Building contract for the Rosamond Woolen Factory

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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Building contract for the Rosamond Woolen Factory

Entry/Object ID

2013.57.02

Scope and Content

Building contract for the Rosamond Woolen Factory between Bennet Rosamond of Almonte, William Rosamond of Almonte, George Stephen of Montreal, Henry, Richard O'Brien, William Willoughby of Farmersville, and Andrew Bell. They agreed that the first part of the building would be finished by March 1st. It was a double sided one page contract with two double sided pages of specifications attached. It was written on blue lined paper in brown ink and attached with a white fabric ribbon and a red wax seal. Transcription of the document is as follows: This contract made the twelfth day of September [August was originally written here then crossed out] in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six, by and between Bennet Rosamond, of the village of Almonte in the county of Lanark and Province of Canada, William Rosamond, of the said village of Almonte, and George Stephen, of the city of Montreal in the said Province, woollen manufacturers, doing business in the said village of Almonte under the name, style and firm of “B. & W. Rosamond & Co”, of the first part; and Henry Tomlinson, of the aforesaid village, Richard O’Brian, of the aforesaid village, and William Willoughby, of the village of Farmersville in the county of Leeds in the said province, Contractors, of the second part: witnessed that the said parties of the second part [the word “have” has been crossed out] for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar of lawful money to there in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby by them acknowledged, and for the further considerations hereinafter mentioned, do covenant, promise and agree, to and with the paid parties of the first part, that they the paid parties of the second part, will before the first day of March next ensuing furnish all material and labour and well and substantially erect, build and finish another story on, and do other work to the building now known as the “Tannery” at Almonte, according to and in the manner set forth in the annexed [word uncertain] specifications and the plan of said works prepared by Andrew Bell, which said plan is signed by the said parties hereto – and the said parties of the second part hereby agree to complete the parts and the whole of the said works at the times set forth in the annexed [word uncertain] specifications consideration whereof the said parties of the first part do covenant and promise to and with the said parties of the second part to pay [the following is written on the backside of the first page] or cause to be paid such the said parties of the second part the sum of sixteen hundred and fourteen dollars of lawful money of Canada at the times and in the manner set forth in said annexed [word uncertain] specifications – and the said parties of the second part hereby agree that all work done and all material used in the said works shall be subject to the approval of the architect employed by the said parties of the first part – and for the fulfillment of all the promises and covenants aforesaid by each of the parties hereto they respectively laid their legal representatives as well as their seals [spelling unsure] in witness whereof the said parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals on the on the day first above written – Witness Andrew Bell B. & W. Rosamond & Co William H. Tomlinson Richard O’Brian William Willoughby [the following is written on the front side of the second page] Specifications referred to in the annexed [word uncertain] contract of work to be done in putting another story on the tannery building Clearing - Remove the present roof and timbers connected there with – also the upper floor – all such material removed to be the property of the contractors, as much thereof as is suitable to be used in the following works – take down enough of the walls over the upper beams to allow of said beams being raised – raise beams two feet three inches or enough to bring the floor level with the third floor of the new mill – take down enough of back end wall to allow of new windows being put in in the proper positions – take down the front end of building to the present floor – take down the chimney to present floor – Walls Carry up the walls to the height and thickness shown on this plan – The front to be neat square joints rubble masonry with rock faced corner stones at least twelve inches thick having a 2” chisel draft an angle – The sides and back of building to be paved rubble masonry – all to be neatly pointed and all to be built in a substantial workmanlike manner, using only good stone and good mortar – point & all window and door frames and carry up all walls & roof boarding – Bond timbers to be put in where directed. Window and door openings to be neatly arched outside with stones 15” high – Windowsills - All windows and doors to have well cut stone sills, having 2 1/3” projection over wall and 4” beyond frame on each side – To slope from frame and have weather grooves below – Rubbish - Remove all rubbish caused by masons and carpenters. Windows & doors - Windows and doors to be placed where shown on plan – Roof - The framing of roof to be done as shown on plan – the ridge beam to be 8” x 10” and spleid [word uncertain] as shown – Rafters 2” x 10” – 2 feet from