To Thomas Jefferson from John Lenthall, 9 March 1806
March 9th. 1806
Sir
Agreeable to your request, have made the following estimat of Our Columnation or distance from center to center of two Columns = 9. ft 9. i by the whole flank of the Building.
| Rough Stone Walling | ||||
| Foundation wall of Colonnade | 53 | .8 | ||
| North Wall & foundation | 229 | . | ||
| Party Wall Do. | 411 | .9 =28 perches | 98 | |
| Brick Wk | ||||
| South Wall & Arches | 2211 | Bricks | 32 | |
| Freestone | ||||
| To soile, plinth, Base Column, Capital, Entablature & Blocking | 85 | .10 | ||
| Workmanship & setting Do. | 144 | .88 | ||
| freestone to North front | 44 | .40 | ||
| Workmanship & setting Do. | 86 | .41 | ||
| Carpenter’s Wk | ||||
| Scantling & plank to the roof, platform | ||||
| Centers, Circular Windows Labor & Nails | 96 | .72 | ||
| $587 | .51 | |||
for B. H. Latrobe
Jno. Lenthall
| Height of [Order? | ||
| Continued plinth | .8 | |
| plinth Base Column & Capl. | 11 | .5½ |
| Entablature | 3 | . |
| Blocking course | .9 | |
| ft 15 | .10½ | |
| Diamr. of Column | 1 | .7⅝ |
DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.

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