Plan of a jail to be erected in the town 
of Gainesville, size of Building 20 by 24 - 
two storys high, the body of the house to be of 
hewn logs Ten inches square, the first story to be ten 
feet in the clear and built double with a space 
of twelve inches between the walls, said space 
to be filled with poles set on end the floor first 
to be laid with flint rock of not less than one 
foot in diameter, then over that timber of the 
same dimensions as the wall, and upon that 
floor of square timber, another floor of two inch 
thick Plank firmly spiked, the walls to be covered with 
two inch plank also firmly spiked on -- this room 
to have three windows, with double gratings of 
wrought iron the sealing of this room to be of the 
same sized timber as the walls -- the second 
story to be 8 feet in the clear the walls to be single 
of ten inch Timber, the floor of two inch plank -- 
the walls lined with two inch plank this room to 
have three windows with grated with wrought iron, doors are 
to be made of the best material and in the most substa
ntial manner a partition four feet wide to run across 
the upper story, timber to be ten inches square and to be 
sealed with two inch plank on the sides ends and 
top - the house to be weatherboarded, with platform 
stairs &c on the end, all to be done in a neat 
and substantial manner, the whole to be under 
the supervision of Commissioners appointed by the 
Court, building to be completed by the 
first mondYin December or contractor forfeit 
five dollars per day for each day over  - -- 
Contractor giving bond with approved security 
for the faithful performance of the Jail Contract.