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Date
5-13-1895
Personal Name Recipient
Allison, James W., 1833-1898
Description
Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison enclosing certificate for delivered materials.
Transcription
May 13th ‘95. James W. Allison Esq. Richmond. Va. Dear Sir, We inclose certificate for payment on account to the E.H. Purdy M.F.G. Co. for their material delivered as per contract and now in your house. The amt. due is $1764.00 The setting of Dining Rm. finish ($225.00) is outside of this amount, consequently you will reserve $264.00 of what is now due them to be paid when the work is accepted. They will send their men on within a day or two, as we understand the material has been delivered and is in condition to be set. The Newcomb M.F.G. Co. who have made the Exterior and Interior ornaments, caps, consoles, friezes, &c. have sent in their bill; but it needs revision and has been returned to them. Mr. Randall will come on as soon as the Dining Rm. Finish is under way. Your's truly, Griffin & Randall [ALS, Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison, May 13, 1895, on letterhead: Griffin & Randall Architects [48 Exchange Place canceled; next two words stamped] 52 Broadway New York. Envelope docketed [image unavailable]: G&R May 13. 1895. Enclosing certificate for materials delivered by Purdy. Amt. owe is $1764.00. The setting of Dining Room finish is outside of this $225.00. Consequently you will reserve $264.00 to be paid when the work is accepted. The Newcomb Mfg. Co. have sent their bill for the trim and exterior ornaments, caps, consoles, friezes &c. [two words canceled] but it needs revision and has been returned] [edited by MRM]
Personal Name Subject
Allison, James W., 1833-1898 -- Correspondence
Corporate Name Subject
Griffin & Randall -- Correspondence; E.H. Purdy M.F.G. Co.; Newcomb M.F.G. Co.
Topical Subject
Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond; Architects and builders; Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Virginia -- Richmond; Architecture -- Details; Building -- Estimates -- Virginia -- Richmond; Invoices
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, 1895 May 13, James W. Allison papers, M 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
pre089.pdf