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As English newspapers seemed to be acceptable to you, I inclose a few which came to hand before their contents appeared in our own. The mail of to day may bring even later dates, but probably not at full length, the interesting, and it may be added very adroit speech of Mr Canning. Without drawing the sword agst. Ferdinand, he flourishes it in the scabbard over his head, and gives notice to...
I return the check in yours of the 11th. filled with the sum of $12.000, as proposed, and with the sanction of the Rector. If it be the practice to prefix “approved” before the signature, be so obliging as to supply the omission. With great respect RC ( ViU : Special Collections, Madison Papers). Addressed and franked by JM to Garrett at Charlottesville, Virginia; cover docketed by Garrett.
A delay has occurred in forwarding the Report from the last Meeting of the Visitors of the University, which occasions a regret in which you will largely share. But it has been unavoidable. A primary object as you know, was to lay before the Legislature, the latter enactments which were to be digested into a printed copy of the Entire Code. The work was duly prepared for the press by the...
I forgot to comply with a request of Mr. Monroe, that the last letter of Mr. Bernard might be sent back to him, which had been requested by Mr. B. Be so good as to put it under cover for him, and forward it by mail to Fredericksburg: unless there be something in the letter making it improper. I recollect nothing of such a character. RC ( DLC : Nicholas P. Trist Papers). William Bernard...
I have recd. with the last No. of the U.S. Review &c an account for $5. which I inclose, returning the rect. for your signature. Finding that my advanced stage of life disqualifies me from giving a due attention to such publications, I must request of you, as I am doing in other cases, that my name be discontinued on the list to which the Review is sent. Be pleased to accept at the same time...
I did not receive your two letters of the 8th & 9th. till last evening after the Mail for Charlottesville had passed, and could not therefore sooner acknowledge them. The letters ought to have come to hand the day before yesterday, and might then, have been answered by the mail of yesterday. How the failure happened I know not. That no time might be unnecessarily lost I sent the day before...
I recd some days ago your kind letter of Novr. 14. I had never been acquainted with the circumstances which led to my Nephew’s loss of his place; tho’ I could not but believe that they must have involved an apparent, rather than real misconduct as the cause. It is a great satisfaction to me, and of course to those Still more nearly related to him, to have your testimony in his favor, added to...
I have duly received your letter of the 1st. inst: relating to the claims on the U.S. founded on their release of France from claims on her with the several documents to which it refers. Having long withdrawn my attention from such subjects, I should under any circumstances feel a reluctance in recurring to them. At my very advanced period of life, with other demands on its scanty remnant...
I recd. by the last mail a letter from J. H. Causten, accompanied by a huge volume of Documents, and a stout pamphlet of arguments, with a printed letter to him from Mr. Pickering, on the mercantile claims agst. France, and the release of her from them by the U.S. All these articles have been doubtless sent to you also, as I am requested by Mr. C. to forward the inclosed Certificate of Agency,...
Your indisposition mentioned in yours of the 30th. ult: just come to hand gives me the more concern as I fear it has been increased, if not occasioned by an overexertion to hasten the Report for Richmond. The delay is sufficiently explained by the tediousness of the preparatory task, to say nothing of the obstacles in the severity of the season: and were despatch, of more importance than it...
I have duly recd the copy of your Eulogy on Adams Jefferson & Shelby; and I can not return you my thanks without alluding to the particular value given to it by facts which it records; as well as to the additional interest it derives from the glowing patriotism which pervades it. May I remark at the same time that it has not escaped circumstancial errors which will probably be corrected by a...
About the close of the last Session of Congs. I recd. from you a Copy in pamphlet form of your Speech on the Panama Mission. It being for some time thereafter uncertain where you would be found, my acknowledgments for the favor were neglected. If not too late, I beg leave now to offer them. The subject appears to have been very ably discussed on both sides; and your views of it, are to be...
