1To James Madison from Robert Patterson, 8 February 1814 (Madison Papers)
It has become my duty to announce to you the decease of another officer of the Mint, Mr. Henry Voigt, the Chief Coiner, who died yesterday evening. Mr. Adam Eckfeldt, the Assistant Coiner has been employed in the business of the Mint from the very commencement of its operations; is perfectly acquainted with the construction & repairs of all its various machinery, and has, for a considerable...
2To James Madison from William H. Winder, 8 February 1814 (Madison Papers)
I here with beg leave to transmit the reflections which you consented to peruse upon the question of retaliation now depending between my government & that of Great Britain. They have been delayed by a state of indisposition which has considerably disqualified me for mental exertion and may on that account be less worthy of consideration than they otherwise would have been. But Sir I assure...
3Samuel Brown to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from New Orleans , a few days ago, I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 13 th of November . It had remained in the Post office, at this place, during my absence, which was protracted, far beyond my calculations, by the illness & death of an intimate friend who had solicited me to witness his last moments— The constant expectation of receiving an answer to your...
4Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you by M r Johnson such parts of the nail rod mention’d in your letter of the 26 th Ult o as I have been able to procure together with the Corks & powder as p r Mem n at foot— nothing has been doing in Flour since I wrote you last, the price is nominally 4½$— With great respect I am Of Sam l G. Adams