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