Thomas Jefferson to John Brockenbrough and Philip N. Nicholas, 14 August 1821
To John Brockenbrough and Philip N. Nicholas
Monticello Aug. 14. 21.
Sir
In virtue of an order from the President & Directors of the Literary board, I have this day desired the Auditor to deliver to you a warrant for fourteen thousand five hundred and fifty Dollars, which be pleased to recieve and place in the bank of Virginia1 to the credit of the Rector & visitors of the University of Virginia, to be drawn for occasionally by orders from the Bursar of the University approved by Genl John H. Cocke or by myself. Accept the assurance of my great esteem and respect.
Th: Jefferson
RC (Vi: RG 12, Literary Fund Disbursements); addressed: “Dr John Brockenbrough President of the bank of Virginia Richmond”; franked; postmarked Charlottesville, 18 Aug.; docketed in James E. Heath’s hand: “20 Aug 1821 Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. $14.550 Bk Va 14550 Fas Bk of V 29.100 Literary Fund On account of the loan to the University of Virginia made by the P. & Ds Lity fund pursuant to law passed 24 feb 1821.” PoC (ViU: TJP); on verso of reused address cover of John Adams to TJ, 19 May 1821; at foot of text: “a copy verbatim addressed to the President of the Farmer’s bank of Virginia. Philip N. Nicholas”; endorsed by TJ as a letter to the presidents of the Bank of Virginia and the Farmers’ Bank of Virginia and so recorded (as a letter of 15 Aug. 1821) in SJL.
TJ wrote to Virginia state auditor Heath requesting warrants on 15 Aug. 1821.
1. The text to Nicholas presumably replaced preceding three words with “Farmer’s bank of Virginia.”
Index Entries
- Bank of Virginia (Richmond); and University of Virginia search
- Brockenbrough, John; and Bank of Virginia search
- Brockenbrough, John; and University of Virginia search
- Brockenbrough, John; letters to search
- Cocke, John Hartwell (1780–1866); as member of University of Virginia Board of Visitors search
- Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond); and University of Virginia search
- Garrett, Alexander; as University of Virginia bursar search
- Heath, James Ewell; as Va. auditor of public accounts search
- Literary Fund; and loans for University of Virginia search
- Nicholas, Philip Norborne; and establishment of University of Virginia search
- Nicholas, Philip Norborne; as president of Farmers’ Bank of Virginia search
- Nicholas, Philip Norborne; letter to search
- Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; and Bank of Virginia search
- Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; and Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond) search
- Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; funding for search
- Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; and loans for University of Virginia search