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Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Capitals for University of Virginia Buildings, [after 6 March 1821]
Notes on Capitals for University of Virginia Buildings
[after 6 Mar. 1821]
| I | D | ||||||||||||
| No | I. | East. | Ionic. | 4. | Capitels. dimd diam. | 26½ | cost | 240. | freight | 22. | 72 | ||
| III. | West. | do | 6. | 26⅛ | 330. | 38. | 40 | ||||||
| f | |||||||||||||
| No | II. | West. | Corinthian | 4. | 25.2⁄10 | 732. | 33.=132 | 60. | 80 | ||||
| IV. | East. | do | 2. | capitels & 2 half do say 3. | 20 8⁄10 | 330. | 25=1⅞ = | 30 | |||||
| 17. | 1632 | 151. | 92 | ||||||||||
| 151. | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 1783. | 92 |
| No | 1. | E 4. boxes1 38.I. sq. 17 high. 14.2 cub. f × 4 = 56.8 cub. f = 1.42 ton @ 16 = 22.72 D |
| 3. | W 6. boxes. 40.I. sq. 17. high 16 cub. f. each × 6 = 96. cub. f = 24⁄10 = 38.4 D | |
| 2 | W. 4. boxes 44.I. sq. 34½ high. 38. cub. f each. × 4 = 152 cub. f = 3⅘ = 60.80 D | |
| 4 | E. 3. boxes 38 I. sq. 30.I. high 25. cub f each × 3 = 75 cub. f = 1⅞ = 30.D. | |
| 9½ ton in all |
| No IV. E. | No II. W. | Library | |||||
| I. | I | ||||||
| Capitel. | top | 37. | 2 | 43. | 34 | 55. | 8 |
| bottom | 20. | 8 | 25. | 2 | 32. | 4 | |
| height | 28. | 32. | 67 | 42. | |||
let us suppose the top & bottom which are plain, to cost .30 the sq. foot as at Philada
then we shall find the carved surface to cost nearly 21. D 50 c the sq. f.
| sq. f | D | ||||||||
| No IV. E. | 37.2 I. sq + 20.8 I. sq. = | 9.6 | @ | .30 = | 2. | 88 | |||
| 28 I. height × 29. I. mean circumf. | 5.6 | @ 21 | .50 = | 120. | 40 | ||||
| 123. | 28 | instead of 110.D. |
| sq. f | D | C | |||||
| No II. W. | 43.34 I. sq. + 25.2 I. sq. = | 17.4 | @ | .30 = | 5. | 22 | |
| 32.67 height × 34.27 mean circumf. | 7.77 | @ 21 | .50 = | 167. | |||
| 172. | 22 | instead of 180.D |
| Library. | columns calculated on the same principles | ton | D | |||||||
| sq. f | D | C | freight | 80. f =1 = | 32. | |||||
| 55.8 I. sq. + 32.4 I. sq. = | 29. | @ .30 | = | 8. | 70 | |||||
| 42. height × 44. mean circumf. | 12.83 | @ 21.50 | = | 275. | 60 | |||||
| cost each. | 284. | 30 | ||||||||
| 32. | ||||||||||
| 316. | 30 | × 10 = | 3,163 | ) | = 3,483 | |||||
| frt 2. tons | 32. | × 10 = | 320 | |||||||
| half Capitels | 142 | × 8 = | 1136 | ) | = 1,264 | |||||
| frt | 16 | × 8 | 128 | |||||||
| 158 | ||||||||||
MS (ViU: TJP); on verso of reused address cover of Joseph Delaplaine to TJ, 15 Jan. 1821; entirely in TJ’s hand; undated, with conjectural date based on TJ’s receipt on 6 Mar. 1821 of Thomas Appleton to TJ, 10 Oct. 1820.
Pavilions no i. east and iii. west were later renamed pavilions II and V. Pavilions no ii. west and iv. east were later renamed pavilions III and VIII.
1. Remainder of line interlined in place of “32.I. sq. 14½ high 86⁄10 cub. f. each × 4 = 34.4 cub. f. = 86. ton = 13.76 D.”
Index Entries
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Notes on Capitals for University of Virginia Buildings search
- Philadelphia; builders’ prices in search
- Virginia, University of; Books and Library; plans for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; capitals for search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion II search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion III search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion V search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VIII search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Rotunda (library) search