Yours by favr of Mr Norvell I duly recd. The shells we then had, was thought to be sufficient for raising the inside wall equal to those of the outside, and thought proper to venture on that much, however the lime gave out before it was effected, & as the time of our brick laying was too short to make it worth while to send Waggons to Fayette[ville] expressly for more oyster shells; we have quit the Brick work for this season. I observe what you say about the caping the walls the same plank that has been necessarily employed for scaffolding will be [sufficient] page torn for that purpose. Captn Rogers says hepage torn receive an equivalent now, for the bricks he has laid. By his contract he cannot demand it untill he has laid 250 thousand Bricks, but as those payments were predicated to be equal to the bricks he had laid at the time such payment was made him; you may not perhaps think it improper to pay him at the rate of 30/ pr thousand for all the brick he has laid in the Walls of the Main Building. I have to go to Fayette[ville] shortly and shall want 3 receipts in your possession, each dated May 7th 1798 & for £25 each given by Geo. Thompson , Oliver & Nathan Pierce, & Thomas Moody, all in consequence of so much paid, for oyster shells to be delivered to me at a future day, and some of the men have not fully complied with their promise in that respect. You will pleaseplan therefore to send me those receipts by return of the page torn Waggon that loads down for Captn Rogers , which I will [send] you again on my return from Fayetteville.