1From Thomas Jefferson to Louis Hue Girardin, 9 November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Oct. 27. came to hand while G l La Fayette is with us. I took an early occn to inform him of your wish to write memoirs of him , and my opn that he would be satisfied with what you would do. he expressed a disposn entirely favble but did not give any positive answer, he will be at Baltimore in the course of this month when you will have an oppty of conversing with him, or if not...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Louis Hue Girardin, 19 December 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 6 th came but lately to hand. I cheerfully comply with the request it conveyed of writing to the President on the subject of the Librarian’s office. I accordingly inclose a letter to him, stating truths to which I bear witness ever with pleasure; & I shall be the happier if the position should befriend the publication of the rest of your history. Our University is going on...
3Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 17 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 12. is duly recieved, covering the letter of mr Reynolds and some printed sheets containing solutions of Mathematical questions by him. these last I re-inclose presuming he would wish to keep possession of them. on the subject of Professors we are unable to say a word. the University has contracted a great debt, by permission of the legislature , for the repayment of which...
4Enclosure: Owen Reynolds to Louis H. Girardin, 10 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Having once mentioned to me, that that, you thought, there would be an eligible situation open shortly for a mathematicians mathematician , in the new university of Virginia .—As, I have devoted the greater part of my time to the study of those abstruse and difficult sciences, the Mathematicks, and have been employed in teaching them in Ireland , for many years, and also, since my arrival in...
5Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 8 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 1 st is recieved and I am happy to learn that you are settled so much to your satisfaction, and I hope that your institution will feel the good effects of your superintendance. I know of no collection of papers relative to our University in 8 vo as you describe. some years ago there was a small pamphlet of some early projects on that subject. a few of these only were...
6Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Catalogue of the Best Classical Editions, [ca. 8 April 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
Herodotus . Gr. Lat. Schweighauseri . 6. v. 8 vo Argentorati et Parisiis 1816. Thucydides Wasse et Dukeri . 6. v. 8 vo Biponti 1788.
7Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 26 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 16 th with the 2. vols of Botta are safely recieved, and I am much pleased to learn that you still contemplate the completion of your history of Virginia . the sale of the 1 st vol. was undoubtedly damped by the wretched style of paper and print in which it was published: and I cannot but believe that, with more attention to this, the entire work compleated would ultimately...
8Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 8 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I am uncertain whether you know that you have been anticipated in the translation of Botta . the first information I had of it was the reciept of the 1 st vol. three days ago from the translater mr Geo. A. Otis . it is to be in 3. v. 8 vo and the 2 d & 3 d are promised as fast as they can be printed. should you consider this as a release from that labor, I should hope you would give the time...
9Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 22 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved, on my return from Bedford your favor of the 5 th on the subject of a bookstore proposed by a friend of yours to be established at Charlottesville . I have been applied to by several booksellers, and have declined giving an opinion on the subject to any, because it would be matter of regret to have contributed to encorage an experiment, were it to prove unsuccesful. my own intention...
10Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 22 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 6. came safely to hand with the volume containing the Discourse of Deschamps Descamps on the utilities of drawing which I have read with great pleasure, and now return. I found in the same vol. one or two other pieces of real merit: particularly the letter of Guingené to the frothy declaimer Chateaubriand , which is one of the finest pieces of irony and of polite persifflage...