6601From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 24 Apl. and return the letter inclosed in it; after having made the communication intended for Mr Gallatin. Your expostulations with Duane could not be improved; but he gives proofs of a want of candor, as well as of temperance, that will probably repel advice however rational or friendly. The great fulcrum of his attacks on Mr. Gallatin, is Erskine’s statement of his...
6602George Ticknor to Thomas Jefferson, 14 October 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I had yesterday the pleasure of receiving a line from you dated Aug. 6. enclosg enclosing the copy of a letter of credit on Paris for 350.D. and containing an intimation of a previous letter of July 4. covering your catalogue which my father informs me he has sent for greater safety through the hands of my banker in London , & which I may, there fore, expect to recieve receive
6603Edward Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
When I had the pleasure of seeing you last summer at my Mothers , I informed you, that M r Latrobe had sent round to Rich d some time in the Month of May last, your prints to the Care of Gibson & Jefferson . I was led to this conclusion from M r Latrobes having taken the Prints that you left in the setting room to his House, for the purpose of packing them up with one he had there; and from my...
6604Gideon Fitz to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
My personal acquaintance with you and the kind attention you have been pleased to bestow on me in my outsetting in life is my apology for the freedom I take in offering you the following remarks. This is the third letter I have ventured to trouble you with relative to the adjustment of the land claims in this country.—It is with diffidence I write it, though I have long been convinced, that it...
6605Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I Have Been for a Long While Anxiously Expecting Answers to Several Letters of Mine Which I principaly Atribute to the distance from Monticelo to the Sea port places where opportunities are to Be found— But as the departure of M r Gallatin Cannot fail to Be known to You I Hope He May Be the Bearer of Your dispatches. the Situation of Europe is too Comprehensive, the Events of Last Year Have...
6606Ruelle to Thomas Jefferson, 1 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Si l’on peut en croire les Journaux Anglais, il parait qu’il y a dans votre Patrie beaucoup de mécontens, et que la forme de votre Gouvernement est censurée hautement. je ne connais pas votre Constitution, et c’est envain, depuis six ans que je cherche à me la procurer; mais, au seul titre d’Etats-Unis , je vois qu’elle ne peut être qu’un fédéralisme; or, l’exemple de la ci-devant République...
6607John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 3 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
D r James Freeman , is a learned, ingenious, honest and benevolent Man, who wishes to See President Jefferson , and requests me to introduce him. If you would introduce Some of your Friends to me, I could with more confidence introduce mine to You. He is a Christian, but not a Pythagorian a Platonick or a Philonick Christian. You will ken him and he will ken You: but you may depend, he will...
6608Richard N. Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 30 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 22 nd inst. I received only three days ago—Being abscent in the country with my family prevented my receiving it before— With respect to your box, I had previously Sent it to Richmond , addressed to the care of Mr Gibson , whom I had seen, and who informed me that he would contrive it to you if I would send it over to you him —I trust by this time it has reached you in Safety—I...
6609James Cutbush to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
To you as a friend of his country, and a zealous promoter of the Arts, sciences and manufactures, permit me to address this letter, accompanying a prospectus of a work, which we hope will prove of advantages to the growing manufactu. of our country. Your opinion of such a work, will do more than that of any other man towards its diffusion. I have the pleasure to inform you, that I proposed you...
6610Stephen Cathalan to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope that my Letters of the 15 th febr ry & 19 th march Last , with the Containts of my Several Invoices, therein Inclosed, will have Reached you before this Day; your Favor of the 1 st February last Reached me on the 7 th ult o — many Thousand Gratefull Thanks—for your kind Expressions towards me! & I cannot better Express them to you, than by my Continued Endeavours to desire the...
6611Walter Jones to Thomas Jefferson, 19 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I take much satisfaction in renewing to you, in y r Retirement, my professions of attachment, founded as well on Sentiments of private friendship, as on a Conviction of your firm Adherence to republican principles, which gives you a lasting and honorable claim to the Esteem of your living Friends, & to the Applause of Posterity. dear as those principles and the Institutions which have flowed...
6612Julian Ursin Niemcewicz to Thomas Jefferson, 4 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Being constantly mindful of my Citizen Ship of the United States of America , grateful for the Attentions which I have received in that Country, from You Sir & my other friends, desireous of conveing on our Society the honor of reckning You in its Number I took the Liberty to propose You for a Member of the Royal Society, of the friends of Sciences in Warsaw , & have the pleasure to anounce to...
