1From Thomas Hewitt Key to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 6 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Understanding from D r Dunglison at the meeting of the Faculty yesterday, that, in case of our persisting in our resolution to resign, it was your intention to refuse to accept such resignation, and to delcare that we should thereby subject ourselves to certain pecuniary penalties; we request of you an explanation of this statement of D r Dunglison’s (fully believing that he must have...
2From Thomas Hewitt Key to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 6 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned Professors of the University of Virginia hereby tender to you the resignation of their respective chairs. T. H. Key George Long. ViU .
3From Thomas Hewitt Key to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 4 October 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
In consequence of transactions in this University which it is unnecessary to recapitulate, strengthened by every moment’s experience since those events, it is not consistent either with our feelings of self respect, or our notions of happiness, to remain any longer in our present situations. After much and careful deliberation, with great unwillingness to come to such a determination, and a...