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Andrew Smith to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
Received of Andrew Smith five Casks of Roman Cement in good Order, which I promise to
deliver in like good Order to A. S. Brockenbrough Esqr or Order at Jeffersons Mill on being
paid the Customary freight
Witness Peter x Henderson
Chs D Gardner Captn of Wm. Johnstons Boat
Enclosed I hand you Peter Hendersons Receipt for the five Barrels of Roman Cement--and a
printed instruction for using the Same--in haste Dr Sir Yours
Andw Smith
ALS, ViU:PP, 1p, with ASB docket "A. Smith 1st June 1821." Smith sent Brockenbrough a
second copy of Henderson's receipt on 2 June. In the loose receipts for 1821 in ViU:PP is
William Fitch's receipt accepting delivery of the cement: "Milton 7 June 1821 William
Johnson has deliverd five Bls Cement on a/c the university (weighed one bbl. 366. lbs) W D
Fitch." Another receipt in the same location for the wagonage from Milton to the university
reads: "June 8 1821 Recd of the Proctor a draft on the Bursar of the University of Va two
Dollars 75 cents for the Waggonage of 5 casks of cement from Milton and 1 Hhd of Plaster
for Joseph Antrim." A third receipt in the loose receipts for 1822 reads: "Richmond 10th.
Novr. 1822 A. S. Brockenbrough Esqr Bot.of Andw Smith 4 Barrels Roman Cement @
9$--36-- [+] pd. Dragage & toll .76 [=] $36.76 Received payment Andw Smith."
For the one-page printed instructions for making roman cement that Smith sent
Brockenbrough, see Directions for Making Roman Cement, 1 June 1821, in ViU:PP.
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