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University of Virginia. Proctor. University of Virginia receipt book kept by proctor Arthur S. Brockenbrough [manuscript] 1824, 1825-1827.

Title: University of Virginia receipt book kept by proctor Arthur S. Brockenbrough [manuscript] 1824, 1825-1827.

The volume contains accounts of the balances of about 100 persons who had subscribed to an unknown fund for the University of Virginia some years previously. The debit for each was dated April 30 or 31. By June 30th, the latest date of entry only a handful of payments had been credited to these accounts. Subscribers included William Cabell, Jr., John W. Eppes, Charles Everett, Jesse W. Garth, Henry Lee, James Leitch, Nicholas H. Lewis, John Marks whose subscription was paid by Reuben Lewis, Armistead T. Mason, Peter Minor, James Monroe, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Bernard Peyton, Thomas M. Randolph and David Watson Of interest is a note that William Watson, an Albemarle County saddler, paid his subscription by the hire of [his slave?] "Matt." The second half of the book contains signed receipts for payments made by Brockenbrough to various purveyors of merchandise and laborers working on the building of the University of Virginia as well as faculty salaries. Recipients included George Blaettermann, Charles Bonnycastle, James Dinsmore, Dinsmore & Neilson, Robley Dunglison, John P. Emmet, Alexander Garrett, Thomas H. Key, George Long, Reuben Maury, Giacomo Raggi, Thomas E. Randolph, George Tucker, William Wertenbaker. A loose alphabetical index in the volume does not match either half of the volume,

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Thomas Jefferson letters to Peter Minor and Nicholas H. Lewis [manuscript], 1816 August 25 and 1819 June 3.

Title: Thomas Jefferson letters to Peter Minor and Nicholas H. Lewis [manuscript], 1816 August 25 and 1819 June 3.

In an 1816 letter to Minor with enclosed statement, Jefferson requests a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Rivanna Company to discuss the effects of the company's canal locks on the water flow to Jefferson's grain mill. In a letter, 1819 June 3, to Nicholas H. Lewis, secretary of the Rivanna Company, Jefferson notifies Lewis that depositions will be taken in Jefferson's suit against the company.

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