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1845-06-14 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Jacob Bigelow to Ballantine & Allan, 1831.041.001-003
1845-06-14 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Jacob Bigelow to Ballantine & Allan (page 1)
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Boston (America)
Messrs Ballantine & Allan
Gentlemen
I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of with the accompanying designs for colored windows. With a few exceptions, hereafter to be stated, these designs are approved and much admired, and you are requested immediately to make for us the two large windows conformably to the paper shapes or patterns which are ^now forwarded by the Cambria steamer ^rolled up in a tin box, care of Harnden & Co, Liverpool, and will reach you soon in a few days after this letter.
Nave Window.
Please to notice that the cast iron window frames, which are now made, have undergone some slight alterations from the lithographic designs. The great circular central space in the Nave window has 12 hemicircles, or indentations instead of 8, and the small arches ^are higher & more acute & have also more hemicircles. All this appears in the paper daylight patterns, which you will follow exactly. ^The mullions are shorter now than in the lithograph plan. The Rose window is unaltered.
In the Nave window you will fill the large perpendicular lights and all the smaller
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1845-07-15 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Ballantine & Allan to Jacob Bigelow, 1831.041.001-005
1845-07-15 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Ballantine & Allan to Jacob Bigelow (page 4)
Cambria
27 Summer St
[stamp: HARNDEN & Co of Liverpool Have Paid Postage TO LIVERPOOL 0/0 TRANSATLANTIC 1/- TO BE COLLECTED 1/- --by-HARNDEN & Coo 339
Jacob Bigelow Esq M D Boston North America
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1845-07-31 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Copy, Jacob Bigelow to Ballantine & Allan, 1831.041.001-006
1845-07-31 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Copy, Jacob Bigelow to Ballantine & Allan (page 2)
the paper patterns begin. The width of glass between the mullions is one foot 9 1/2 inches, as stated in the former letter.
In the same letter you will find that the height of the mullions in the aisle windows is 8 feet from the tops of the bases to the bottom of the caps.
The caps & bases measure together 9 inches, making the total daylight up to the paper patterns 8 feet 9 inches.
From this deduct two crossbars, for these windows shove up,) or about 3 inches, leaving the total height of straight glass 8 feet 6 inches. Width 18 1/2 inches.
I return herewith the colored designs which you sent, also a plan with figures, to care of Harnden & Co. Liverpool, who will forward them to you --
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1847-04 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Harnden Co. to Jacob Bigelow_Shipping Invoice, 1831.041.001-007
1847-04 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Harnden Co. to Jacob Bigelow_Shipping Invoice (page 1)
Jacob Bigelow MD To Harnden & Co.
| For L'pool chgs on 1 Case | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| stained glass sh'pd fm Boston | |||
| to Lpool fr St Petersburg | |||
| " Ballantyne & Allan | |||
| Edinburgh" | |||
| vis | |||
| Frt fm Boston | ,, 8,,7 | ||
| Duty | 14,,6 | ||
| Carte & (C House Chgs.)} | 5,,2 | ||
| dock dues} | |||
| Frt to Edinburgh | 3,,6 | ||
| Commission | 2,,6 | ||
| £1,,14,,3 | 8 29. | ||
| . | For Lpool Chgs on same | } | |
| to Lpool fm Edinburg & thence | } | ||
| to Boston £ 1,,7,,2 | } | 6 56 | |
| Wharf 13 & Commn of 1.00 | 1 13 | ||
| $15.98 |
1847-04 Bigelow Chapel Stained Glass: Harnden Co. to Jacob Bigelow_Shipping Invoice (page 2)
Mr G.W. Bond Treasr Mt Auburn Pay the within
Harnden & Co Mch & $15.98
[in pencil] J Bigelow
27 Summer St.
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