6613David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 2 d instant I have received, and this day, I have shipped the machine on board the Schooner Charles , Capt Andrew Bates , bound to Richmond , to the care of Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson , to whom I have written—the $5– you enclosed I received; I have not yet been called upon for any expenses, but shall pay them, when demanded—I wish the machine safe to hand, and am very...
6614Sarah Grotjan to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Convinced that You will pardon an entire Stranger for intruding on Your time for a few minutes, when You become acquainted with the motives by which she is actuated, I solicit the favour of a few Lines in answer t to the following Inquiry. Accident has thrown in my way an unfortunate person by the name of Julia Bradley , whose maiden name as she informed me was Julia Webb , of Richmond...
6615James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson) to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you inclosed as directed in yours of the 31 st ult o $100, (25$ in 1 & 2$ notes & the Balance in 5$ notes) we I could not obtain any more Small notes as the Banks here are without them Patrick Gibson P. Js Ligon RC ( MHi ); in Ligon’s hand; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Jan. 1815 and so recorded in SJL
6616Bernard McMahon to Thomas Jefferson, 24 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 11 th ins t and am happy that the articles sent to you last spring have succeeded to your satisfaction, and that you rec d the few roots I lately sent you in good condition. I am much obliged to you for your former favors and also for you r intention of sending me the box of seeds you were pleased to mention. With this letter I expect you will...
6617Samuel E. Mifflin to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 26 September 1814] (Jefferson Papers)
I wish to know of you Sir, whether you recollect to have observed during the American War, by the then general Thomas Mifflin any opposition to have been made to the sanctity and spirit of General Washington Whether that opposit i on and the eternal spring of patriotism given to the American breast by the genius the valour the intelligence and the virtue of Mifflin did not rescue this Country...
6618Mason L. Weems to Thomas Jefferson, 31 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My Son Jesse Ewell brings you a copy of the Life of Marion which I pray you to accept. It was written for the Moral & Military Services of our Youth among whom it has taken well. I have a great favor to ask of you, viz your assistance in a little book on a Great Man, to which I believe you can contribute more than any other Gentleman in the U. States. The Great man I allude to is D r Franklin...
6619From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 6 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I inclose for perusal a letter from Mr. Dupont D. N. What does he mean by his desire “to contribute” to the Execution of his project of Education? You will observe that he has sent for you a copy of the Works of Turgot, as far as Edited. Be so good as to point out the mode in which you wish them to be transmitted. I expect a Waggon here next month which can take them to Orange, if you prefer...
6620Palisot de Beauvois to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Le 19 Mars dernier j’ai eu L’honneur de vous ecrire pour reclamer vos bontés et vous prier de me faire rendre, dans Votre païs la justice, qui nous est dus. Ma Lettre tres detaillée Se trouve jointe par duplicata, a celle-ci. La Certitude que j’ai de L’arrivée du Navire chargé de Cette dépêche Me rassure Sur Sa destination. je ne doute donc pas qu’elle ne vous Soit parvenue, et je compte assez...
6621William Wirt to Thomas Jefferson, 18 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
About four years ago you were so good as to state that if the life of Henry was not destined to come out very speedily you would endeavour to recollect what might be of service to it and that having run your course with him for more than twenty years and witnessed the part he bore in every great question you would perhaps be able to recal some interesting anecdotes. I do not refer to your...
6622Joseph R. Darnall to Thomas Jefferson, 10 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 17 th of last June I call’d on You, and Stayed until the next day. My business was of So disagreeable a nature that I did not make it known: and nothing but extreem & y increasing necessity could force me to it at this time. It is to humbly ask your assistance in releiving from indigence and distress Myself my Wife , and three small children. So extraordinary a petition, requires that I...
6623John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, 27 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
My excursion to the westward being somewhat hastened by the prospect of comrades and being on the point of starting I take the liberty of requesting you to inform my friend M r Geo Gilmer who will hand you this letter whether the deed of relinquishment to the four hundred and ninety acre entry has been made and acknowledged on your part. He is authorised in that event to hand you an order on...
6624David Isaacs to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
t T he Boy just arrived and i hasten to forward you Six of the best they Brot the trip has been a long one, and the Fish cost 1/6 a peice on Shore I cant Sell them for less than 3/—to Save myself—I hope they will meet your approbation RC ( MHi ); dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “Tho s Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as a letter of May 1814. TJ recorded paying Isaacs $3 on this...
6625William F. Gray to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I this day forward to you, by the Mail Cart, a small bundle of Books , sent to my care by M r Milligan of George Town . Wishing them safe to hand RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “Tho s Jefferson Esq. Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 15 Mar. 1816 and so recorded in SJL . For the small bundle of books
6626James Barbour to Thomas Jefferson, 16 March 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Presuming that you take no slight interest in the ensuing Presidential election, and that it would be agreeable to you to learn, on whom that distinguished appointment is likely to devolve, I have seized the earliest moment to communicate to you the result of a meeting of the Republicans, this moment adjourned—The ballot was as follows Monroe —65. Crawford —54— For V. P— Tompkins 85— Snyder...
