3351Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on a Proposed Albemarle County Road, [ca. 8 April 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
Present roads Proposed roads from the Mainstreet of Charlottesville Miles po miles to Moore’s creek 0.98 to Secretary’s ford 614. = 1.92. by Smith the Thoro’fare 1.25
3352Thomas Jefferson’s Recommendation of Gerard E. Stack, [ca. 26 March 1820] (Jefferson Papers)
The opinion to which D r Cooper alludes in his introductory letter by mr Stack to me, dated Apr. 15. 19. was expressed in repeated conversations with him at Monticello , on the subject of a classical teacher for the Grammar school proposed to be opened at Charlottesville . it was entirely favorable to mr Stack , whom he considered as equal to any classical scholar we could obtain in the United...
3353Thomas Jefferson’s Deed of Trust of Milton Lands to Philip N. Nicholas and William Nekervis, 11 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture made on the 11 th day of March July one thousand eight hundred and twenty one , between Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle on the one part and Philip Norborne Nicholas and William Nekervis both of the city of Richmond on the other part witnesseth that whereas Thomas J. Randolph of the same county of Albemarle
3354Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 29 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia at the said University on Monday the 29 th day of March 1819. being the day prescribed by the Governor for their first meeting, James Madison , Joseph C. Cabell , Chapman Johnson , James Breckenridge Robert Taylor ,
3355University of Virginia Board of Visitors to Virginia’s Senators and Representatives in Congress, 30 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
We learn that it is in contemplation with other seminaries of science in the US. to petition Congress at their ensuing session for a repeal of the duty on books imported from abroad. this tax, so injurious to the progress of literature, concerning nearly the interests of those for whose benefit our state has established the institution committed to our charge, we think it our duty to cooperate...
3356Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Leiper, 3 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed you by mr Watson a student of medecine of this neighborhood who goes to Philada to compleat his studies in that line . having no acquantance there he naturally wishes to be known to somebody that his standing & character in his own state may be known to somebody there , and being the eleve of my family physician , & having under him attended me kindly & assiduously thro’ a...
3357Thomas Jefferson: Binder’s directions, with fragmentary table of contents for Live of Jesus, 1823?, 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
leather back Roscoe Penal jurispr. This slip was in the work of which the above is the title, viz the direction to the binder, written by Tho s Jefferson, for the lettering on the back.— See over Luke .1–7.(1.) 21.(1.) 39.40.42–48.(2.) 51.52.48. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
3358Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 10 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
In my letter of congratulation on your entran ce into office, I introduced a question of business which I knew must go to you in the end, for the sanction of your opinion and I thought it better therefore to ask it in the beginning, as it is easier to prevent error than to cure it. the question was in what court I must prove the will of Gen l Kozciuzko to authorise the withdrawing his funds in...
3359Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with John Laval, 11 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson , Esq. Bought of J. Laval , for the late concern of N. G. Dufief Feb. 2. Dio Cassius , 4 vols. 18 o sewed. Ed. Leipsic .
3360“George G. Leiper” to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1822, with Jefferson’s Note (Jefferson Papers)
George, G, Leiper , Son of Tho s Leiper of Phi a presents his Respectful Compliments to T. Jefferson Esq r and Requests the favour of a few Moments private Conversation with him. Note by TJ beneath endorsement: I gave him ord. on B. Peyton 75. D and took his on his father
3361Frederick A. Mayo to Thomas Jefferson, 22 July 1822, with Jefferson’s Note (Jefferson Papers)
I am some what at the loss, respecting the small Vols now on hand, as your Honou r s directions mention (letter all the Vols of Plutarch as each is now lettert on the back) and so as it respects the rest, it cartaintly can be done, but will not the title be verry large & corouded, at least much longer than common, as the piece of morreoco on the back must be the Size of two titles to contain...
