© Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xi Maps xli Illustrations xlix Jefferson Chronology 2 l l k l ' l 1817 To Thomas Cooper, 1 September 3 From Joseph Coppinger, 2 September 5 From Hezekiah Niles, 2 September 6 From Thomas Branagan, 3 September 7 From John Wayles Eppes, 3 September 7 To John Adams, 8 September 8 Bill for Establishing Elementary Schools, [ca. 9 September] 10 To Joseph C. Cabell, 9 September 15 To Eleuthère I. du Pont de Nemours, 9 September 16 From William Wirt, 9 September 17 To Joseph C. Cabell, 10 September 18 To George Flower, 12 September 19 From John Woodson, 12 September 21 To John Martin Baker, 14 September 22 From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 15 September 23 From Thomas Cooper, 16 September 25 From Thomas Cooper, 17 September 28 To Patrick Gibson, 18 September 29 To Samuel J. Harrison, enclosing Memorandum on Wine, 18 September 29 To James Newhall, 18 September 31 From Sloan & Wise, 18 September 31 From Thomas Cooper, 19 September 32 From William Bentley, 20 [September] 34 From José Corrêa da Serra, 20 September 35 From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 20 September 36 From Alexander Garrett and Valentine W. Southall, 20 September 36 From Joshua Stow, 20 September 37 From Samuel McDowell Reid, 22 September 38 xxv For general queries, contact [email protected] © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS From Isaac Cox Barnet, 23 September 38 To Thomas Cooper, 23 September 40 To Alexander Garrett and Valentine W. Southall, 23 September 40 To Joseph Milligan, 23 September 41 From Archibald Thweatt, 24 September 41 To Thomas Appleton, 29 September 42 From Reuben G. Beasley, 29 September 43 To Stephen Cathalan, 29 September 44 From Thomas Cooper, 30 September 44 From Alexander Garrett and Valentine W. Southall, 30 September 45 To Quinette de Rochemont, 30 September 46 To Sloan & Wise, 30 September 47 From John Martin Baker, 1 October 47 Circular to Joseph Coleman and Other Road Viewers, 1 October 48 From Samuel J. Harrison, 1 October 50 To Absalom Townsend, 1 October 51 From Brightberry Brown, 2 October 51 From John Wood, 2 October 52 From Bernard Peyton, 4 October 53 From Craven Peyton, 4 October 54 To Alexander Garrett, 5 October 54 From Alexander Garrett, 5 October 54 To Samuel J. Harrison, 5 October 55 To David Knight, 5 October 55 From John M. Perry, 5 October 56 From William Short, 5 October 56 Albemarle County Court Order Concerning a Proposed Road, [6 October] 57 Central College Cornerstone Laying 59 I. John H. Cocke’s Account of the Central College Cornerstone Laying, [5–6 October] 60 II. Alexander Garrett’s Order of Ceremonies for the Central College Cornerstone Laying, [before 6 October] 61 III. Masonic Report on the Central College Cornerstone Laying, 1 December 67 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 6 October 72 From William Munford, 6 October 73 From John Vaughan, 6 October 74 To Joseph C. Cabell, John H. Cocke, and David Watson, 7 October 74 From Joseph C. Cabell, 7 October 75 Minutes of Central College Board of Visitors, 7 October 75 xxvi For general queries, contact [email protected] © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS To Samuel J. Harrison, 7 October 77 To William Jones, 7 October 78 Minutes of Central College Board of Visitors, 8 October 79 Albemarle County Court Order in Jefferson v. John Hudson and Charles Hudson, [9 October] 81 From John Adams, 10 October 81 To Thomas Cooper, 10 October 83 From William Lambert, 10 October 86 From James W. Wallace, enclosing Impressions of a Mammoth’s Tooth, 10 October 86 From John Quincy Adams, 11 October 89 From Samuel J. Harrison, 11 October 93 From James Monroe, 11 October 93 To John Martin Baker, 12 October 93 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 12 October 94 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 12 October 94 To William Wirt, 12 October 96 To James Monroe, 13 October 97 To Samuel McDowell Reid, 13 October 98 From Joseph C. Cabell, 14 October 98 From Joseph Delaplaine, 14 October 100 To Francis W. Gilmer, 14 October 100 From William Lee, 14 October 102 To William Short, 14 October 102 From John Vaughan, 14 October 103 From William Armistead, 15 October 103 From James Monroe, 16 October 104 From George P. Stevenson, 16 October 104 From Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, 20 October 105 From Robert Walsh, 21 October 107 From Noah Worcester, 22 October 108 From de Bure