THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello, to JOSEPH CARRINGTON CABELL., 1822

Scope and content:

Urges securing of money for the building of the library as of more importance than the remission of the University's debt. To secure a faculty of the highest order, must have distinguished structures. Estimates of the cost of the library by John M. Perry, John Gorman, James Oldham, James Dinsmore, and Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough. Extreme difficulty in writing. Mentions William Gordon, Chapman Johnson, George Loyall, and William C. Rives. [1961]

Physical description:
ALS. 3 pp. Endorsed by T. J. Printed: Cabell 260-262; B of R VI 60 (MS. in DLC).

Access and use

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