Notes on Washington Highways, 2 July 1804
Notes on Washington Highways
[ca. 2 July 1804]
Washington. Highways.
<a bridge over the Tyber>
2. arches of 10. f. each adjg Tyber bridge
bed of creek enlarged & B street canalled1
| 1. | 1. 3. f. Culvert. | 30. f. + 2. of 5. f. each. 50 f. |
| betw. Tyber & Duane’s | ||
| 2. | 1. do. | at Duane’s |
| 3. | 1. do. | opposite Market bridge |
| 4. | 1. 4. f. do. | opposite the hotel |
| 5. | the culvert at the brew house to be arched with brick | |
| 6. | 1. 6. f. culvert | opposite the theatre |
| 7. | a 3. f. do. | near to Rhodes’s. |
| The sides of the above to be drystone well | |
| the back <covered> faced with mortar | |
| the top covered with long stones except Nos. 5. & 6. to be arched with brick | |
| gravel repaired. |
mr Latrobe estimates a 3. f. culvert of brick. 120. f. = 300 D
| but of stone it would be | 120. f. for 150. D. | |
| and of course | 50 f for 62.50 |
| 4. 3. f. culverts then will cost | 250. D |
| 1. 4. f. do. | 83. |
| 2. 6. f. do. with brick arches 150. | 300 |
| 2. arches over Tyber ½ of 1300. | 650. |
| gravelling | 667. |
| 1950 | |
| <roads at Culverts & contingencies> | <420> |
| <2900> |
existing materials & work will cover omissions & contingencies.
MS (DLC: Madison Papers, Miscellaneous Manuscripts); entirely in TJ’s hand, with alterations to several figures; undated, but see TJ to Thomas Munroe, 2 July; on same sheet as Notes on Shipment, [before 23 July 1804], and Paragraph on Disaffected Citizens, [1804?], interleaved in a bound volume of Madison’s notes (see , 14:168n).
1. Line interlined.