1From James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, [ca. 23 January 1827] (Madison Papers)
It has been decided by the Visitors of the Univy. that Mr. Gray & Mr Chapman whose hotels were discontinued, may, if it be their option resume the charge thereof, with a special proviso that this arrangement is subject to the further consideration of the Board at its meeting in July next; and that in the mean time, they are to be subject to the enactments relating to Hotel Keepers. RC ( ViU :...
2From James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 23 August 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 21st. and return the paper enclosed in it. As the packages are for the University, your proctorship will I presume, authorize your agency in the case. I have recd. no Invoice yet of the Articles imported. Should it come to my hands, it shall be immediately sent to you; and if arriving at the University under address to the Rector, I request you to break the seal...
3From James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 29 October 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 25th. As the Report of the Visitors to the General Assembly will take its date from the last Session of the Board, the Accounts of the Proctor must of course be closed accordingly: and if ready by the 15th. of November for the use of the Rector will be in time for the Meeting of the Assembly on the first Monday in December, when the Report is to be made to it. I...
4From James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 24 November 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 19th. inst: For an answer, I refer to the communication you will receive from Genl. Cocke, which will make known our views on the subject of it. With friendly respects RC ( ViU : Special Collections, Madison Papers); draft ( DLC ). RC addressed and franked to Brockenbrough at the University of Virginia; docketed by Brockenbrough. Letter not found.
5From James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 2 December 1827 (Madison Papers)
Understanding that notice has been given to all the Hotel-Keepers except Mr. Minor that their appointments are to cease at the end of the present year, I wish the effect of it to be limited to Mr. Chapman & Mr. Richeson & Mr. Gray, it being the sense of the Executive Committee, that Mr. Spotswood and Mr. Conway should retain their Hotels; and that in case Mr. John Carter should be willing to...
6From James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 10 February 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 7th. on the subject of the Books Maps &c assigned to the Uny by a late act of the Genl. Assembly. It is not easy to conform exactly to the terms of the Act. Presuming on one hand, that the Ex. will not understand it to be their duty to forward the articles to the Library, and on the other that they will not refuse to spare him the trouble of receiving them in...
7James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 21 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 17th. communicating your obliging views for the accomodation of the Visitors at their meeting next month. As there will be two vacant Pavillions, it may be as well that both be used on the occasion, as more convenient, especially for a full board as may be expected. But I willingly leave the whole arrangement to your own discretion, with such suggestions as may be...
8James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 31 July 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. a letter from Dr. Patterson, saying that he accepts the professorship of Nat: Philos: on the supposition that the Pavillion occupied by Mr. Long will be assigned him. This he considers as a material point, and what he understood when at the University, was to be the arrangement, in the event of his becoming a Member of the Faculty. I shall not answer his letter [well] before...
9James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 21 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
Be so good as to send me for the Report becoming due to the Legislature the annual accounts of the Proctor. With friendly respects Draft (DLC) .
10James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd yrs. of 22. If Majr Spotsd. persists in his passion of resigning, & the right to object to it shd. be waived the first object will be to appt. a Successor; by the Procr. with the approvl. of Ex. Come. This failing, the mode of providg. for this case not beg. prescribed by the enacts., must be assumed it may be in the recess of ye. Board of Visitors, by the Exve. Come. on their...
11James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 13 April 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 10th. inst. As you can judge better probably than I can of the rule sugested by equity for adjusting the effect of the late suspension at the University, between the Students & the Hotel Keepers, I can only advise that you continue to exercise your own judgment, keeping in your hands as far as may be admissible, the means of accommodating a final arrangemt to the...
12James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 4 May 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your two letters of Apl. 29 & 30; and return the paper inclosed in the latter, which seems very proper for the publication intended. The subjects suggested in the paper inclosed in the other, some of them particularly, are important, and will doubtless receive the due attention of the Visitors. The change proposed in the Dormitories, tho’ an improvement with reference to the...
13James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 2 July 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd yours of June 29[h]; and am much obligd by your considerate provision of quarters for me & Mrs. M. during the approaching Sessions of the Bd. of Visitors. Should my health suddenly improve so far as to enable me to attend, I shall avail myself of the arrangement you have made. But such is at present my feeble state, with some remains of indisposition, that I count on the...
14James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 17 March 1830 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 12th. but none yet from Mr. Randolph Being not a judge of stonework or the proper charge for it, I shall the more readily acquiesce in the judgt. of my better informed Colleagues, or in that of either if both should not in time be heard from. With friendly respects Draft (DLC) .
15James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 20 October 1830 (Madison Papers)
This [will] be handed to you by [James] To[dd from] Philada. who intends to enter himself a Student of the University. Being young & a perfect stranger, he will need all the kindness, in getting him properly settled which I well know yr. readiness to bestow in such cases. It is particularly desirable that he shd have in his dormitory an advantageous associate. He proposes to attend the Schools...