3362Resolution of the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, 25 March 1820, with Jefferson’s Note, 17 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
At a Meeting of the President & Directors of the Literary fund , on Saturday, the 25 th of March 1820 — Resolved, that the following be adopted, as the form of the security to be given by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia , for payment of the interest and principal of the loan directed to be made to the said Rector and Visitors , by the Resolution of this Board, bearing...
3363Bond of Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Randolph to the Second Bank of the United States … (Jefferson Papers)
Know all men by these presents that we Wilson Cary Nicholas , Thomas Jefferson , and Thomas Jefferson Randolph , all of the county of Albemarle are held and firmly bound to the President, Directors and company of the Bank of the United States at Richmond in the sum of forty thousand dollars, to be paid to the said President Directors and company & their successors, their certain attorney or...
3364From Thomas Jefferson to Mutual Assurance Society, 26 June 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
To the Principal Agent of the Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia. TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of authority vested in me by the Constitution of the Mutual Assurance Society aforesaid I do hereby withdraw the Insurance on all the buildings situated at Milton in the County of Albemarle and Insured by Declaration numbered 337. in the name of Bennet...
3365Promissory Note from Thomas Jefferson Randolph and Thomas Jefferson to John Neilson, 6 June 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
$900 On or before the first day of August one thousand eight hundred & twenty one we promise to pay to John Nelson of the county of Albemarle the sum of nine hundred dollars f with legal interest thereon from the date hereof for the true payment of which we bind ourselves our heirs executors & administrators. Witness our hand and seal, this sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred & twenty...
3366Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Lease of Tufton and Lego to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [after 1 January 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Memms of an agreement between Tho s Jefferson & Tho s J. Randolph for the lease of the Tufton & Lego plantations of the sd Th: Jefferson with all the negroes, stock and utensils upon them. The lease is to continue five years. the negroes are to be maintained, clothed and their taxes and levies paid by the lessee,
3367Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Paper Model of Thomas Mann Randolph’s Plow, [ca. 2 May 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( NNGL , on deposit NHi ); cut and folded by TJ.
3368Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on D. Mariano, [ca. March 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
Mariana . mr Sully speaks very favorably of him. he understands Fr. Ital. Span. one of the two last is his native tongue. has been in America 2. or 3. years . speaks English fluently & correctly. genteel, good humored, correct. perhaps a little salacious. 40.y. old . single. MS ( ViU: TJP ); on verso of reused address cover of Joseph C. Cabell to TJ, 4 Jan. 1821 ; undated, with conjectural...
3369Thomas Jefferson to Robert Patterson, 7 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter will be handed to you by mr H. B. Trist , son of a gentleman of the same name a native of Philadelphia whom I think you must have known when young. he was the grandson of mrs House long & well known in that city. he goes to your University for the benefit of your Mathematical instruction in the first place, and to attend some other branches of science. he has been an inmate with...
3370From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Appleton, 8 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Notes of acc t between the University & Tho s Appleton 1824. Feb. 8. by lre of this date 10. Capitals & 2 semi d o for Rotunda w d cost 6,140 1400 marble squares of 12.I. @ 22. D 50 c the hundred 315 6,455 By proceeds of 4000.D. remitted 3940.50 2514.50 DLC
3371Thomas Jefferson’s Agreement to Hire James Oldham for Work on University of Virginia, 8 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
The terms offered by James Oldham are accepted for the Pavilion N o I. with an allowance to him of the Philadelphia printed prices without any discount Th: Jefferson Apr. 8. 19. Pavilion N o I. is 44. f front & 48.f. flank the interval between N. II. & I is 54.f. from wall to wall. MS
3372Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 1 April [1821] (Jefferson Papers)
1820. 1821 Apr. 1. A special meeting of the Visitors of the University having been called in the month of February to be held on this day Apr. 1. signed by Th: Jefferson , James Madison , Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell , James Breckenridge
3373University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 2 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
To the President and Directors of the Literary fund . In obedience to the Act of the General assembly of Virginia requiring that the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia should make report annually to the President & Directors of the Literary fund (to be laid before the Legislature at their next succeeding session) embracing a full account of the disbursements, the funds on hand,...
