Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Estimate of the objects of application.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04108.02 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Place Written: Monticello, Virginia Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 6 January 1818 Pagination: 2 p. 12.3 x 20.5 cm Order a Copy
Lists itemized costs and subscriptions relating to the establishment of the University of Virginia. Enclosed with his letter to Cabell (GLC 4108.01).
Notes: Not in Bergh. Estimates for the University of Virginia, such as the above, did not include the Rotunda. See Malone, Sage of Monticello, p. 374n, who cites the 1819 budget. In 1819 the University's Bursar calculated actual needs at an additional $80,000 for salaries and finishing buildings, but the Legislature only allowed the Board of Visitors to borrow up to $60,000; Ibid., pp. 374, 375. Malone does not seem to have been aware of this document.
Estimate of the objects of application.
D C
Land 1,518.75
hire of laborers for 1818 1,000.
Professor of Languages, his Pavilion & Dormitories 7,000.
Salary deposit 8,333.33
Physiological Professor. Pavilion & Dormitories 7,000.
Salary Deposit 16,666.67
Mathematics. Pavilion. 3,000. 44,518.75 (so far we go this year)
Dormitories 4,000.
Salary deposit 16,666.67
Ideological. Pavilion & Dormitories 7,000.
Salary Deposit 16,666.67
Proctor Salary deposit 8,333.33
97,185.42.
boarding houses 6,000.
[2] D C
Albemarle. Albe land 3,195.28
Subscriptions 27,610.
Fluvanna 2,590.
Nelson 2,052.
Spotsylvania 400.
Charles City 500.
Orange 30.
Lynchburg 900.
Richmond 820.
Williamsburg 200.
amount of papers returned 38,297.86.
the following are by information
Orange & Louisa about 3,000.
Cumberland 3,000.
Coochland 800.
Winchester 1,200.
8,000.
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