1Petition of University of Virginia Board of Visitors to United States Congress, 30 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. The Petition of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia on behalf of those for whom they are in the office of preparing the means of instruction, as well as of others seeking it elsewhere, Respectfully representeth That the Commonwealth of Virginia has thought proper lately to...
2Enclosure: Documents Accompanying a Memorial of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer to Congress, [ca. 1814] (Jefferson Papers)
The following documents accompany the memorial of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer . THE services rendered by the late Col. Robert H. Harrison , in our revolutionary war, were of that distinguished character, to be known to the whole army, to the Congress who conducted the affairs of the revolution, and in general to the American people. In the commencement of the war, being a neighbor of...
3Enclosure: Memorial of Learned Institutions to Congress, [before 1 December 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
to the HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES . The Memorial of divers Colleges , Academies , and literary and scientific Societies within the United States humbly shows , T hat the several Institutions, who, by their respective presiding officers, have subscribed this Memorial, are deeply interested in the progress of good knowledge; and regret to find from...