Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 19 February 1819
To John H. Cocke
Monticello Feb. 19. 19.
Dear Sir
Successive circumstances too long to be detailed in a letter, have prevented me hitherto from proposing a meeting of the Visitors of the College. that of the Visitors of the University being postponed to the 29th of March renders our immediate meeting indispensable. I therefore propose to you to be at mr Madison’s in the forenoon of Friday next the 26th instant, of which I notify mr Watson & mr Madison. mr Cabell cannot attend. the roads being impassable for a carriage, I shall take it on horseback, dividing the journey into two days. if the weather is good I shall probably go to Colo Lindsay’s on Wednesday & to mr Madison’s the next day. if you have time for such leisurely movements I shall be happy in having your company. I salute you with friendship & respect.
Th: Jefferson
RC (ViU: TJP-Co); addressed: “General Cocke Bremo”; franked; endorsed by Cocke. PoC (DLC); on verso of reused address cover of Daniel Brent to TJ, 10 Jan. 1819; damaged at seal, with three words rewritten by TJ; endorsed by TJ.
Index Entries
- Cabell, Joseph Carrington; as member of Central College Board of Visitors search
- carriages; mentioned search
- Central College Board of Visitors; meetings of search
- Cocke, John Hartwell (1780–1866); as member of Central College Board of Visitors search
- Cocke, John Hartwell (1780–1866); letters to search
- horses; TJ rides search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Travels; to Montpellier (Madison family estate) search
- Madison, James (1751–1836); as member of Central College Board of Visitors search
- Montpellier (Montpelier; J. Madison’s Orange Co. estate); TJ visits search
- Montpellier (Montpelier; J. Madison’s Orange Co. estate); visitors to search
- roads; in Va. search
- Springfield Farm (R. Lindsay’s Albemarle Co. estate) search
- Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; meetings of search
- Virginia; roads in search
- Watson, David (1773–1830); as member of Central College Board of Visitors search