3051To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 30 December 1817 (Madison Papers)
I returned from Bedford a week ago, after an absence of 6. weeks, and found here the Palladio, with your two favors of Nov. 29. & Dec. 1 & with 3. from Dr. Cooper, written before he had received one from me of Nov. 25. from Poplar Forest. It was agreed, you know, that we should make a report of our proceedings & prospects to the Govr. as our patron to be laid before the legislature. Being...
3052Thomas Jefferson to Peter S. Du Ponceau, 30 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
An absence of 6. weeks has occasioned your letters of the 5 th & 11 th inst to lie thus long unacknoleged. after I had sent off the two other Westover MSS. I recieved a 3 d of the same journal. on perusing it, I am not sensible, by memory, of any thing not contained in the former, except 8. pages of a preliminary account of the abridgment of our limits by successive charters to other colonies....
3053Thomas Jefferson’s Estimate of Funds and Expenditures for Central College, [by 30 December 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
D C Albemarle Glebe lands. 3,195 .86 Subscriptions 27,610 . Fluvanna . 2,590 Nelson 2,052 Lynchburg 900 Richmond 820 Williamsbg
3054Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 30 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I returned from Bedford a week ago, after an absence of 6. weeks, and found here the Palladio , with your two favors of Nov. 29. & Dec. 1 & with 3. from D r Cooper , written before he had recieved
3055Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 29 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The catalogue you were so kind as to send me has come safe to hand. we are not yet so far advanced in our Collegiate institution as to be able to commence the establishment of a library: but I see on the catalogue some books which I will ask the favor of you to send me. they are noted below . the Worral & miniature bible will come safer & quicker by mail if well wrapped in strong paper. the...
3056Thomas Jefferson to Peter Stephen Chazotte, 29 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to mr Chazotte for the copy he has been so kind as to send him of his Essay on the best method of teaching languages, and he sees with pleasure the great attention now shewn to facilitate the communication of instruction to youth. besides the good which each method offers in itself, it adds that of inducing others to improve on it, and the result must be happy...
3057Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Garrett, 29 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed is the draught of a report which the Visitors desired me to prepare, to be sent to the Gov r as our patron, and by him to be laid before the legislature , in the hope they may either adopt us, or help us. the inhabitants of Charlottesville and it’s neighborhood have taken so liberal an interest in this institution that I wish them always to possess correct information of the measures...
3058Thomas Jefferson to John L. E. W. Shecut, 29 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns thanks to D r Shecut for the pa mphlet on Yellow fever which he has been so kind as to send him . he remarks with satisfaction the distinction observed between the fever which has always existed in ce rtain situations of our country & has been known by the name of the Strangers’ fever , because affecting them alone, and that known latterly by the name of the Yellow fever,...
3059Thomas Jefferson to John Brockenbrough, 27 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return after a long absence, I found here your favor of Dec. 10 . I never owned but one piece of ground in Richmond which was conveyed to me by Charles Carter as trustee for Col o Byrd , and sold and conveyed again by me to David Higginbotham , to whom I delivered all the papers I had concerning it. a copy of the deed which I retained enables me to quote it’s description, to wit,...
3060Thomas Jefferson to Samuel J. Harrison, 27 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return I found here the inclosed letter from Cap t Jones , president of the bank of the US. which had been lying here a month. it is an explanation of the grounds on which that bank conducts itself; and as it may be satisfactory to yourself & others interested in the late application, to understand these, and may enable you to judge of what may be expected, I inclose it for your and...