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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

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

Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison, 1894 April 7

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