15101Thomas Jefferson: Form of bond, 1823, 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
To all whom this present Declaration of trust, indented & sealed, may concern, Thomas Jefferson Randolph of Albemarle sendeth greeting. Know Ye that Thomas Jefferson of Monticello in the same county for a debt of 20. M .D. due from the late W. C. Nicholas, for which the sd Th:J. R. is joint security (but on express covenant that he the sd Th:J. shall indemnify the sd Th:J. R. & save him from...
15102John Quincy Adams, Copies of Advertisements of sales of items from John Adams’s Estate, August 1826 to September 1826 (Adams Papers)
Copies of Advertisements of Stocks, Real Estate & Furniture Public Sale On Monday 18th. instt. at 12 Block at Merchants Hall, by order of the Executors of the last will and Testament, of John Adams late of Quincy deceased. 13 Shares Middlesex Canal 5 do West Boston Bridge 54 do, Fire & Marine Insurance 10 do New England do 10 do Boston Bank 20 do Boylston Market 9 do Massachusetts Bank 12 do...
15103Thomas Jefferson’s Proposed Application of the Funds of the University of Virginia, [ca. 10 April 1820] (Jefferson Papers)
Application of the funds of the University Means D D 1820. Apr. Pay it’s debts amounting to about 10,000 . 1820. Apr.
15104Thomas Jefferson: List of slaves vaccinated, Mar. 1826, 31 March 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
1826. March. Sally’s M. 1816. Louisa. x Martin Beck’s x Miles x Lindsay. x Jennet 1817. Moses’s Cretia’s 1818. Jackson. x Lucy.
15105Enclosure: Petty Vaughan’s Notes on Rutabaga (Swedish Turnip), 29 March 1819, enclosure number 1 in Petty Vaughan to … (Jefferson Papers)
Notes on the Culture of the Swedish Turnip , as practised in Maine with success. 1. Rich loam, or black mould is found to suit it best. 2. The land should be new, (either from turning up the sod, or from burnt woods); or well manured with stable-manure the year preceding; for if done the same year, you will be troubled with worms & other insects. Plaister of Paris may be used applied to it,...
15106Thomas Jefferson’s Specifications for Capitals at University of Virginia, [ca. 16 April 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
Specification of the Corinthian & Ionic capitels wanting for the University . for Pavilion N o II. West [ 4. Corinthian capitels for columns whose inferior diameter is 28.I. English, & it’s diminishd diam. 25 2 10 I: to be copied exactly from the Corinthian capitel of Palladio , as given in his I st Book wherein he treats of the orders in general and it’s 17 th chapter in which he describes...
15107Francis Walker Gilmer: Contract with Robley Dunglison, 28 Sept. 1824, 28 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
This covenant entered into on the 28 th day of September in the year 1824, at London, between Francis W. Gilmer attorney in fact for the university of Virginia of the one part, and Robley Dunglison of the other part, Witnesseth; that the said Gilmer attorney in fact for the Rector and visitors of the university of Virginia, doth hereby appoint the said Dunglison a professor in the said...
15108Bond for Loan to the University of Virginia from the Literary Fund, [11 May 1823] (Madison Papers)
Know all men by these presents that we Thomas Jefferson rector and James Breckenridge, James Madison, Joseph C. Cabell, John H. Cocke Chapman Johnson and George Loyall, Visitors of the University of Virginia are held and firmly bound to the President and Directors of the Literary fund in the sum of eighty thousand Dollars, to the payment whereof, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves...
15109Thomas Jefferson: Form for report on primary schools, ca. 3 Feb. 1825, 3 February 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
1820 1821. 1822 1823 1824 1825. Counties sums furnished Months schooling sums furnished months of schooling sums furnished months of schooling sums
15110Enclosure: Southern Elevation of Poplar Forest by John Neilson, [before 2 November 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( ViU: TJP ; Nichols, Architectural Drawings Frederick Doveton Nichols, Thomas Jefferson’s Architectural Drawings , 1961; 5th ed., 1984 , 42 [no. 351]); in Neilson ’s hand; inked, shaded, and tinted; on coordinate paper; undated.
