1From Thomas Jefferson to Richard Anderson, 23 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Having sollicited mr James Barber to expedite as much as he could the reciept of the 50. M .D. of the claim of Virginia on the Gen l government, which was given to the University of Virginia, he informs me by a letter of the 19 th that the President of the US; without waiting for actual settlement, has sanctioned the payment, on account, of the sum given to the University, and that it is...