1st.  He would select four of the most expert axe-men as corner-men, whose duty it was to first clear off the site, square it, and place a boulder at each corner to build upon after being duly leveled, then saddle and notch down the logs in good, workman-like order.
     2d.  He would assign a sufficient number of suitable men to select as near the site as possible, the best large-growth, straight-grained white-oak tree for clap-boards, whose further duty it was to fell it, and cross cut it into suitable lengths, split the cuts into square bolts, and with a fro rive them.  Another branch of this classification was required in like manner to prepare puncheons for floors, doors, windows and chimney-corner jambs, out of such timber as was best adapted for the purposes, such as oak, chestnut or ash, as was best adapted for the purposes, such as oak, chestnut or ash, as al these abounded in that part of the State, and were, when properly selected straight-grained timber, and could be made of sufficient length and width to make a good solid floor, when spotted on the underside at the ends out of wind; and to rest upon sleepers placed at proper distances apart, with dressed, straight upper surfaces, and which, when top-dressed by a skillful adz-man, made a good substitute for plank, which at that early day could not be procured for want of saw-mills.
     3d.  He would then select and detail such a number as seemed necessary to cull out as near the site as possible, straight, suitably sized standing trees, and fell them and chop them off at suitable lengths for the proposed structures, with teamsters to haul them in  as they were logged off, in the then usual way of dragging them on the ground hitched by a chain with a hook at one end of the log.  To this force were added other teamsters, provided with rough wood sleds to haul in the clap-boards, puncheons, and such

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