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Date
4-7-1894
Personal Name Recipient
Allison, James W., 1833-1898
Description
Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison requesting information of foundation specifications
Transcription
7 April '94. James W. Allison Esqr. Dear Sir: Just as soon as you settle the point as to how thick your foundation walls are to be, by that we mean whether they are to be granite or brick, will you kindly send us word so that the changes may be made in the drawings at once— The revised specifications were finished yesterday and mailed to you— and today we send a sample of galv. iron lath such as we recommend for your house— Very truly yours Griffin & Randall [ALS, Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison, April 7, 1894, on letterhead: Griffin & Randall Architects 48 Exchange Place New York] [edited by KCP]
Personal Name Subject
Allison, James W., 1833-1898 -- Correspondence
Corporate Name Subject
Griffin & Randall -- Correspondence
Topical Subject
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans; Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond; Architects and builders; Architecture -- Details; Foundations
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Historic houses, etc.; Richmond (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
City/Location
Richmond (Va)
Genre
letters (correspondence)
Local Genre
text; archives
Type
Still Image; Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Building VCU’s President's House
Source
Original letter: Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison, 1894 April 7, James W. Allison papers, M 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
pre024.pdf