John Gorman
Agreement for Stonecutting
Agreement for Stonecutting
[ca 1819]
John Gorman Does agree to Work all the tuscan Basses and Caps and all the other Moulded
Sircular Or Straight Work or plain work for the University of Va.
all Such Work to be measured as agreed on by the Proctor that is to take the Dementions at
the Largest part of the mouldings and to pay for them at 75 Sents pr. foot Superficial all
Such Blocks as will require help the Proctor will lend or Cause to be Lent Such assistance as
may Be required all tool Sharping to Be paid for or Done by Order of the Proctor at the
Shop Now at the University of Va. the Said Work is to be Measured at the End of Every
three Months Beginning from first of January 1820 the one half of the money to be paid then
the other half in Six months after Each Measurement
AD, ViU:PP, 1p, with ASB docket "Gorman Stone cutter." This document is in the undated
material for 1821 in ViU:PP. The agreement was to go in force in January 1820, and
Gorman worked extensively in stonecutting throughout 1820, indicating that the agreement
probably was made in late 1819.