6627Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 9 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The petition of Count Barziza was rejected some time past in the House of Delegates I have kept a watchful eye on the Turnpike Bill to which you desired me to attend. M r Thweat has shewn a very friendly anxiety on the occasion. I spoke to several of my friends in the low House of Delegates , to cooperate with him. M r Maury has been ill nearly the whole of the session. But an agreement has...
6628Thomas B. Robertson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose you a copy of the proceedings in the case of Livingston v D’Orgenoy Soon after this suit had been judicially decided, Mr. Livingston went upon the Batture , affected to take possession of the same, and published in all the gazettes of the City the advertisement which I also herewith transmit to you meeting with him at the house where I usually dine, he observed to...
6629George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have sold your last 54 barrels of flour to W m M c Kenzie at 8.½ & 9$. (5 barrels being fine only) on a credit of 60 days, his note to be endorsed by Jn o Lesslie .—For the reasons before assigned you will be pleased to consider this likewise as a Cash sale. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson esq r
6630Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture to Thomas Jefferson, 13 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
AT a Special Meeting of “ The Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture ,” held October (10th mo.) 30th, 1816, It was resolved, unanimously, T hat the Curators, with the assistance of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary, and any other Member or Members of the Society, who will procure and give information, collect facts relating to Agriculture and Horticulture, and of all circumstances...
6631Destutt de Tracy to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
je Suis Saisi de la plus timide inquietude quand je pense qu’un ouvrage de moi Sur les objets les plus importants au bonheur des hommes, va etre mis Sous les yeux de l’homme de l’univers que je respecte le plus et dont j’ambitionne le plus le Suffrage. cependant je ressens une joye vive de penser qu’aprés avoir fait le bonheur de votre pays, aprés lui avoir donné le plus grand et le plus utile...
6632Bishop James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 November 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Having seen your Observations upon the late solar Eclipse, I took the Liberty to transmit a Copy of them to M r W. Lambert , in Washington , & to request him to favour me with a Calculation of the Longitude of Monticello founded upon them. I now transmit his Paper , & hope it will prove agreable to you. The Facility & Accuracy of M r L. in astronomical Calculation is very remarkable. This I...
6633Charles P. De Lasteyrie to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Veuillés bien être mon organe au près de la Société Philosophique que vous présidés, pour l’assurer de mon entier devouement, et pour lui offrir l’ouvrage Sur le pastel et l’ indigotier que je viens de publier. je désire que ce foible produit de mon travail puisse lui être utile agréable, et qu’il puisse être utile à votre patrie . Comme l’Amérique septentrionale Se livre aujourd’hui à tous...
6634Benjamin Jones to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I reced your favor of 4 h In t and was glad to recognise your well known hand once more and I now Send you the articles order’d remarking at the Same time that Iron had become very Scarce and the price very high previous to the news of peace. it has fall n A little but is Still high compared with former times. A few months I hope will regulate these things. I send you now 16 Bars of Iron...
6635Robert Patterson to Thomas Jefferson, 28 November 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
A pretty severe attack of the prevailing epidemic, with a good deal of sickness in the family, must be my excuse for not sending on your Time-piece somewhat sooner. It was, however, last saturday shipped on board the Guinea Hen , &, according to your directions, consigned to mess rs Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond. On examining the pendulum mentioned in my last, & which I proposed to substitute...
6636John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 26 January 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for your rich present of Dec. 28 th . The Pettifogger of Furnivals Inn , or of Cliffords Inn , Scarcely deserves the pains you have taken to enquire into his Biography. My Curiosity is Selfish, personal and local. The Character of the Miscreant, however, is not wholly contemptible. It marks the Complextion of the Age in which he lived. How many Such Characters could you and I...
6637C. & A. Conrad & Company to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 24th April came regularly to hand with A check for Twelve dollars for which you have credit—the reciept of it ought to have been acknowledged sooner but we have been so much engaged that it has been neglected— We think mr. Rapine must be mistaken in saying the Acc t was paid in February 1808—We have examined our books very carefully but find no account of it besides it does not...
6638Robert Patterson to Thomas Jefferson, 2 December 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Hassler has just transmitted to the Sec’y of the Treasury , a descriptive list of the instruments which, in execution of his appointment for that purpose, he had procured in Europe , & has lately brought with him to this city. Presuming that you might be pleased to have a copy of this list, I herewith send you one, for your acceptance. M r Hassler ’s circumstances are, at present, somewhat...
