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SHEPLEY, RUTAN & COOLIDGE
ARCHITECTS

Menlo Park, Feb.8.1888.

Arthur Brown, Esq.

Dear Sir:--

I send to Mr. Crichton, by express, today the
¾" scale drawings and full sise details for
the library, dining-room and hall of the Gov-
ernor's residence. Will you kindly return
to us the tracings and one set of blue copies
as soon as convenient.

Below I anote [sic] some notes from Mr. Coolidge's
letter of instruction to me.

"The brad and screw mouldings shown in the full-
size can be turned and put on afterward. We
generally have had the brad carved but this
would be in opposition to the Governor's request
that there should be no carving whatsoever.

The panels where you think there is any dan-
ger of warping should be made of three separ-
ate layers of veneer of the same wood, the two
outside ones running in the direction of the
panel and the middle one at right-angles to
it. By using this method it is possible to
select the best prices for the outside, using the
poorer stock for the inside and thus obtain
a better result.

In regard to the kind of Mahogany, the Gov-
ernor said that he wished good wood but not