1From Thomas Jefferson to John Hartwell Cocke, 28 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Can you come and breakfast with us tomorrow morning? I have the papers ready for your inspection, but they require explanation. you can then consider them at your leisure and get them corrected on consultation with mr Garrett. I could ride to Charlottesville, but it is always followed with inconvenience and injury, or I should not ask the indulgence. respectful and friendly salutations. ViU .
2From Thomas Jefferson to John Hartwell Cocke, 21 February 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
You know that the legislature has permitted us to borrow another 60,000.D. from the literary fund. to accept this in form would require an immediate meeting of the board that we may engage our workmen before they are taken off by other engagements for the season. but the weather, the season, the roads & the convenience of our brethren rendering a meeting precarious if not desperate mr Cabell &...
3From Thomas Jefferson to John Hartwell Cocke, 20 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I am extremely dissatisfied withe train in which our works at the University are going on, and were it not for my great confidence in the integrity of those we employ, I should be unable to resist the suspicion of a willingness in them to make the job last for life. I am at present suffering under a relapse so serious as to put it out my power to go there as frequently as is requisite. I will...
4From Thomas Jefferson to John Hartwell Cocke, 22 April 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I am first to thank you for the shads you were so kind as to send us. they were the first and only ones we have seen this season. The visitors at their late meeting being requested by mr Bro c kenbro’ to enquire into the charges brought against him by Oldam, came to a resolution that their Exve commee should first enquire of Oldam whether he avowed the anonymous lre to mr Griffin, and would...
5From Thomas Jefferson to John Hartwell Cocke, 24 November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
On the reciept of your liberal donation of 60. D. for the purchase of the Polyglot bible for the University I wrote to Mess rs Cummings & Hilliard of Boston to know if the book was still on hand, and, if it were, to send it to us, and the price should be immediately remitted to them. I have recieved for answer that it was sold before the reciept of my letter. I now therefore return you the...
6Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 19 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Successive circumstances too long to be detailed in a letter, have prevented me hitherto for p from proposing a meeting of the Visitors of the College . that of the Visitors of the University being postponed to the 29 th of March renders our immediate meeting indispensable. I therefore propose to you to be at mr Madison ’s on in the forenoon of Friday next the 26 th
7Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 12 March 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Our last mail brought me a letter from mr Rodney and the inclosed seeds of pumpkin and asparagus for you, and as the season for sowing the latter is at hand, I have thought it better to forward them by mail than to await the 1 st day of April when we expect the pleasure of seeing you here. we have been obliged to call a special meeting on that day, that by performing this, the only...
8Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 9 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Our meeting on the 2 d consisted of mr Madison , Gen l Breckenridge mr Johnson and myself. I send you a copy of our proceedings by which you will percieve important discretions confided to us. I have already spoken to mr Garrett to prepare a remittance to mr Appleton for the capitels of the Pavilions and will immediately write to mr Appleton so that we may have them in and up by Autumn. With...
9Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 1 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I dined from home yesterday & did not return till night which has occasioned the detention of your servant till this morning. I am sorry you cannot join us, as we have an important question to decide, but still more regret the cause of your absence. mr Madison is now here, and I count with much confidence on mr Cabell and mr Johnson which will make us a quorum. I think too that Gen l...
10Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 27 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson is very thankful to Gen l Cocke for the sample of Scuppernong wine which he has been so kind as to send him, and which he considers to be as fine, as it is a singular wine. he sends him plants of the Marseilles fig & of his the Paper or Otaheite mulberry, & cuttings of the Lombardy poplar which he brought from France , very different from the common one, being a tree of some shade.