Jefferson, Thomas, and others. Letters to and from Jefferson, 1820
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Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
Memorandum of Stone Work
ca 1 January 1820
[c. 1 January 1820]
Statement of the Quantity of Work done by Stone cutters by the day previous to January 1st 1820 --
Work executed which at our present prices would be
4 Cor: Bases Worked & set @ $28 Pav no. 3 $112.00
6 Doric do Pav: No 7 @ $8 4.00
19 Tuscan do Colonade @ 6.44 Dormitories 122.36
4 Doric caps Pav 7 @ $8 32.00
3 Tuscan do @ 5.17 Dormitories 15.51
2 Moulded Door sills Pav: 3 @ $4.18 8.36
2 plain do do 2.50 5.00
Seting Sill @ $2 8.00
351.23
Gorman wages at the Quarry $52.00
Cowden & Campbell do 52.00
Passage money for Cow: & Camp: 60.00
$144.00
More than it would have cost agreeable to the present prices 80.27
431.50
For Gormans Work $100.
" Cowden do 234.50
" Campbell do 230.00
575.50
from Which deduct for quarring charges -- 144.
$431.50
A part of the above work was executed by G. Raggi
Quarrying acct.
To Gorman, Cowden & Campbell 144.
" J. Cullen & Co 653.25
Spinks & Co 219.90
Same for hire &per; 180.
M. Gleason 3.00
Our laborers in quarry
Tuscan cap by the day -- 3 Bases By the day -- $19.00