Frères, enclosing Invoice of Books Purchased from de Bure Frères, 23 October 109 From William Short, 23 October 113 Bill for Establishing a System of Public Education, [ca. 24 October] 114 Notes on Collegiate Districts for a System of Public Education, [ca. 24 October] 128 Joseph C. Cabell’s Notes on Collegiate Districts for a System of Public Education, [after 24 October] 129 To Joseph C. Cabell, 24 October 133 From Thomas Cooper, 24 October 134 xxvii For general queries, contact [email protected] © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS From Anthony Charles Cazenove, 25 October 136 From Alexander Garrett, 25 October 137 To John Wayles Eppes, 26 October 137 To Patrick Gibson, 26 October 139 To William Jones, 26 October 139 From Valentine W. Southall, 26 October 140 To Archibald Thweatt, 26 October 140 From Patrick Gibson, 27 October 141 From Jacob Latting, 27 October 142 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 28 October 143 From Franz X. Zeltner, 29 October 143 To Joseph Delaplaine, 30 October 146 From John Gardiner, 30 October 147 To Patrick Gibson, 30 October 148 To James Monroe, 30 October 148 To George P. Stevenson, 30 October 149 To James W. Wallace, 30 October 150 From John Martin Baker, 31 October 151 From José Corrêa da Serra, 31 October 151 To Joseph Milligan, 31 October 153 To John Quincy Adams, 1 November 154 To Thomas Carstairs, 1 November 157 To Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 1 November 158 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1 November 159 From Hezekiah Niles to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, [ca. 1 November] 160 To Thomas Ritchie, enclosing Advertisement for Return of Central College Subscriptions, 1 November 164 To Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, 2 November 164 To William Maclure, 2 November 165 To Patrick Gibson, 3 November 167 To Bernard Peyton, 3 November 167 To Joel Yancey, 3 November 168 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 6 November 168 To Francis Brooke, 7 November 170 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 7 November 171 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 7 November 173 To John Gardiner, 7 November 174 Edward Graham’s Survey of the Natural Bridge Tract, 7 November 174 From Honoré Julien, 7 November 176 To James H. McCulloh, 7 November 177 xxviii For general queries, contact [email protected] © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS From William Jones, 8 November 178 From Thomas Cooper, 10 November 180 From Joseph Delaplaine, 10 November 180 From Patrick Gibson, 10 November 181 From Bernard Peyton, 10 November 182 From John Wood, 10 November 182 To Nelson Barksdale, 11 November, enclosing Agreement between David Knight and Central College, 11 October 183 From Giovanni Battista Fancelli, 11 November 184 To William Lee, 12 November 185 From James Leitch, 12 November 186 From William Short, 12 November 186 From Jared Sparks, 12 November 188 From James H. McCulloh, 14 November 189 From Edmund Bacon, [15] November 191 To Edmund Bacon, [15 November] 192 To Patrick Gibson, 15 November 192 To James Madison, 15 November 193 To Bernard Peyton, 15 November 194 From Isaac Briggs, 17 November 194 From George P. Stevenson, 17 November 195 From Thomas Cooper, 20 November 195 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 20 November 196 To Edmund Bacon, 22 November 197 Account with and Receipt from William J. Miller, 22 November 197 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 22 November 198 From Valentine W. Southall, 22 November 198 To Thomas Cooper, 25 November 199 To José Corrêa da Serra, 25 November 200 To George W. Erving, 25 November 202 Notes on Roads to Poplar Forest, 25 November 203 To Elisha Ticknor, 25 November 203 To George Ticknor, 25 November 203 From Charles K. Mallory, 26 November 205 To John Wood, 26 November 205 To Noah Worcester, 26 November 206 From Francis Brooke, 27 November 208 Survey of Poplar Forest Boundaries 209 I. John Organ’s Survey Notes on Poplar Forest Boundary Lines, 27 November 210 II. John Organ’s Survey Notes on Poplar Forest Roads, 28 November 212 xxix For general queries, contact [email protected] © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. CONTENTS III. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 6 December 214 IV. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 9 December 214 V. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 12 December 216 VI.