3374Joel Yancey to Thomas Jefferson, 26 May 1822, with Jefferson’s Notes (Jefferson Papers)
M r Bowcock was overseer for you last year at tomahawk , and was entitled to Sixteen barrels of corn as his share, which at the request of M r Randolph I bought of him for the use of the plantation at two dollars ⅌ barrel, and he expected the money when M r Randolph
3375Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 9 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
D r Cooper had written a letter to me in which a private subject rendered it incommunicable to the board ; but in that letter he mentioned D r Rice ’s attack on him, expressed his concern lest a personal opposition to him might not only prove uneasy to himself but make him a burthen to his friends: and that if I thought so, he should be willing to resign. I answered him on the opinion that the...
3376Thomas Jefferson’s Extract of William Lewis to Charles W. Goldsborough, 7 September 1811, and Jefferson’s Notes, [ca. 27 … (Jefferson Papers)
Extract of a lre from L t W. Lewis of the navy to Cha s W. Gouldsborough . dated Pernambuco Sep. 7. 1811. ‘I think it is proper to communicate to you for the information of the Sec y
3377Thomas Jefferson to Jean Baptiste Say, 14 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of June 15. 1814. came to my hands on the 9 th of Dec. following, and that of Aug. 22. of the same year was recieved on the 11 th of May 15. in the mean time I had answered the former on the 2 d of March , & had gone fully into all details in the line of information to which your enquiries had led, stating every thing on the subject of prices, articles of culture, climate society E...
3378Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Mathew Carey & Son [ca. 19 November 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
Thos Jefferson Esq r in A/C current with M Carey & son C 1819 1819 Mar 19 To Merchdze .75 Feb
3379Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Charlottesville Female Academy, [ca. 12 June 1820] (Jefferson Papers)
M r Tho s Jefferson In acct with Female Academy 1819 Dec r 25 To 7 Mo rent of the Office belonging to the said Academy at the rate of 60$ ⅌ annum— } $35.
3380Thomas Jefferson to Dugald Stewart, 21 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer of this letter is mr Preston , son of the present Governor of Virginia . he is not known to me personally; but my assurances are from such a source as secure me in taking on myself to vouch for his worth and correctness of conduct and character. he proposes to pass the present winter in Edinburgh and wishes of course to be known to those whose characters have given them eminence...
3381Thomas Jefferson to Richard Rush, 25 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter will be presented you by mr George Ticknor , a gentleman from Massachusets whose father is of distinguished standing in that state. this gentleman has been 4. years travelling and and sojourning in the different countries of Europe for the purposes of instruction, and with the same views will pass the approaching winter in Edinburg , Oxford , Cambridge and London
3382Thomas Jefferson’s Estimate of University of Virginia Building Costs, [before 21 July 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
Application of the funds. Funds of the University 1820. D Apr. 1. 1 st loan 40,000 Apr. Debts 10,000 Oct. d o 20,000 Dec. 31.
3383Proceedings of Rockfish Gap Meeting of the University of Virginia Commissioners, 1–4 August 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The Commissioners for the “University of Virginia” having been required by law to meet at the tavern in Rockfish gap on the blue ridge , on this first day of August 1818 —the following members attended (to wit) Creed Taylor , Peter Randolph , William Brockenbrough , Archibald Rutherford , Archibald Stuart , James Breckenridge
3384Thomas Jefferson’s Bill to Establish a University, [between 19 November and 14 December 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
A Bill for the establishment of an University. Be it declared by the General assembly of Virginia that the conveyance of the lands and other property appur t aining to the Central college in the county of Albemarle which has been executed by the Proctor thereof under authority of the subscribers and founders , to the President and Directors of the literary fund , is hereby accepted, for...
