In my absence from Washington there was forwarded to me a copy of a letter from General John H. Cocke to Mr R. R. Gurley on the Subject of a fund left by Genl Kosciuszko, in the hands of Mr Jefferson, for the Education of slaves.— This letter was forwarded to me because I am the administrator of...
A little miscellaneous work is about to appear in New York which will contain among other things a notice of old President Adams furnished by one of the literati of New England. a gentleman of New York, a man of Talents & a republican, has been applied to by the publisher of the work in...
A. S. Brockenbrough begs leave to inform Dr Dunglison that he should have no hesitation (provided the funds would justify it) in building all the professors that wish it a smoke house, without applying to the Visitors—as there is not funds to do so it will be impossible for A. S Brockenbrough to...
I have been called by On by the professors for smoke houses, wood yards &c, but from the present state of the funds it is evident nothing can be done for them, with respect to their houses and enclosures is it not intended by the Visitors that they should keep them in order at their...
if time passes as slowly with you, as it does with me my dear sister, I fear you will think I have been a great while silent, and I must confess, four weeks is a long time for me...
The Undersigned have the honor to request the attention of the Visiters to the following subject:—their late lamented Rector having stated to one of the undersigned, than that any Professor, who wished, might have a Smokehouse; and two of the Faculty having been furnished with them, at the...
The difficulties we labour under are such as obliges us, however reluctantly to call your attention to the inconvenience of our situation. We are unable from the profits small profits of our houses to erect several conveniencies that are indispensible. We thefrefore ask of you either to build us...
I beg to call your attention to the undermentioned subjects. The two last have been included in the suggestions submitted to your notice by the Faculty, but as they are immediately connected with my department, & are of much importance to me, I have thought it not improper to bring them...
It is with regret that I have to intrude myself upon you at your present meeting, but I conceive it to be a duty I owe to this Institution and to myself, to report to you in some way, the situation of the Tenement I occupy: The cellar to my Hotel is five feet below the surface of the earth;...
Being compelled to build a Stable for purposes indispensable, upon the Lot I occupy costing Sixty two Dollars and fifty Cents—I beg leave to ask of you, if it be not reasonable that the proctor be directed to deduct the same from my rent
I am requested by the Faculty to lay the inclosed letters before you, and to state that the Faculty have declined licensing the individual until they learn from you the amount of the emolument which will accrue to him in the event of his appointment.
In compliance with the request contained in yours of Septr 9. I have presented yr. drft for $250. to Gen. Dearborn, and retain the amo.—to be paid to Mr Willard as he shall require it. Your directions respecting the mode of introducing light &c into the clock-room shall be attended to—:...
It is not without reluctance that I obtrude my individual concerns on your notice at any time, & more especially when your duties have been so laborious & important as at present. I can only say that if the business with which I am about to trouble you should interfere with higher objects...
Mr Jefferson inherited a large estate, and his wife brought him a handsome fortune, but encumbered by British debts, of her father’s, to a great amount: to affect the payment of these Mr Jefferson sold a part of his property, & received the proceeds in depreciated paper money, which were of...
In my answers to the questions propounded I have endeavored to be explicit as the nature of the case would admit of. I hope they may prove satisfactory
Question 1st In the report of the Visitors of ’25, it is stated that the Library room was in a state of active preparation for the reception of the books, and that to effect this, 6000 Dollars of the library fund had been appropriated. Has this appropriation covered the object? Answer, 1 The work...
my visit to Montpellier last week my dear sister prevented me from writing to you in regular turn as I should have done had I been at at home, I was sorry for it at the time but feel very well pleased at present to...
I have been longing to write to you dearest sister, for some time; our only pleasure is in writing & recieving letters from Boston at present, but I have been so busy for some days past that I could not write. The day before yesterday a box was packed & despatched to you which when you...
at last my dear sister we have quitted Monticello and are doing our best to reconcile ourselves to our change of abode, here we shall meet with kindness and comfort, and when time has lessened our regrets for all we have left, I hope we...
You will do me a favor if you will inform me what will be the terms of the intended sale of the negroes belonging to Mr Jefferson’s Estate. Are they to be sold in family’s or individually. If the Executor is authorised & willing to part with 50. or all the negroes by private sale on what...
Proceedings of the Board of Visitors December 1826 J. M. At a meeting of the visitors of the University of Virginia, held at the University on Tuesday, December 5th 1826, at which were present James Madison Rector, James Monroe, John H. Cocke, and Joseph C. Cabell. The board being occupied in...
I have been so constantly employed in copying those manuscripts, my dearest sister, that I have not been able to write to mama or yourself, or indeed any of my beloved family; I have thought nevertheless incessantly of you. Mama’s spirits still seem to be bad, from her letters, worse even than...
I thank you for the recent pleasing information from Boston. I am not surprized to hear that you all caught colds upon the transition from such a house as Monticello to that at Tufton. I received the other Albion yesterday & inclose it now. I am hurrying my departure all in my power and begin...
I have recd your letter from washington; the check enclosed will be has been appropriated as you desire;—I have notified mr Perkins that appleton’s drft will be paid on presentation.Mr Sparks, upon whom you may remember we called while you were in Boston, is on his way to washington: You know the...
At a meeting of the Faculty of the University of Virginia on the 20th day of December 1826 The Chairman Presented to the Faculty a letter from the Proctor giving information that certain Hotel keepers had during the last Session been in the habit of playing at games of chance with the Students in...