Letter : typescript, 1802 Apr. 17, Philadelphia, [Pa., to Trustees of South Carolina College].

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Letter : typescript, 1802 Apr. 17, Philadelphia, [Pa., to Trustees of South Carolina College].

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Responding to a letter from the Trustees of South Carolina College, 14 Apr. 1802, re the competition to design a college building to be erected in Columbia, S.C. Latrobe discusses his dislike of such contests, where the influence of gentleman amateurs lacking professional training, "have ... often made me repent that I have cultivated my profession in preference to my farm." Although Latrobe did not consider the $350 prize money ample compensation for his time required for a building design, he promises to send the trustees a simple sketch of his proposal and to be "very easy on the subject" of compensation.

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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820

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British-born American architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol and other public buildings in the United States. -- Joseph Donath was a Philadelphia merchant who is best remembered for supplying glass to Thomas Jefferson. From the description of [Letter] 1805 Sep. 19, Ironhill, Del. [to] Jos. Donath & Co. / B. Henry Latrobe. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 245178736 British-born architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, most famous for designing the ...

South Carolina College

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