5691From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Walker Gilmer, 26 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Know ye that the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, by virtue of the authority vested in them by the laws for the establishment, endowment, and government of the sd University have hereby appointed Francis Walker Gilmer, a citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, their Attorney in fact, with instructions to proceed to Europe, and to Great Britain particularly, there to select...
5692Thomas Jefferson’s Proposed List of Instruments for the classes of Nat. History & Mathematics, ca. 26 Apr. 1824, 26 … (Jefferson Papers)
Proposed list of Instruments for the classes of Nat. Philosophy & Mathematics. Gen l purposes 2. Thermometers, Mercurial, naked bulb. 1. spirit. 2. differential 1. fitted with black bulb as photometer. 1. burnished gold leaf, mounted in a cup of brass to serve as pyroscope. metallic on Brequet’s constrn if to be procured from Paris on moderate terms. 2. Hydrometers, common, both of glass, of...
5693From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Parr, 26 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
A letter addressed to you from a perfect stranger, undoubtedly requires apology. this I can only find in the character of the subject producing it a subject cherished in every literary breast. the state of Virginia, of which I am a native and resident, is engaged in the establishment of an University on a scale of such extent as may give it eminence on this side of the Atlantic . I am...
5694From Thomas Jefferson to Richard Rush, 26 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I have heretofore informed you that our legislature had undertaken the establishment of an University in Virginia, that it was placed in my neighborhood, and under the direction of a board of seven Visitors, of whom I am one, mr Madison another, and others equally worthy of confidence. we have been 4. or 5. years engaged in erecting our buildings, all of which are now ready to recieve their...
5695From Thomas Jefferson to Dugald Stewart, 26 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
It is now 35. years since I had the great pleasure of becoming acquainted with you in Paris and since we saw together Louis XVI. led in triumph by his people thro’ the streets of his capital. these years too have been like ages in the events they have engendered without seeming at all to have bettered the condn of suffering man. yet his mind has been opening and advancing, a sentiment of his...
5696To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 25 April 1824 (Adams Papers)
I take great pleasure in presenting to you the bearer of this letter, Mr Juli u s de Wallenstein, a Secretary of the legation of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia—He visits Boston & other parts of our Country for the improvement of his health, & with purposes of enlightened curiosity. Upon the most transient conversation with him, no testimonial will be needed to mark him in your estimation as...
5697From Thomas Jefferson to John C. Calhoun, 25 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved your letter of the 19 inst with the documents it covered relative to the treaty of Oct. 24. 1804. with the Cherokees for the purchase of lands . recurring to memory alone I can affirm that the treaty inclosed to me and now returned is genuine. it is well rememb d because no case of intruders ever occurred which excited more anxiety and communication with us than that of...
5698From James Madison to Henry Clay, 24 April 1824 (Madison Papers)
I have received the copy of your Speech on “American Industry” for which I pray you to accept my thanks. I find in it a full measure of the ability & eloquence so often witnessed on preceding occasions. But whilst doing this justice to the task you have performed, which I do with pleasure as well as sincerity, candor obliges me to add that I can not concur in the extent to which the pending...
5699To James Madison from George Graham, 24 April 1824 (Madison Papers)
Your Letter of the 20th Inst. has been received, & the one enclosed for Mr. Smith delivered to him. With great regard yr. obt. Sert. RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM . Letter not found.
5700To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Eppes, 23 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I should have written sooner my D r Grandfather, but being very busy, and like most busy-bodies very thoughtless, I found it extremely easy to rest contented with the continued assurances of your health recieved thro’ the letters of my cousins.—I now write in apprehension of some difficulties with the representatives of my late Father both to obtain your advice, and to learn whether you may...