3385Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 14 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
A young negro man, named Thruston , brother to Edy , who while I was in Washington , was in the kitchen under the instruction of M r Julien , has escaped from my grandson to whom I had given him . he is supposed to have gone to Washington and to be there lurking under the connivance of some of his sister’s old friends. the bearer, mr Wheat , my grandson
3386N. N. Wilkinson (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1822, with Jefferson’s Notes (Jefferson Papers)
By M r Harlow ’s boats you will receive, 4 Blls. herrings, 2 Bundles 20 d nail rods 2 do. 8 d & 3 6 Bundles of the sizes between making in all 10 Bundles— if delivered in good order pay frght: as customary— B Peyton By N. N. Wilkinson P.S. I could find no Shad but those with heads on, I therefore bought none— Notes by TJ on verso:
3387From Thomas Jefferson to William Cabell Rives, 8 March 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
The approach of the semiannual meeting of the Visitors of the University renders it interesting to learn the probable fate of our application to Congress on the subject of the duties. and the more so, as we gave our bonds personally for the amount, on the presumption that before they should become due Congress would have had time to decide the question. I am well aware how uncontrolable the...
3388Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 10 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I know, my dear friend, that the title of American alone is a passport to your attentions and good offices. to inform you therefore who of them merit those kindnesses must be an act of charity to you as of justice to them. on the bearer mr Laurence they will be worthily placed. he is a citizen of distinction of the state of New York , correct and enlightened, and well qualified to put you into...
3389Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 14 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’, dear Sir, much retired from the world, and medling little in it’s concerns, yet I think it almost a religious duty to salute, at times, my old friends, were it only to say, and to know that ‘all’s well.’ our hobby has been politics; but all here is so quiet, and with you so desperate, that little matter is furnished us for active attention. with you too it has long been forbidden...
3390Draft Resolution of the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, [after 1 May 1820], with Jefferson’s Note, 30 July … (Jefferson Papers)
The President laid before the Board a Letter from the Thomas Jefferson Rector of the University of V a , dated the 1 st instant , requesting to be informed of the determination of the Board concerning a loan
3391Enclosure: Floor Plan of Poplar Forest by John Neilson, [before 2 November 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( ViU: TJP ; Nichols, Architectural Drawings Frederick Doveton Nichols, Thomas Jefferson’s Architectural Drawings , 1961; 5th ed., 1984 , 41–2 [no. 350]); in Neilson ’s hand; inked, shaded, and tinted; on coordinate paper; undated.
3392Thomas Jefferson to William Gray, 13 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ fortune has never so far befriended me as to procure me the advantage of a personal acquaintance with you, yet a harmony in political pursuits has not left us altogether strangers. on this unassuming ground I take the liberty of presenting to you a friend. Cap t Bernard Peyton , a commission merchant of Richmond proposing a tour to the North, wishes particularly to have the benefit of...
3393Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Wages of Michele Raggi and Giacomo Raggi, 17 February 1819–17 February 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Michael & Giacomo (James) Raggi . 1819. Feb. 17. their wages began @ 526.D. a year. each same day. they rec d 200.D. each on account, D 1820. Feb. 17.
3394Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on a Conversation with Michele Raggi, 4 November 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
1819. Feb. 17. @ 526.D. a year each. 43.83 p r month eod. die each rec d 200.D. in part. 1819. Nov. 4. notes of a conversn with Michael Raggi I agreed to advance, to be pd his wife in
3395Thomas Jefferson’s View of the Expenses and Funds of the University of Virginia, [ca. 28 September 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
A view of the whole expences & of the Funds of the University Actual cost estimated d o Averages D D D Pavilions. N o 3. & 7. undertaken in 1817.18. 19,149. 81 9,574. 90 N
3396Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Joel Yancey, [ca. 25 May 1822] (second one) (Jefferson Papers)
Cash Act. Dr $ C 1821. Jan To Amount due last year 32 63 〃 〃 To Richard Walker . Amt his Act