centres well spike [word uncertain] together on top – and [the following is written on the inside left of the second page] projecting as shown – to be sheeted with well seasoned 1 ½” plank, tongued and grooved – planks to be not more than 9” wide, well and evenly nailed to rafters and covered with patent roofing in the best manner – Cornice to be framed as shown on plan and covered with sheet iron, well and securely put on and nailed to rafters and scanthing [word unknown] – Ventilators, which will be furnished by B. & W. Rosamond & Co to be put on where directed and great care to be taken to place the roof properly around them – A row of posts as shown to be put up – to be pine plain turned, with pine cap piece 3” thick – posts to be 9” at bottom and 8” at top – also a row of posts under each beam in flat below – to be similarly made – this is the only [unknown word] work _be [unknown word] done under the bottom of the beams as they are at present- Windows and door frames to be of the required size in a neat substantial manner of good lumber 3” x 7 ½”, and well and neatly built into walls – All the sash to be neatly made from 2” studs – all the windows except the two front windows, to be four lights wide and six lights high 8” x 10” glass – Front windows to be five lights wide and eight high, same size of glass – All sash to be well primed and carefully glazed with good glass and best quality – Great care to be taken with this – The upper sash of each window to be arranged to cover the full length with proper fastenings – The lower sash the fixed – The two doors which are to be put in, to be double made of two thicknesses of which boards six inches wide, dressed tongued and grooved, well nailed together with wrought nails, Clinched as used and as which – to be four feet wide in the [unknown word] – to have three good strap hinges [this word has been crossed out] of suitable size to each door – good strong locks to each pair of doors and [the following is written on the adjacent page] strong bolts top and bottom – A new joint 2” thick and same height as those as at present to be put in between each pair now as to be two thicknesses of which boards – Bottom tier to be laid with boards now in floor if around – Well and evenly nailed to joints – top tier to be seasoned lumber six inches wide, dressed, matched and neatly laid and nailed – Openings- For stair and elevator to be left in floor where directed Base- Plain base 10” high all round- Plastering- The ceiling to be strapped and lathed with good strap lathe – Walls and ceiling to be plastered & be two coat work, skimmed [spelling uncertain] – Painting- All to two coat work – Window and door frames and sash with No 1 – white lead and linseed oil – Floors, the sauce, tinted to such shade as directed – Cornice base and parts with fire proof paint tinted to such shade a directed- Material- The contractors to furnish all the material and do all the work, all of which is to be subject to the approval of the architect- And Generally- The contractors to furnish everything and do everything to complete the work in every part according to the true meaning of the plans and specifications which are to be taken together to explain one another – Figures to be taken in preference to [word unknown] everything necessary to complete the work in every part to be considered as included in the contract should it be necessary to employ millwrights, steamfitters, plumbers or other workmen in the building before the completion of this contract, they are to be allowed free access to all parts of the building, the masons work to be finished and the building roofed by the first day of December next – The balance of the work to be finished on or before the first day of March next – Payments- B&W Rosamond & Co. will on the 5th and [the following is written on the back of the second page] pay 75 percent of the work done up to the [unknown word] 1st and 13th of each month, according to the architects estimate – the balance will be paid thirty days after final completion of the work, which completion to be certified to by the architect- Contract – B&W Rosamond & Co – With Tomlinson, O’Brian and Willoughby – New Story in Tannery

Collection

Rosamond Woolen Company Collection

Cataloged By

Gervais, Sarah

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Contract

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Agreement

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Legal Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Sep 12, 1866

Location

Location

Container

Box 5

Shelf

Shelf 19

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Category

Permanent

Date

November 7, 2023

Location

Container

Box 2

Shelf

Shelf 7, Shelf 7

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Whit, Elizabeth

Date

July 1, 2017

Location

Container

Box 5

Shelf

Shelf 19, Shelf 19

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Category

Permanent

Moved By

Whit, Elizabeth

Date

July 1, 2017

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rosamond, Bennet

Person or Organization

Rosamond, William

Person or Organization

Stephen, George

Person or Organization

Willoughby, William

Person or Organization

O'Brien, Richard

Person or Organization

Wilson Bell, Andrew

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Cotter, Ellen Status Date: 2022-02-08

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 22, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

November 12, 2023