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Documentary History of the Construction of the Buildings at the University of Virginia, 1817-1828

  
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Documentary History of the Construction of the Buildings at the University of Virginia, 1817-1828
  
Abstract
  
Contents
  
Acknowledgments
  
Introduction
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Chapter 1 Genesis of the Academical Village, 1814-1817
  
Initial Conception
  
Typical Pavillion
  
College Bill
  
The Site is Chosen
  
Bacon's Reminiscences
  
Dinsmore and Neilson
  
William Thornton Consulted
  
Latrobe is Enlisted
  
The Land Deal
  
Squares Laid Off
  
Correspondence with Latrobe
  
Propaganda Campaign
  
Brickmaking
  
Freemasons Relay Request
  
Cornerstone Ceremonies
  
Masonic Ritual
  
Latrobe's Drawings Received
  
Bill for System of Public Education
  
Philadelphia Price Book and Workmen's Wages
  
Brickworkers Sought
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Chapter 2 The Building Campaign of 1818
  
Commissioners Appointed
  
Stonecutters Sought from Italy
  
Progress is Slow
  
Arrival of Brickmasons
  
Bernard Peyton Recruited
  
Rockfish Gap Commission
  
The Commission's Report
  
The Virginia Springs
  
Partnership Established
  
Professorship Declined
  
William John Coffee
  
The Raggi Brothers
  
Tin Roofs Considered
  
Search for More Bricklayers
  
Year-End Balance Sheet
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Chapter 3 The Building Campaign of 1819, Part 1
  
Richard Ware
  
University Bill
  
Proctor Wanted
  
Proposals and Contracts
  
New Board of Visitors
  
Jefferson's Design Approved
  
Dissatisfaction with Design
  
Proctor Recruited
  
Advertisement for Contractors
  
A Flood of Proposals
  
More Proposals
  
Report on Water
  
More Proposals
  
Decisions by the Board of Visitors
  
Yet More Proposals
  
Ware in Trouble
  
Philadelphians Arrive
  
Italian Stonecutters
  
Irish Stonecutter
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Chapter 4 The Building Campaign of 1819, Part 2
  
Design Change
  
Alternative Design
  
Efforts Redirected
  
Workmen's Progress
  
Lumber Hauled
  
Local Merchants
  
Richmond Firms
  
Out-of-State Sources
  
Miscellanies
  
Wooden Pipes
  
Carter & Phillips
  
Jefferson's View of the Progress
  
Board of Visitors Meeting
  
Carpenters' Dispute
  
The Year Ends
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Chapter 5 The Building Campaign of 1820
  
Bitter Weather
  
Land Deed
  
Financial Woes
  
The Work Continues
  
The Visitors Meet
  
Spring Brings New Life
  
Jefferson Enthusiastic
  
Coffee in New York
  
Italian Artisan Disgruntled
  
Money Requested from Literary Fund
  
Financial Statement
  
Jefferson's Summary of Finances
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Chapter 6 The Building Campaign of 1821
  
Work Stalled
  
Cabell Wants to Retire
  
Work Still Slow
  
Workmen Submit New Proposals
  
Spring Meeting of the Visitors
  
Library Considered
  
Money Still Scarce
  
Settlements with the Workmen
  
Cabell Changes View of Finances
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Chapter 7 The Building Campaign of 1822
  
Building Stops
  
Success and Failure
  
Privies
  
Incidentals
  
Progress Report
  
Maria Cosway
  
Opening Postponed
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Chapter 8 The Building Campaign of 1823
  
Another Loan Pursued
  
Work Resumes
  
Internal Disagreement
  
Allegations of Misconduct
  
Library Begun
  
Carrara Marble
  
Engravings
  
Jefferson Ill
  
Visitors Meet
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Chapter 9 The Building Campaign of 1824
  
Report to the Literary Fund
  
Rotunda Gallery
  
Gymnasium
  
A Quorum Meets
  
Covering the Rotunda
  
Brickwork at the Rotunda
  
Attic Cisterns
  
Piper Tract
  
The Proctor is Busy
  
Visitors Draft Regulations
  
Lafayette Entertained
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Chapter 10 The Building Campaign of 1825
  
Funds Still Needed
  
Professors Expected
  
University Opens
  
Brickwork at the Rotunda
  
Macadamized Roads
  
Clock and Bell
  
Chemical Laboratory
  
The Dome Room
  
Stables
  
Wooden Blinds
  
Anatomical Hall
  
Jefferson Still Active
  
Marble at Richmond
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Chapter 11 The Final Years: 1826-1828
  
