1Thomas Jefferson to Reuben B. Hicks, 19 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 10 th I am to state that the buildings necessary for opening the University will all be compl e at by April next. for their completion the legislature authorised the Literary fund to lend 120,000 D. on the pledge of the annuity of 15,000.D. granted to the University . it would require many years of this annuity to reimburse the debt, until which the institution...