15111Thomas Jefferson’s Deposition in Fry v. Bell, 9 March 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
The deposition of Thomas Jefferson taken at his own house in the county of Albemarle and the Commonwealth of Virginia on the 9 th day of March 1821 . to be read as evidence on the trial of a certain action of Ejectment now depending and undetermined in the Greenup circuit court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky , wherein John Doe , on the demise of John Fry
15112Thomas Jefferson: A General Gardening Calendar, 21 May 1824, 21 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
A GENERAL GARDENING CALENDAR, Being a copy of one in use by an Illustrious Philosopher and cultivator of literature and the peaceful arts, not far from Charlottesville in Virginia. Feb. 1. Hophills —manure and dress them. Asparagus —dress and replant. 15. Sow Frame-Peas , the first open weather. Sow Lettuce and Radishes . Spinage —sow. Celery
15113Thomas Jefferson’s Proposed List of Instruments for the classes of Nat. History & Mathematics, ca. 26 Apr. 1824, 26 … (Jefferson Papers)
Proposed list of Instruments for the classes of Nat. Philosophy & Mathematics. Gen l purposes 2. Thermometers, Mercurial, naked bulb. 1. spirit. 2. differential 1. fitted with black bulb as photometer. 1. burnished gold leaf, mounted in a cup of brass to serve as pyroscope. metallic on Brequet’s constrn if to be procured from Paris on moderate terms. 2. Hydrometers, common, both of glass, of...
15114Review of a Statement Attributed to General John Armstrong, with an Appendix of Illustrative Documents, [ca. 30 April … (Madison Papers)
*In the “Literary and Scientific Repository No. VI pag. 502–3,” published at New York October 1821, the following statement is made as “from documents of the highest character.” “Early in the month of May 1814, the then Secretary of War proposed to confer on General Jackson the appointment of Brigadier in the Army of the United States, with the Brevet of Major General; until a vacancy, by...
15115Independence and Constitution of Virginia, [1827?] (Madison Papers)
[1827?] Although the date when JM prepared this manuscript must remain uncertain, it could well have been written in the autumn of 1827, during his exchange of letters with George Mason’s grandson about the Virginia Declaration of Rights and first Form of Government, and at a time when a revision of the state constitution was much in the public mind. The manuscript has considerable unity of...
151161826-08-01John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy, III, Executors’ bond for estate of John Adams, 1 August 1826 (Adams Papers)
Know All men by these Presents, That we John Quincy Adams, Doctor of Laws, Josiah Quincy, Doctor of Laws, George Washington Adams, Esquire, and Josiah Quincy Junior, Esquire, all of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto Edward H. Robbins, Esquire, Judge of Probate of Wills, and for granting...
15117From James Madison to an Unidentified Correspondent, 11 February 1818 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 11 February 1818. Offered for sale in the Heartman Catalogue No. 206 (12 Oct. 1929), item 180, where it is listed as a draft letter in the third person in JM’s hand. Attached is a short letter, also in the third person, in Dolley Payne Madison’s hand.
15118Thomas Jefferson’s Instructions for Setting a Sundial, [ca. 6 March 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
To set the Dial. The first and all-important object is to have the top of the dial post perfectly horizontal. without this it never can be true one moment. to this end, after the post is immoveably fixed in the ground, the top should be tried with a level and planed to the true horizontal level in every direction. it will take a butt of a tree 28. or 29.I. diameter. when planed, place the dial...
15119Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the Central College, 8 October 1817 (Madison Papers)
At a meeting of the Visitors &c. 8. Oct: 1817. Certain letters from Doctor Thos. Cooper to Th: Jefferson, dated Sep. 17. & 19. received since the meeting of yesterday being communicated to the board of Visitors, and taken into consideration with his former letter of Sep. 16. they are of opinion that it will be for the interest of the College to modify the terms of agreement which might be...
