31Meeting Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 7 Oct. 1822, 7 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia at the said University on Monday the 7 th of Oct 1822. Present Thomas Jefferson Rector, James Breckenridge, Joseph C. Cabell, John H. Cocke and James Madison. Resolved that the Proctor be instructed to enter into conferences with such skilful and responsible undertakers as he would approve, for the building of the Library, on the plan...
32From University of Virginia Board of Visitors to Literary Fund Board, 7 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The following Report was then agreed to To the President and Directors of the Literary fund. In obedience to the act of the General assembly of Virginia, requiring that the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia should make report anually to the President and Directors of the Literary fund [to be laid before the legislature at their next succeeding sesson) embracing a full account...
33From Thomas Jefferson to James Cutbush, 9 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has recieved from D r Cutbush the communication of the prospectus of his system of Pyrotechny. writing is become so slow and painful to him, that he can only make his acknolegements for this mark of attention, express his wishes for it’s success, and assure D r Cutbush of his great esteem and respect. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
34From Thomas Jefferson to James Dana, 9 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to D r Dana for his two pamphlets on the disease of cattle in a particular district and on the new invention of a waterburner. age having long withdrawn him from the pursuits of agriculture, he cannot better dispose of the former than by presenting it to a very able agricultural society of this section of country, whereof mr Madison is President. with his...
35Thomas Jefferson, Order in Case of TJ vs. John Hudson & Charles Hudson, 9 Oct. 1822, 9 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Plt } upon a writ of Right against John Hudson & Charles Hudson Deft ns & Christopher Hudson Plt } upon a writ of Right against John Hudson & Charles Hudson Deft ns By Consent of the parties by their attornies, leave is given either party to examine and take the affidavits of Benjamin Lacy and Ann Copeland which affidavits so taken is to be read in chief on the trial of these...
36From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 9 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
In mine of the 7 th I mentioned that the sheriffs of Albemarle and Bedford would soon be on us for our taxes. the former at court on the same day presented my bill for 130.90 for which I shall be obliged to draw on you. I am in hopes he may not go down till late in the month. John Wood told me but one of his boats got down and I do not know whether that was for Jefferson or myself. not a drop...
37From Thomas Jefferson to Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, 9 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Sep. 24. is recieved, and I thank you for the seeds it covered. too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity. the pamphlets therein mentioned will probably come by subsequent mails, tho’ those mentioned in your letter of Feb. 2. did not come. the preference given to letters sometimes occasion the Postmasters to omit printed papers. you mention...
38To Thomas Jefferson from Chiles Terrell, 9 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your favour of the 30 th Ult o , in reply to my communication, on the difference, between lines due East and West, and parallels of Latitude, commencing from the same point. The apprehension of intruding upon your quiet & Retirement, made me hesitate, in sending you the demonstration, which I forwarded; and the same apprehension, confirmed, by the tenor of a part of your letter,...
39From Thomas Jefferson to Johann Friedrich Daniel Lobstein, 10 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has recieved from Doct r Lobstein his letter of Sep. 6. on the subject of his topography of Philadelphia, and of some other works in German. of these last however he cannot avail himself, not understanding the German language. writing is become so slow and painful to him, that he can only make his acknolegement for this mark of attention, express his wishes for their success and...
40To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard Peyton, 10 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to your request hand herewith statement: your a/c to 10 th Inst:—which I have no doubt will be found correct— Flour $6 @ 6⅛ Wheat 120¢ MHi .
41To Thomas Jefferson from John Quincy Adams, 11 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty of transmitting to you a pamphlet which I have felt a necessity of giving to the public. So far as it involves a mere personal controversy I should not have thought it worthy of being presented to you. Thus much of it I would request of you the favour to overlook. Nor after the recent manifestation of the public sentiment on this subject would this collection of...
42From Thomas Jefferson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 11 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I transcribe for your information a resolution of the Visitors of the University entered into at their late meeting, to which they recommend your early attention. also a copy of an advertisement to be published in the Enquirer and Central gazette. accept the assurance of my friendship and respect. ViU .
43Thomas Jefferson: Advertisement for the Enquirer and Central Gazette, ca. 11 Oct. 1822, 11 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Advertisement for the Enquirer and Central gazette. University of Virginia. The subscribers to this institution (commenced under the name of the Central college, but called afterwards the University of Virginia, with the approbation of a Majority) are informed that in the course of the ensuing month of November they will be applied to by a Collector for the arrears of their subscriptions....
44To Thomas Jefferson from James Monroe, 11 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
It would be very gratifying to M rs Monroe & myself, to dine with you & your family tomorrow, were we not under an engag’ment to pass the day with my brother, who is in a very critical state. Col: Bankhead & M r Taliaferro left this, yesterday. Such are the calls on me at washington, that I shall be compelled to set out on my return back, on sunday, if it shall be possible for me to arrange my...
45To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Mann Randolph, 11 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
In consequence of the death of the Naval store keeper at the Navy yard of Gosport the situation (a very lucrative one) had become vacant My wife’s brother M r Beverly Browne, (who has for several Years held a situation in the Navy, & has always stood high in the estimation of his Commanders, & for whose steadiness, & integrity, I will vouch for with my life) is desirous of obtaining it, but I...
