101To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 25 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you an acc t of Gowan & Marx of London handed in by M r Gilmer where in you will see there is a Balance due the U. V a £41.1.6 sterling—& their letter to M r Gilmer—I also send you a letter from D r Boswell informing us of his having forward’d the 2 Boxes of Minerals the receipt of which you have been informed of—I have replied to his letter acknowledging the receipt of the minerals &...
102To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 1 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
You will see from the within, I have brought M r W. J. Coffee down in his charges for his composition ornaments 50 p r cent, I submit it to your consideration whether it would be prudent or not in the present low state of our finances to order on those ornaments even at this reduced price Most respectfully your Ob t sev t P.S. I shall attend to your letter of to day & send you the statement...
103To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 20 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Dr Blaetterman has purchased of M r Raggi his alabaster & Marble ornaments left with me and has drawn on me for $100 in favor of M r Raggi—I advanced M r Raggi when he left this to return to Italy which he states was paid to M r Appleton, is there any such credit in M r A. accounts? if not I must hold on fifty dollars of Dr: Blaettermans order for the sum advanced him most respectfully CSmH .
104To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 1 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I wish to get the ground immediately around the University surveyed in order to get the lots of the Professors & Hotel Keepers layed off to the best advantage, I can get some of the young gentlemen here (that understand surveying) to assist me if you will do me the favor of lending me your compass & chain they shall be taken particular care of, and returned immediately after the work is...
105To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 11 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I must beg leave to refer to you for instruction, on the following minor subjects 1 st Smoke houses; they have been called for by two Professors. Am I to build them for all that require them? 2 nd Woodyards; D r D. calls for one upon the outside of his enclosure at the public expence if he is furnished with one each of the Professors will demand the same privilege, if they are furnished with...
106To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 27 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Dollars For Duty on 18 cases of Marble Capitels Invoiced at 1913.00 10 p Cent addition 191 $2104 Duty on 2104 Dollars 15 p Cent ad valorem $315.60 discount for prompt payment a 4 p C t 9.92 Am t of Duty paid on the Marble } 305.68 imported in 1823 CSmH .
107To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 12 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
* The late heavy drafts to pay the freight and other charges on the Marble Bases & Capitels from Italy for the Rotunda, has reduced the funds of the Institution so that nothing remains but the Library & Apparatus fund—The Professors will now all want money in a few days, shall I borrow of that fund to supply their wants? to be replaced when the annuity of 1826 is rec d —. – As soon as...
108To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 15 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 13 th was rec d last night, from the contents of it I presume my letter of the 12 th was not sufficiently explicit on some points to be correctly understood in the way that I intended it should be, you will therefore please excuse my again troubling you on the subject—It was not my intention to claim additional compensation for any business wherein this institution itself was...
109To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 20 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of the 17 th with respect to the Post Office if established here, it will be kept at Hotel B . the nearest to public road I have the honor to be with the highest respect your CSmH .
110To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 31 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not had the last advertisement printed in hand bills or on letter sheets, if you wish it I will have a few struck off—I have several of the notices printed last summer on letter sheets, which with some slight alterations gives all the necessary information—be pleased to say if you will have some of them—If you have examined the survey of the lots for the Professors &c, be pleased to let...
111To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 26 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my return from Richmond I have seen a letter from the Postmaster General to M r Winn Postmaster of Charlottesville where in he proposes to establish a branch of Charlottesville Post Office here by deputy and names me as a suitable person for the appointment, M r Winn has offered me the appointment of deputy here which I rejected, for the following reasons. He offered me one half of the...
112To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 27 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received several letters making enquiery relative to the law professorship, in order to give correct information I should be glad to know from you the probability of that chair’s being filled, by whom and how soon, I have letters to answer on the Subject by the Sundays mail with the highest respect and consideration P. S. the Students are coming in there are several new ones We have rec...
113To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 1 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
The above statement shows the situation of Funds of the University of Virginia to the 31 st March 1826 without breaking in upon the Annuity or borrowing we can’t possibly get on with the buildings and other expences would it not be practicable to borrow $25,000 by pledging, about $3000 of the annuity to pay the interest and the gradual redemption of the Principal? By the fall if the Buildings...
114From Arthur S. Brockenbrough to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 2 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I contracted with M r Philip Sturtevant: for the carving of the Composite Capitels for the library room at $30 each amounting to the Sum of $1.200 as appears from Letter N o 1 accompanying this—from his letter of the 1 st Jan y N o 2 you will find he is not satisfied with the contract and asks more pay—I informed him I would not take the responsibility of paying him more than the contract...
115To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 12 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 7 th with the enclosed proceedings of the board of Visitors was duly rec d and agreeable to your instructions made out a copy for Doctor Dunglison. I shall endeavour to do my duty for the preservation of order and to enforce the exact punishment of all breaches of it, with firmness & fearless of the consiquences, the greatest difficulty heretofore with me was to know how to...
116To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 18 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Mess rs Dinsmore & Neilson is pressing me very hard for money they want about $4000—by refering to a statement of the Funds sent you up to the 31 st March, you will find we have but little money except the annuity—unless some arrangement has been made I do not know, how the wants of Dinsmore & Neilson are to be supplied—The expences of the Transportation of the Marble from Richmond is heavy &...
117To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 29 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I have employed V. W Southall Esqr as counsel for the University and now send you his opinion on the several subjected submitted to him, for your perusal, after which be pleased to return it that I may lay it before the Faculty at their meeting on monday evening—With respect to Mosby & Droffin, on monday next is the day for renewing their licenses, the court will no doubt refuse them ordinary...
118To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 20 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
In consequence of the drouth our well have most all given out and our pipes are so much decayed that we can’t get a supply from the Mountain without going to a considerable expence in renewing them and consequently we are put to considerable inconveniance for the want of a sufficiency of water—The well have also declined in Charlottesville——The people of Charlottesville have proposed that we...
119To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 16 June 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I should be glad to know, what I am to make Students coming at this time pay for Dormitory and University rent—whether a dedication is to be made or whether they are to pay rent as for the whole session—Some Law Students will be coming in soon and I wish to be informed on the subject before they get here, your Opinion as soon as possible is requested CSmH .
120To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 20 June 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I here with send you the Bill of James Oldham against the Rector & myself and my answer to it for your perusal and to answer such parts as you may think proper on the part of the Rector it is necessary for my answer to be filed in the Chancery court by the 10 th day of the court (25 th of the present month) therefore you will see the necessity of returning it as soon as possible CSmH .