1To Thomas Jefferson from James Pleasants, 17 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 12 th inst: reached me this morning. . Under the impression that no more of the loan to the University would be called for the present year than the $40,000 some time since received, the president and directors of the literary fund have loaned so considerable a sum to the James river Company, that the amount now on hand, out of which the advance can be made is less than...