11To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Ritchie, 23 June 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I had asertained previously to the receipt of your last letter (in consequence of Enquiries Set on foot by your first,) that there was a material error in the Acct. presentd to you. Instead of $60 being due, there had been 60 paid—leaving only $15 even up to May next. How this error has crept into the Agent’s book, I am at a loss to know—certain it is, there is none such on the office book. It...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Ritchie, 29 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
The last Legislature passed a law, directing certain officers of the Government to lay upon their table on the first day of their Session the Annual Reports of such offices. Among these, were the Reports of the University. The declared object of the Law, as expressed in its Preamble, was to expedite the Proceedings of the Legislature.—As it would contribute very little to the dispatch of the...
13To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Ritchie, 10 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of bringing to your notice M r Goodacre, from Nottingham in England in politics a Whig, by profession a Lecturer on Astronomy; and a very worthy man. He has lectured in Richmond and Petersburg—and with the aid of transparent Diagrams and some appropriate apparatus, has excited a Curiosity on this science, which promises to produce some good fruits. He has dispatched his...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Ritchie, 14 October 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
May I once more encroach upon your kindness, by asking a transmission, as soon as convenient, of the University Report?—You sent it, last Year, to the Governor—from whom I recived it, for the purpose of printing it for the Use of the Legislature. The same course may now be adopted.—The act of 1822–3 on the subject of laying the public Document’s upon the table of the House on the 1 st day of...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Ritchie, 29 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I hate to trouble you about such a matter; but for the reason I have assigned, for the two last Years, may I take the liberty of asking you when it will be convenient for you to transmit to the Governor the Annual Communication about the University? The Legislature having directed it to be laid on the table of the House, on the 1 st day of its session I am anxious, as Public Printer, to have...
16To James Madison from Thomas Ritchie, 10 December 1825 (Madison Papers)
Do not be surprised at receiving this Letter. I have been frequently tempted to appeal to your judgment, and ask your Advice. Not a dark Cloud has come over the public horizon, but I have turned towards you as a ⟨sort?⟩ of last resource. My profound reverence for you as a Politician, and my unfeigned regard for you as a man, have impelled my thoughts in that direction: but to this moment I...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Ritchie, 20 February 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I have thought it right to address the Enclosed directly to yourself. The Bill will unquestionably pass both branches of the Legislature: in the House, on Saturday, it passed, as I presume you have heard, by 125 to 62: With the Senate, there can be no difficulty.—Should this measure contribute to smooth the remaining days of your valuable life, your friends will rejoice of it. The ill...