. Historic Virginia homes and churches . shows that the house wasbegun in June and finished in September. The labor wasof course that of slaves, but a master workman —oneDavid Minitree—Avas general director of construction andwas brouglit from England, accompanied by his family,especially for this work. He was paid 115 pounds bj^ for building me a brick house according to agree-ment, and in addition received a jiresent of 25 timber used—25,000 feet of plank, at ten shillings athousand, shingles, at four shillings a thousand, and15,000 lathes, at seven shillings
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . shows that the house wasbegun in June and finished in September. The labor wasof course that of slaves, but a master workman —oneDavid Minitree—Avas general director of construction andwas brouglit from England, accompanied by his family,especially for this work. He was paid 115 pounds bj^ for building me a brick house according to agree-ment, and in addition received a jiresent of 25 timber used—25,000 feet of plank, at ten shillings athousand, shingles, at four shillings a thousand, and15,000 lathes, at seven shillings a thousand—was evidentlybrought from a distance, as 32 pounds was paid for haulingit; but the bricks—460,000 at seventeen shillings a thousand—were made upon the place. Five hundred and fortysquares of glass were used, at two and a half pence a entire cost of building the house was five hundredpounds, which considering its substantial condition, aftero\er a century and a half of wear and tear, seems THK HALL AT (ARTKRS (lltdVK
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