1From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Greenhow, 8 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
In the many interesting conversns I had with you while we had the pleasure of your company at Monticello you mentioned that we could have from Italy the finest Anatomical preparations, castings E t c and for the cheapest prices of any part of the world. our University begins it’s operns this day, and our school of Anatomy and Medicine is as yet unprovided with it’s proper subjects and...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Greenhow, 14 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
In the letter of Mar. 22. with which you favored me, is the following passage, of informn with respect to Skeletons a great number are imported here from France. they are sold here for 45.D. and consequently would cost you not more than 35.D. you should have two, a male and female connected by wires, and one natural skeleton, that is the bones connected by the natural ligaments. the whole...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Greenhow, 29 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 23 d is rec d and I immed ly wrote to Col o Peyton to answer the draught which should be made by yourself or any other person on him for the cost & charges of the skeletons you have been so kind as to procure for us. the proffer of your services is too kind and too valuable to us not to be accepted in our present destitute state. I have therefore to pray you to have preparns...
4From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Greenhow, 22 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
In my lre of Apr. 13. I requested you to get any anatomical preparns executed which would, in your opn be useful to us, and could be executed in your city . Doct r Dunglison has now furnished me with a particular list of what he would wish to obtain, and I have the double favor to request of you 1 to have done for us such of them as can be done there, and 2. to inform me of what cannot be done...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Greenhow, 22 June 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly rec d your favor of the 18 th inst. and communicated it to D r Dunglison, who on consideration that the subjects which could be procured at N.Y. could not be prepared till winter, and then only part of them, concluded it would be better to have recourse for them all at once to Europe where he could get the whole with certainty and recieve them in early winter. this course will therefore...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Greenhow, 24 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favor of the 18 th and, according to the request expressed in it, now inclose you a hand-bill which will give the information wished for by the gentlemen who propose to send their sons to our University. we have great reason to be satisfied so far with the success of the principle we adopt for the government of the Institution. we recieve and treat our students as...