15120Thomas Jefferson: Design for Tombstone and Inscription, before 4 July 1826, 4 July 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
[GRAPHIC IN MANUSCRIPT] could the dead feel any interest in Monuments or other remembrances of them, when, as Anacreon says Ολιγη δε κειςομεςθα Κονις, οστεων λυθεντων The following would be to my Manes the most gratifying. On the grave a plain die or cube of 3. f without any mouldings, surmounted by an Obelisk of 6. f. height, each of a single stone: on the faces of the Obelisk the following...
15121Enclosure: Anonymous Notes on the Alleged 20 May 1775 “Declaration of Independence” of Mecklenburg County, North … (Jefferson Papers)
N. Carolina , Mecklenburg county , } May 20, 1775. In the spring of 1775, the leading characters of Mecklenburg county , stimulated by the enthusiastic patriotism which elevates the mind above considerations of individual aggrandisement and scorning to shelter themselves from the impending storm, by submission to lawless power, &c. &c. held several detached meetings, in each of which the...
15122Memo re. Salaries of U.Va. Professors, Nov.-Dec. 1824, November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
The salaries of the Professors were to commence from the day of their embarcation at 1500. D. a year. Mess rs Dunglison, Key & Bonnycastle embarked at London on the 27 th of October each recieved £50. sterl. advance on account of salary which is 220. D. at par, as it should be settled without regard to the fluctuations of exchange. from Oct. 27. to Dec. 31. inclusive are 66. days, which @ 1500...
15123Meeting Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 4-5 Mar. 1825, 4 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
At a special meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University, called by George Loyall, Chapman Johnson and Joseph C. Cabell while attending the late session of the legislature, and held at the University Mar. 4. 1825. Present Thomas Jefferson Rector, James Madison, George Loyall John H. Cocke, and Joseph C. Cabell. Resolved that in consideration of the delay which attended the opening of...
15124Thomas Jefferson: Bill for discontinuing the College of William & Mary, 22 Jan. 1825, 22 January 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
A Bill for the discontinuance of the College of William and Mary and the establishment of other colleges in convenient distribution over the state. Whereas it has been represented to this General assembly by the Visitors and Professors of the College of W m and Mary that the sd College, from circumstances of climate or other causes unknown has fallen much into disuse, has generally few...
15125Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 12 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Begun at Clarke & Cobb ’s red oak corner N. 62. E 72. po. along a full marked line to his & my corner chesnut in Cobb ’s side line from this Chesnut the f. & a. post oak bears S. 52. E. 23. po. which makes that line 148. po. in all from the pointers to the chesnut then sa. co. contin
15126Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 17 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
1817. Dec. 17. field notes of this day, settling Cobb ’s lines Begun at the red oak on Cobb ’s path near the Western gate which Whittington affirms to be one of the corner pointers of the Poplar forest po. S. 75. W. passing a hiccory side line to a chesnut side line 10. 88 sa. co. to Cobb ’s fence 27. po 27. sa. co. to the old spring-poplar marked as a side line on the lower side
15127John Adams, Inventory of Estate, 5 September 1826 (Adams Papers)
Norfolk, ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to Daniel Greenleaf Esquire, Josiah Bass, Gentleman, and Josiah Adams, Yeoman, all of Quincy, in the County of Norfolk Greeting. Whereas , at a Court of Probate, held at Dedham, in and for the said County of Norfolk, on the first Tuesday of August, A. D. 1826. John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy both of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, Doctors of...
