631Thomas Jefferson to Rowland Reynolds, 29 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
In my letter of the 7 th inst. in answer to yours of July 21. I informed you that the visitors of the University had decided to apply all the funds of the institution for this and the ensuing year in providing accomodations for professors & students and that the appointment of professors would therefore be postponed. this respected the university . but in order to prepare subjects to enter the...
632Thomas Jefferson to Gerard E. Stack, 29 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
A severe spell of rheumatism has rendered me unable to answer letters with punctuality: this has been the less important as to your’s of the 13 th because the question it proposes of better encouragement is one to which I am not competent to answer. this depends on the visitors who will meet in the beginning of October. they have fixed the tuition fees for the University at 30.D. and whether...
633Thomas Jefferson to John Binns, 31 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of July 27. f inds me at an occasional b u t distant residence from Monticel l o . the delays of the cross post between the two places, altho’ great, will scarcely account for my not recieving it till yesterday. to avoid burthening the mail nothing but letters are forwarded to me here. books, pamphlets & papers of any volume await me there always. hence it is that I recieve your...
634Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 31 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 18 th finds me at an occasional but very distant residence from Monticello . I had on the 9 th recieved from mr Dodge a letter of May 26. confirming the gazette accounts of the death of mr Cathalan , and covering documents of satisfactory explanation of the causes and circumstances of his failure. I lost no time in transmitting these documents
635Thomas Jefferson to Julius B. Dandridge, 31 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 19 th finds me at an occasional, but very distant residence from Monticello , and the delays of the cross post between the two places, have prevented my recieving it till yesterday evening. it was the same cause which delayed my reciept from mr Nicholas of his two notes for renewal which I endorsed and forwarded the next day after their reciept by the Lynchburg mail to...
636Thomas Jefferson to Pascal Etienne Meinadier, 31 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 14 th finds me at an occasional but distant residence from Monticello , so that it did not come to hand till yesterday. the circumstances of my visit to Cette & Agde which you recall to my mind, and the kind attentions recieved there from yourself and father, have left their just impression on my mind, and an equally just desire to prove it by any services I could render...
637Nathaniel F. Moore to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing, as I do, your attachment to the cause of letters in general, and the particular interest you feel in whatever is connected with their advancement here in our own country, I do not doubt you will receive with indulgence even the little pamphlet of which I take the liberty to enclose a copy—Its subject is one, which interests so few persons in this country, that if I would have readers...
638Benjamin Silliman to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour to inform you that, agreeably to the within act you have been named one of the original members of the American Geological Society & your acceptance will be deemed an honour to the Institution RC ( MHi ); on a sheet folded to form four pages, with letter on p. 1, p. 2 blank, enclosure on p. 3, and address on p. 4; addressed: “Hon. Thomas Jefferson Monticello Virginia ”;...
639Thomas Jefferson’s Instructions for Repair of Skylight and Roof at Poplar Forest, [August 1819?] (Jefferson Papers)
for the flat roof over the Hall at Poplar Forest . let the sky-light run from East to West. 16. panes long. and only the length of 2. panes wide. groove the upper end of the pane ½ I. into the ridge bar and let the lower end lap 1.I. on the lower bar the ridge-bar of the sash (if in one piece) must be 2.I. sq. but if in 2. pieces they must be 1.I. by 3.I. the lower bar or rail of the sash 4.I....