Since I made my acknowledgments for your favour from Richmond, I have recd. that from Williamsburg, with other printed sheets from your Vols. of political papers. With my thanks for a ⟨sight⟩ of the latter, I now return them for the places to which they belong. The former sheet, being understood to be a duplicate in your collection, I take the liberty of retaining it, with the purpose of...
I have recd. Sir, under your cover the speech you delivered in the Senate of the U.S. 11th. of Apl. last, on the Judiciary Bill. Without undertaking to weigh & compare the considerations urged on different sides of the subject, I may safely say that you maintained that which you espoused with an ability & force which did justice to it. With my thanks for your polite attention, and apology for...
I have just recd. the inclosed papers from the University. They give a sad account of the Hotel Keepers. Not recollecting the exact relation in which these are placed by the last enactment to the several Authorities above them, I can not decide well on what may be required from the Executive Committee. Be so good as to favor me with your ideas on the whole subject. In every view, delays must...
I leave the inclosed open that you may see the papers relating to the Hotel Keepers. Should Genl. Cocke, unexpectedly at this season, be in Charlottesville, be so obliging as to have the letter put into his hands; in the contrary event, into the proper mail. I inclose for you Mr. Brokenboroughs report to be assorted with the other documents accompanying that to go from the Rector; on which I...
The two copies of your Lectures on Political Economy forwarded with your letter Novr. 15. were duly recd. That for Mr. Eppes was delivered to Mr. Trist of the Monticello family who said he could send it on forthwith by a safe conveyance. For the other addressed to myself, I offer my thanks. Before I had time to look into the volume, I had an opportunity of handing it over to Professor Tucker,...
On my return from a visit to our University I recd your letter of the 10th. If I commend your zeal on a subject you deem both just & important, I must regret that you ascribe to my opinion on it, an influence wch experience does not warrant; and that you cast your eye on one only of the grounds on which I declined an interposition. The other, my advanced stage of life, and the appropriation of...
Your very kind communication of Novr. 22. came duly to hand, and I am particularly thankful for your attention to the wish intimated thro’ Mr. Cabell. It was a sight of the Legislative Journals of 1784–5.6.7. that I had occasion for; and unless the Vols. No. 4 or 5, contain extracts for some of those years, the trouble of sending them would be without avail. It is not surprizing, because so...
When, in answer to yours of April 14, I intimated that I could not conveniently anticipate the payment of my note in your hands, it was not on⟨ly⟩ my purpose to be punctual at its maturity, but I relied with entire confiden[ce] ⟨on⟩ the allotted means. It is with serious concern, the more so as the occur⟨re⟩nce is so new to me, that I am under the necessity of disappointing a creditor. I had...
I send you the commencing paragraph for the Report of the Board of Visitors, which in a more hasty draft had a sanction at the moment of our separation. I thought it best, to lose no time in enabling you to compleat the Report, that none may be lost in forwarding it to its destination, and I trust I shall have the pleasure of receiving it from your own hand rather than thro’ the mail. Health &...
The copy of your Message to Congress transmitted under your cover, having arrived during an absence at our University from which I am but just returned, a regretted delay has taken place in acknowledging the favor. I now offer my thanks for it, with an expression of the due sense I have of the increased interest given to the topics embraced in the Communication, by the eloquent and impressive...
I recd. some days ago your friendly communication of the 7th. I regret the continuance of circumstances wch. suggested it. I hope you will be satisfied with the footing on which I have put your claim for the arrears due from J.P.T. Inconsiderable as the amount may be thought, such have been the failures of my crops & the prices for them for a series of years, & such the utter failures of...
I promise to pay to Chester Bailey or order, on or before the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, six hundred dollars with interest thereon from October 23. 1826. in discharge of a note of that date and for that amount, from J. Payne Todd to the said C. Bailey, and by his endorsement, assigned to me. RC (owned by Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Sang, Chicago, Ill., 1958)....
