1Enclosure: Constantine S. Rafinesque to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 16 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to offer myself as a Candidate for the Professorship of Natural History (in all its branches, such as Botany, Zoology, Mineralogy & Geology:) in your University , whenever such an appointment shall be made. C. S. Rafinesque { Professor of Botany & Natural history in the Transylvania University &c { Member of the Royal Institute of Naples , the