1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Ritchie, 29 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
The last Legislature passed a law, directing certain officers of the Government to lay upon their table on the first day of their Session the Annual Reports of such offices. Among these, were the Reports of the University. The declared object of the Law, as expressed in its Preamble, was to expedite the Proceedings of the Legislature.—As it would contribute very little to the dispatch of the...