1[To Thomas Jefferson from Walker Maury, 1 April 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Williamsburg, 1 Apr. 1784 . Noted in SJL as received 10 Apr. 1784. Letter not found, but see record entry for TJ’s reply of 10 Apr. ]
2To Thomas Jefferson from Walker Maury, [ca. 20 April 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the attention you pay to the institution I have the direction of here. ‘Tis at present but in its infancy, amounting only to 28, tho’ the prospects of its growing fast are flattering. The price is less than you imagine, it being only £35 Virga. currency pr ann:, for board, tuition and washing inclusive. To the dead languages are added the french, arithmetic and book-keeping,...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Walker Maury, 20 April 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Your nephew Peter Carr, after a chasm of about 18 months, in the course of his education, arrived here a few days ago. Several circumstances, he tells me, have involuntarily detained him. I find him nearly in statu quo , as to his classics, but, full of regret at his lost time, and of mortification, that his former class-fellows shou’d have outstripped him so far as to have fallen into the...