1[To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 5 October 1788] (Jefferson Papers)
[[5 Oct. 1788 . Recorded in SJL Index, but not found. See William Tatham to TJ, under 1 Dec. 1789.]]
2To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, [1 December 1789] (Jefferson Papers)
I am just inform’d of Your Arrival and that You are expected in Richmond. I am confined to my Bed but that shall not prevent me from being among the first to congratulate You on your Return to Your Native Land, because I do it in sincerity. I am told You came by way of London. I hope You receiv’d a Packet from me at that Place (tho’ I rather imprudently made it an object with a Boat Man at...
3To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 17 February 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
In hopes an opportunity may offer this week to Monticello, I shall embrace it to solicit Your Patronage and assistance in a business [to] which I have turned my attention till something of greater moment may offer thro’ the channel I consulted you about before you left us. I have in view two objects, the first a map of the southern division of the United States, including all to the southward...
4To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 1 November 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Colol. Monroe will afford me an Opertunity of sending a Power in the buisiness of my Map; and I allso take the liberty of sending one for Mr. Short, and one for Mr. Skipwith: leaving the Propriety of forwarding them to Your own choice. Conscious how much the Public concerns must engage Your Attention; I wish it to be understood that I am not solicitous to intrude my private buisiness on Your...
5From Thomas Jefferson to William Tatham, 9 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not till now been able, since the meeting of Congress, to attend to my private correspondencies. I have forwarded to Mr. Short the subscription paper you sent for him, and should any opportunity occur of recieving subscriptions to the one you sent me, I will surely avail you of it, tho’ it is not probable. Indeed I have thought of putting it into the hands of Colo. Griffin the...
6To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 15 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Richmond ,] 15 Aug. 1791 . Mr. Ross and himself, in pursuance of TJ’s proposals for a western post, dispatch his brother to “form Contracts and Arrangement to the North Fork of Holston agreable to your Plan.” He has also set on foot a subscription among merchants, hoping “some Man of enterprize … may be dispos’d to engage in pushing the Matter as far as possible.—This will probably produce a...
7To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, [before 26 August 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
I will make no appology for this intrusion on the first hours of your leisure; for you are no stranger to my zeal in the service of that Country, to whose prosperity you have devoted your own labours. It is therefore proper to consult You in what concerns the National wellfare; and certainly it is of great moment to bring speedily forward, the arrearages of Virginia on the score of its...
8To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 9 October 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I am just inform’d that You will certainly be at Alexandria the 17th. Inst. on the business of the federal City, and the hopes I had entertain’d of seeing You here is vanishd. It wou’d have given me great pleasure to have consulted You on my several objects in pursuit of general utility: as it is; and the Virginia Assembly so near at hand, your knowledge of my singular situation will plead a...
9To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 1 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
By inclosing to you authentic documents concerning the late inestimable discovery of the Life-Boat , which has been introduced into full practice, in saving the crews of vessels wrecked amidst the most tremendous Breakers of this coast, I acquit myself of a duty to my fellow Citizens and to my country. I flatter myself this contrivance will be found of great use on the Jersey coast, such...
10To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 17 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
During several Years absence, & a month since my arrival here, I have felt myself precluded from paying the respects of a sincere friend to you, in person, on account of information communicated to me by Genl. Henry Lee, (while Governor of Virginia) accompanied by the return of a letter of mine unanswered, that, “I had so intruded on you, the last time, we met at Richmond in Virginia, that you...