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Brick_Wood_Stone_Land_Water_Measurement - University of Virginia

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<strong>Brick</strong>_<strong>Wood</strong>_<strong>Stone</strong>_<strong>Land</strong>_<strong>Water</strong>_<strong>Measurement</strong><br />

A second tract <strong>of</strong> land was bought in 1820 that bordered the Three Notch’d road and the forty-three and three<br />

quarter acres parcel that the Perrys had sold to the Central College. This second tract greatly increased the<br />

holdings <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> but its purchase contributed to the severe financial drain faced by the institution.<br />

Alexander Garrett, Estimate <strong>of</strong> <strong>University</strong> Costs, 7 February 1820, ViU:JCC; see also Cabell, Early History <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong>, 179-80. Brockenbrough apparently adapted Garrett’s estimate<br />

when drafting an estimate to be enclosed in the university’s report to the Literary Fund in the fall <strong>of</strong> 1820.

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