Enclosure: Alexander Garrett’s Report on Central College Finances, 29 March 1819, enclosure no. 2 in University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 October 1819
Enclosure
Alexander Garrett’s Report on Central College Finances
A Statement of donations by individuals patroniseing the Central College [ex]hibiting the amount subscribed the several Instalments of such subscriptions what part thereof hath been paid and what part hath not been paid on the [2]9th day of March 1819 prepared in Obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of this date.
Total Sum Subscribed by Individuals1 |
Instalment due 1st April 1818 |
Ins[talm]ent due [1st] April 1819 |
Installment due 1st April 1820 |
Installment due 1t April 1821 |
Installment due 1st April 1822 |
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Paid | Not paid | [Pai]d | Not paid | Paid | not paid | Paid | Not paid | Paid | Not paid | |||||||||||||||
$ | cts | $ | cs | $ | cs | $ | cs | $ | cs | $ | cs | $ | cs | $ | cs | $ | cts | $ | cs | $ | cs | |||
$44325 | 33 | 8270 | 75 | 3068 | 08 | 30[0] | 10716 | 50 | 10916 | 50 | 10816 | 50 | 100 | |||||||||||
1817 | June 23d Cash received of John Winn on account Sale Glebe lands in Albemarle | 1066. | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cash received from Sale 17 shares of stock of the Bank of Virginia with the dividends2 thereon per Stat: Bernard Peyton this also on account sale of Glebe lands in Albemarle County | 2037 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A State Certificate No 32 lately renewed by act Assembly for benefit Central College not yet disposed of but said to be worth | 197 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 per cent Interest thereon from the [1] J[anuary] 1817 this also being part of Sale Glebe lands in Albemarle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
$47.627 | 39 | $8270 | 75 | $3068 | 08 | $30[0] | $10716 | 50 | $10916 | 50 | $10816 | 50 | $100 |
A Statement of Monies received and paid away by the Treasurer of the Central College prepared in obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of the 29th day of March 1819.
This Sum hath been received | from the Glebe lands in Albemarle County | $3104 | 09 | ||
from the Subscribers to the Central College on account Installments 1818 & 1819 | 8570 | 75 | |||
from John M Perry for the hire of a Negroe man | 85 | 00 | |||
from the State of Virginia in part annual [d]onation | 1500 | 00 | |||
$13259. | 84 | ||||
This Sum hath been paid | To John M Perry for land 43¾ and 153 Acres | $1421 | 25 | ||
To John M Perry for carpenters and house Joiners w[or]k on Pavilion No 4 and adjacent Dormitories | 2210 | 00 | |||
To Hugh Chisholm for brick work (Common br[ic]k) to Pavilion No 4 | 1602 | 75 | |||
To David Knight for Stock brick work to Pavilion No 4 | 170 | 50 | |||
To Matthew Brown for Common and stock brickwork to Pavilion No 2 and Dormitories adjacent to Pavilion No 4 | 3000 | 00 | |||
To James Dinsmore for Carpenters and house join[er]s work to Pavillion No 2 | 700 | 00 | |||
To Hire Negroes for the year 1818 | 618 | 50 | |||
To Walker Munday for Salary as overseer at the Central College the year 1818 | 140 | 00 | |||
For Stock Provisions, Carts &c the year 1818 & 1819 pe[r] account and exhibit A | 2219 | 88 | |||
Remaining in the Treasury this 29th day of March 1819 | 1176 | 96 | |||
$13259. | 84 |
A Statement of Funds requisite for the year 1819 to meet debts Contracted by the Central College as far as the same have been assertained prepared in Obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of the 29th day of March 1819.
$ | Cents | |||||
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for 48¾ acres Land purchased of him at $40 per acre the one half of which became due by Contract on the 1t day of March 1819 the ballance will be due on the 25h day of December 1819 | 1,956 | 00 | ||||
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for the value of Improvements on the 48¾ acres Land to be assertained by the valuation of three disinterested Judges the one half of which due the 1st March 1819 the remaining half 25th December 1819 this valuation is not yet made | ||||||
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for Carpenters and house joiners work on Pavilion No 4 and the adjacent dormitories after deducting $2210 already paid him as aforesaid This account is unsettled | ||||||
This sum to meet the payment to Matthew Brown for common and stock brick work to Pavilion No 2 and dormitories adjacent Pavilion No 4 after deducting $3.000 already paid him | 3.000 | 00 | ||||
This sum to meet the payment to James Dinsmore for Carpenters and housejoiners work on Pav: No 2 after deducting $700 already paid him unsettled account | ||||||
This Sum to meet the payment to John M Perry for brick work on chimney to Pavillion No 4 | unsettled account | |||||
This Sum to meet the payment to James Leitch for glass purchased | unsettled account | |||||
This Sum to meet the payment hire of Negroes for 1819 due 25th December 1819 | 1079 | 00 | ||||
This Sum to meet the payment to Bramham & Jones | their account settled | 50 | 16 | |||
This sum to meet the payment to Kelly & Norris | their account rendered | 30 | 81 | |||
This sum to meet the payment to John Winn & Co | their account rendered | 171 | 33 | |||
This Sum to meet the payment to James Leitch | his account rendered | 249 | 73 | |||
This sum to meet the payment to Overseer his salary for the year 1819 | 100 | 00 | ||||
This Sum to meet the payment to Jesse Lewis for Blacksmiths work 1818 | account settled | 39 | 28 | |||
This sum to meet the payment to Reuben Maury | his account rendered | 41 | 00 | |||
This sum to meet the payment to The Proctor for 12 Months services | ||||||
This sum to meet the payment to Mrs Garner for the rent of hous[es] &c | 150 | 00 | ||||
A Statement of Funds in the Treasury and those due for the year 1819 | ||||||
$ | cts | |||||
This Ballance in the Treasury on the 29th March 1819 | 1 176 | 96 | ||||
This sum due from the Litterary3 fund for the year 1819 part of the Annual donation by the Commonwealth of Virginia | 13.500 | 00 | ||||
This ballance due from subscribers to the Central College on account the Installments due 1t April 1818 | $3,013. 8 | 13.729 | 58 | |||
This ballance due from ditto on account the Installments due 1t April 1819 | 10,716.50 | |||||
This sum due from the Litterary fund for the year 1820 the annual donation by the Commonwealth of Virginia | 15.000 | 00 | ||||
This sum due from Subscribers to the Central College on account the Installments due 1st April 1820 | 10.916 | 50 | ||||
$54.323 | 04 Cents |
In Obedience to a resolution of the board of Visitors of the University of Virginia of this date requireing of the Bursar, “To make a Statement of the funds in Money and credits which appertain[e]d to the Central College and were Conveyed to the president and directors of the Litterary fund specifying how much of the said monies have been received, how much have been paid away to whom, and for what purposes, what debts, to whom and for what purposes are due on settled accounts, to whom and for what purposes, debts are due on unsettled accounts, what part of the annual donation by the Commonwealth has been received, and how much thereof has been paid away to whom, and for what purposes.” The undersigned hath prepared and respectfully submits the foregoing Statements and report this 29th day of March 1819.
ALEXANDER GARRETT
MS (Vi: RG 79, House of Delegates, Speaker, Executive Communications); in Garrett’s hand; chipped at crease, with missing text supplied from printed text; docketed by Thomas Mann Randolph: “Bursars statement of Funds A.” Printed in TJ to James P. Preston, 1 Dec. 1819.
, 9–12. Also enclosed in1. An empty column to right of this one in MS, lacking in , is editorially omitted.
2. Manuscript: “dividens.”
3. Manuscript: “Littary.”
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