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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson, Thomas | TJ & Brockenbrough: Text for handbill on University of … | 1825-05-08 | University of Virginia. This institution was opened on the 7 th day of March 1825. it embraces a... | |
| 2 | Jefferson, Thomas | College of William and Mary | From Thomas Jefferson to College of William and Mary … | 1823-01-22 | Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Jefferson Randolph Thomas Jefferson and Samuel... |
| 3 | Jefferson, Thomas | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | From Thomas Jefferson to … | 1824-10-09 | I have duly recieved, my dear friend and General, your letter of the 1 st from Philada, giving us... |
| 4 | Jefferson, Thomas | Engelbrecht, Jacob | From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Engelbrecht, 25 February … | 1824-02-25 | The kindness of the motive which led to the request of your letter of the 14 th inst. and which... |
| 5 | Jefferson, Thomas | Brockenbrough, Arthur S. | From Thomas Jefferson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 30 … | 1826-04-30 | I am very glad you have engaged mr Southall to assist us in the affairs of the Univ y and... |
| 6 | Jefferson, Thomas | Enactments to Be Proposed to UVa. Board of Visitors, 22 … | 1824-01-22 | Enactments to be proposed to the Visitors of the University of Virginia, for constituting,... | |
| 7 | Jefferson, Thomas | Clinton, DeWitt | From Thomas Jefferson to DeWitt Clinton, 30 April 1823 | 1823-04-30 | I have duly received your favor of the 11 th with the description it covered of the Otsego Basse.... |
| 8 | Jefferson, Thomas | Lehré, Thomas | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lehré, 1 August 1823 | 1823-08-01 | Age and debility after a recent illness oblige Th: Jefferson to borrow the pen of another to... |
| 9 | Jefferson, Thomas | Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de | From Thomas Jefferson to Antoine Louis Claude Destutt … | 1823-11-05 | I cannot but have appeared remiss in my acknolmts of the several lres with which you have favored... |
| 10 | Jefferson, Thomas | Peyton, Bernard | From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 24 August 1825 | 1825-08-24 | Aug. 24. 1825. wrote to B. Peyton for the under written articles [the following not in TJ’s hand]... |
| 11 | Jefferson, Thomas | Jones, Catesby | From Thomas Jefferson to Catesby Jones, 8 December 1824 | 1824-12-08 | The impracticability of giving special answers to the numerous enquiries of the charater of your... |
| 12 | Jefferson, Thomas | Sewall, Thomas | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Sewall, 16 November … | 1825-11-16 | Th Jefferson returns his thanks to D r Sewall for the information he has been so kind as to... |
| 13 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson: Resolution on primary schools, ca. 3 … | 1825-02-03 | Resolved that the Governor be requested to have prepared and laid before the legislature at their... | |
| 14 | Jefferson, Thomas | Morse, James O. | From Thomas Jefferson to James O. Morse, 30 April 1823 | 1823-04-30 | I must beg to be excused from answering the question proposed to me in your favor of the 11 th... |
| 15 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson’s Thoughts on Lotteries, ca. 20 Jan. … | 1826-01-20 | Thoughts on Lotteries, and that on particularly which is now asked It is a common idea that games... | |
| 16 | Jefferson, Thomas | Derieux, Justin Pierre Plumard | From Thomas Jefferson to Justin Pierre Plumard Derieux … | 1822-09-25 | Your favor of the 10 th was not recieved till the instant, and I regret that it is not in my... |
| 17 | Jefferson, Thomas | Peyton, Bernard | From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 27 March 1824 | 1824-03-27 | copy of Paragraph from The Presid’s lre of Mar. 22. and extract from my answer of this day. MHi . |
| 18 | Jefferson, Thomas | Randolph, Thomas Eston | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Eston Randolph, 26 … | 1822-09-26 | Yours of the 24 th was recieved yesterday. the clause of arbitration in the lease was a... |
| 19 | Jefferson, Thomas | Coolidge, Joseph | From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge, 4 June 1826 | 1826-06-04 | You have heretofore known that the ability of the University to meet the necessary expences of a... |
| 20 | Jefferson, Thomas | Browere, John Henri Isaac | From Thomas Jefferson to John Henri Isaac Browere, 6 … | 1826-06-06 | The subject of your letter of May 20. has attracted more notice certainly than it merited. that... |
| 21 | Jefferson, Thomas | Carstairs, Thomas | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Carstairs, 13 January … | 1824-01-13 | When we began our buildings at our University, we adopted it as a rule that we would be governed... |
| 22 | Jefferson, Thomas | Garrett, Alexander | From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Garrett, 29 March … | 1826-03-29 | The most calamitous event which could happen to my family would be my death intestate; and... |
| 23 | Jefferson, Thomas | Leiper, Thomas | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Leiper, 27 October 1824 | 1824-10-27 | Since my solicitation of July 22. at your request the ground on which I stand is entirely... |
| 24 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson’s Specifications for the Rotunda … | 1824-12-31 | The concave ceiling of the Rotunda is proposed to be painted sky–blue and spangled with gilt... | |
| 25 | Jefferson, Thomas | Randolph, Thomas Eston | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Eston Randolph, 22 May … | 1824-05-22 | The distress in which I am to meet debts of the most pressing urgency obliges me to remind you of... |
| 26 | Jefferson, Thomas | Barret, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Barret, 30 October … | 1822-10-30 | At the date of my letter of the last month I thought I could not be surer of any thing than that... |
| 27 | Jefferson, Thomas | Mayo, Robert | From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Mayo, 3 February 1823 | 1823-02-03 | I did not answer the note in the pamphlet you were so kind as to send me for 2. reasons. 1.... |
| 28 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thompson, Jonathan | From Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan Thompson, 30 … | 1825-09-30 | You will by this time I hope have recieved from Col o Peyton the sum of the freight duty &... |
| 29 | Jefferson, Thomas | Parr, Samuel | From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Parr, 26 April 1824 | 1824-04-26 | A letter addressed to you from a perfect stranger, undoubtedly requires apology. this I can only... |
| 30 | Jefferson, Thomas | Coolidge, Joseph | From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge, 12 April 1825 | 1825-04-12 | The arrival of our Professors from abroad has at length enabled us to get our University into... |