46From Thomas Jefferson to William Gough, 12 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
My business here has rendered it impossible for me to visit Poplar Forest as yet; in the mean time my taxes are becoming due in Bedford, and not knowing their amount, to prevent difficulty I inclose an order on Col o Bernard Peyton of Richmond in favor of the Sheriff of Bedford, naming one hundred Dollars but leaving a blank after the hundred for you to fill up with the additional odd dollars...
47To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 15 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I have long entertained scruples about writing this letter, upon a subject of some delicacy. But old age has over come at last. You remember the four Ships, ordered by Congress to be built, and the four Captains appointed by Washington—Talbot & Truxton & Barry & ca to carry an Ambassador to Algiers and protect our Commerce in the Mediterranean. I have always imputed this measure to you: for...
48From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Waterhouse, 15 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I am much indebted to the rainy morning at Newport for your acceptable letter of Sep. 14. it gives me information of the state of religion in Boston and Cambridge of which I had not a just idea. I could not have concieved that a Congregationalist, after the pollution of his pulpit by the prayers of an Unitarian, would have again officiated in it, without lustrations, purifications & exorcisms...
49To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Appleton, 17 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
From the 1307 D rs – 75. cts the proceeds of your remittance through Samuel Williams of London, by your letter of the 12 th of June, I have paid to mad me Pini of Pisa, four hundred & forty four-dollars, agreeably to th eir receipt herein inclos’d.—In compliance with your request, I spoke to them on the Subject; of leaving the principal in your hands, until it would be more convenient for you...
50To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Appleton, 17 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 11 th of June, reach’d me on the 4 th of Sept r at the Same time I reciev’d from Samuel Williams of London, an exchange on this place, on account of the capitels, and for yourself, which produc’d here, in Spanish dollars, One thousand three hundred & Seven & 75 cts of which, 444. are carried to the credit of your private account, and the balance to the credit of the...
51To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, 17 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed letter was received this morning from Messrs. Dodge & Oxnard of Marseilles, by the Brig B a d. I shall with great pleasure take charge of the articles & will ship them to your agent in Richmond, to whom the former were sent, by the first vessel that leaves here. As soon as the freight bill has been presented & the amount of duties ascertaind I will forward the amount. DLC : Papers...
52To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard Peyton, 17 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last respects, have for’d by B. Harlow’s Boat to Milton; your 12 x 12 Box Window Glass, & a Hill side Plough, rec d from Fdksburg, for you, some days ago— Your dfts, to the amount of $1250, have been presented & paid since my last— The only Boat load of Flour yet rec d from Shadwell Mills this season, was for Th: J. Randolph; (64 Blls:) the one for 50 Blls, for you, is not yet to...
53To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Cooper, 18 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I spent the three months of vacation at this College, in an excursion to various parts of the State of Pennsylvania, chiefly for the purpose of attending to some land concerns in which I am interested. I write to you now, for the purpose of giving you some idea of the progress of fanatacism, which I could not have figured to myself if I had not had the advantage of extensive personal...
54To Thomas Jefferson from N. Herbemont, 18 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of sending you a small tract which I have just published. Its object is to induce the increase of the white population in the southern state; but particularly in S. Carolina. The means proposed are the cultivation of the Olive, Grapevine, Sheep & Silk worms. I should not have troubled you with it, but for this, that I know this subject far from indifferent to you, & that any...
55To Thomas Jefferson from George Runnels, 18 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Accompanying this you will find a letter from my Father—in which I am highly . I should be happy to know of its safe arrival, & pray you so far to condescend as to write me a few lines on the of it— please address—G Runnels—at Mr Reg’s—Bloomingdale Road—NYork MHi .
56From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 19 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I have waited for a frost to announce to me your return to winter quarters; and altho’ we have as yet had none here, I presume they must have reached you, in their advance towards us, by this time, and that I may now acknolege your letter written on your departure for Canada. altho’ that trip disappointed us of the expected visit to your native state, yet I hold on to the promise, as a thing...
57From Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last which was of the 9 th yours of the 7 th and 10 th have been recieved. the things sent by Wood’s boats are arrived at Milton. on learning the fate of my note I settled otherwise the balance due to Bacon and for which I had not yet drawn on you. but I was obliged to draw on you, as mentioned in mine of the 9 th in favor of the sheriffs of Albemarle & Bedford for my taxes. in the...
58From Thomas Jefferson to James Rawlings, 20 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved in due time your favor of Aug. 20. informing me I was indebted to the insurance company 84.40 D I am only waiting for the return of rains to render our river boatable, to get down flour now waiting in my mill for tides, so as to place some funds in Richmond, on which you may rely for a draught as soon as they can be got there. accept the assurance of my great respect MHi .
59From Thomas Jefferson to Cornelius C. Blatchly, 21 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I return thanks for the pamphlet you have been so kind as to send me on the subject of Commonwealths. it’s moral principles merit entire approbation, it’s philanthropy especially, and it’s views of the equal rights of man. that, on the principle of a communion of property, small societies may exist in habits of virtue, order industry and peace, and consequently in a state of as much happiness...
60To Thomas Jefferson from John Hartwell Cocke, 21 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed to you by my friend M r Maxwell of Norfolk. He calls at Monticello for the double purpose of paying his respects to you;—and understanding more fully, the footing upon which the Board of Visitors in their last report, have proposed to the Legislature, to place the Theological Schools at the University. M r Maxwell is on his way to Staunton to attend a Synod of the...