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Enclosure: Alexander Garrett’s Report on Central College Finances, 29 March 1819, enclosure no. 2 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 October 1819

Enclosure

Alexander Garrett’s Report on Central College Finances

A Statement of donations by individuals patroniseing the Central College [ex]hibiting the amount subscribed the several Instalments of such subscriptions what part thereof hath been paid and what part hath not been paid on the [2]9th day of March 1819 prepared in Obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of this date.

 
    Total Sum
Subscribed by
Individuals1		 Instalment due 
1st April 1818		 Ins[talm]ent due [1st]
April 1819		 Installment due 
1st April 1820		 Installment due 
1t April 1821		 Installment due 
1st April 1822
Paid Not paid [Pai]d Not paid Paid not paid Paid Not paid Paid Not paid
$ cts $ cs $ cs $ cs $ cs $ cs $ cs $ cs $ cts $ cs $ cs
$44325 33  8270 75  3068 08  30[0]    10716 50       10916 50        10816 50         100   
1817  June 23d Cash received of John Winn on account Sale Glebe lands in Albemarle } 1066. 81                                        
Cash received from Sale 17 shares of stock of the Bank of Virginia with the dividends2 thereon per Stat: Bernard Peyton this also on account sale of Glebe lands in Albemarle County } 2037 28                                        
A State Certificate No 32 lately renewed by act Assembly for benefit Central College not yet disposed of but said to be worth } 197 97                                        
6 per cent Interest thereon from the [1] J[anuary] 1817 this also being part of Sale Glebe lands in Albemarle }                                            
$47.627 39 $8270 75 $3068 08 $30[0]   $10716 50     $10916 50     $10816 50       $100   
 

A Statement of Monies received and paid away by the Treasurer of the Central College prepared in obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of the 29th day of March 1819.

 
This Sum hath been received  from the Glebe lands in Albemarle County $3104 09    
from the Subscribers to the Central College on account Installments 1818 & 1819 8570 75    
from John M Perry for the hire of a Negroe man 85 00    
from the State of Virginia in part annual [d]onation 1500 00    
      $13259. 84
       
This Sum hath been paid To John M Perry for land 43¾ and 153 Acres $1421 25    
To John M Perry for carpenters and house Joiners w[or]k on Pavilion No 4 and adjacent Dormitories 2210 00    
To Hugh Chisholm for brick work (Common br[ic]k) to Pavilion No 4 1602 75    
To David Knight for Stock brick work to Pavilion No 4 170 50    
To Matthew Brown for Common and stock brickwork to Pavilion No 2 and Dormitories adjacent to Pavilion No 4 3000 00    
To James Dinsmore for Carpenters and house join[er]s work to Pavillion No 2 700 00    
To Hire Negroes for the year 1818 618 50    
To Walker Munday for Salary as overseer at the Central College the year 1818 140 00    
For Stock Provisions, Carts &c the year 1818 & 1819 pe[r] account and exhibit A 2219 88    
Remaining in the Treasury this 29th day of March 1819 1176 96    
    $13259. 84
 

A Statement of Funds requisite for the year 1819 to meet debts Contracted by the Central College as far as the same have been assertained prepared in Obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of the 29th day of March 1819.

 
  $ Cents    
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for 48¾ acres Land purchased of him at $40 per acre the one half of which became due by Contract on the 1t day of March 1819 the ballance will be due on the 25h day of December 1819 } 1,956 00  
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for the value of Improvements on the 48¾ acres Land to be assertained by the valuation of three disinterested Judges the one half of which due the 1st March 1819 the remaining half 25th December 1819 this valuation is not yet made }      
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for Carpenters and house joiners work on Pavilion No 4 and the adjacent dormitories after deducting $2210 already paid him as aforesaid     This account is unsettled }      
This sum to meet the payment to Matthew Brown for common and stock brick work to Pavilion No 2 and dormitories adjacent Pavilion No 4 after deducting $3.000 already paid him } 3.000 00  
This sum to meet the payment to James Dinsmore for Carpenters and housejoiners work on Pav: No 2 after deducting $700 already paid him   unsettled account }      
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for brick work on chimney to Pavillion No 4 unsettled account      
This Sum to meet the payment to James Leitch for glass purchased unsettled account      
This Sum to meet the payment hire of Negroes for 1819 due 25th December 1819 1079 00  
This Sum to meet the payment to Bramham & Jones their account settled 50 16  
This sum to meet the payment to Kelly & Norris their account rendered 30 81  
This sum to meet the payment to John Winn & Co their account rendered 171 33  
This Sum to meet the payment to James Leitch his account rendered 249 73  
This sum to meet the payment to Overseer his salary for the year 1819 100 00  
This Sum to meet the payment to Jesse Lewis for Blacksmiths work 1818 account settled 39 28  
This sum to meet the payment to Reuben Maury his account rendered 41 00  
This sum to meet the payment to The Proctor for 12 Months services      
This sum to meet the payment to Mrs Garner for the rent of hous[es] &c 150 00  
 
