The letter from Alexander garrett to Cocke, Charlottesville, 19 July 1817, enclosed a copy of the Central College Subscription List (printed above at 5 May 1817) as it then stood, indicated that pledges had so exceeded expectations that he believed TJ’s plans had changed, reported that TJ intended to write Cocke soon and hoped to convene a meeting of the Board of Visitors at Montpellier, and informed Cocke that “Mr Jefferson was yesterday ingaged in assertaining the level of the College Hill & laying off the direction of the range of buildings now intended to be put up. and as the first buildings will give the direction to the entire buildings, it must be of the very first importance to commence <right,> it properly—I sincerely wish you could see the ground before we commence leveling, there may exist some objection to it, or some <better> improvement might be suggested by you to Mr Jefferson” (ViU: JHC).