A Guide to the Thomas Jefferson Documents
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 11164
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Thomas Jefferson Documents, Accession 11164, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
These two items were purchased by the University of Virginia Library on January 17, 1995.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
This collection consists of two autograph manuscripts in the hand of Thomas Jefferson pertaining to the gardens at Monticello and the University of Virginia . The first document, dated about 1812 or later, is a two page description on a single sheet of paper (watermarked JOHN WISE) of Jefferson's plans for designing and building his gardens at Monticello. The manuscript appears to be a recapitulation of an earlier diary or journal kept by Thomas Jefferson, providing minute details of his design, building, and planting of the vegetable gardens at Monticello, with four chronological entries: 1808 May 31; 1810 Feb 17; 1810 Feb 24; and 1812 Mar 27.
The earliest entry reports that Jefferson "proceeded to lay off that half of the garden which is levelled, and the measure and plan adopted, varying somewhat from those designed May 26-29, 1806 they shall here be stated as now actually laid off." At the end of the document, Jefferson lists the vegetables actually planted in the gardens, including: carrots, [salsify ?], beets, garlic, leeks, onions, chives, shallots, lettuce, and celery.
The other item, an one page autograph document in Jefferson's hand, ca. 1824, contains a classification by age of students enrolled in the first session of the University of Virginia for the academic year 1825- 1826, possibly for administrative or personal use, and tipped to a larger sheet. To the right of each student name listed, Jefferson has written one or more of a series of letters, evidently a code of initials to indicate which professors was attended by each student.
On the verso of the document is a single column headed "[Watch ?]/ Tuesd. May 16," listing twelve names: Garrett, Southall, Wood, Dunglison [scored through in ink], Bonnycastle, [name indecipherable, scored through], Shackleford [scored through], Jones [scored through], Bowyer [scored through], Emmett [scored through], Key, and Long.