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Worcester, Noah, 1758-1837. Papers of Noah and Thomas Worcester, 1790-1835.

Title: Papers of Noah and Thomas Worcester, 1790-1835.

Noah Worcester's papers include correspondence with John W. Foster, secretary of the Portsmouth Peace Society, an auxiliary of the Massachusetts Peace Society, and tracts and letters concerning the financial difficulties with Cummings & Hilliard, Boston, Mass., publishers of The Christian disciple.

ArchivalResource: ca. 150 items.

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University of Virginia. Library. List of books borrowed 1825-1827.

Title: List of books borrowed 1825-1827.

The list of books borrowed from the library includes title of book, borrower's name, class professor, date borrowed, date due, date returned and amount of fine. Borrowers include Thomas Jefferson, the professors, and students Edgar Allan Poe, Philip St. G. Cocke, Fernando Bolívar, R.M.T. Hunter, and Gessner Harrison. Books were borrowed at the requests of professors Emmet, Key, Long, Bonnycastle, Blaettermann, Tucker, and Dunglison. Books borrowed by Poe include Rollins's History (p. 60 and 67), Robertson's America (p. 68), Marshall's Washington (p. 71), Voltaire (p. 73), and Dufief's Nature didplayed (p. 77). First page notes the dates of the arrivals of books shipped by Hilliard & Co. in the summer of 1825. The book also contains a list of students who deposited the bursar's receipt.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Circular letters to the Board of Visitors [manuscript], 1825 May 13.

Title: Circular letters to the Board of Visitors [manuscript], 1825 May 13.

Two circular letters sent to all members of the Board of Visitors discuss the appointment of a law professor. In a letter 1825 May 13, Jefferson discusses the qualifications of Judge W. A. G. Dade after Francis W. Gilmer refused the position. In a letter 1825 August 4 Jefferson reports that Dade, Henry St. George Tucker, P. P. Barbour, and Dabney Carr have all declined the chair. Gilmer is now in improved health and has agreed to accept the position. Mentions accounts for spending $50,000 for the library and apparatus. Archibald Stuart, Howe Peyton, John H. Cocke, John P. Emmet Rufus King and the firm of Cummings & Hilliard are also mentioned.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter to Cummings and Hilliard, Boston, regarding books [manuscript] 1825 Feb. 18.

Title: Letter to Cummings and Hilliard, Boston, regarding books [manuscript] 1825 Feb. 18.

No book agent in Charlottesville. Suggests Meredith Jones. Foulis and Leipsic classics. Paris stereotype editions the best. Dufief's French and English dictionary. Boiste's French dictionary equal to that of Academy. Many French students, some Spanish students, few German and Italian. Cubi's Spanish Dictionary, Baltimore edition adequate. Professors from England in Hampton Roads. University opens 7 March. Langard's History of England. George Brodie's History of the English Empire from the Accession of Charles I. Turner's History of the Anglo-Saxons. Hume's History of England. Thomas' edition of Edward Coke's First Institute on Littleton.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Cummings, Hilliard & Company. Inventory of Books for the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1825-1827.

Title: Inventory of Books for the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1825-1827.

The 3-page document, from a [ledger] of Cummings, Hilliard and Company, lists book titles, insurance costs, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Cummings, Hilliard, & Company. Letter to the firm of Parker & Poor.

Title: Letter to the firm of Parker & Poor.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

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University of Virginia. Faculty. Committee for General Purposes. Report of the Faculty Committee for General Purposes to the Board of Visitors, [manuscript] 1826 Sep 9.

Title: Report of the Faculty Committee for General Purposes to the Board of Visitors, [manuscript] 1826 Sep 9.

The committee makes nine recommendations to the Board of Visitors: 1. to limit the number of students allowed to live in rooms on the Lawn. 2. to make the office of Proctor answerable to the Faculty except for the expenditure of money. 3. to charge the Proctor with providing an adequate supply of water for the University, previous attempts having failed. 4. to obtain a fire-engine and hose for the University. 5. to direct the Proctor to light the University, acquire fuel for the public and lecture rooms, plant trees, and complete work on the as-yet-unfinished buildings; in addition, the faculty members who have paid for Venetian blinds from their own funds should be reimbursed by the University. 6. that the Board replace the current book dealer (Cummings & Hilliard) with a firm in New York. 7.to make provision for acquiring new books for the library. 8. to obtain teachers of music and drawing, and 9. to hire "two apt, will-disposed lads" to maintain the philosophical and chemical apparatus.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Copies of Thomas Jefferson papers [manuscript 1810-1826.

Title: Copies of Thomas Jefferson papers [manuscript 1810-1826.

Photostatic and electrostatic copies of Thomas Jefferson papers from the Huntington Library, chiefly concerning the library of the University of Virginia and the purchase of books. Other topics include the hiring of Thomas Cooper as a professor, construction, student riots, and finances. Cocke also writes about agricultural matters. Correspondents include John Hartwell Cocke, Cummings, Hilliard, Robley Dunglison, and John V. Kean.

ArchivalResource: 279 items.

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