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Eight Inches at the least
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The Bricks to be sound hard Stock bricks, well burnt
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The Mortar to be compos'd of the best quick Darking
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Stone Lime mixd with a due & proper proportion of
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clean sharp pit Sand well beaten & temper'd
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The Grout to be compos'd of the
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Lime & Sand
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aforesaid
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The Clay to be of the strong blue Kind & to be well,
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closely, & compactly beaten;
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The whole of the Work to be Performd in a substantial
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very best, & Workman like manner, the external parts
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&
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Soffites, of Arches
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to be finish'd with a neat flat &
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struck Joint
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To provide all Scaffolding Shores & every Article necessary
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for carrying into Execution the aforesaid Bricklayers
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Work the Scaffolding to remain standing for the use
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of other Workmen if necessary
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Carpenter
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To provide & fix all proper & substantial Centering to
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be close & truly boarded, Molds, Shores, props, templets
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& Wedges, necessary for turning the Arches, to ease from
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time to time & strike the Centers as shall be directed;
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For all Memell, Riga, Dantzick. Timber used in Tyes
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Templets or Bond scarfd, natv'd, dovetaild, or framd
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together of such Scantlings as shall be directed
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Labor Nails & Spikes included atP foot cubical
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For all Timber of the kind aforesaid used in piles or
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planking (if found necessary) to be measured neat
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after cutting off the
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uper fluous Ends; of such
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scantlings as shall be directed including Labor of
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driving & fixing the same atP foot enbical
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For ditto if of English Oak atP Do
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The Timber that is us'd, & to remain; to be of the
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best growth & free of every defect.
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To
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