1From Thomas Jefferson to Randolph Harrison, 23 March 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Information being recieved that Aaron Burr is on his way to this place under a guard, & it being probable he will cross James river at Cartersville, we have thought it best to send a person to station himself at Cartersville in order to direct the guard to carry him at once to Richmond where he will be to be tried. I do not foresee that this person can need any aid in the discharge of his...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Randolph Harrison, 20 May 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 10th. about the years 1774. or 5. when passing a winter at Elk-hill & having leisure, I took a great deal of pains, with the assistance of Anderson Bryan as surveyor, to ascertain the lines of Elkhill with accuracy, and noted I believe every line tree then existing precisely in the plat we made. and I think there were then 2 or 3 line trees about an...
3Thomas Jefferson to Randolph Harrison, 28 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
During a long visit to this place I have had leisure to think of your house. you seemed to require 6. rooms, neither more nor less, and a good entrance or passage of communication. the inclosed is drawn on that plan. the ground plat is in detail, and exact; the elevation is merely a sketch to give a general idea. the workman, if he is any thing of an Architect will be able to draw the...
4Thomas Jefferson’s Circular to Prospective Donors to Central College, 4 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
You have probably seen mentioned in the public papers that it is in contemplation to establish near Charlottesville a seminary of learning which shall embrace all the sciences deemed materially useful in the present age. towards this object the legislature has passed an act giving us a constitution nearly of our own choice, under the name of the Central College , making the Governor patron of...
5Thomas Jefferson to Randolph Harrison, 11 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your zeal for the establishment of a seminary of learning here procured the most liberal subscription from your county of any reci e ved except that in which the seminary is to be placed. the adoption of it for the University , requiring much greater preparation, has occasioned considerable delay of it’s opening, which is not to take plac e until April next this year being to be employed in...