Estimate of Building and Repair
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Estimate of Building and Repair
Description
Price encloses, per Knox's request, an estimate for the cost of repairing the long barracks for an arsenal of arms and the store in which the arms are currently deposited as well as building a stone wall around the redoubt of Fort Clinton. The foundation of the wall is to be four feet, which Price believes to be the minimum possible for such a heavy structure on gravelly soil. Price has employed a cooper to make two hundred powder casks, each of which will contain 100 pounds of powder, to be delivered in September.
year created
1788
month created
06
day created
11
author
sent from location
West Point
recipient
in collection
notable person/group
Henry Knox
William Price
cooper
notable location
West Point
Fort Clinton
barracks
notable item/thing
estimate of cost
repair
long barracks
arsenal of arms
store
arms
build a stone wall
wall
redoubt
height of the wall
foundation
ditch
gravelly soil
employed
powder casks
New York currency
notable phrase
I have included in the twenty five feet the height of the wall at Fort Clinton, four feet for the foundation - from the bottom of the present ditch- which I believe will be little enough for so heavy a piece of work in a gravelly soil
document number
1788061140055
page start
31
number of pages
1
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Letterbook No. 2, West Point 1786-1790. | P:28 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Price | West Point | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |