Letter from T. Henry Randall to James W. Allison, 1895 September 23

Authors

Henry T. Randall

Files

Date

9-23-1895

Personal Name Recipient

Allison, James W., 1833-1898

Description

Letter from T. Henry Randall to James W. Allison discussing color of blinds and travel plans.

Transcription

Sept. 23rd ‘95 James W. Allison Esq. Richmond, Va. Dear Sir, I have just returned to New York, having received your letters written during my absence. In regard to the "Venetian blinds" for your front door I should think that green or white would answer equally well, though the former would perhaps be the more suitable. If you use green I should suggest the same shade as you have already used on the blinds on windows. I should like to go over the list of fixtures selected for your house through the Mitchell Vance Co. and explain them more fully. Of course if you could see them you would find them of the best designs and workmanship of their class. However we can talk this matter over to better advantage when I see you next week. My present plan is to go to Annapolis on Friday next and afterwards attend to some matters in Baltimore which would require a couple of days, so you may expect me in Richmond about Wednesday of next week. However I shall let you know later the exact day. I am very glad to know that you have finally gotten under your roof after this long and aggrevating struggle to do so; and hope you find it comfortable under the present severe test of weather for I find here in New York as high a temperature as we ever had before in mid-summer. Your's truly, T. Henry Randall [ALS, T. Henry Randall to James W. Allison, Sept. 23, 1895, on letterhead: T. Henry Randall Architect 52 Broadway. New York. Envelope docketed: [image unavailable]: T.H.R. Sept 23, 1895 Color of blinds for vestibule. Expects to go to Annapolis on Friday and Richmond on Wednesday following.] [edited by SS]

Personal Name Subject

Randall, T. Henry, 1869-1905 -- Correspondence; Randall, T. Henry, 1869-1905 -- Travel -- Virginia -- Richmond; Allison, James W., 1833-1898 -- Correspondence

Topical Subject

Architecture, Domestic -- Virginia -- Richmond; Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Virginia -- Richmond; Blinds; Colors

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

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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 T. Henry Randall to James W. Allison, 1895 September 23, James W. Allison papers, M 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

File Name

pre100.pdf