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Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough
The temporary bell should be placed on the ridge of the roof of the Pavilion in which the
books now are, on a small gallows exactly as the tavern bells are. you will contrive how the
cord may be protected from the trickish ringings of the students. when the clock comes from
Richmond, it should be placed before a window of the book room of the same house, the
face so near the window as that it's time may be read thro' the window from the outside.
I pray you to have our last advertisement printed in letter sheets. I have letters waiting till I
can get these, so that I pray dispatch with them. a couple of dozen for myself would
probably carry me through the year. it will be indispensable to have them every year.
it is high time to have our bookcases in hand, and to be pressed as the books cannot be
opened until the shelves are ready to recieve them. the boxes from France, lately shipped
from N. York must be now arrived at Richmond. affectionately yours
Th: Jefferson
ALS, ViU:PP, 1p [2273] with address "Mr. Brockenbrough University" and ASB docket
"Mr J. Jan: 3. '26"; polygraph copy, DLC:TJ; printed (extract), O'Neal, Jefferson's Buildings
at the University of Virginia: The Rotunda, 45.
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