1845-06-14 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Jacob Bigelow to Ballantine & Allan (page 3)

trusting that you will not introduce new objects, except
variations of clouds, and disperse the light & shadows in an artistic
manner.

In the Rose window you will use (not the apostles heads)
but instead of them the foliated compartments, or designs, marked
7 & 8 in your plan^ both alternately if you think it best.^
Next within these insert ^alternately the arabesques, or
foliated panes which you have marked 1 and 2, (and not the
mosaic marked 3.)

In the large roll which accompanies this, you
will find paper patterns cut to the exact shape and size
of the daylight pannels [sic], with a lithographic sketch
numbered to correspond. You will also find the
sketches of the great central design, already alluded to.
We will pay you on delivery ^ to our agent in London or Liverpool ^
one hundred pounds sterling for the
nave window, and one hundred & fifteen pounds s. for the rose
window, if executed conformably to the foregoing instructions,
and delivered to our agent in London or Liverpool as aforesaid on or
before the first day of March next.

[this next paragraph has been crossed out in pencil]

Immediately after the receipt of this, please to inform
me if you accept the commission, as above stated, -- also what
is ^the thickness of your pannels ^ in the frame & material which holds them., ^ and what should be the exact
shape & depth of the rebats into which the glazier is to set them.
Before cutting out the paper patterns, half an inch was deducted
from the space all round, which will be occupied by a
wooden rebat to which the glass will be cemented. For further
explanations ^ made by the mechanic, please read the patterns