357 23
137 ✓Real Estate 8.791  55    
289 ✓Subscription acct 14.517  04 23.308 59
79 ✓Contingent Expences 34  25    
155 ✓Stationary 7  20    
250 ✓Waggonage acct 6  46    
286 ✓Engraving acct 87  —    
287 ✓Genl Exp: acct 157  59    
314 ✓Postage acct 3  47½ 295 97½
133 ✓Overseers acct 120. 00    
310 ✓Labour acct 842  51½    
241 ✓Hand hire 596  —    
272 ✓Provision acct 1 443  50    
280 ✓Horses wag & carts 715  56½ 3.717 58
141   Castings & Iron 383  91½    
171   Acct Tin 166  36    
181   do Paint 143  69    
184   Lead acct 8  31    
238   Cordage do 73  76    
245   Hoisting Machine 125  —    
260   Nails 336  92    
262   Hardware 164  40    
236   Blacksmiths work 386  34    
268   Stone work 205  19 1.993 88½
257   Edwad Lowber 3.342  72    
307   Joseph Antrim 11.827  18 15.169 90
77   Hugh Paul 25  00    
84   Nelson Barksdale 304  46½    
89   Thomas Appleton 189  75    
103   Giacomo Raggi 50  —    
105   Daniel Piper 1  19    
107   Rt McCulloch   50    
149   Uriah Leonard 788  35½    
164   Dr Ragland   50    
180   J. Widderfield   34    
271   John Vowles 138  57    
272   Jesse Lewis 3  —    
299   Wm Huntington 5  —    
301   Blake Harris 1  25    
308   Dinsmore & Neilson 87  66    
309   J. M Perry 510  67    
312   A. S Brockenbro’ 35  87 2.142 12. 19.305. 90½
            275.639. 85.
    Cr      
    Glebe Lands 3.104  09    
    P. & D Literary fund 214.054  00    
    Subscription Book A 44.345  33    
 
    Central College 53. 00 261.556 42
    A. S. Brockenbro’ Proctor 9.496  66½    
    Glass acct 4  22    
  ✓Smiths shop 68  33½ 9.569 22.
  ✓Charles Spencer 2  —    
  ✓D. W & C Warwick 95  75    
  ✓John Van Lew & co 162  81    
  ✓Robert Johnston 17  89    
    Kelly & Norris 7  61    
    Brockenbro & Harvie 258  36    
    Wm F Micou 23  77    
    Alex St C Heiskell 84  18    
    Bernard Peyton 35  69    
    C. Z Abrahams 3  21 691 27
    Saml Andrews 41  —    
    James Brockman 61  20    
    Bills Payable for Labour 980  75 1.082 95
    Abiah Thorn 1  —    
    Hugh Chisholm 27  77    
    Geo: Hudson 70  —    
    James Campbell 125  —    
    James Oldham 58  23    
    Richard Ware 7  86    
    Peck & Crawford 39  14 329 00
    Thos Draffin 6  82    
    Blackford, Arthur & Co 11  50    
    James Dinsmore 101  28    
    J. Neilson 10  99½ 130 59½
    Joseph Bishop1 7  25    
    Dr C. Everett 27  77    
    Col: Wm Woods 160  —    
    Peter Minor 43  50    
    Lewis Teele 15  67 254 19
    Benjm Borden2 80  —    
    Wm B Phillips 318  27½    
    John Lawrence 150  50    
    Thorn & Chamberlain 914  95    
  ✓John Mosby 2  —    
  ✓John Gorman 60  73 1.526 45½
    Garland Garth 50  85    
    John Everett 448  90 .499 75 275.639. 85.
 
       Amt of Debts due to individuals $4.514. 21
deduct bal: due to the U. Va 843. 09½
$3.671. 11½3

MS (ViU: PP); in Brockenbrough’s hand; internal running totals at page breaks editorially omitted; endorsed by Brockenbrough: “Balance Sheet Decr 31. 1823.”

hotel a and the five that follow later became hotels B, D, F, A, C, and E, respectively. wt rg: “West Range,” later renamed the West Lawn. et range: “East Range,” later renamed the East Lawn. et st: “East Street,” later renamed the East Range. wt st: “West Street,” later renamed the West Range. p. & d: “President & Directors.”

1. In the left margin adjacent to this line and that for “Lewis Teele” Brockenbrough placed a pair of x symbols and noted perpendicularly in between: “Due to Sub: acct.”

2. In the left margin adjacent to this line and applying to all lines through “John Gorman,” Brockenbrough noted perpendicularly: “Due for & on acct of Rotunda.”

3. Preceding three lines repeated on verso of final page (with “bal:” in second line replaced by “the amt” and total sum of “$3.671.12”) beneath three lines of canceled text reading “

Amt debts of the University from Bernard Peyton down to Everett 4.519. 21
   Debts due $843. 09½   
   Subscriptions 289. 88 1.132. 97½
$3.380. 24½
.”

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Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Balance Sheet of the University of Virginia, 31 December 1823, enclosure no. 2 in Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1824
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Brockenbrough, Arthur S.
Date
December 1823 – March 1824

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“Enclosure: Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Balance Sheet of the University of Virginia, 31 December 1823, enclosure no. 2 in Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1824,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-20-02-0470-0003. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 20, 1 July 1823 to 31 March 1824, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023, pp. 554–557.]