Agreement with S. Greenhalgh (roofer)

Containers:
Box 2
Scope and content:

This document is an original contract between the MVLA and Solomon Greenhalgh. The contract stipulates that Greenhalgh must tin the roof of the portico and board over the same. He must also put tin gutters on the mansion as well as put tin around the dormer windows and on the outbuildings. Furthermore, he must build two cisterns with pumps and furnish a hydraulic ram for a spring at the foot of the lawn. The price is $1500 with board for himself and two men, fare to and from Washington, D.C., and use of Mount Vernon teams and laborers.

ER 2; p. 194, AS

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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Parent terms of access:
Material can be reproduced for study or personal use upon written approval from library staff.