1Samuel Carr to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Francis Gilmer has informed me that he had taken the liberty of mentioning D r George Watson of this place to you as a candidate for the Professorship of Anatomy in the University of Pensylvania . Should you feel disposed to aid D r Watson ’s views I have enclosed you a list of the Trustees of that univer s ity. From my
2From Thomas Jefferson to College of William and Mary, 22 January 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Jefferson Randolph Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Carr—are held & firmly bound unto the President and Masters or Professors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia in the just & full sum of forty nine thousnad, four hundred & ten dollars for the payment whereof well & truly to be made unto them or their successors, we bind ourselves and our...