1Thomas Jefferson’s Conversation with Washington, 13 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
1792. Dec. 13. the President called on me to see the Model & drawings of some mills for sawing stone. after shewing them he in the course of subsequent conversation asked me if there were not some good manufactories of Porcelaine in Germany, that he was in want of table china & had been speaking to mister Shaw who was going to the East Indies to bring him a set, but he found that it would not...
2From Thomas Jefferson to James Brown, 13 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By a Capt. Swaile who sailed from hence yesterday for Richmond I took the liberty of sending to your care a box of merchandize addressed to Mr. Randolph at Monticello and will ask the favor of you to forward it.—In a letter to him about a fortnight or three weeks ago, I desired him to have the cask of hams, if not yet sent off from Richmond, carried back to Monticello, but that I still wished...
3From Thomas Jefferson to the Commissioners of the Federal District, 13 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I have according to the desire expressed in your letter of the 5th. inst. examined the model of Mr. Mullikin’s mill for sawing and polishing stone, lodged in my office. It is always an objection that a thing is new and untried. His method of giving motion backwards and forwards to a sawframe by a spiral plane is ingenious: but I confess it does not appear promising to me. It is certainly...
4Enclosure: Drawing of a Mill for Sawing and Polishing Stone, 13 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
PrC ( MHi ); entirely in TJ’s hand.
5Notes of a Conversation with George Washington, 13 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
1792. Dec. 13. The President called on me to see the Model and drawings of some mills for sawing stone. After shewing them he in the course of subsequent conversation asked me if there were not some good manufactories of Porcelaine in Germany, that he was in want of table china and had been speaking to Mr. Shaw who was going to the East Indies to bring him a set, but he found that it would not...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 13 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By capt. Swaile, who sailed yesterday for Richmond I sent addressed to Mr. Randolph to the care of Mr. Brown a box containing the following articles for your three house maids. 2. peices of linen. 52. yards 9. pair cotton stockings (3 of them small) 13. yds. cotton in three patterns 36. yards Calimanco. 9. yards muslin. Bob is to have a share of the linen. I had promised to send him a new suit...