1To James Madison from James Barbour, 11 April 1818 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to enclose you a paper containing my remarks on the navigation bill which you will previously have seen in the papers. Altho to you the view I have taken will present nothing new who has been so familiar with the Subject for forty years it may employ a leisure half hour in its perusal—deriving its interest principally from the consideration that they are made by one who claims to be...
2To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1818 (Madison Papers)
Yours of Mar. 29. came duly to hand, but I put off answering it because I expected to have written sooner by the bearer of the present mr. Coffee. Nothing presses as to the payment of the instalment which is the subject of your letter. It may either be paid to the Richmd bank of Virginia, or sent to mr. Garrett or mr. Barksdale by any body happening to be coming, or brought when you come to...
3Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Bigelow, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the comparative statement of the climate s of the several states, as deduced from observations on the flowering of tree s in the same year. it presents a valuable view, and one which it is much to be desired could be extended thro’ a longer period of years & embrace a greater number of those circumstances which indicate climate. I closed, the year before last, a seven...
4Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Summary of Weather Observations, 1810–1816, [ca. 11 April 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
1. the greatest & least height of the thermometer every day. 2. the greatest, least, & mean height of the thermom. in every month, with the mean of each year, & the mean of the 7. years, which last was 55 ½ °. 3. the minimum & maximum of the whole term, to wit 5 ½ ° and 94 ½ ° 4. the number of freezing nights in a winter [50.] & of freezing days [10.] 5. how long fires are necessary in our...
5Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel Bowditch, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the copy of your Mathematical papers which you have been so kind as to send me. I am not strong enough for all their minute details, but am proud to find we have those among us who are so. I had supposed Delaplace beyond correction. most of all I was fond of believing in the solidity of his demonstrations that the variations in the motions of the planets are secular, & r only...
6Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Having just rec d some copies of the small Bible ordered by you, some time since, we now forward one, & remain resp y RC ( MHi ); in the hand of a representative of Mathew Carey & Son ; between dateline and salutation: “ Tho s Jefferson Esq”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from the elder Carey
7Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Cooper, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you yesterday , since which it has occurred to me that you can render us a great service. among the duties required by the legislature from the Comm rs for the location of their University , one is to state to them the sciences proper for such an institution, and the number of Professors necessary. to determine this so as not to endanger overburthening any Professor, it is essential...
8Destutt de Tracy to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
C’est le 13 9 bre dernier que M r Lyman m’a remis la très aimable lettre que vous m’aviez fait l’honneur de m’ecrire le 15 Mai precedent. J’y ai Vu avec un bien grand plaisir que vous aviez reçu mes deux dernières lettres des 4 fevrier et 24 X bre 1816 . ainsi que tous les petits envois de livres ou de manuscrits que je vous avais fait precedemen t & que vous Conserviez toujours la même...
9Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of Mar. 29. came to duly to hand, but I put off answering it because I expected to have written sooner by the bearer of the present mr Coffee . nothing presses as to the payment of the instalment which is the subject of your letter . it may either be paid to the Richm d bank of Virginia , or sent to mr Garret or
10Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Silliman, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The unlucky displacement of your letter of Mar. 3 . has been the cause of delay in my answer. altho’ I have very generally withdrawn from subscribing to or reading periodical publications from the love of rest which age produces, yet I willingly subscribe to your the journal you propose from a confidence that the talent with which it will be edited will entitle it to the attention among the...