1To James Madison from Phinehas Bean, Jr., 4 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 January 1810, Newport, New Hampshire. Blames the distress of his present situation on his political loyalty, which caused his enemies to conspire and plan his financial ruin. Reports his creditors pressed for the sale of his property and “sold it at auction at ¼ Value, as soon as the Law would bear them out.” Unless aided by JM he will be sent to prison for debt. Adds copy of recommendation...
2To James Madison from Peter Crary and Others, 4 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 January 1810, New York. Urges JM to appoint Elijah Palmer to be surveyor at the port of Stonington, Connecticut, in the event of the resignation of the incumbent, Jonathan Palmer. Recommends Elijah Palmer for his attachment to the “principles of ’76” and as one who has been persecuted for his political beliefs. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Palmer”). 3 pp. Signed by Crary and...
3Jonathan & Thomas Foster to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
We have taken the liberty to send you one of the first papers of the Constellation, and cannot help expressing a wish, that you may so approbate it as to become its patron, Gen l John Smith , our representative, is one of our worthy patrons, & holds a Prospectus RC ( MHi ); adjacent to closing: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 17 Jan. 1810 and so recorded in SJL ....
4Gilbert C. Russell to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Conceiving it a duty incumbent upon me to give the friends of the late Merriwether Lewis such information releative to his arrival here his stay and departure, and also of his pecuniary matters as came within my knowledge which they otherwise might not ascertain, and presumeing that as you were once his Patron, you still remain’d his friend, I beg leave to communicate it to you and thro’ you...
5Enclosure: Memorandum from Meriwether Lewis to Gilbert C. Russell, [ca. 29 September 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
Cap t Russell will much oblige his friend Meriwether Lewis by forwarding to the care of William Brown Collector of the port of New Orleanes , a Trunk belonging to Cap t James House addressed to M c
6Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January [1810] (Jefferson Papers)
In my answer to your favor of the 18 th ult I omitted to remind you that the Will of R.S. is most clearly admitted by the bill for it alleges “that the said R.S. made his testament and last will with all due solemnities bearing date the 15 th day of May 1759 , and in it he devises his whole estate real and personal to his wife Elizabeth and her heirs for ever” &c. However it will be better to...