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Yours by favr of
Mr d. The shells we then had, was thought to be sufficient
for raising the inside wall equal to those of the outside, and thought proper
to venture on that much, however the lime gave out before it was effected,
& as the time of our brick laying was too short to make it worth while to
send Waggons to
n now, for
the bricks he has laid. By his contract he cannot demand it untill he has laid
250 thousand Bricks, but as those payments were predicated to be equal to the
bricks he had laid at the time such payment was made him; you may not perhaps
think it improper to pay him at the rate of 30/ pr thousand
for all the brick he has laid in the Walls of the Main Building. I have to go
to
th 1798paid, for oyster shells to be delivered to me
at a future day, and some of the men have not fully complied with their promise
in that respect. You will pleasen