Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 104

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Communication: TJs_FarmBook
SOURCE INFORMATION
Author Thomas Jefferson
Document Type Communication: TJs_FarmBook
Date 1772-1826
Place of Origin Monticello
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Wood.

see page 37.

the sawmills over the mountains saw for 20/ the thousand, or one half for the other.

2 mawlers & 3. rivers will rive 750. pine slabs a day, of 14f. long, and double that number 6.f. long. every slab clears about 4I. that is to say 30. slabs properly lapped clear 10.f.

another estimate is that 3 men will get only 450. slabs a day of 6.f. long & 5.I. broad

to rive & draw 500. shingles is a common day’s work

a man may joint 3000. a day.

4. men got out and out 600. chesnut pales a day, 7f. long for the garden

a waggon brings in 300. of them at a load.

Paint. to a square, i.e. 10.f. square, 1.℔ span. brown & 1. pint of oil gives 1. coat.

Venetian blinds. the Upholsterer’s part costs 2. Doll. and the painting (by a coach painter) a French crown.

London Philada.
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Cost of sashes of Mahogany of

 9. panes 12.I. sq. 26.f. runng measure 16 joints @ .213 = 1.917 @ .38 =  3.4
4. do 18.I. sq. 19½f. do 9 do @ .34 = 1.35 @ .6 =  2.4

for sky lights the glass should lap 2½I. or more, the parts which lap should not touch one another, because they will suck in the rain by capillary attraction. there should be a free passage between them for the air. Carstairs.

Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 104). Scan available online here.