To James Madison from James Pleasants Jr., 1 March 1824
From James Pleasants Jr.
Executive Department Richmond March 1st. 1824.
Sir,
In conformity with the act of Assembly in such case made and provided, the Executive have this day proceeded to the appointment of seven visitors for the University of Virginia to serve for the next four years. I have the honor of forwarding to you herewith a copy of the advice of Council,1 which mentions the names of the persons so appointed, the day of their first meeting, with supplementary instructions in case a meeting should not take place on the day named for their first meeting. I am with great respect Yr Obt. Servt.
James Pleasants Jr
The commission is also enclosed.2
JPjr
RC and enclosures (DLC); letterbook copy (Vi). RC in a clerk’s hand, except for Pleasants’s signature and postscript; docketed by JM. Letterbook copy addressed “To the Visitors of the University of Virginia. copy to each.” Minor differences between the copies have not been noted. For enclosures, see nn.
1. The enclosure (1 p.), filed before the RC, is a notice from the governor’s council, dated 1 Mar. 1824, signed by clerk W. H. Richardson, announcing the appointment of Thomas Jefferson, JM, Chapman Johnson, Joseph C. Cabell, George Loyall, James Breckinridge, and John H. Cocke, as visitors of the University of Virginia, and stating the conditions under which the board is to meet.
2. The enclosure, docketed by JM, is a one-page printed commission, dated 1 Mar. 1824, signed by Pleasants, appointing JM a visitor of the University of Virginia.