Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 22 January 1824
To Joseph C. Cabell
Monticello Jan. 22. 24.
Dear Sir
After sending off my letter of the 19th it occurred to me that I should have sent also the distribution of the sciences as I should propose them on the scale of 8. Professors. the inclosed is copied from the 1st page of the Code of regulations which I have been preparing for the consideration of the Visitors. you will see by that that the Professors are already overcharged,1 and consequently that if further2 reduced to 7. it must be by lopping off some branch entirely:3 that of languages4 can be best omitted. but a very injurious omission it will be; because a main object of that is to introduce among the academies & private schools of the state a reformed style of instruction in those languages.5 Your’s affectionately
Th: Jefferson
RC (ViU: TJP); addressed: “Joseph C. Cabell esquire of the Senate of Virginia now in Richmond”; franked; postmarked; endorsed by Cabell. Dft (DLC); on verso of reused address cover of Ann C. Morris to TJ, 6 Mar. 1823; endorsed by TJ.
1. Reworked in Dft from “charged.”
2. Word interlined in Dft.
3. Word interlined in Dft.
4. Dft: “Antt languages.”
5. Reworked in Dft from “instruction in that branch.”
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