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Enclosure: Alexander Garrett’s General Account for the University of Virginia, 27 November 1821

Enclosure
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Alexander Garrett’s General Account for the University of Virginia

DR. THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA , in account with ALEXANDER GARRETT , Bursar. CR.
1819— March  29,    To  disbursements p. account and
report this date,

$ 12,082
 88    1817— June 23,    By  John Winn, commissioner, Albemarle court, and Bernard Peyton, nett proceeds sale bank stock, proceeds of Glebe lands, Fredericksville parish, $ 3,104  09
September 30,    ditto        ditto 15,367  45 1819— March  26, John M. Perry, for hire negro Ishmael, 85  00
1820—April 1,    ditto        ditto 21,335  09 Decr. 13, James Leitch, on loan, 40  00
September 30,    ditto        ditto 39,736  47 John Rogers, so much received of him more than his subscription to Central College and returned him, 56  62
1821—March 31,    ditto        ditto 27,267  81 1821— Nov’r 27, Subscribers to the Central College, pr. statement marked exhibit B, 24,676  37½
November 27,    ditto        ditto 40,522  85½
Balance remaining in the Treasury this date, p. account current, page 13, 447  84 27,962  08½1
Error in addition this or acct. current,
 46
Literary Fund, on account annual appropriations of 1819, 1820 and 1821, pr. account of accountant marked exhibit A, 42,000  00
Checks on the Bank of Virginia and Farmers’ Bank of Virginia, drawn on the funds deposited to the credit of the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, and approved by Tho: Jefferson, one of the Committee, 86,798  77

$ 128,798  772


$ 156,760  85½ 3 $ 156,760  85½
   Charlottesville, 27th November, 1821.
Errors Excepted.

ALEX: GARRETT, Bursar, U. Va.

Printed in Report and Documents for 1821 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1821, containing a 29 Nov. 1821 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends , 26–7. Also enclosed in TJ to Thomas Mann Randolph, 4 Dec. 1821.

The account and report of 29 Mar. 1819 is printed above as enclosure no. 3 to University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 4 Oct. 1819. That of 30 september 1819 is enclosure no. 4 to the same document. Garrett’s account of 1820—april 1 has not been found and is not printed in Report and Documents for 1820. The account of 30 september 1820 is printed above as enclosure no. 1 to University of Virginia Board of Visitors Report to Literary Fund President and Directors, 2 Oct. 1820. That of 1821—march 31 is enclosure no. 1 above. exhibit b was not printed in Report and Documents for 1821 description begins Report and Documents respecting the University of Virginia, Richmond, 1821, containing a 29 Nov. 1821 report by the Board of Visitors and supporting documents description ends and has not been found. Garrett’s account of 27 november 1821 is enclosure no. 2 above. exhibit a is enclosure no. 5 below. page 13 apparently refers to an unlocated manuscript version of enclosure no. 2 above.

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Index Entries

  • Bank of Virginia (Richmond); and University of Virginia search
  • Central College; and sale of glebe lands search
  • Central College; subscription for search
  • Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond); and University of Virginia search
  • Garrett, Alexander; as University of Virginia bursar search
  • Ishmael (Ishmel; J. M. Perry’s slave); hired by University of Virginia search
  • Leitch, James; and University of Virginia search
  • Literary Fund; and annuity for University of Virginia search
  • Literary Fund; University of Virginia Board of Visitors reports to search
  • Perry, John M.; hires out slaves to University of Virginia search
  • Peyton, Bernard; and University of Virginia search
  • Rogers, John (of Albemarle Co.); and Central College–University of Virginia subscription search
  • slaves; work at Central College–University of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; Alexander Garrett’s account with the University of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; and Bank of Virginia search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; and Farmers’ Bank of Virginia (Richmond) search
  • Virginia, University of; Administration and Financial Affairs; funding for search
  • Virginia, University of; Board of Visitors; annual reports of search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; African Americans (free and enslaved) employed at search
  • Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; building costs search
  • Winn, John (d.1837); as Albemarle County Court commissioner search