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[jeremiah cunningham]

>I don't know of any reason to make the foundation significanly wider than
>the wall,

        If you are going to use concrete for your footing, then extending
the bottom of the foundation six outward for a "ledge" to lay a stone
veneer that would come up two or three feet would be a sound idea.

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