4281Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 11 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
In my last I informed you that we then contemplated the plan of asking the Legislature to give the University the surplus revenue of the Literary Fund to the amount of $7200, which would be equivalent to the release of the debt. M r Johnson & myself had thought by this expedient we should get clear of the commitment of our friends in the House of Delegates against any scheme which would go to...
4282Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 11 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours covering fifty three $53 Dollars in District Bank Notes, was rec d this morning, & all but the $3 note disposed of at par, this I will also endeavour to get off without loss, mean time, you have credit in ℀ for the whole sum. The Milton Boats have all been down within a few days, & now on their return, by the first however, will send you the Ton of Plaister written for, & the 4 Casks...
4283Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I by no means wish to trespass upon your time even for five minutes; but if there is any subject in which you may feel interested enough to see in the picture of the United States , in relation to your quarter, depend upon it I shall feel great happiness in its insertion.— RC ( DLC ); addressed: “ Thomas Jefferson Esq r Monticello Virginia ”; franked; postmarked Philadelphia , 14 Feb.;...
4284Enclosure: Joseph Delaplaine’s Prospectus for an American Travel Guide, [by 9 February 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
H. C. CAREY & I. LEA intend to publish, A COMPLETE PICTURE of the UNITED STATES. THIS work is designed to comprehend the various subjects of population, (with a brief view of manners and customs,) soil, climate, lakes, bays, rivers, canals, and inland navigation generally. Mountains, bridges, roads, and antiquities.—Natural and civil history, as far as the plan will permit;—with an account of...
4285Thomas Jefferson to David Higginbotham, 12 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I should have sooner answered your favor of the 17 th ul t but that I wished to direct one of my daily rides to Morven in order to give some explanations verbally on the subject of my debt to you in which you have hitherto indulged my necessities. but the roads and weather have hitherto prevented it. the sum however of them would have been that the crop of the ensuing year 23. will enable me,...
4286Thomas Jefferson to Anthony Finley, 13 February [1822] (Jefferson Papers)
Th:J. returns his thanks to mr Finlay and thro’ him to the managers of the Apprentices Library for the valuable little book he has been so kind as to send him. he wonders how so good excellent a production should have been so little known . it is certainly calculated to do much moral good, & their the publicn of it will probably be the saving of many young men. with his thanks he begs leave to...
4287Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 13 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
linen and any other clothing which the bearer Burwell may chus e RC ( Mrs. J. Sharshall Grasty, Charlottesville, 1947 ; photocopy in ViU: TJP ); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; edge trimmed; at foot of text: “ M r Lietch .” Not recorded in SJL . Leitch ’s records show that on this day TJ purchased by order “7 yds 4/4 Domestic” at “2/–” per yard, for a total of $2.34 (...
4288Thomas Jefferson to John Pickering, 13 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for your essay proposing an uniform orthography for the Indian languages. it appears to me judiciously combined for effect and practice. it would be fortunate could it become the commencement of an uniform orthography for the world. but I suppose we are to despair of seeing such a sacrifice by any one generation for the good of all succeeding ones. such an orthography would...
4289Thomas Mann Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 13 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
William L. Pogue Esq r of the state of Kentucky having expressed a desire to wait upon you, as he passes through your neighbourhood on his way home, I have given him this to inform you who he is; being alltogether a stranger among us. He brought me a letter from General Robert Pogue of Kentucky introducing him as his Son, whom he had sent in upon his private business, which required an...
4290Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you the history of a College rebellion (an annual case here) which p may be put by among the memoires pour servir à l’histoire du gouvernement academique ; facts that furnish some useful conclusions. You are to consider as true in addition the following facts: viz That the Professors have never been absent from a single recitation, so far as I know, since I have been at this College ....