1From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Swift, 21 June 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly received your favor of the 11 th with the catalogue it covered, and which I now return. as soon as funds for the procuring a library for the University were put into the hands of the Visitors we took up the subject and concluded that having formed a catalogue of what was requisite for us, we would employ an agent to make the purchases. we accordingly engaged mr Hilliard, of the...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Swift, 22 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Feb. 15. was not answered because we were in daily expectation of the vote of a donation, by our legislature, to enable us to purchase books and apparatus for our University. the vote was afterwards past but rested on a contingency, the failure of which was not made known to me until since the reciept of your favor of the 8 th inst. inclosing a catalogue of one of the libraries...