 | Board of Visitors minutes July 28, 1817 |  |
At a called meeting of the Visitors of the Central College, held
at the House of Mr. Madison in Orange, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
John Hartwell Cocke, and Joseph C. Cabell, being present:
The plan of the first Pavilion to be erected, and the proceedings
thereupon, having been stated and agreed to
It is agreed that application be made to Doctor Knox of Baltimore
to accept the Professorship of Languages, Belles Lettres, Rhetoric,
History and Geography, and than an independent salary of five hundred
dollars, with a perquisite of twenty five dollars, from each pupil,
together with chambers for his accomodation, be allowed him as a compensation
for his services, he finding the necessary assistant ushers.
Alexander Garritt requesting to resign the office of Proctor, it
is agreed that Nelson Barksdale of the county of Albemarle be appointed
his successor.
It is also agreed that it be expedient to import a stone cutter
from Italy, and that Mr. Jefferson be authorized & requested to take
| Board of Visitors minutes July 28, 1817 | |