Drainage
  
The Dome Leaks
  
Memorandum and Instructions
  
Death of Jefferson
  
Workmen Unruly
  
The Visitors Meet without Jefferson
  
Repairs Necessary
  
Variety of Small Jobs
  
Exterior Railings
  
Discontentment of Professor Emmet
  
Water Works and Fire Protection
  
Steps for the Rotunda
  
Smoking Chimneys
  
New Buildings Contemplated
  
Emphasis Shifts to Maintenance
  
Epilogue "The last act of usefulness I can render"
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List of Appendices
  
Appendix A: Thomas Jefferson: List of Classical Models for the Pavilions at the University of Virginia
  
Appendix B: A Note on Prices
  
Appendix C: List and Description of Carpenter's Tools James Dinsmore's Tool List
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Appendix D Extracts from David Watson's Miscellaneous Memoranda
  
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David Watson Miscellaneous Memoranda
  
David Watson Miscellaneous Memoranda
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Appendix E Proposed Design Changes
  
John Hartwell Cocke to Thomas Jefferson
  
Thomas Jefferson to James Breckenridge, Robert B. Taylor, James Madison, & Chapman Johnson
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Appendix F Selected Agreements and Contracts
  
John M. Perry Agreement with Central College
  
John Gorman Agreement for Stonecutting
  
Giacomo Raggi & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Agreement
  
Charles I. Meriwether & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Agreement for Sand
  
John M. Perry & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Agreement for Brickwork
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Appendix G Selected Land Documents
  
John M. & Frances T. Perry Deed of Land to the University
  
Mary Garner & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Articles of Agreement
  
Daniel A. & Mary A. Frances Piper & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Articles of Agreement
  
Daniel A. Piper & Mary A. Frances Piper & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Agreement
  
Daniel A. Piper & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Contract
  
Daniel A. and Mary A. Frances Piper Deed
  
John M. & Frances T. Perry Indenture
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Deed
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Appendix H Selected Loan Documents
  
Joseph Carrington Cabell to Thomas Jefferson
  
An Act Authorizing the Visitors to Borrow Money to Finish the Buildings
  
The President & Directors of the Literary Fund Extract from the Minutes
  
The President & Directors of the Literary Fund Extract from the Minutes
  
The President & Directors of the Literary Fund Resolutions
  
Thomas Jefferson to Robert B. Taylor
  
Literary Fund Resolution Authorizing Loan
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Appendix I Sully, Cosway, Peale, and Mills
  
Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Thomas Jefferson to Maria Hadfield Cosway
  
Thomas Jefferson to Rembrandt Peale
  
Thomas Jefferson to Robert Mills
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Appendix J Oldham's Lawsuit Documents
  
Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Carstairs
  
Nelson Barksdale Advertisement for Workmen
  
James Oldham to Nelson Barksdale
  
Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham
  
Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham
  
Jonathan Michie Account with James Oldham
  
James Oldham to Thomas Jefferson
  
Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to James Oldham
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to James Oldham
  
Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Carrington Cabell
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to James Oldham
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to the Rector & Board of Visitors
  
Rice W. Wood Certificate
  
James Oldham Memorial to the Rector & Board of Visitors
  
Rice W. Wood Certificate
  
Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
James Oldham Lawsuit Against the University of Virginia
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to Rice W. Wood
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to Rice W. Wood
  
Thomas Jefferson to C. P. McKennie
  
Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Carstairs
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Bill of Exception
  
Dabney Cosby to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
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Appendix K Selected Rotunda Documents
  
Chapman Johnson & James Breckenridge to John Hartwell Cocke
  
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
  
John Neilson to John Hartwell Cocke
  
Joseph Carrington Cabell to Thomas Jefferson
  
Abiah B. Thorn & Nathaniel Chamberlain Contract for Laying Brick for the Rotunda
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson
  
James Dinsmore & John Neilson & Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Contract for Work on the Rotunda
  
Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, James Breckenridge, Joseph Carrington Cabell, Chapman Johnson, & John Hartwell Cocke
  
Chapman Johnson to John Hartwell Cocke
  
Joseph Carrington Cabell to Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke
  
Thomas Jefferson to John Trumbull
  
Thomas Jefferson to William Short
  
Thomas Jefferson's Instructions for Bricklaying & Carpentry for the Rotunda
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Estimate of the Cost of the Rotunda
  
