To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 29 March 1821
University March 29h 1821
Dear Sir
In reply to your note of yesterday enquiring the cost of a Tuscan base & cap,—the Doric base & capitol, & the Ionic & Corinthian bases, and also an exact estimate of the cost of the Library as near as I can come—I send you the within calculations which are accurate as I can make them—
| $ | .cts | ||||
| Cost of Tuscan base, | for Quarrying | 1 | .60 | ||
| " Waggonage | .42 | ||||
| " cuting | 6 | .44 | $8 | .46 | |
| “ Tuscan Cap, | Quarrying | 0 | .84 | ||
| Waggonage | 0 | .32 | |||
| Cuting | 5 | .17 | 6 | .33 |
The cost of the Doric, bases & caps of Pav: 4 West nearly the same
| Doric of Pavilion No. 1 W. Base for | Quarrying | 12 | .80 | ||
| Waggonage | 1 | .67 | |||
| Workmanship | 31 | .50 | 45 | .97 |
| Cap “ | Quarrying | 11 | .20 | ||
| Waggonage | 1 | .67 | |||
| Working | 26 | .50 | 39 | .37 |
| Ionic Base | Quarrying | $10 | .75 | ||
| Waggonage | 1 | .67 | |||
| Working | 29 | .06 | 41 | .48 | |
| Corinthian Base | Quarrying | 10 | .50 | ||
| Waggonage | 1 | .67 | |||
| Work | 27 | .50 | 39 | .67 |
we have had a considerable number of door sills, worked & a quantity of steps—at 25c the superficial foot—
Estimate of the cost of the Library
| 1.050.670 bricks @ 11.$ pr M. | 11.567 | .37 |
| 10 Bases, 8. half do.—24 Window sills—2 door do.—1056 feet of steps runing measure—Pedestal Cuping and base and flaging for portico | 2.884 | .30 |
| Covering dome & Portico with Tin | 1.840 | .00 |
| Carpenters Work & Materials 20 circular Windowframes—2 door—4 front Window do—2 floors Joints & the entire external finish of Portico, Entablature, dome room, attic &c &c | 9.031 | .19 |
| Total for the Walls & external finish | 25.322 | .86 |
| Carpenters & Joiners work internally 2 Stories | 7.176 | .30 |
| do do & materials for terras on each side | 2.500 | .00 |
| Iron railing | 1.500 | .00 |
| Painting & Glazing | 1.800 | .— |
| Plastering | 2.000 | .00 |
| Iron mongery about | 1.000 | |
| $41.299 | .16 |
the foregoing estimate is agreeable to my best judgment I may have unintentionally omited some of the charges—in what I have put down I have endeavored to come as near as I could to the cost. I submit the whole to your better judgement & am sir most respectfully your obt sert
A. S. Brockenbrough
ViU: Thomas Jefferson Papers (Proctor’s Papers).