floor on top makes the waeight suspended over each room about
350 tons. The stairways are situated in the fore corners of the
building the spaces Allotted to them being each 22 feet 6 inch wide
& 26 feet 6 inch long they are all composed of white marble And are 5 feet
3 inch in width with two landings or quarter paces in each story
the plan on which they are constructed is that of Geometrical
stairs having one end of each step secured in the wall & one edge
resting on the step below. All the stair ways as well as the landings
in the upper stories are finished with rich balustrades of cast
Iron & mahogany rails springing from massy marble Newels.
The cost of these stairways including the balustrades was
$18,500. The following are the materials used in the construction
of the main building

An extract of Stephen Gerard'^s will

"Secondly I enjoin and require that No ecclesiastic missionary or
minister of any sect whatsoever shall ever hold or exercise any station
or duty whatever in the said college; nor shall any such person
ever be admitted for any purpose or as a visitor within the prem
ises appropriated to the purposes of the said college.

Copy of my ticket

Strangers ticket Admit Mr Woodruff to visit the main building
of the Gerard College Jas J. Boswell directer Nov 28^th [18]49

After I visited the college I called upon Col Kane & saw a
sleigh robe presented to him By Dr Bernhisel as A present from
B. Young it contained 7 wolf skins & 10 fox skins got up with
great taste & splendor it was worth $40. I wrote A letter to Mrs
Woodruff

Dec 2nd I preached 3 times to the Saints in Philadelp[hia]
And the spirit of God rested upon me I taught the Saingths
in great plainness I laboured Hard among them. we had
A hard snow storm during the day & night

3rd It still storms. The Papers are full of Murders & mob
in all parts of the country & Congress is A hot bed of
Political corruption And there is danger of its exploding
And destroying the Union

floor on top makes the weight suspended over each room about 350 tons. The stairways are situated in the fore corners of the building the spaces Allotted to them being each 22 feet 6 inch wide & 26 feet 6 inch long they are all composed of white marble And are 5 feet 3 inch in width with two landings or quarter paces in each story the plan on which they are constructed is that of Geometrical stairs having one end of each step secured in the wall & one edge resting on the step below. All the stair ways as well as the landings in the upper stories are finished with rich balutrades of cast Iron & mahogany rails springing from massy marble Newels. The cost of these stairways including the balustrades was $18,500. The following are the material used in the construction of the main building. Weighing Tons

177,168 cubic feet of marble ditto 13,537

25139 flooring tiles do 409

12134980 Brick do 27,087

12495 perches of building stone do 19,635

21366 cubic feet of granite do 1,717

wrought Iron for bands cramps &c do 134

Cast Iron in ceiling of portico do 142 1/2

do in water pipes do 18 1/2

do in skylights & inner rims do 18

Milled lead for gutters & setting marble & lead for cramping do 48 1/2

53720 bushels of lime do 1,431

50,224 bushels of river sand do 3292

133,646 bushels of pit sand do 8759

4200 bushels of Hydraulic cement do 250

Locks fastenings, glass, lumber indoors & windows &c do 116

Making the aggregate weight of the building 76,595

cost of the whole esstablishment $1,933,821.78

An extract of Stephen Gerard's will "Secondly I enjoin and require that No ecclesiastic missionary or minister of any sect whatsoever shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in the said college: nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purposes or as a visitor within the prem ises appropriated to the purposes of the said college. Copy of my ticket Strangers ticket Admit Mr Woodruff to visit the main building of the Gerard College Ja's J. Boswell directer Nov 28th 49

After I visited the college I called upon Col Kane & saw a sleigh robe presented to him By Dr Bernhisel as A present from B. Young it contained 7 wolf skins & 10 fox skins got up with great taste & splendor it was worth $40. I wrote A letter to Mrs [FIGURE] Woodruff

Dec 2nd I Preached 3 times to the saints in Philadelphia And the spirit of God rested upon me I taught the Saints in great plainness I laboured hard among them. we had A hard snow storm during the day & night

3rd It still storms. The Papers are full of Murders & mob in all parts of the country & Congress is A hot bed of Political Corruption And there is danger of its exploding And destroying the Union