1From John Adams to Benjamin Morgan, 26 December 1797 (Adams Papers)
I yesterday received by Mr. Malcom, your favor of that date, together with a Catalouge of the Books, belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, bound and lettered with uncommon beauty and Splendor— I pray you Sir to present my thanks to the Directors of that Institution, for this elegant present and especially for their obliging offer of the Use of their books, a favour, however, which...
2Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 3 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have a matter of business of some moment at New Orleans , & not having any mercantile acquaintance there, I venture on the slight correspondence we have had, but still more on the knolege of your character, to ask your aid in the transaction of it. the case is this. a mr John Peyton of this state & neighborhood died last year in New Orleans , intestate, & having considerable sums of money...
3Enclosure: Abner L. Duncan to Benjamin Morgan, 24 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
But for the channel through which the order of Mess rs Craven Peyton , Robert Peyton & Burwell Logwood comes I should have no security, nor indeed be at all justifiable in paying over any monies in my hands; I am the attorney in fact of Robert Peyton curator of John Peyton , and as such accountable only to him in his capacity as curator. I am also his Surety for the Sum of $6000 for the...
4Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 12 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Feb. 25. was seven weeks on the road. since it’s date mr Robert Peyton has left this neighborhood for New Orleans , and it is expected he will remove any scruples mr Duncan may entertain as to the validity of the order I transmitted you signed by all the representatives of John Peyton dec d mr Craven Peyton , my neighbor, supposed that the inclosed copy of the division of the...
5Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 2 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Being on a visit to a possession I have here at a distance from home, I cannot acknolege your two last letters by their dates: but one of them stated the reciept of a letter of mine which should have covered a particular document in the case of the Peytons, and the other acknoleged the reciept of the document itself and expressed your expectation that on the arrival of mr Robert Peyton , mr...
6Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 27 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Craven Peyton has just called on me with the inclosed letter recently recieved from his brother Robert . considering it as conclusive evidence that his brother claims no part of the money which he authorised mr Duncan to collect, and admits it to belong to himself, he has desired me to inclose it to you, and expressed the further wish that if paiment is further refused by mr Duncan ,...
7Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 11 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 22. came to hand on the 28 th of April, and the delay of an answer has proceeded f rom the circumstance of mr & mrs Logwood’s residence in another county. I now inclose you the documents which your letter called for. from an expression in the powers of Attorney, that ‘the monies were to be paid into your hands for my use’ it might be inferred that I was interested in this...
8Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 20 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ I do not believe that you trouble yourself with law-questions, even those of your own vicinity, yet I send you the inclosed as a testimony of my respect for you. M r Craven Peyton , claimant of the effects of John Peyton now in the hands of mr Duncan , despairing of getting the money out of mr Duncan’s hands voluntarily, has desired me to urge recourse to the coercions of the law....
9Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 11 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of Aug. 10. have been duly recieved, covering the 1 st & 2 d of Exchange by Smith & Morrison on Hollins & Brown of Baltimore for 988. D. 03 c on account of Peyton’s administrators; and the bill has been forwarded and accepted. I return you many thanks for your kindnesses in this case. when I troubled you with it I had no idea but that the simple act of recieving & remitting would...
10Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan and Thomas B. Robertson, 26 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
A ca se arises here in which a grandson of mine, Tho s J. Randol ph is deeply interested, & wherein the information you can probably obtain for us would be an act of great friendship to mysel f and of infinite importance to my grandson. a mr John Bostwick came into this neighborhood some time since, & being pleased with it’s soil, climate & othe r circumstances, determined to establish...
11Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 7 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
On the preceding page is the copy of a letter I took the liberty of addressing to you at it’s date and of forwarding to N. Orleans . learning since that that you are in Philadelphia I send a duplicate; for altho’ no longer in the place where enquiry can be made, yet possibly you may be able to give of your own knolege some answer to the enquiries. I repeat to you the assurances of my...
12From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Morgan, 18 July 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
We learn thro’ the channel of the newspapers that Govr. Claiborne having engaged in a duel has been dangerously wounded, and the Secretary having resigned his office the territory will in that event be left without any Executive head. it is not in my power immediately to make provision for this unfortunate & extraordinary state to which the territory may thus have been reduced, otherwise than...