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N York June 7. 1820.

Dr father.

Yesterday afternoon I made the inclosed Drawing of an Edifice which would please me.

It is no invention. The order is Ionic and the building generally resembles the beautiful Maison Carrée of Nismes. That was litterally a square in height and breadth, the order Corinthian.
The height was 38 feet, breadth 38. and length of the whole including the [[underlined]] Pronaos[[/underlined]], or portico - 77 feet.

I prefer the Ionic order. ----
The plan I send may be executed upon the following proportions, - of timber & boards [[underlined]] marked [[/underlined]] as of stone, & painted & covered with light coloured sand, in imitation of white free stone or unpolished marble.

The whole height of a column being 14 feet as a standard. Then the let the breadth of this Edifice be [[underlined]] two Column lengths [[/underlined]]. The length [[underlined]] three columns [[/underlined]].

The Depth of the Pronaos [[underlined]] two intercolumniations [[/underlined]] Each [[underlined]] Intercolumniation [[/underlined]], two & one half Diameters. The Diameter of the column at the [[underlined]] foot of the Shaft twenty inches [[/underlined]]. The height of the [[underlined]] Water table [[/underlined]] above the ground [[underlined]] A quarter of a Column [[/underlined]]. The height of the Entablature