1[To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 5 December 1779] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Nantes, 5 Dec. 1779 . Mazzei’s “Representation” of his conduct as agent for Virginia in Europe states that in a letter of this date, his second dispatch to TJ, “he foretold, that we ought not to expect any good from the Irish commotions, and signified his reasons for such a conjecture, which he confirmed in letter 11, dated Paris, April 10th 1780,” q.v., below (Marraro, Mazzei , p. 88)....
2[To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 19 August 1780] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Genoa, 19 Aug. 1780 . Mazzei’s “Representation,” written in 1784, states that he wrote in his dispatch No. 21, of this date, “that some money might be obtained there [Genoa] at 5 P. Cent. Interest, allowing three or four P. Cent for all charges, once for ever, which rendered the loan much cheaper to the borrower than one P. Cent Annually, as it had been offered for charges by Doctor...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 19 July 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Nelle mie 2 precedenti dei 15 e 25 del mese passato, preoccupato com’ero da interessantissimi soggetti, trascurai di ragguagliarla degli effetti dell’intempestivo caldo in gennaio, febbraio, e quasi ⅔ di Marzo, e del freddo che successe. Il freddo continovò fino agli 8 di Maggio. Tutti i frutti avevano allegato senza eccettuarne i più tardivi, quando principiò. Seccarono coi frutti le cime...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 9 July 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
L’Orient, 9 July 1785. He sailed from New York 17 June and arrived in L’Orient this day. “I have with me so many bundles of letters and other papers for you as to cost you perhaps 30 louis, were the whole to be sent by post. Mr. Short could perhaps have his for 60 or 70 francs. I cannot get to Paris before the 21st or 22nd of this month; nonetheless I esteem it proper to bring all of it...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 15 June 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 15 June 1780 . Sends Leyden gazette of 6 June with accounts of “various insolent and ignominious actions of the British subjects at sea.” The whole world now believes that “the sentiments contained in the enclosed Manuscript No. 1. may be considered as the Emperors”—an East India Company now forming at Trieste under his auspices. King of Naples goes on as fast as possible to form his...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 4 April 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 4 Apr. 1780 . Abstract, with liberal quotations, of Edmund Burke’s speech in Parliament on Economical Reform, delivered 11 Feb. 1780. Sends text of Louis XVI’s message to the widow of Capt. Couedic, which Mazzei hopes will be translated for the “perusal of our people.” Enlarges on the good qualities of the French king. RC ( NN ); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Mazzei; 4 p. At head of...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 12 May 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, May 12, 1780 . De Ternay’s fleet with 6,300 troops under Lt. Gen. Rochambeau sailed from Brest on 2 May; a second division, with 3,000–4,000 men is expected to sail in about three weeks. The Spanish fleet, with 11,460 men, sailed from Cadiz on 28 Apr. Observations on the comparative naval status of the three powers. France is fast winning the confidence of the other European powers;...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 15 April 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Dopo la mia dei 6 xbre 1800 (che Ella ricevè) Le scrissi il 5 Febb., il 2 e il 30 Luglio, il 28 7bre, e il 15 9bre 1801. Il 28 7bre Le mandai in un sacchettino dei noccioli di pesche di varie qualità. Al principio Apr. 1802 mi pervennero da Milano coll’istesso corriere le 2 sue dei 29 Ap. 1800, e dei 17 Marzo 1801. Le risposi subito il 10 Aprile, sul punto della mia partenza per Pietroburgo;...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 8 March 1782 (Jefferson Papers)
Florence, 8 Mch. 1782 . Five months have elapsed since the capitulation of Cornwallis and several vessels have arrived in France which sailed from America after that event; does not complain of being neglected before that time but is “greatly disappointed and mortified” by the present silence. Recapitulates the substance of his earlier dispatches; has received no financial aid; has lived too...
