1James Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson, 25 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter covering a subscription paper to the Central college reached me at our last court. on that day also I received a letter from General Cocke on behalf of the visitors , directed to my self and several other citizens of this county , who were associated with me, empowering us to solicit subscriptions for the benefit of the institution. Five of us out of seven, were at court, and had a...
2James Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson, 24 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I was absent from town when your letter reached it, and did not retern till two days ago. When I left home in the begining of December for this place I left the subscription paper for the Central college in the hands of the Gentlemen of the county who were associated with me in soliciting aids to the institution. They assured me it should be reterned in due time along with those in their own...
3James Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I, as surviving commissioner for carrying into effect the decree of the court of Chancery in the case of Jefferson vs Ronalds’s Ronald ’s heirs, receivd some time since the balance due under that decree. It amounts to something upwards of $100, and will be paid in any manner you shall direct after receiving this letter. It would have been paid over before this but for my expectation of having...
4James Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson, 21 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose to you a statement of the balance of p r incipal & interest due on Ronald ’s debt to you, with m r Peyton ’s letter acknowledging the receipt of a check therefor which has been receivd & carried to your credit. Being busy at the moment, I got one of the young men in the clerk’s office to make the calculation of interest due on the two sums, and think it correct. You will be pleased...
5To Thomas Jefferson from James Pleasants, 24 January 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg you to be assured that my not having answered your letter sooner, has not proceeded from want of respect; for you certainly possess a larger portion of my affectionate attachment & veneration than any other man living. I am much obliged by your kind congratulations on my honorable election to the office in which I have been placed by the kindness of my fellow citizens. It was very...
6To Thomas Jefferson from James Pleasants, 10 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 5 th inst: reached me last evening. I enclose to you a sketch (cut from a newspaper) of certain acts passed at the late session. Among them you will observe one relating to the subject of your letter. M r Cabell mentioned to me during the session the circumstance of M r . Johnson’s commission as a visitor having expired by failure to attend two meetings, and requested that he...
7To Thomas Jefferson from James Pleasants, 13 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I sent you two days since a sketch of the law of the last session relating to the Visitors of the University. Realizing after that letter was in the mail that you might want an authentic copy of the act at your next meeting, I applied to the Keeper of the rolls for one; he informed me the public acts would probably be completed this week & a copy could be forwarded to you in time for your...
8To Thomas Jefferson from James Pleasants, 17 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 12 th inst: reached me this morning. . Under the impression that no more of the loan to the University would be called for the present year than the $40,000 some time since received, the president and directors of the literary fund have loaned so considerable a sum to the James river Company, that the amount now on hand, out of which the advance can be made is less than...
9To Thomas Jefferson from James Pleasants, 1 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
In conformity with the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided, the Executive have this day proceeded to the appointment of seven visitors for the University of Virginia to serve for the next four years. I have the honor of forwarding to you herewith, a copy of the advice of Council which mentions the names of the persons so appointed the day, of their first meeting, with supplementary...
10To Thomas Jefferson from James Pleasants, 1 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, TO Thomas Jefferson ESQUIRE, GREETING: KNOW YOU, That our Governor, in pursuance of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act for establishing an University,” and by and with the advice of our Council of State, doth hereby constitute and appoint you, the said Thomas Jefferson a Visitor of the University of Virginia, with all the powers...