The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-02-16
THE ARMORY-

cray IN defence OF this building. In anfvJer-
We printed piece, entitled, 1Il,-. Saault
Coleman, No. /. We hid been. Informed.
ena 6 It was The joinr production Of Coleman,
OF Clark, OF MIR. Jones, ard Of Tohn Cuer-
rane, WHO has lately made iucb an ;iIuHr;o,,s
hgure IN the Court Of Chanccry, in his
9uarrel with the widow. In this affair
Jonn was completely ard nloif deiervediv bea-
tsii; out we have not room at prefeat 70 fell
me particulars. John has likewife warned
10 pats IN Gocchland for the father Of This
aeience CT the armory / We are willing TO
Aiow nun the enjoyment Of ell the honor
winch 1t can acquire him. That the author
may gam that honor which the Iitigcnt has
io'f' We fhal not therefore, pnbliEa M.
samuel Coleman, No. 2. We have intro
auced our additional remarks with the 6n-
pie tide OF THE ARMoRY.
he place choien for the foundation rs
ms building, is exactly upon the top Ola hilt
t1ence, 1t was neceaary to cut this hill Down
10 tie ieyei of the canal, before the foundatior
conid be laid. This Job had long AGO coa
1lfteen thouiand dollars, and has }ince coz
Ivs ihouiand more. II he foil whicb4vas rennov-
eG' OF greater part ofsit, conffied. of va,uahls
clay. It IS believed shat the pertons ,.bC
removed IT, would have been very pIaj 70
40. 40 THIS work for the mere value of the rlav
lfey removed it TO very f.nall diG,nce
Wnere many -thouiands, or perhaps. millions
OF bricks, have iince been made out Of r. A.
leait, It they had not removed il for notbing
rhey would have been GLAD TO pay con{:Jseo'
faoie. price for it. We fhould be ,elsd
10 near decent reafou, why tome bar@a;n
Ut ms nature was rot hruck. Our
opinion IS, that if il was really nccefT.rg
10 oulid the Arnory upon tic top OF this hin
the whole twenty thoulard daIIars n,;nb,
pave oeen iaved By previous agreement
withthe iricklayer. In the account 80 IS
ps.ices, which we obtained in the audtor,e
once and printed in the Recorder land Of
"ltS ,, Nif. Jones' afterwards publiihed CO
py, there is the following article:--.
Bricks, lime, ard workman{bip. tb;r,,.
tfg0 F9SHi@'SH, pee 5RnareG 0ndtwsnfy doilery.
/ ne brickiayer, wto' was 70 remove nc
ear'h' might have been bound to give GER
am quantity OF bricks. This would have.
nlaST the competition quite eafy for him and
a. 'he lame time, quite as advantageous to
tne nate, as the payment of ready money,
nur the negligence or abfurdity Of this
9miihon, IS loft in another that appears inf
niteiy greater. If the fcite of the building
nad been chofen about fifty or fxty yard lower
down, towards James river, IL might have
oeeen placed uP@n natural valley, tbroa1b
5Vaf'b a jFr-sany at gv0tey taGs5. Tbs valley
lies within bali mile Of she CAPITOL. The
mtmbe:s Of afiembly, or fuch OF them as are
curious, are reaufted to Witt the ipot. and ex-
ANNE It with their own eyes. Tobn CLARK
VIII perhaps, be able to tell then for what
ieaich he choie to make valley, by cutting
: down bib when nature had placed iuf be-
Sihd him valley ready made, and with q
frsan Of water rafting through IL.
Perhaps there was a reaf5n for re5eeino
IRIS valley, although we carnot conceive i,
f1F. CLARK had then, onlyto have gone about
three hundred yards up the river, iuR above
the IPot where Mr. Rutherfoord's mill fands
At lbs place. there commences an Immediate
oecjWrty from the bank of the canal. which ter
inmates N valley regching the bank of the
river. As far as s1e can Judge, from the f,nr
cation shat John Clark las hnce laid, there
NOTE.
Bat we have learned that there is
ichooimaiter. in the neighbourhood who beIne
lobn to golib his Gle and round his per;o,is