1From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Barraud Taylor, 16 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed lres will so fully explain themselves that I will not add to your trouble by a restatemt here. I know nothing of William the son, but all men known or unknown have equal rights to charity, if the mass of your business should permit you to give him. the informn he requests I will pray you to send with it the inclosed letter to him. Our University is improving in the points of order...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Barraud Taylor, 28 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter with its enclosures reached Newfolk some days ago, while I was absent; or it would have been sooner answered. I shall not be able to give much information to M r. Miller, on the subject of his enquiries; but what I can give I will; and forward my letter to him, enclosed in yours. I take, as you may imagine, a very deep interest in the success of the University, not only as a...
3Thomas Jefferson to Robert Taylor, 3 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have learnt with pleasure your nomination as a Visitor of our University ; and with the more as it will give us occasions of seeing you here. the object of this letter is to ask the favor of you to make Monticello your head quarters on t all these occasions, and for the present to express my wish that you could come a day at least before our meeting of the 29 th instant . the papers being...
4Robert Taylor to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I accept, with very great satisfaction, your polite invitation to pass my time, at Monticello , during the session of the Visitors of the University . Unfortunately, an indispensible professional engagement will require my attendance, in Norfolk , at the commencement of the preceding week; and the arrangements of the Steam boat, between this place and Richmond , make it somewhat doubtful if,...
5Robert Taylor to Thomas Jefferson, 20 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
At the last session of the Legislature , a new arrangement was made, in the terms of the Courts in this part of the State; which prevented my attending the Spring meeting of the Visitors . I did not then foresee, that a similar interference would occur in the Fall. On examination, however, I find that, the meeting of the Visitors in October will take place, at a time, when my professional...
6Thomas Jefferson to Robert Taylor, 30 September 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 20. was recieved in due time, and I have delayed it’s acknolegement until I could furnish you with this a statement of the affairs of the University which was compleated only two days ago. I have inclosed a copy of it to our Colleagues with an explanatory letter of which a copy accompanies this. you recieved from me some time ago a proposition to postpone our next meeting...
7Thomas Jefferson to Robert Taylor and Chapman Johnson, 16 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
We regretted much your absence at the late meeting of the board of Visitors , but did not doubt it was occasioned by uncontroulable circumstances. as the matters which came before us were of great importance to the institution , I think it a duty to inform you of them. You know the sanction of the legislature to our borrowing 60,000 D on the pledge of our annuity of 15,000.D. the Literary...
8Thomas Jefferson to James Breckinridge, Chapman Johnson, and Robert Taylor, 8 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Proposing within a few days to set out for Bedford , I think it a duty previously to state to you the progress and prospect of things at the University . you may perhaps remember that almost in the moment of our separation at the last meeting one of our colleagues proposed a change of a part of the plan of the grounds, so as to place the gardens of the Professors adjacent to the rear of their...
9Thomas Jefferson and John H. Cocke to James Breckinridge, Joseph C. Cabell, Chapman Johnson, James Madison, and Robert … (Jefferson Papers)
In obedience to the resolution of the visitors of the university at their last session, the Proctor has been constantly employed in ‘ascertaining the state of accounts under contracts already made, and the expence of compleating the buildings begun and contemplated’: and we have consequently suspended, according to instructions, ‘the entering into any contracts for the Library until we see...
10Robert Taylor to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d a few days ago, the letter you did me the favour to write, detailing the progress, which had been made at the University . You have imposed on yourself, Sir, a very unnecessary trouble, as I shoud have adopted, with entire satisfaction, whatever measures your judgment & experience led you to pursue . The visitors can not but feel, how much they owe to the board of Superintendence, for...