A Statement of Funds in the Treasury and those due for the year 1819
$ cts  
This Ballance in the Treasury on the 29th March 1819 1 176 96  
This sum due from the Litterary3 fund for the year 1819 part of the Annual donation by the Commonwealth of Virginia 13.500 00  
This ballance due from subscribers to the Central College on account the Installments due 1t April 1818 $3,013. 8 } 13.729 58  
This ballance due from ditto              on account the Installments due 1t April 1819 10,716.50  
This sum due from the Litterary fund for the year 1820 the annual donation by the Commonwealth of Virginia 15.000 00  
This sum due from Subscribers to the Central College on account the Installments due 1st April 1820 10.916 50  
    $54.323 04 Cents
 

In Obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of this date requireing of the Bursar, “To make a Statement of the funds in Money and credits which appertain[e]d to the Central College and were Conveyed to the president and directors of the Litterary fund specifying how much of the said monies have been received, how much have been paid away to whom, and for what purposes, what debts, to whom and for what purposes are due on settled accounts, to whom and for what purposes, debts are due on unsettled accounts, what part of the annual donation by the Commonwealth has been received, and how much thereof has been paid away to whom, and for what purposes.” The undersigned hath prepared and respectfully submits the foregoing Statements and report this 29th day of March 1819.

ALEXANDER GARRETT

MS (Vi: RG 79, House of Delegates, Speaker, Executive Communications); in Garrett’s hand; chipped at crease, with missing text supplied from printed text; docketed by Thomas Mann Randolph: “Bursars statement of Funds A.” Printed in Report and Documents for 1819 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1820, containing a 4 Oct. 1819 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends , 9–12. Also enclosed in TJ to James P. Preston, 1 Dec. 1819.

Pavilions no 4 and no 2 were later renumbered VII and III, respectively.

1. An empty column to right of this one in MS, lacking in Report and Documents for 1819 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1820, containing a 4 Oct. 1819 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends , is editorially omitted.

2. Manuscript: “dividens.”

3. Manuscript: “Littary.”

Index Entries

  • Bank of Virginia (Richmond); and Central College search
  • Bramham & Jones (Charlottesville firm); and Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Brown, Matthew; and brickwork for Central College search
  • Central College; Alexander Garrett’s Report on Central College Finances search
  • Central College; and sale of glebe lands search
  • Central College; land purchased for search
  • Central College; slaves employed in construction of search
  • Central College; subscription for search
  • Chisholm, Hugh; and brickwork for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Dinsmore, James; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Garner, Mary; house of search
  • Garrett, Alexander; as Central College proctor search
  • Garrett, Alexander; as Central College treasurer search
  • Garrett, Alexander; as University of Virginia bursar search
  • Kelly, John; as merchant search
  • Kelly & Norris (Charlottesville firm) search
  • Knight, David; and brickwork for Central College search
  • Leitch, James; and Central College search
  • Lewis, Jesse; and Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Literary Fund; and annuity for University of Virginia search
  • Literary Fund; University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to search
  • Maury, Reuben; and Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Munday, Walker; and Central College search
  • Norris, Opie; as merchant search
  • Perry, John M.; as builder for Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Perry, John M.; sells land to Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Peyton, Bernard; and Central College subscription search
  • slaves; construction workers at Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; funding for search
  • Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; annual report of search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion III search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; Pavilion VII search
  • Winn, John (d.1837); and Central College search
  • Winn, John (d.1837); and Central College–University of Virginia subscription search

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Jefferson Papers
Title
Enclosure: Alexander Garrett’s Report on Central College Finances, 29 March 1819, enclosure no. 2 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 October 1819
Authors
Garrett, Alexander
Central College
Recipient
University of Virginia Board of Visitors
Date
4 October 1819

Reference

Cite as
“Enclosure: Alexander Garrett’s Report on Central College Finances, 29 March 1819, enclosure no. 2 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 October 1819,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-15-02-0072-0003. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 15, 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018, pp. 88–92.]