DIGITAL ARCHIVE of SLAVERY to FREEDOM at MONTICELLO   (beta)

Ry. Randolph’s fencing chain weighs ½℔ per foot, & is 3f 3I. from the ground.

Park-paling, every other pale high, the tall pales to have 5. nails, the low ones 4. nails is worth but 30/ the 100. yds, out & out. calculated by Skip Harris.

a man will cut & maul 300. chestnut nails a day thro’ the year. ?

July 1. of the chain inclosing the semi oval level in front of the house. 182.f. weighs 90℔

May.I think the road from the Pierhead up the river side, about 60. or 70. yards which is now finished, has cost about 100.D. it took 22.℔s of powder, about 14. days work of 2. men & 2. boys blowing call them 42. days repair of augers, about 60. 90. days work of common laborers last year, & about 15. days work of common labourers now.

Sep. in making the Carlton path on the high mountain, thro’ the woods & exceedingly steep, Wormley & Ned did about 50. yds a day, 4f. wide. which is 25. yds apiece.

Feb. 10. Etc in making a horse path on the 3d Roundabout & North wide when it is very steep Wormley did 60. yds aday thro’ the wood lands.