Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Cooper, 22 January 1819
To Thomas Cooper
Monticello Jan. 22. 19.
Th: Jefferson to Doctr Cooper
Mr Richardson had left us about an hour when I recieve[d]1 information from Richmond that the University bill had passed our house of Representatives by a majority of between 50. and 100 on different votes. altho’ now certain of our establishment I will not2 write to you finally till the bill is finally past. there are but 2. votes against it in the Senate. as soon as past we shall have a meeting of our Visitors, and form the new plan of operations.3 in the mean time I will only say that we count upon you & in early spring, [as]4 I am sure I shall be authorised to write you a final letter to your mind. we have rented an excellent situation for you, opposite the College about 2. or 300 yards f[rom] it. I dare say you remarked & remember the house
Mr Richardson on his way here got badly bit in the leg by a [. . .] he left us this morning for Richmond from whence he expects to get a passage to Philadelphia by water.5 but you will probably recieve this before you see him. Affectionate & friendly salutations.
PoC (ViU: TJP); on verso of reused address cover of Joseph Hutton to TJ, 2 Oct. 1818; dateline at foot of text; torn at seal; endorsed by TJ.
One day prior to this, TJ recorded loaning Jared Richardson $20. On 21 Jan. 1819 TJ also indicated that he had received $50 from James Leitch (, 2:1350). The latter sum was enclosed in an undated letter written and initialed by Leitch’s clerk James Brown on his employer’s behalf, which stated that “The enclosed $50 is in as small Notes as could be procured” (RC in DLC: TJ Papers, 214:38255; with PoC of TJ to Mathew Carey, 29 Jan. 1819, on verso; addressed: “Mr. Jefferson Monticello”; with additional notation of “$10” by Brown above address).
1. Word faint.
2. Word added in margin.
3. Omitted period at right margin editorially supplied.
4. Word faint.
5. Preceding two words interlined.
Index Entries
- Brown, James (of Charlottesville); as clerk to J. Leitch search
- Brown, James (of Charlottesville); letter from accounted for search
- Central College Board of Visitors; obsolescence of search
- Cooper, Thomas; and builders for University of Virginia search
- Cooper, Thomas; letters to search
- Cooper, Thomas; University of Virginia professorship proposed for search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with J. Leitch search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; loans money search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Bill to Establish a University search
- Leitch, James; TJ’s debt to search
- Richardson, Jared; as potential builder for University of Virginia search
- Richardson, Jared; bitten search
- Richardson, Jared; borrows money from TJ search
- Virginia, University of; Establishment; Bill to Establish a University search
- Virginia, University of; Faculty and Curriculum; T. Cooper as proposed professor search
- Virginia; House of Delegates search
- Virginia; Senate search