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Sends copy of resolution of the Board of Visitors, authorizing building of the library, and of an advertisement for the Richmond Enquirer and the Charlottesville Central Gazette regarding collection of University subscriptions in arrears.

In answer to the question: "If the remission of the principal debt, and an accomodation of the cost of the library cannot both be obtained, which would be the most desirable?" Jefferson tells Cabell "without any question, the latter." To secure a…

Appointment as Librarian at the salary of $150 per year. Statement of his duties.

Draft of advertisement requesting book donations for University Library to be inserted in the Richmond Enquirer and the Charlottesville Central Gazette. Advertisement mentions donations from [John?] Hansford of King George County, Bernard Moore…

This, the first catalogue of the University of Virginia Library, is a list of books, with date and place of publication, size, and price estimated in some cases, in the hand of Virginia Randolph, Jefferson's granddaughter. The text indicated below is…

The first printed catalogue of the University of Virginia Library lists approximately 8,000 titles "arranged alphabetically, under different heads with the number and size of the volumes of each work, and its edition specified." The catalogue is…

South facade, circa 1890
Holsinger Studio Collection U-289-B

South facade, circa 1890
Holsinger Studio Collection U-284-B

South facade, 1895
Holsinger Studio Collection U-288-B

ast View of the Rotunda and Annex, circa 1893
Holsinger Studio Collection U-290-B

The Great Fire from the Lawn
Holsinger Studio Collection U-293-B