1To Thomas Jefferson from C.P. Montgomery, 5 February 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I discover by a newspaper corrospondence that the University of Virginia is one of superior eminence to any in the U.S. and that it would go into operation the 1st of this month I am going to School to this College but being one of a n ordinary kind I do not wish to complete my education here knowing that the instruction of the University of Virginia will be invaluably superior my Father was...