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Enclosure: James Walker’s Timber List for Thomas Jefferson’s Sawmill Pit Gears, [ca. 10 September 1811]
Enclosure
James Walker’s Timber List for Thomas Jefferson’s Sawmill Pit Gears
| Nomber | Length in feet &. parts | Breadth in Inches &. parts | Thickness in Inches &. parts | Terms for different pieces— | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | 19 | .½ | 3 | ¼ | shrouding for Water wheel | heart pine |  |
Clear of cracks | |
| 8 | 20 | .½ | 9 | .½ | 3 | .¾ | arms for ditto | ditto | ||
| 50 | 3 | .½ | 18 | .⅞ | Buckets for ditto | ditto | ||||
| 50 | 3 | .½ | 3 | 1 | .½ | Elboes for ditto | pine | |||
| 76 | 3 | .¾ | 10 | .⅞ | Soling for ditto | heart pine | ||||
| 16 | 9 | .½ | 19 | 5 | .½ | Back cants for 2 cogwheels of the spurr kind &. | heart pine | |
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| 16 | 7 | .½ | 17 | 3 | Face ditto for ditto | ditto | ||||
| 8 | 18 | .½ | 16 | 3 | .¾ | arms for ditto | ditto | |||
| 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | .¾ | Locks for the arms | ditto | ||||
| 350 | 1 | .¼ | 3 | .½ | 3 | .½ | good Locust for spurr cogs | |||
| 12 | 18 | .I.1 | 2 | .½ | 2 | .½ | dogwood for rounds | |||
| 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | Main headblocks oak or pine heart | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | .½ | 6 | 6 | spurrs for the headblocks to rest on ditto | |||||
| 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | white oak for wallowers &.C. | ||||||
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 194:34448); in Walker’s hand, with one insertion by TJ; undated; endorsed by Walker: “Bill scantling for the pitt gears of Mr. Jeffersons Saw Mill—Septr 1811.”
1. Abbreviation inserted by TJ.