11From Thomas Jefferson to George Tucker, 9 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Feb. 23. was laid before the Board of Visitors of the University at their meeting on the 4 th inst. and they immediately and unanimously appointed you Professor of the school of Moral philosophy in which are to be taught mental science generally, including Ideology, general grammar, logic and Ethics. I was in hopes, from your letter, that you would have taken this in your return...
12James Madison to George Tucker, 25 July 1829 (Madison Papers)
I learn from Dr. Dunglison, that you left the University, before a letter I wrote a few days ago could have reached you. It inclosed a copy of the original draft of the present Constitution of Virga. which I supposed might not improperly find a place in the Museum. Subjected to the copy was a short note relating to the authorship of the draft. It occurs on reflection yt. it may be as well not...
13From Thomas Jefferson to George Tucker, 7 November 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved the proposition of the Faculty on the removal of Maj r Spotswood’s family into the Pavilion N o 1. I have no authority to say to it either yea or nay. yet having no reserve with the Professors I will frankly suggest what occurs to me on the subject for their consideration. from the enactments N o 23. 29. 54. 55. 56. it is evident that to guard against a promiscuous and...
14James Madison to George Tucker, 22 June 1836 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of June 17th. with the paper enclosed in it. Apart from the value put on such a mark of respect from you in a dedication of your "Life of Mr. Jefferson" to me, I could only be governed in accepting it by my confidence in your capacity to do justice to a character so interesting to his country and to the world; and I may be permitted to add with whose principles of...
15From Thomas Jefferson to George Tucker, 11 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you a M.S. copy of the new enactments passed by the Visitors of the University at their late session, and also a printed copy of those formerly past now made conformable, by corrections with the pen, withe the amendments enacted at the same session, and request that by handing them from the one to the other of the Professors they may make them known by reading them successively to the...
16James Madison to George Tucker, 17 October 1831 (Madison Papers)
I understand that the correspondence between Judge Pendleton & Richard H. Lee has been deposited by the grandson of the latter in the University of Virga. and I find among the letters of the former to me, one in wch. he incloses a copy of remarks on the original Judicial bill, then depending in Congs. which had been sent to him by R. H. Lee then a member of the Senate, with a request of his...