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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 />

Jefferson, only briefly mentioning the [cornerstone laying ceremony for the first pavilion] in passing in his<br />

correspondence, was more concerned in fact with guaranteeing the quick arrival <strong>of</strong> a Lynchburg bricklayer<br />

so that he could commence laying the brick walls <strong>of</strong> the pavilion while the <strong>Virginia</strong> weather was still relatively<br />

hospitable.<br />

See TJ to David Knight, 5 October 1817, DLC:TJ. Knight contracted with TJ to “Work faithfully, upon the Central College at the rate <strong>of</strong> five Dollars per Day & his Diet found,” plus traveling expenses<br />

(David Knight’s Agreement for <strong>Brick</strong>laying, 11 October 1817, in ViU:PP).<br />

http://geneaknowhow.net/in/beroepen/luyken/metselaar.html

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