page_0006

long & 40 broad two stories high containing 16 rooms
an elegant & large house for the President, with out=
houses Stewards house_ kitchen & the buildings which
are to be erected are a large house 115 feet long
56 broad & three stories, a wing exactly similar to the
one above mentioned & placed fronting it_ a chapel 50
feet long & 40 broad_ I have annexed a small paper
which will show you in what order these houses
are to be arranged_ The Chapel is already accounted
for, & will cost near 3,000 Dollars the foundation will
be laid within two weeks_ The trustees can at pleasure
realize 15,000 Dollars more with which they have
determined to commence the large building as soon as
they can procure an undertaker_ It would be dif=
ficult to give any correct statement of the funds_ I re=
quested the Treasurer to make out a small account
of them, /strikethrough amount/ which I purposed to inclose for your
satisfaction_ This I have not yet received but he assured
me that they could not be stated at less than 80,000 Dollars
that some of the property was such as could not be immediately productive.