Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Ferdinand Hassler, 3 Dec. 1825 [Quote]
in the house in which I live, and it’s offices I have flat roofs of a different construction. they consist of rooflets 30. I. wide with gutturs between them. there are 2. strata of joists, the one about 9. I. higher than the other. arranged thus ... a single length of shingles reaches from the...