Extract from Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr

Monticello Sep. 7. 14.

for the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we may be able to engage.

Ist professorship IId professorship IIId professorship. IVth professorship.
Lang. & Hist. Antt & Mod. Mathematics pure. Chemistry Philosophy, ethical & Civil.
Belles Lettres. Physico-Mathematics Zoology
Rhetoric & Oratory. Physics. Botany
Anatomy Mineralogy.
Medecine. theory
PoC (DLC). Published in PTJRS, 7:636–42.
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