1Walter Jones to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I was much gratified by the receipt of yours of January the 10 th , as it bestowed Some approbation on the matter & manner of my observations & the temper , in which they were written. it was my honest Intention to recall the mind to useful Truths, & to Show the possibility of writing even upon Party , without feeling that factious virulence & malignity, that appears to me, to be fast...
2Walter Jones to Thomas Jefferson, 25 November 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
A change for the worse, in the aspect of our political Parties, within twenty years, cannot, I think, have escaped your observation.— Instead of a close adherence & frequent recurrence to first principles, as the invariable Standard by which men & measures should be tried, party has more & more assumed the character of personal Factions. measures are supported or opposed, with little regard,...
3To James Madison from Walter Jones, 8 November 1813 (Madison Papers)
It affords me sincere pleasure, to understand that you have returned to washington in good health. A Condition the more to be valued, as it is no less requisite for sustaining the arduous Functions of your office, than liable, when impaired, to be farther injured by their performance. I should very unwillingly add any thing to the Burthen of them, but for Considerations, relative to our...
4Walter Jones to Thomas Jefferson, 19 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I take much satisfaction in renewing to you, in y r Retirement, my professions of attachment, founded as well on Sentiments of private friendship, as on a Conviction of your firm Adherence to republican principles, which gives you a lasting and honorable claim to the Esteem of your living Friends, & to the Applause of Posterity. dear as those principles and the Institutions which have flowed...
5To James Madison from Walter Jones, [ca. 14 February] 1810 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Roxas has this moment delivered the inclosed, and proposes waiting upon the president this Evening—he goes in the Carriage with Mrs. La Trobe, and as W. Jones may not be at hand to present him, he conceives he cannot better fulfill the Civility injoined upon him by the Letter of doctor Rush, than by forwarding with his Compliments, the Letter beforehand. RC and enclosure ( DLC ). RC dated...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Walter Jones, 31 January 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
How far the complaint made in the inclosed Letter, may either admit or deserve a remedy, I cannot presume to say: but as it comes from a man of great Probity, patriotism & firmness and probably expresses the Sentiments of a considerable class of officers, as well as his own, I have deemed it best to submit it your perusal, with my request that it may be returned to yours Dear Sir with great...
7To Thomas Jefferson from William MacCreery, 5 April 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to the conversation with which you honor’d me yesterday, on the Subject of the appointment of a successor to Mr. Christy, as collector of the Port of Baltimore, I now proceed to state on paper, distinctly & concisely the names & pretensions of those Gentlemen whom I then took the liberty of mentioning to you; and will begin now, as I did then, with my freind & Colleague Mr. Moore....
8To Thomas Jefferson from Walter Jones, 28 February 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I prevailed upon Mr. Randolph to lose some blood—a remedy he resisted till the last Evening—his fever in Consequence, has abated to day, & I hope the operation of some Cream of Tartar, will remove some uneasiness in his Stomach & Bowels, which has served to keep up his fever.—he is however still affected by very general febrile symptoms, which probably will not quit him intirely for some...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Walter Jones, 8 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
W. Jones presents his respects to the President, and more distinctly informs him, as well as One perusal of J. Bells work in octavo, at a distant time permits him; that he thinks the Title is, Discourses on Surgery —it consists of five or Six distinct Tracts, on Aneurism, Gun Shot wounds, & other Capital Branches of Surgery.—The introductory discourse contains a very full exposition of his...
10To James Madison from Walter Jones, 8 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 8 November 1801. Calendared as a one-page letter in the lists probably kept by Peter Force (DLC, series 7, container 2).