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1822 Oct. 11. Thomas Jefferson, Monticello to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia. ALS. 2 pp. endorsed.
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.
1822 Dec. 28 Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, to Joseph C. Cabell. ALS, 3 pp. Endorsed
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…
1825 Mar. 31 Thomas Jefferson to John Vaughan Kean. 1 p. ALS. file draft, endorsed by Thomas Jefferson
Appointment as Librarian at the salary of $150 per year. Statement of his duties.
1825 Apr. 28. Thomas Jefferson, Monticello to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia. ALS. 2 pp. endorsed by Thomas Jefferson
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…
President Jefferson's Catalogue of Books for the
University of Virginia Library
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…
Catalogue of the Library of the University of Virginia
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…