1Thomas Jefferson’s Estimate of Income and Expenses, 25 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
June 25. 1819. P. Gibson . bal ce in fav r Th:J. June 25. 860 .79 May 20. June 30. 50. bar. flour Mill rent 300 . July
Well, Charles, how comes on the file? is yours as big as John’s? are your walks so delightful you cannot get one moment of time to write me? or are you so busy in giving your french Lessons to your friend Dawes that you are obliged to decline my correspondence?—I am so perfectly sure that you have some very good reason for your silence I by no means wish to reproach you—But as it is long time...
3Thomas Jefferson to John Philippart, 11 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Feb. 17. is duly recieved, and claims my acknolegements for the notice of which you are pleased to think my course of life worthy. it finds me however unequal to the undertaking you request. the hand of age (now 76) presses heavily on me, and renders writing exceedingly laborious. the transactions too in which I have borne a part, have many of them entirely escaped recollection,...
4Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 11 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
The interest on the late derangement of my health which was so kindly expressed by many, could not but be gratifying to me inasmuch as it manifested a sentiment that I had not been merely an useless cypher of society. yet a decline of health, at the age of 76. was naturally to be expected, and is a warning of an event which cannot be distant, and whose approach I contemplate with little...