15128Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Architectural Ornaments for Poplar Forest, [by 10 July 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
D Hall 36. Metops 14.I. wide 15.I. high 4. d o angular, mitred. the two moieties equal to one whole June 14. wrote to Coffee for the above Parlour. 74.8 f of frize. but say 80.f running measure =28. D 80 c MS ( ViFreJM ); written entirely in TJ’s hand on a small scrap; undated, with conjectural date based on TJ to William J. Coffee, 10 July 1822 . hall
15129Order by Virginia Superior Court of Chancery in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, 8 December 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Between Thomas Jefferson Plaintiff and George Divers , William D Meriwether Nimrod Bramham Dabney Minor & John Kelly subscribers members & directors of the Rivanna Company } Defendants On the various topics brought into discussion in this cause,—
15130Enclosure: William Tilghman’s Queries regarding Caspar Wistar, [ca. 12 February 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
1— When was D r Wistar born & where— 2— f From what country did his ancestors Emigrate when did they arrive & in what degree of kindred was he to the first Emigrant— 3. In what School did he recieve his classical Education 4 Under what Physician did he study medicine & when did he commence— 5 At what time did he take his degree or degrees in medicine & in what colleges—
15131Enclosure: Resolutions of the Trustees of Smith & Riddle, 9 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
We, the undersigned duly appointed Trustees, for the Estate of the late firm of Smith & Riddle , Merchants of this City, for the benefit of their Creditors, having the most implicit confidence in the honor and integrity of Mr. Andrew Smith , a partner of the late firm, have solicited and received his consent, to lend his aid in endeavouring to settle the outstanding accounts, and closing the...
15132Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 29–30 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia by special call on Thursday the 29 th of November 1821. at the University , two members only attending, towit Thomas Jefferson and Chapman Johnson , they adjourned to the next day. November 30. present Thomas Jefferson ,
15133Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 6 October 1826 (Madison Papers)
The board met pursuant to adjournment: present the same members as yesterday. Resolved that the library of the University shall be under the following regulations: The books shall be kept in the upper room of the rotunda. The library shall be under the care of a librarian appointed by the Visitors, who shall hold his office during their pleasure, and shall receive as a compensation for his...
15134Thomas Jefferson: Notes on The Elements of Ideology, ca. 5 Nov. 1823?, 5 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
1 st section of the A supplement to the elements of Ideology on our means of obtaining knolege A Syllabus or Analytical view of the ensuing work. II d Section of the elements of Ideology, or a Treatise on the Will & it’s effects. Introduction Chap. 1. on society and it’s economy 2. on Production or the formation of our riches. 3. on the measure of usefulness, that is, it’s value or price 4. on...
15135University of Virginia: directions for making a clock and bell, 4 June 1826, 4 June 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Instructions for the government of the Artist in making the Clock for the University of Virginia. The bell is to weigh 400.℔, which it is supposed will ensure it’s being heard 1½ mile under any circumstance of weather. The distance of the hollow cylinder in which the weights are to descend, and it’s oblique direction from the dial plate has rendered necessary an outline of the ground plate and...
15136Thomas Jefferson: Notes on U Va. Curriculum, ca. 1824, December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
*1 } Nat. Phil. Dynamics Pneumatics Acoustics Physics Botany } Nat. hist. Zoology *2 Mineralogy Geology Chemistry *3 Law Algebra Fluxions Geometry.
15137Enclosure: Katherine Duane Morgan’s Circular on the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures, 1 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
YOU are now addressed as a member of a republic, blest by nature with all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life—you are called upon by the general distress of our citizens, and the public shame of our country, to exert yourself as becomes an American, in endeavouring by your example and principles to encourage the women of your neighbourhood and township, to rise in the strength of...
15138Appraisal of Personal Estate by Daniel Greenleaf, 1 August 1826 (Adams Papers)
Furniture Estate of John Adams of Quincy. Esqr. deceasd 1 Sofa & 12 Chairs, Red Damask, 6 Cushions.— $58— 1 do—14 do—Green do 45— 1 do. calico $8.—14 hair bottom chairs, 27.50— 35.50 1 Easy Chair 6. 1 LaMing do 6,47: Comn do. 27.50 39.50 Bed, Bedstead, Mattress, down cover, damask Curtains &c 70— do—do do. & Curtains. Middle Chamber 25— 7 other beds 74—17 blankets 25. curtains 4— 103— 1 Set....
15139Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Value of Lots in Beverley Town (Westham), [ca. 22 May 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
my lots in Beverly town N os 57. 107. 108. 151 1751. June 5. cost 86/ each what worth at 6. p.c. comp d int. 1817. June 3 formula l = ar n − 1 Log. 1.06 = r 0.0253059
15140John Thornton Kirkland, Funeral Sermon for Abigail Smith Adams, November 1818 (Adams Papers)
1st of Corinthians, 7th.—29,30,31. But this I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth that they who have wives be as though they had none, and they that weep as though they wept not, and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not, and they that buy as though they possessed not, and they that use this world as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away. Here is a...
