Abstract
Abstract When the University of Virginia officially opened its doors the first week of March 1825, the same week John Quincy Adams was inaugurated president, the school’s library remained far from completion—but not from want of trying. Besides giving Francis Walker Gilmer the responsibility of recruiting professors in Great Britain, Jefferson had also assigned him the task of purchasing books for the university while there. He wrote Gilmer a letter of introduction to the distinguished critic and scholar Samuel Parr, asking for his help. And he recommended that Gilmer contact Lackington’s, the London bookseller who had supplied numerous books for his personal library in the past. Parr turned out to be a great help. With his advice, Gilmer put together an excellent catalogue of classical books for the university.
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