In fulfilment of my promise I send you Dr. Coopers Lectures on Political Economy. I do not wish to hurry a return of the volume, But having not yet had leisure to look over it, It will suit me to have it again, after you have made yourself as much acquainted with its contents, and as much at your leisure, as you chuse. The talents and information of the Author, never fail to throw light on...
At the request of Mr Reynolds Chapman, a very respectable neighbour, I take the liberty of making him known to you, for a purpose which he will particularly explain. I understand that as Executor to Doctor Shepherd, who was another respectable neighbour, he has occasion, in adjusting a transaction relating to the Estate of the latter, to obtain some information from the President or Cashier of...
Your letter of the 3d. inst: having come to hand whilst I was at our University, whence I have just returned, I had an opportunity of making its contents known at once to Mr. Long Professor of Ancient Languages. It appeared that he had thoughts of employing a Tutor, to assist him in his duty to a Class which had become so numerous as to make one useful; and that but for the youthfulness of...
The board met: present the same as yesterday, with the addition of Mr Johnson. Resolved that the proctor do pay the accounts against the University contracted by the secretary to the board of Visitors, amounting to seven dollars & seventy five cents. Resolved that The precincts of the University are to be regarded as coextensive with the lands owned by the University, being one entire tract...
make the following It being a provision of the law that the Visitors or a majority of them should once at least in every year, visit the University, enquire into the proceedings and practices thereat, examine the progress of the students, and give to those who excel in any branch of Science there taught, such honorary marks and testimonies of approbation as may encourage & excite to industry &...
The board met: present J. Madison Rector, J. Monroe, J. H. Cocke and J. C. Cabell. A note was received from Mr Johnson, stating that some draughts of enactments which he had been charged with preparing, were not completed; and asking leave of absence until tomorrow. This leave was granted; and the board, after a long conference, adjourned to tomorrow. MS ( ViU : Special Collections).
I wrote you my beloved by the mail of tuesday, and hoped it would be the last from this place, with fears however that overbalanced hope. It appears now not to be certain that I shall be able to get away even tomorrow (friday). Every exertion however will be made to effect it. The Examinations, did not close till last night, and our attendance on them left the other business undone during that...
Present James Madison Rector, James Monroe, John H. Cocke, Joseph C. Cabell and Chapman Johnson. Resolved that enactment 24 does preclude the professors from such pursuits as that contemplated in one of the suggestions lately submitted to the board by the Professor of Medicine: but, in consideration of the peculiar condition of the Medical school, the special consent of the board is, for the...
The following resolutions, adopted on Tuesday, Decr. 12th, being omitted in their proper place are here inserted. Resolved, that in future, the assent of the board of Visitors or a committee thereof be essential to the appointment of the Hotel-keepers at the University: and in all such appointments, application in the first instance, shall be made as heretofore, to the Proctor, who shall...
In addition to the four members present on tuesday last, Mr Chapman Johnson this day joined the board. No other business than attendance on the examination was done, until MS ( ViU : Special Collections).
The board attended as heretofore, on the examination; with a short private meeting only, for conference. MS ( ViU : Special Collections).
My last was so full that it has left me little to add. General Cocke joined on tuesday afternoon which makes up a board; but we are chiefly engaged with the Examinations, which go on very well. I fear it will be impossible to get away before the middle of next week. I need not say how anxious I am to be with you. We have dined every day from home since we arrived except the first & are engaged...
When, during one of those intervals, the board having taken up the case of Robert Yeates —the consideration of which was postponed at the meeting in Oct. last—made thereon the following order. The following will be communicated by the Secretary, in answer to the reference made to this board by the faculty, of the case of R. Yeates. The faculty, on the suggestion of Mr Professor Long, having...
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia, held at the University on Tuesday, December 5th 1826, at which were present James Madison Rector, James Monroe, John H. Cocke, and Joseph C. Cabell. The board being occupied in attending the first public examination at the University, which began on Monday the 4th of Decr, had private meetings only occasionally during the intervals...
