The following series of documents resulted from Jefferson’s effort to prove that the funds spent on Central College and the University of Virginia to date had been properly distributed and their disposition accurately recorded. Jefferson needed this information so that he and the rest of the Board of Visitors could be confident in approaching the Virginia General Assembly for what would become its third and final loan to complete the construction of the university. This money was specifically needed to complete the library, soon to be known as the Rotunda. The board appointed a committee, consisting of John H. Cocke as its representative and Martin Dawson as outside accountant, to audit the books of Central College and the university. The process took longer than Jefferson had anticipated, delaying until late that December his submission of the 1822 annual report to the Literary Fund president and directors. Dawson examined numerous ledgers and account books before producing the final balance sheets that officially settled the finances for both institutions up to 25 Nov. 1822 and effectively demonstrated that the expenditures were valid and the accounting correct. Jefferson’s goal was fully achieved with enactment on 5 Feb. 1823 of “An act concerning the University of Virginia, and for other purposes,” which authorized a loan of $60,000 “for the purpose of completing the buildings, and making the necessary preparations, for putting the said University into operation” (Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 2 Apr. 1821, 7 Oct. 1822; TJ to Cocke, 1 Dec. 1821; Dawson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough with List of Accounts, 16 Oct. 1822 [RC in ViU: PP]; TJ to James Pleasants, 23 Dec. 1822; Dawson to Cocke, 9 Jan. 1823 [subjoined to 25 Nov. balance sheet in document 9 and described in note there]; Joseph C. Cabell to TJ, 5 Feb. 1823; Acts of Assembly description begins Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia (cited by session; title varies over time) description ends [1822–23 sess.], 13–4 [5 Feb. 1823]; Bruce, University description begins Philip Alexander Bruce, History of the University of Virginia 1819–1919: The Lengthened Shadow of One Man, 1920–22, 5 vols. description ends , 1:302–4).