1To James Madison from William Pinkney, 5 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have already had the Honor to suggest, in o ne of my private Letters, that I have not thought i t necessary to trouble you with an account of the different applications, in behalf of Individuals, o r upon Matters of small Importance, which I have made to this Government. I supposed it was sufficient to say in general that they were well received. There is one of these applications, however,...
2To James Madison from William Pinkney, 5 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to acknowledge the Receipt of your Letter of the 4th. of April by Mr Bethune, tog ether with the printed and other Copies of the let ters mentioned in it. I am to have an Interview with Mr. Canning in a few Days (which he will agree to consider ex tra official) in the Course of which I intend to press, by every argument in my Power, the pro priety of their abandoning...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Pseudonym: "A Cotton Planter", 5 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
From reports respecting the appointments in the Army, it appears that being a Federalist is an advantage to a candidate, at which I am much surprised, & think it will be a slur on your Administration; for altho’ I cannot suppose that intentionally you prefer Federalists to Republicans, but that you are deceived by those who apply & those on whom you depend for information respecting the...
4To Thomas Jefferson from John H. Craven, 5 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
John H. Craven in account with Th: Jefferson Dr. £ 1808. Jan. 1. To rent for 1807. now due 350– 0– 0 nail acct. from Aug. 11. to Dec. 19. 07. £1-7-11. 1– 7– 11 Apr. 22 To 1 ½ gallon clover seed 9–
5From Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Shoemaker, 5 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Your father mentioned that as you were shortly to go on to Philadelphia, you could take on with you the young man, Meech, who is with you, to his father if you were certain of recieving from him his expences. I told him that if the father did not repay them, I would. in order to place the proposition on definite ground, I will say precisely that I will in that case repay the expences of his...