My Grandson William Stuben Smith, having returnd from abroad, declines the honour which I have been informd, was intended him by the President, as secretary of Legation, to the Mission to England. His Brother, John Adams Smith, has written to me; to request of the President, the appointment, if he Should deem it proper to grant it to him. As Congress do not allow a private Secretary to their...
2From Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, 14 May 1815 (Adams Papers)
My Grandson William Stuben Smith, having returnd from Russia, where he has resided with his uncle as Secretary of Legation to that Mission, and as I have been informd the President intended him, the offer of continuing in that Character, to the Embassy to England, which honour he has declined, the Sallery allowd being insufficient for the Support of a Family, which he now has. his Brother John...
3From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 14 May 1815 (Adams Papers)
I seem to be rambling with you, to the Hotell de Valois, the hotel du Roi &c &c but you have not yet visited Passy Chaillot, Auteuil, or Versailles, nor Mont Martyr nor Mount Calvaire. What has become of these Spots, where I have Taken so many anxious and Solitary Walks. Where is the Bois de Boulange? I envy you the Society of La Fayette and de Stael. The latter is more than her Father or...
4From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, 14 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 12th. is duly recd. The result of the consultation on the discharge of the Army, and the expedition agst. Algiers is entirely satisfactory. That relating to the question of diplomatic measures required by the crisis is so also. My own idea was rather to ripen the subject for decision, than to act on it before the intelligence daily expected from Europe, and particularly from our...
5To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 14 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
On reflection, I have thought it right to recommend some additions and alterations in the plan submitted to you for organizing the army. 1. To transport the troops from place to place before they are formed into brigades will require more assistance in the quartermaster’s department. I propose, therefore, retaining provisionally, Samuel Brown (the general’s brother), deputy...
6To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 14 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
I am anxious to make our Army arrangement satisfactory, without taking too great a latitude in the discretion left to the Executive. I am afraid Genl. Jackson will be mortified, if Major Butler and Major Hayne are not noticed in some part of our arrangement; and I think we can manage the matter safely, by allowing an Adjutant General (Major Butler) to be provisionally retained for the Division...
7To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 14 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have written to you already by this day’s mail; but one more alteration in the Army list is desireable. Major Cutler is an excellent Officer, a modest man, and much esteemed. He has been in service 8 years; but has not enjoyed an opportunity of becoming conspicuous in the field. He will be content with a Company, and the brevet. I must add, that he is very poor. If you approve of it, I can...
8To James Madison from Richard M. Johnson, 14 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
I enclose you a part of a letter which I have just rcd. from Mr Brown of the City who was prevailed upon in my absence to act as agent for ward & Taylor in the army Contract. I also Send you a Statement made from ward & Taylor which I vouch to be correct as I Know them to be men of honor. It took me nearly one half of my time while in the City to attend to the contract as their friend without...
9Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Albemarle County Property Subject to Federal Tax, 14 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
A list of the property of the subscriber in the county of Albemarle liable to the taxes imposed by Congress at their session of 1814–15. 5640. acres of land, including 400. a s on Hardware belonging to himself, Hudson & others. 2. slaves above 60. years of age 9. d o between 50. & 60. 9.
10Joseph Cabell Breckinridge to Thomas Jefferson, 14 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
The freedom I take in obtruding this letter upon you, needs an apology. I hope a sufficient one will be found in the following statement. Doctor Buchanan , a native of this state—a gentleman of unusual talents—for several years past, distinguished as a metaphysician— and now the Editor of a patriotic Newspaper, in Frankfort , called the “Palladium”—is engaged in collecting materials for a...