Here we are snug in a warm room consoling ourselves on our escape from the Storm, by our safe arrival, mine about 2 O.C. yesterday, Mr. Monroe’s last night. We found the road so good that it was difficult to avoid getting to Mr Nelson’s too soon. We found them well except young Mrs. N. whose indisposition tho’ not serious, suspended, if nothing more, the trip below. Mr. Monroe set out before...
I received some days ago your letter of Aug. 28. If I did not invite an earlier one by my example, it was because I often heard of you, and was unwilling to add a feather to the oppressive weight of correspondence which I well know to be your unavoidable lot. You will never doubt that your happiness is very dear to me; and I feel the sentiment growing stronger as the loss of others dear to us...
I have recd. yours of the 21st. The proceedings of the State Conventions—on the Constitution of the U.S. in my possession are 1. Of Massachussetts in a thick pamphlet. 2. New York, also a thick pamphlet. 3. Pennsylva. a thin vol: in boards, containing the Speeches of Mr. Wilson, and Mr. McKean, both in favor of the Constitution. The Speeches of other members, were not published at the same...
Your letter & communications of the 18th. having remained a day or two at our post office, I have been obliged to give in some haste, the final extent & shape to the Report for the Legislature; and after all, to leave a couple of blanks, which I must ask the favour of you to fill; and then forward the Report directly to Richmond. In filling the blanks, the guide will be the paper of the Come....
I have now the honour to enclose to the President and Directors of the Literary Fund (to be laid before the Legislature at their next succeeding meeting) the Report of the disbursements, the funds on hand, and a general statement of the condition of the University of Virginia, agreed to by the Rector and Visitors at their last meeting on the 7th of October, together with the documents to which...
Your favor of Ocr. 11. came duly to hand, and at a later day, a Memoir, referred to in it. You speak of two Memoirs: If more than No. 1. was sent, there has been a miscarriage. I am sorry that the claims on my decreasing remnant of time do not permit me to enlarge on the profound subjects embraced in the Memoir. I must not omit saying however, that they are profoundly treated; and that I...
I have recd. your letter of the 16th. referring to the prospectus of “the American Quarterly Review.” I learn with pleasure that our literary resources have suggested a periodical work, which, under the conducting hand, obtained for it, must extend whilst it employs them. Few things would coincide more with my inclination, than to be a productive correspondent. But at my now advanced Stage of...
I have just recd. Sir your letter of the 11th inst. The proceedings of the Convention of 1787. as taken down by me, are in an extent to make, of themselves, a considerable work. Propositions prior to yours had been made on the subject of them. But I have never determined either on the time or mode of committing them to the press: and it is quite possible, that the publication may be a...
I have recd your letter of Ocr. 16. inclosing a copy of one to the adjt. Genl. of the U.S. I have read them both with every wish for such recollections as would enable me to speak particularly to the points stated; but without being surprized at the inadequacy of them. At my advanced age, after a lapse of so many years, with so many cotemporary attentions to official duties, and with private...
I have rcd. Sir your pamphlet on the question of Retroceeding George Town to the State of Maryland, with a request of my ideas on the subject. The question involves several points which would require more development than is permitted by other claims on the remnant of time now before me; nor am I sure that it would be discreet to intrude my opinion, on a local subject which it is understood...
I have recd. Sir under cover of the 6th. your Discourse obligingly sent me, on the “Landing of William Penn.” The occasion interesting in itself is made the more so, by the judicious & impressive views with which you have surrounded it. Such a tribute was well due to that renowned Lawgiver, and to the State which has made so good a use of his bold and benevolent innovations. The principles &...
I recd. some days ago yours of   of October. Approving every plan of instruction that can improve the character of the coming generation, I am sensible of the particular value of that which is the subject of your letter and of the merit of those who labour to advance it. But without enquiring in what degree, this branch of education falls within the rule applicable to other branches which...