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Section of rails. 1 item. ink on paper.

Plan of a clock for the rotunda. 1 item. ink on paper.

Elevation of two-story dormitory with wings. Elevation of one-story dormitory. Two first-floor plans and one second-floor plan. Possibly another study for N 374. 1 item. ink and wash on paper.

Elevation and two floor plans for two-story dormitory. This sheet contains a study for a two story Dormitory block. The ground floor contains twelve rooms for the students, and the upper floor contains two large spaces separated by a central passage containing stairs. Possibly another study for N 374. 1 item. pencil, india ink, and wash on paper.

Floor plan. The Observatory plan study has alcove beds. The geometric plan consists of four octagonal rooms surround a cross-shaped central passage, with two recessed loggias, a trapezoidal vestibule, and a projecting loggia. 1 item. pencil on graph paper.

Floor plan with specifications on back. 1 item. ink on paper.

Rough draft and specifications for rotunda-style floor plan. Probably for the president's house in Washington, D.C. Notes on verso. 1 item. pencil and ink on paper.

Plan of a rotunda style house by Robert Mills. Probably the President's house in Washington, D.C. 1 item. ink on paper.

Section of a rotunda house. Probably the President's house in Washington, D.C. 1 item.

Plan (sketch) of a house with portico and dependencies. Addressed on verso to T. J., Albemarle. 1 item.

Plan of building with four porticos in the form of a Greek cross, with a framing plan (Probably a development of N-490). possibly a retreat. 1 item. photostatic copy of original.

Possibly a study by Robert Mills to teach Cornelia J. Randolph rendering. 1 item. rendered in wash.

Authenticated in unidentified hand. 1 item.

Pocket memorandum book containing initial specifications, ink drawings, and other data used and compiled by T. J. while directing the construction of the University of Virginia (Central College until 1819). Description of proposed buildings, style of architecture, measurements, materials to be used, and the amount of brick or stone required. Includes notes for the rotunda planetarium. 23 item. iron gall ink on wove paper.

Drawing of an elevation and three plans for Pavillion IV with specifications on verso. 1 item. pricking, scoring, iron gall ink, and india ink on paper.

Elevation and three plans. Specifications on back. Porticos on the first and second floor plans are erased. 1 item. pricking, scoring, iron gall ink and india ink on paper.

Elevation and three plans. Specifications on back. Jefferson's notes continue to call this a "lodge." 1 item. iron gall ink on graph paper.

Flat exterior buttress walls on the north and south ends of the building, and a hexastyle portico on the south end. Specifications on back. Construction began in 1823. 1 item. ink on paper.

Plan of dome room with specifications on back, beginning: "Rotunda, reduced to the proportions of the Pantheon and accomodated to the purposes of a Library for the University with rooms for drawing, music, examinations and other accessory purposes." Construction began in 1823. 1 item. ink on paper.

Jefferson's notes and drawing for framing the dome. On verso: small framing diagram for library dome. 1 item. pricking, iron gall ink on plain wove paper.