Philip Sturtevant to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Thomas Jefferson to William J. Coffee
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson
  
Philip Sturtevant to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Joseph Antrim to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Memorandum
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Appendix L: Selected Documents Concerning the Raggi Brothers
  
Memorandum on the Raggi Brothers
  
Michele & Giacomo Raggi Account with George W. Kinsolving
  
Thomas Jefferson Memorandum on the Raggi Brothers
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough Memorandum Michele Raggi
  
Thomas Jefferson Memorandum on Michele & Giacomo Raggi
  
Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Garrett
  
Appendix M: John Van Lew & Company
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Appendix N A. H. Brooks Dispute
  
Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey
  
Charles Yancey to Thomas Jefferson
  
Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey
  
A. H. Brooks to Thomas Jefferson
  
Thomas Jefferson to A. H. Brooks
  
A. H. Brooks to Thomas Jefferson
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Appendix O The Maverick Engravings
  
Peter Maverick to Thomas Jefferson
  
Peter Maverick to Thomas Jefferson
  
Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
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Appendix P Selected Letters of Recommendation
  
Thomas Jefferson Recommendation for Richard Ware
  
Thomas Jefferson Recommendation for William B. Phillips
  
Thomas Jefferson Recommendation for Joseph Antrim
  
Thomas Jefferson Recommendation for Abiah B. Thorn
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Appendix Q: Selected Clock and Bell Documents
  
Benjamin Waterhouse to Thomas Jefferson
  
Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
H. Tyler Directions for Hanging the Cast Steel Bell
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Appendix R Selected Documents Concerning the Stables
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson
  
Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Appendix S Charles Bonnycastle Plan for Curing Smoking Chimneys [ca 5 October 1828]
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Appendix T Selected Documents Related to the Water Works and Fire Apparatus
  
James Dinsmore & John M. Perry to the Board of Visitors
  
William J. Coffee to Thomas Jefferson
  
James Wade to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Andrew Smith to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
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Directions for Making Roman Cement
  
Roman Cement,
  
STUCCO,
  
Directions for using the Cement for Stuccoing.
  
To make a pail-full of Wash, for colouring Cement.
  
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Andrew Smith to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Thomas Jefferson to Board of Visitors
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to John Hartwell Cocke
  
Sellers & Pennock to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
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Sellers & Pennock Water Works Circulars
  
CIRCULAR.
  
LIST OF PRICES.
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DIRECTIONS
  
FOR PRESERVING THE HOSE.
  
FOR REPAIRING THE HOSE.
  
Coleman Sellers to Samuel Sellers, Sr.
  
Coleman Sellers to John Hartwell Cocke
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Fire Engine Circular
  
AMERICAN HYDRAULIC COMPANY.
  
FIRE ENGINES, FORCE-PUMPS, &c.
  
IT WILL RAISE DOUBLE THE QUANTITY OF WATER.
  
IT CAN BE OPERATED WITH ONE HALF THE POWER.
  
IT IS COMPARATIVELY PROOF AGAINST FROST.
  
IT DISCHARGES A MORE CONDENSED COLUMN.
  
PRICES.
  
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Appendix U William Wertenbaker: Faculty Resolutions
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Appendix V Selected Brockenbrough Correspondence
  
Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Lucy Gray Brockenbrough to Joseph Carrington Cabell
  
John Hartwell Cocke to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
  
Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough to John Hartwell Cocke
  
Appendix W Interview with Edmund Bacon [1862]
  
Appendix X Chronology of Slaves' Involvement, 1817-1846
  
Glossary
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Bibliography
  
Manuscript Collections
  
Dissertations and Theses
  
Other Unpublished Papers
  
Electronic Editions
  
Newspapers
  
Books and Articles
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Notes
  
Introduction
  
Chapter 1
  
Chapter 2
  
Chapter 3
  
Chapter 4
  
Chapter 5
  
Chapter 6
  
Chapter 7
  
Chapter 8
  
Chapter 9
  
Chapter 10
  
Chapter 11
  
Appendices
  
Editoral Apparatus
  
Symbols Designating Documents
  
Repository Symbols and Abbreviations
  
List of Documents

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Documentary History
of the Construction of the Buildings
at the University of Virginia, 1817-1828

Frank Edgar Grizzard, Jr.
Emporia, Virginia

B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, 1987
M.A., University of Virginia, 1989

A Dissertation Presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Corcoran Department of History University of Virginia August 1996 Copyright © Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. All Rights Reserved August 1996-2003
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