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Rodgers will oblige himself to furnish the Trustees of the University any quantity of lime not leſs than one thousand nor exceeding five thousand bushels (which in the estimation of Judges shall be good when delivered at the Kiln in the County of Stokes) for the sum of thirteen pence half penny Virginia currency bushel, which is as low in his opinion as he could with propriety part with it provided a sufficient lenth of time be allowed him between the burning of each kiln for the quarrying of the rock neceſsary to make the same
[Perhaps for Steward's Hall ]
[table]
To 2 Sills 30 feet long 12 by 10 55 feet in each 110.
5 do. 20 do. 14 by 12. 43.' 4. . . " 216.4
2 plates 30 feet 10 by 435. " . . . " 70. "
16 Join 21½ . . " . . . 10 by 4.24 . . . " 384. "
13 Sleepers 20 feet long 12 by 3 25 . . . " 325. "
4 Cornerpoasts 11 feet long 12 by 14.24 . . 96. ____
1201 4.20 /– £12.".2½
Totaling the above . . . 10."."
20 poasts & [Brans] 11 feet long 4 by 8.2½ . 550
60 [Studey] . . 11 do. 3 by 4 . . 11. . 660
32 Rafters . . 14 do. 3 by 5 . . . 18.8.597 ____
1,807.8/– 7.4.6
[haling] the above . . . 2."."
1500 feet weatherboarding ... 10/– . . . 7.10."
[haling] said plank [say] . . . 1."."
800 feet of [cooling] plank . . 12/6 . . . 9."."
[haling] . . . do. . . . ".17.6
800 feet Sheeting . . . 9/– . . 3.12."
[haling] do. . . ".10."
6,000 Shingles . 5220 . . . 40/– . 12."."
6,000. 6[dy] nails 5220 . . . 15/–17/– . . . 4.10."
2,500. 20[dy] do. . . 40/– . . 5."."
1,000. 10[dy] do . . . 30/– . . . 1.10."
108 pain glaſs 1/6 . . . 7.14."
12[h]. putty ... 1/6 . . . ".18."
2 pair H hinges . . . 12 inch . 10/– . [1]."."
Carried £86.6.2[½ "]
To Amot. brought forward . . . £86.6.2½
" framing & Shingling 1420 feet 16/8 . . . 15.18."
" framing & Shingling 8[5]0 do. 16/8 . . . 6.15."
" 2 battern doors & fairings . . . 25/– 2.10."
" 6. 18-light windows . . . 30/– 9.10."
" laying 600 feet flooring . . . 16/8 . 5."." ____
121.19.2½
Boarding . . . 12."."
two Chimney pieces . . . 15/– 1.10." ____
135.9.2½
Bill for a House 30 x 20– S. Hopkins for Bennet Watson
Mr. Watsons Proposals No. 2
James Pattersons proposals for building Stewards House—£350..—
To build a Stewards [...] 36 feet in Length by 30 feet [...] One storey High 10 feet [pitch] agreable to the [opposite] to be suported on brick pillars 8½ feet High from the surface of the Earth 2 stacks of brick Chimneys the floor of the Kitchen to be Laid with brick The frame of the house to be made out of Eastern Pine or oak timber the Lower floor to be Laid with 1¼ inch flooring boards square Edge the upper floor Laid with inch boards plained on the underſide the the outſide of the frame weatherboarded the front only Plained & beaded five batten Doors Eight windows sashes 18 Lights Each seven by nine inches A cieling to the inside of the frame the whole to be finished in a substanshall workman Like manner finding all materials nails, Locks Hinges. [&C] the whole to be compleated before the for the sum of three hundred and fifty Pounds
by J Patterson
He will also undertake to finish the house for the President of the University by the same time for the sum of seven hundred Pounds. the terms of Payment one third on Demand one third when the frames are Raised and the other third when finished—
(14.3)
(144)
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