DIGITAL ARCHIVE of SLAVERY to FREEDOM at MONTICELLO   (beta)

paving or other stone cut @ 8d the superficial foot, the block being found & provisions.

the price of a Corinthian column at Paris is 24.H the inch of the diameter;
an Ionic do 6H the inch. per Hallet.

good stone work, of unhewed stone, takes from 2. to 3. bush. of lime per perch.

the price for laying is 2/6 an 18I. wall. in Augusta it is 2/

such stone work is cheaper than brick in the proportion of 1056 £–4 s to 581 £–5 s every thing calculated accurately by a workman at Georgetown, his brickwork coming to 9.6 D per thousand, & his stonework 2.D. per perch, including the cost & carriage of every article, even the rough stone.

a man lays generally 3. perch a day. & even 5. in very thick wall.

calculation of stone work at Monticello