10[To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 2 October 1781] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Florence, 2 Oct. 1781 . Mazzei’s “Representation” of his conduct as agent for Virginia in Europe states that in a letter of this date, his dispatch “No. 26” to TJ, he wrote: “My Bill drawn by your Excellency’s order, on Messr. Penet, D’Acosta, Freres & Co., has been protested. I am at a loss what to do. It was my intention to tell my circumstances to this Sovereign, and was I to do it, I...
11To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, [5 January 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Leiden? 5 Jan. 1786 ] Encloses souvenirs which may serve to recall things TJ has forgotten or be useful in comparing the present with the past. His trunk having arrived, will leave the next day, spend a few days at The Hague, and proceed to Amsterdam where he will execute any orders given him with the Van Staphorsts; asks advice about proceeding to have the Van Staphorsts join him in giving...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 4 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Dalla precendente mia dei 12 7bre, e da quella dell’istessa data che Le inclusi ⅌ Mr. Latrobe, avrà veduto la mia buona opinione dei 2 Scultori, i quali (se non sono già imbarcati) s’imbarcheranno in breve ⅌ Baltimore. Per l’istesso bastimento che gli porterà, Mr. Latrobe riceverà il Contratto stipulato con loro, in una mia lettera di pochi versi dei 28 8bre, nella quale Lo prego di farle noto...
13To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 1 December 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
La fuga dei sopraddi. soggetti à causato, che il disgraziato Capn. Hall non à trovato credito per mettersi in stato di poter partire. Per mezzo di Mr. Appleton questa partirà da un porto della Francia in un Packet-boat. 10 xbre Sigr. Saml. Pourviance, restato qui dopo la fuga del fratello e di Degen (del che s’ignora il motivo) si dichiarò responsabile per il debito della Ragione Degen e...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 25 July 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Un concorso straordinario alla Locanda ave io sono, a motivo di un Corteggio magnifico mandato dal nuovo Rè d’Italia ad accompagnare un suo Cognato, al quale à regalato lo stato di Lucca (finora Repubblica) e il Principato di Piombino (che apparteneva alla Toscana); fece sì, che quando fui iersera per partire, non si trovarono i finimenti e altro appartenerti al mio regno, il che mi forza a...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 13 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Il Governo militare francese, che attualmente domina in Livorno, avendo per grazia speciale permesso che parta ⅌ Filadelfia il bastimento Americano The Dispatch, Capn. Jacob Benners, sul quale s’imbarca il mio buono Amico Sigr. Federigo Wollaston, profitto di questa opportunità ⅌ mandarle in una boccettina ben chiusa il seme di fragole d’ogni mese e le 12 bottiglie di Moscadello di Montalcino,...
16[To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 19 March 1780] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 19 Mch. 1780 . Mazzei’s “Representation … of His Conduct, from the Time of His Appointment to Be Agent of the State in Europe untill his Return to Virginia,” written in 1784 and printed in Marraro, Mazzei , q.v., p. 86, states that in his 9th dispatch, of this date, he sent the Governor of Virginia a “narrative of Mr. Mazzei’s captivity.” No copy of the 9th dispatch has been located,...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 18 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your last, dated 7 Jany. 1792, in Warsaw, and answer’d it the 23d. of May, inclosed to Mr. Short in Paris. I sent him a copy of it in Holland, on the 11th. of Feby. last, and a second copy, with some additions, I directed to you, via London, the 19th. of May . Mr. Short moved so rapidly from one Country to another (by what I have understood) that I doubt whether any one of my...
18To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 17 April 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 17 Apr. 1787 . Mazzei here acknowledges TJ’s letter of 4 Apr. and thanks him for offering to supply him with money; by exercising rigid economy he can subsist until TJ returns; however, if TJ wishes to give him an order for a small sum he will hold it in reserve and give it back to TJ on his return. The Prince of Condé’s cook, during the Prince’s absence, took James [Hemings] as a...
