1From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 4 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Oct 7. has been some time in hand, and the books are now recieved. ill health has prevented my answering it sooner, being still confined mostly to the house I shall on this as on every other occasion make free observations, because they will enable you the better to enter into our views. but I make them under the disadvantage of not having seen the books, and judging from the...
2From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 22 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 9 th has been duly recieved. our money is deposited in the bank of Virginia and Farmer’s bank in Richmond and our Bursar will write by the next mail (of the 25 th ) to have the sum of 18,000. D. immediately deposited to your credit in the bank of the US. at Philada. I have added 3000. D. to the 15. M originally agreed upon. further than this our funds do not admit us to go at...
3From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 16 September 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
your’s of the 2 d is recieved, and to the question respecting Barrow’s works and Bruce as to size and price I will give this general answer for this & all such cases that we shall prefer 8 vo editions altho’ considerably dearer, because of the superior symmetry of their arrangement on our shelves, because generally they will be later and improved editions, and are so much more handy for use....
4From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 31 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3 d was duly recieved, and 4. of the 5. boxes of books have come safely to hand. nothing is heard yet, I believe, of the 5 th probably the 4. might be as many as the waggon could take in, and the 5 th may await another conveyance. in that, I expect is contained the volumes of some of the works which are missing. but this is conjecture only, for I have been confined to the...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 22 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last of the 9 th I have recieved representations from the faculty of our Professors, on the subject of the annual importations of the Periodicals desired by the Visitors. they say that to answer their views it is indispensable that they should come at shorter intervals, quarterly, for example, at least. I must therefore correct the request in that letter, and pray you to direct your...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 17 January 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you three days ago, inclosing the catalogues for our schools of Ant t & modern languages and antient & modern history. but it did not occur to me then that I might go somewhat further towards enabling you to begin to prepare a supply for us. the Professor of Law is not yet in place; and altho’ I cannot give you a full catalogue of what his school will call for, I can give a part...
7From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 8 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Memorandum of an agreement between Thomas Jefferson, Rector of the University of Virginia, on behalf, & in the name of the said University, on the one part, and William Hilliard, of the city of Boston, on the other part. The said University having occasion for the purchase of a large collection of Books, to the amount, as is expected of fifteen thousand dollars, be it more or less, to...
8From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 25 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 22. was recd in due time, and the books of which it covered the Catalogue, arrived afterwards in good order. we have recently recieved from mr Bohn a last box. it contained books which were in his former catalogue, but which not having come with the others, nor a word heard of them in so long a time, we had considered them as not purchased, and set some of the down in your...
9From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 25 October 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
In the catalogue you were so kind as to send me some time ago of your books on hand, was named Walton’s Biblia Polyglotta London edition 1657. 6. v. fol with Castell’s Lexacon Heptagllotton Lond. 1669. 2. vol. fol. price of both books 85.D. ‘well bound and in excellent order.’ if these books are unsold I will take them for the Univ ty of Virginia. on a line of information from you that they...
10From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 7 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of July 26. is recieved with the catalogue it covered I am glad to recieve the catalogue of this partial purchase, because it gives me an opportunity of making observations on some articles which vary from the catalogue delivered you, and will be some guide to you in future cases on the subject of differences of edition E t c. on this our instructions gave you a certain latitude of...
11From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 14 January 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
We had hoped to have opened our University on the 1 st of Feb. but as yet only two of our Professors are in place, those of antient and modern languages. three, who were engaged abroad, have for some time been hourly expected, and, on their arrival, those engaged at home will repair to their stations also and the institution be opened. the exact day depends therefore on the arrival of the...
12From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 18 February 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
In your letter of Jan. 25. you ask if it might not be better for you to employ an Agent to sell the books you might send on, until you see how the prospect and whether I could recommend one? I am not sufficiently acquai nted with the men of business in Charlottesville to recommend one on my own knolege. but I have advised with a friend who knows every one well, and on whose judgment I can rely...
13From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 3 June 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The copying of our Catalogue was finished yesterday, and I now inclose it. in my letter of May 22. I mentioned that our Bursar would, by the next mail, direct the sum of 18,000.D. to be deposited immediately to your credit in the bank of the US. in Philadelphia. I wrote to him yesterday to know if the deposit was actually made, and recieved the answer now inclosed; so that I presume the thing...
14From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 6 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Coolidge having mentioned to me in conversation the measures you had taken not long since to enlarge and establish a correspondence in the different countries of Europe in the book-selling line, it occurred to me that it might be convenient to our University and of some profit to yourselves were you to establish a branch of your business with us on a small scale at first, enlarging it...
15From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 6 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
As you are occasionally sending supplies of books to your store here, I am in hopes it may not be inconvenient to supply a private application, and in that confidence request you, with your next parcel, to send me on my particular account those below mentioned. if there has not yet been an 8 vo edition of Turner published, I would rather wait than have a 4 to one. I hope our book room and...
16From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Abbot Cummings, 9 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
my last to you was of Nov. 4. yours since rec d are of Oct. 7. Nov. 14. Dec 10. Jan. 26. Feb. 11. the invoices rec d are from Article 243. to 1273. contained in boxes N o 7. to 21. which of these boxes particularly are come to hand I cannot say, having been prevented by my health from going to the University more than 2. or 3. times in as many months. the great default in my correspondence...
17From Thomas Jefferson to William Hilliard, 31 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was of the 6 th inst. since which yours of the 8 th is come to hand. the 3. cases of books from England, 1. from France, and 3. from Germany therein mentioned to have been shipped to the care of Col o Peyton are not yet heard of by us. it is possible that by the time of their arrival at the University , the room in which they are to be arranged, and the necessary presses may be...