Thomas Jefferson’s View of the Expenses and Funds of the University of Virginia, [ca. 28 September 1821]
View of the Expenses and Funds of the University of Virginia
[ca. 28 Sept. 1821]
A view of the whole expences & of the Funds of the University | Actual cost | estimated do | Averages | ||||||
D | D | D | |||||||
Pavilions. No 3. & 7. undertaken in 1817.18. | 19,149. | 81 | 9,574. | 90 | |||||
No 2.4.5.9. | 33,563. | 15 | 8,390. | 78 | |||||
17. marble capitels for No 2.3.5.8. from Italy | 1,784. | ||||||||
No 1.6.8.10. not finished | 33,563. | 15 | |||||||
Hotel. | B.B. | 4,609. | 58 | ||||||
5./6 other Hotels not finished | 20,000. | 4,000. | |||||||
Dormitories. 16. undertaken in 1817. | 13,898. | 34 | 868. | 64 | |||||
19. | 11,083. | 63 | 583. | 34 | |||||
74. not finished, but contracted for1 | 38,462. | 60 | 519. | 76 | |||||
109. | |||||||||
Lands, wages, and contingencies2 (suppose for round numbers) | 18,885. | 74 | |||||||
84,088. | 51 | 110,911. | 49 | ||||||
195, | 000 | ||||||||
Funds. | Glebe lands | 3,104. | 09 | ||||||
Annuities of 1819.20.21. | 45,000. | ||||||||
loan of 1820. | 60,000. | ||||||||
loan of 1821. | 60,000. | ||||||||
Subscriptions recieved to Sep. 1821. about | 25,000. | ||||||||
balance to be carried forward | 1,895. | 91 | 195, | 000. | |||||
Expences still to be incurred. | |||||||||
Walls of backyards, gardens Etc about 100,000. bricks | 1,500. | ||||||||
wages and contingencies for 1822.23.3 | 6,000. | ||||||||
Library Hull 30,200. D + Interior 13,476 D4 | 43,675. | ||||||||
Interest for 1821.22.23. | 13,700 | ||||||||
64,875. | |||||||||
Funds. | Balance brought forward | 1,895. | 91 | ||||||
Subscriptions. 19,133.33 of which are Sperate | 18,000. | ||||||||
Annuities of 1822.23.24. | 45,000. | 64,895. | 915 |
A more summary view of the cost of the 4. rows of buildings & Library.
10. Pavilions | 88,060. | 11 | ||
6. Hotels | 24,609. | 58 | ||
109. Dormitories | 63.445. | 57 | ||
Library. | 43,675. | |||
219,790. | 26 |
MS (DLC: Madison Papers); entirely in TJ’s hand; undated, with date of composition conjectured from TJ’s statement in his letter to Robert Taylor of 30 Sept. 1821 that this document had been completed two days earlier; James Madison’s copy. MS (ViU: TJP); entirely in TJ’s hand; undated; Joseph C. Cabell’s copy. MS (ViU: TJP); entirely in TJ’s hand; undated; John H. Cocke’s copy, with a calculation by Cocke at foot of first page. FC (ViU: TJP); on a reused address cover from Arthur S. Brockenbrough to TJ, with MS of TJ’s Notes on University of Virginia Building Expenses, [ca. 28 Sept. 1821], on verso; in TJ’s hand; undated. Enclosed in TJ to University of Virginia Board of Visitors and TJ to Taylor, both 30 Sept. 1821.
1. Preceding three words not in Cabell’s or Cocke’s copies.
2. FC: “contingent expences.”
3. Cabell’s copy: “1823.24.”
4. In FC TJ here added in a different ink: “whole correct but instead of the cost of capitels 4876. Appleton say 7600 + 448. frs.” He presumably added this note after receiving on 1 Oct. 1821 the RC of Thomas Appleton to TJ, 7 July 1821.
5. Recto ends here.
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