Monticello: 1st floor of 1st version (plan), probably before March 1771, by Thomas Jefferson. N49; K24 [electronic edition]

Monticello: 1st floor of 1st version (plan), probably before March 1771
by Thomas Jefferson

Identification numbers: N49; K24
48.4 cm x 60.3 cm (19-1/16" x 23-3/4")

Page N49

[DESCRIPTION: Plan of the first floor, showing the thickness etc. of the walls above the water table with notes in lower left and right corners (some of which are crossed out). This is the final first-floor plan of of the first version of the house.]

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Cite web page as: Monticello: 1st floor of 1st version (plan), probably before March 1771, by Thomas Jefferson. N49; K24 [electronic edition]. Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2003. http://www.thomasjeffersonpapers.org/

Original manuscript: Jefferson, Thomas. Monticello: 1st floor of 1st version (plan), 1 page, probably before March 1771. N49; K24. Dimensions: 48.4 cm x 60.3 cm (19-1/16" x 23-3/4"). Original manuscript from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society. Jefferson's heading for this plan identifies it as "showing the thickness of the walls above the water table." The notations specify many exact measurements, including those for the classical columns. See also p. 32.