1From Charles Bonnycastle to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 4 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I presume your attorney, M r Gilmer, has made you acquainted with the agreement under which I left England: but as the illness of that gentleman has prevented my inquiring of him what has been done upon the subject, I shall beg to lay the agreement before you. At the time of my being recommended as Professor of Natural Philosophy in this University, I was not in England, & my friend M r...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Bonnycastle, 19 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The only apology which I can plead, for troubling you with private business, at a moment when you appear suffering under indisposition, is the delay that M r Gilmer’s illness has already occasioned, respecting the payment of my Bond. I have had a conference with that gentleman this morning, which, I am sorry to say, has not terminated to my satisfaction: and as M r Gilmer seems little disposed...
3Charles Bonnycastle: Proposal to Mr. Gilmer, 19 May 1825, 19 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Copy of the Proposal made to Mr Gilmer— I shall be perfectly satisfied if the Rector & visitors will guarantee that my Bond, or such part of it as may be demanded, shall be paid forthwith. to the British Government. I shall be willing to have the amount deducted from my salary in yearly payments; provided that the Rector & Visitors will also guarantee me a salary not less than $2500—& that I...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Bonnycastle, 8 September 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I am not aware whether this will be considered a sufficient acknowledgment of my perfect agreement with the terms above mentioned: if not I shall be happy to subscribe any document of the kind that may meet your approbation— DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
5To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Bonnycastle, 27 March 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Both M r King’s letters mention the apparatus, but as the last is the most specific I have sent that only. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
6To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Bonnycastle, 16 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
By a letter which I received from England I have been informed that the warehouse in which part of the apparatus for my department had been deposited, previous to its being shipped, has been destroyed by fire; & that the instruments were consumed with it. I trust that this is not the case, or that the loss was not extensive. My informant, who had only heard of the circumstance accidentally,...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Bonnycastle, 24 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Having found it impossible to carry into effect the arrangements which you were good enough to make. I must request you to place the responsibility which results from having charge of the Instruments, upon some other person. The great difficulty of obtaining the necessary apparatus for my department, & the costly nature of many of the articles, have made me very solicitous to get proper plans...