11To James Madison from Walter Jones, 4 January 1795 (Madison Papers)
I acknowledge your obliging & Speedy answer to my last, as well on my part, as on the part of those at whose Instance, I gave you Some trouble. I much rejoice, that your house warded off the blow, that, under the recent Impressions of the Insurrection, was so well aimed to exalt executive power on the depression of popular Spirit. The Subject of Government is thought to be better understood in...
12To James Madison from Walter Jones, 15 May 1796 (Madison Papers)
I have to thank you for your favours of the 1st. of May, which I r[e]ceived on the 12th.—the printed observations have obtained all the approbation from me, which their Temper & Matter So justly claim. But, my dear Sir, Temper & argument lose much of their Force, amid the Conflicts of party, exasperated by the Spirit of Faction, and to Such I fear, is the fate of these States, at present,...
13To James Madison from Walter Jones and Others, 7 February 1799 (Madison Papers)
While the Sentiments we entertain of your Talents, your Experience & your Probity, have made your Absence from the public Councils, a Subject of our very serious regret, Our Confidence in the justness of your Motives Assures us, that you Stand Completely justified. At the Same time the Growth & Conduct of the executive Party, since your retirement, have Continued more & more to render the...
14To James Madison from Walter Jones, 27 July 1799 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Ogilvie, intending Soon to pass thro yr Part of the Country, is desirous of the acquaintance of a Person, whose Character he respects as much as yours—it is with pleasure I facilitate his wishes by this Introduction—he is a most ardent Lover of Science and republicanism, and is most assiduously employed in imparting the Principles of both to a respectable & increasing School of promising...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Walter Jones, 14 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
A variety of avocations have delayed for some, time, the Gratification of my desire, to Congratulate you on your final Election to the office of President. It is with pleasure I am Conscious, that I can indulge my personal sentiments towards you, with perfect security to the Considerations I owe to the public welfare; as I am convinced that the Capacity, Experience & Principles of no Citizen...
16To James Madison from Walter Jones, 13 September 1801 (Madison Papers)
Your directions brought me Safely to this Place, where I met a Letter from Mr. Wormiley, So pressing for a rejunction of our Party, that I have sent a message of notification & Excuse to the Bishop, especially as I have settled my business here, & can get 10 miles on this day. It certainly is of no great Importance, but I write this principally on account of the Extract following of Mr. W....
17To James Madison from Walter Jones, 31 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
Having been absent from home, at the time our last weekly post arrived, I could not return an answer to your Letter, till now. I learn, that the negro Plato, Sailed for the City in a vessel that left this part, about the 13th., & I suppose long before this, has reached his destination. Had I found him lurking through design, or unable, tho willing, to prosecute his Journey, be assured I would...
18To 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).
19To 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...
20To 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...
21To 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....
22To 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...
23To 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...
24Walter 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...
25To 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...
26Walter 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,...
27Walter 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...