15141A Dirge: On the Death of Our Illustrious 2d and 3d Presidents, 11 July 1826 (Adams Papers)
A DIRGE: On the death of our illustrious 2d and 3d Presidents, Hastily composed on hearing that of the latter. Weep! Columbia, Weep!—Weep! for sorrows upon sorrows, made more excessive, from breaking in upon thy most joyous hour, have come.—And, in weeping, call Oceans to thy aid to assuage this thy double sorrow—than which, none deeper could not— cannot come . One, that to our saddened ear...
15142William Hilliard and Samuel H. Walley: Bond to TJ re. library, 4 June 1825, 4 June 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Know all Men by these Presents, That we William Hilliard of Cambridge County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Bookseller as principal and Samuel H Walley of Boston County of Suffolk in said Commonwealth Esquire, as surety are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia Esquire, in his capacity of Rector of...
15143Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Plats of Poplar Forest Boundaries, 14 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
1817. Dec. 14. Observations on the lines in this plat. Beginning at a corner white oak, sometimes called a Spanish oak, well known on Callaway ’s road. S. 88. W. 85. po. fully marked to pointers, & so found by Maj r Organ Nov. 27. 1817 . N. 52. W. 125. po. full marked to a post oak fore & aft found by Maj r Organ . 23. po. more without another marked tree terminates it at Clarke
15144Enclosure: Edy Turner’s Vocabulary of the Nottoway Language, 4 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Vocabulary of the language of the Nottoway Tribe of Indians, obtained from an old Indian Woman of the name of Edie Turner , the 4 th of March 1820 . Nouns. Of the Universe 1. The Sun Aheeta 2. The Moon Tethrāke 3. The Stars Deeshū
15145Draft Resolution of the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, [after 1 May 1820], with Jefferson’s Note, 30 July … (Jefferson Papers)
The President laid before the Board a Letter from the Thomas Jefferson Rector of the University of V a , dated the 1 st instant , requesting to be informed of the determination of the Board concerning a loan
15146Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum on Poplar Forest Boundaries, [ca. 17–20 December 1817], document 11 in a group of … (Jefferson Papers)
Form of Certificate of the Surveyor for the vacant lands. ‘Beginning at a red oak pointer corner in the Poplar Forest tract, and along the line of that tract [ S. 38. E. po. ] passing 2. marked chesnuts [ poles to a ] corner of the newer patent lands of the sd Thomas Jefferson in the P.F. side line. thence along the line of the sd
15147Enclosure: James W. Wallace’s Impressions of a Mammoth’s Tooth, [ca. 10 October 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
Impression by the upper Surface Impression by the Upper Surface Impression by the Upper Surface Impression made by the side of the tooth MS ( DLC: TJ Papers , 202:35899–902); captions in Wallace ’s hand, with each impression on a separate piece of paper; undated.
15148Thomas Jefferson’s Bond with James Lyle (1798–1850), 16 June 1821 [due 1823] (Jefferson Papers)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle County am held and firmly bound unto James Lyle adm r of James Lyle Senr deceased in the just and full sum of Two Thousand four hu ndred do llars
15149From James Madison to the Managers of the Fourth of July 1827 Celebration, 26 June 1827 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ To the Managers of the Fourth of July Celebration. Letter not found. 26 June 1827. Offered for sale in Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 1301 (13 May 1937), item 147, where it is described as an autograph letter signed from Montpelier in which JM promises to deliver the oration at the Fourth of July celebration at the Orange Hotel.
15150Albemarle County Court Order Concerning a Proposed Road, 8 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
On the motion of Thomas J Randolph and Thomas Jefferson to alter the road leading from the Orange fork near Lewis’s ferry downwards thro the lands of Richard Sampson , Thomas J Randolph and Thomas Jefferson to the mouth of the chapel branch , and instead thereof to substitute the road already opened, on the lands of Charles L Bankhead , from the corner of his fence nearest Charlottesville