6639Samuel Smith (of Maryland) to Thomas Jefferson, 14 July [1815] (Jefferson Papers)
Colonel Robert C Nicholas Son of Governor Nicholas will Sail depart for Leghorn in a few days with a View of establishing himself there as a Merchant. he will have the good wishes of the Merchants of Balt e & their entire confidence—It would tend greatly to his advantage to recieve the appointment of Consul at that port. A Change I am told is to be made, (& Surely it had become necessary.) and...
6640Peyton Randolph (d. 1828) to Thomas Jefferson, 16 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope the subject of this letter will be deemed a sufficient apology for the liberty I have taken in writing to you. M. Delaplaine , who has undertaken to publish the biography of the eminent men of America, has requested me to furnish him with some facts respecting my uncle Peyton Randolph . I have felt great regret at not being able to gratify his desire in a manner worthy of the subject...
6641David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inform you that the Attorney General is not yet arrived at Washington . Mr. Coles , to whom I delivered your packet for Mr Rodney , informs me, that he has lost all his furniture on board a vessel, destined for this city, which has been lately wrecked— I was obliged to return from Monticello , by Richmond , where I had the pleasure of meeting Messrs Coles and Cabell .
6642Lady Virginia Murray to Thomas Jefferson, [before 29 November 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
I am at a loss how to begin a Letter in the which I am desirous of stating claims that may long since have been forgotten—but which I think no time can really annihilate until fufilment has followed the promise—I imagine you must have heard that during my Father the late Earl of Dunmore’s residence in America —I was born— & that the Assembly then sitting at Williamsburg requested I might be...
6643Jonathan & Thomas Foster to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
We have taken the liberty to send you one of the first papers of the Constellation, and cannot help expressing a wish, that you may so approbate it as to become its patron, Gen l John Smith , our representative, is one of our worthy patrons, & holds a Prospectus RC ( MHi ); adjacent to closing: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 17 Jan. 1810 and so recorded in SJL ....
6644John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Thro the politeness of M r Monroe —I am fav rd with the inclosed. Viz Gen l Kosciusko s letter dated Soleure 15 April the Contents of course—his pressing wants of a seasonable Remittance, which from the extreme advance of exchange—I cannot bring myself to comply with without your express consent & Approbation— and altho’ the present Balance in my hands viz $1400—do not warrant a Bill of Ex....
6645Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 17 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 10 th Ins t inclosing $2940 in treasury notes, $2000 of which I shall hold subject to your order, as the balance together with the prds of your flour & Tobacco, will be sufficient to discharge the several sums mentioned in your letter of the 6 th —I send you annexed account sales of your flour & Tobacco n t prd s $2314.81 at your credit, nothing but the order...
6646Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 10 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just returned to this City and established myself permanently in business, where I am always to be found, and shall be ever happy to serve you and your good family in any possible way—your commands shall at all times be executed with promptitude, and to the best of my judgment should you think proper to favor me with them.—Be pleased to make this known to the different branches of your...
6647Thomas A. Pellet to Thomas Jefferson, 31 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I perceive by the letter in which you offer your Library to Congress , you have indulged yourself in a tirade against the “Vandalism” of the British, in burning the public buildings at Washington .—I think with you, that it was a shameful proceeding— but please to look at the enclosed official statement (publish’d in the Boston Daily Advertiser of the 29 th Ins
6648From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Not knowing where I could be enabled to answer the inclosed, with so much confidence in the fact, as in your acquaintance with the historical antiquities of Virginia, I take the liberty of asking whether I may not say to Mr. Bassette, that no such accounts as he enquires after, are known to exist. As he seems desirous of an early answer you will oblige me by a few lines as soon as convenient....
6649Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving this morning, your letter, of the 26 h Dec r addressed to me, at Staunton , and the duplicate thereof, addressed to this place— In your suit in chancery, with the Rivanna company you may count on my Services as counsel, and so, according to your request, you may expect me to appear for You as counsel, in any cause, in which You may be concerned, within the range...
6650Hugh Nelson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 February [1815] (Jefferson Papers)
Hugh Nelson takes the liberty to enclose to M r Jefferson , a copy of the treaty of Peace; and with pride and with pleasure to tender to him his congratulations on the return of this happy state of things — RC ( DLC: TJ Papers , 203:36159); dateline at foot of text; partially dated; endorsed by TJ as a letter of 22 Feb. 1815 received 1 Mar. 1815 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: copy of the...