Brick_Wood_Stone_Land_Water_Measurement - University of Virginia
Brick_Wood_Stone_Land_Water_Measurement - University of Virginia
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 />
The yard is laid <strong>of</strong>f in a more regular manner than I ever saw one, and every thing seem to go on with<br />
perfect order. They do not make up their mortar as we do with Oxen but with a spade, and make it in<br />
large piles and cover it with planks a day before they use it, the hole is near a branch and they always<br />
have a good deal <strong>of</strong> water in it. they have the table near the place, that they lay down the bricks and<br />
move it as they lay them down, and the mud is rolled to it. I have not yet Seen them moulding brick as I<br />
went there just as they began to Kiln they hack all the bricks in single hacks and under a large shelter<br />
which is erected for the perpose, which efectually keeps <strong>of</strong>f the sun and rain. the kiln which I saw, was<br />
lined with a stone wall about a foot thick, about half way and the other part with brickbats.<br />
John Hartwell Cocke, Jr., to John Hartwell Cocke, 27 August 1819, ViU:JHC.<br />
Special Collections Library, UVA, MSS4527
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