1From Thomas Jefferson to John Patten Emmet, 16 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly rec d and considered your letter proposing to erect a distinct building for the Chemical Laboratory & lecturing room, and with it the plan you have been so kind as to suggest. this appears indeed to contain all the articles called for in such a building, and arranged with great convenience. the proposition however is beyond the powers delegated to me, and there will be no meeting...
2From Thomas Jefferson to John V. Kean, 16 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The object of the reguln you quote, in yours of the 13 th , against permission to stranger or students to take books from their shelves, was to prevent their being misplaced thro’ carelessness or inattention. it is a rule in all considble libraries because a book misplaced is in fact lost, as nothing but accident or a revision of the whole library book by book can ever find it again. it was to...
3Thomas Jefferson: List of UVa. professors, 16 May 1825, 16 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Garrett Southall Wood Bonnycastle , — Key Long ViU .