Jefferson, Thomas, and others. Letters to and from Jefferson, 1821 [a machine-readable
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Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson
March 29, 1821
University March 29th 1821
Dear Sir
In reply to your note of yesterday enquiring the cost of a Tuscan base & cap; -- the Doric base & capitel, & the Ionic & Corinthian bases, and also are exact estimate of the cost of the Library as near as I can come -- I send y ou 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 $10.75
Waggonage 1.67
Working 29.06 41.48
Corinthian Base Quarrying 10.50
Waggonage 1.67
Work 27.50 39.67
We have had a considerable number of door sills worked & a quantity of Steps -- @ 25 c the Superficial foot --
Estimate of the cost of the Library --
1,050.670 bricks at 11.$ &per;&Mstkout; 11,567.37
10 Bases, 8 half do -- 24 Window sills -- 2 door do -- 1,056 feet
of steps running Measure -- Pedestal Caping & base & flaging
for portico for portico 2,884.30
Covering Dome & Portico with Tin 1,840.00
Carpenters Work & Materials 20 circular Window frames 2 door --
4 front Window do -- 2 floors Joists & the entire external finish
of Portico, Entablature, Dome roof, 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 judgement 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