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Official minutes of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, kept by T. J. as Rector from 1817-1826. The earlier notes are signed by T. J. and other members of the Board, Joseph C. Cabell, John Hartwell Cocke, James Madison, James Monroe, and David Watson. Members of the Board in later years who did not sign: James Breckenridge, Chapman Johnson, George Loyall, and Robert B. Taylor. The University of Virginia also owns preliminary notes made by T. J. for later copying (35 pp.), as well as the copies of the minutes belonging to Joseph C. Cabell, John Hartwell Cocke, James Monroe, and James Breckenridge. Some of the notes date from 1814, with the minutes of the Trustees of Albemarle Academy. The minutes after the spring meeting of 1826 (pp. 107-185) in this volume are in the hand of the Secretary of the Board, Nicholas P. Trist. (See "Bibliography of Unprinted Official Records" in sixth Annual Report of the Archivist, University of Virginia, 1935-36). [1517]

Placement of the temporary bell. Book shelves needed. University advertisements. [2273]

Necessity of making payment to Henry A. S. Dearborn, Collector of Boston. [2316]

Instructions regarding the setting up of the capitals, repairing leaky roofs, plastering, and making of library tables. References to Mr. Broke (i. e. A. H. Brooks), a tin worker, and to John Hartwell Cocke. [2317]

[Simon] Willard to construct clock and purchase bell for the University. Remittance to be made through Joseph Coolidge, Jr. of Boston. [2327]

[Simon] Willard to construct clock and purchase bell for the University. Remittance to be made through Joseph Coolidge, Jr. of Boston. [2327]

Recommends use of lap boards instead of tables in elliptical lecture room in the Rotunda to give room for more students. [2311]

Letters from Peter Barlow and Rufus King. Encloses copy [present] of LS, George Canning to Rufus King on subject of Bonnycastle's bond. Mentions George Canning and British government. [3088]

Federal powers better contained by South Carolina resolutions, Van Buren's motions, and Francis Baylies' propositions than by action of state of Virginia. [3085-a]

T. J. discusses the students and professors at the University, encloses a copy of the University laws and terms of board and tuition [not present], and closes with his family's remembrances and best wishes.