19To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 17 March 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Appleton non seppe prima di ieri, che lo Schooner Dolphin, Capn. Williams, partità domattina per Filadelfia; ed io non potei averne avviso prima di ½ giorno. Fù impossibile di preparare il tutto con certezza di evitare sbagli, avendo dovuto impiegar troppe persone per essere in tempo, e travar i mozzi per farne la spedizione stamattina di buon’ora, essendo necessario che la Cassa e le 4...
20To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 19 May 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
It is obvious that the European adventurers cannot, during the war, fetch from America but a Small proportion of their Capital. My intention has always been to persuade them to leave the Greatest part of it in our funds; which would be the means of interesting them in our welfare, and of taking a great deal of paper money out of circulation. The late resolutions of Congress tending to so...
21To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 10–19 April 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 10–19 Apr. 1780 . Russia has confirmed her strict neutrality, dashing England’s hopes, and has insisted as well that her trading vessels are not to be visited. This declaration has been well received in Europe; and hence “I hope … soon to see the friends and allies of Great Britain limited to the inhabitants of the Coast of Barbary, with whom they can’t help sympathising from a...
22To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 20 May 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 20 May 1780. Gives a sketch of the plan of operations by the French land and naval forces recommended by Mazzei in influential quarters. Has sent a copy of his plan to Rochambeau by the Comte de Deux-Ponts, “to whom I gave a letter of recommendation for you dated March 27th.” Postscript: John Adams before sailing for America made “the first and strong motion towards sending us effectual...
23To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 5 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Being still deprived of the honour of an answer from you, I think it a duty to inform you of it. You may probably have sent me before now, either new Commissions and Instructions, or the duplicates of my first, and expect that I have received them. Untill I do, I shall trouble you every now and then to remind you, that to my great sorrow I am, and must continue to be a useless servant of the...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 30 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Principio dal trascrivere il P.S., che aggiunsi alla Duplicita della precedente mia dei 20 Marzo, contenente 322 barb. come pure delle 32 nè della cassa 23 delle quali di Sne., che partire da L. il 18 Marzo 1805 sullo Schooner Dolphin, Capn. Williams e raccomandata al’Collettore del Porto. “Avendo inteso dal Console &c., Le cause che fanno desidèrar di mu tar’aria ⅌ Filadelfia aumentano...
25To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 24 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Questa lettera Le pervenrà per mezzo del Sigre.’Antonio Filippi Genovese, attualmente in Boston per affari di commercio. Il Sigr. Gio: Batta Filippi suo Padre, cognito e ⅌ uno dei più solidi negozianti d’Italia, lo è ancor più ⅌ la somma sua probità. Il Sigr.’Antonio mi fù diretto nell’estate con una commendatizia da un grande Amico mio e coetaneo, affinchè io lo raccomandassi al suo...
26To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 31 August 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Non prima del 3 corrente parti da Livorno per New York nel Connecticut Capn. Story l’originale dell’annessa copia. Questa partirà probabilmente tra 4, o 5 giorni nell’Agenone, Capn. Pitman per Providence. Partì, non ⅌ Providence , ma ⅌ Filadelfia nello Schooner Richmond Capn. Butler. Mi raccomando nuovamente alla sua Benevolenza, onde io possa venir con comodo e decero a termina re la vita in...
27To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 8–12 February 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Nantes, 8–12 Feb. 1780 . Is still at Nantes but has been obliged to beg personal financial assistance from Tuscany. Action of the Spanish and British fleets off Cadiz; capture of numerous Spanish merchantmen by Admiral Rodney. French success under M. LaMotte Picquet at Martinique. Encloses extracts from French Gazette to show “the monstrous contrast” between the published accounts in Spain and...
28To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, [20 October 1780] (Jefferson Papers)
In letter 20, dated Paris, June 22d., I said that I should set out for Genoa and Florence, and do all my endeavors to pave the way for executing such orders as I might receive. So I have done, and with as much success in both places, as I could almost wish, considering that I have nothing to show to corroborate what I say in regard to my Commissions. I have greatly lessen’d here and there the...
29To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 6 December 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Il Sigre: Short Le aveva detto che a quest’ora dovevo esser probabilmente partito per venire in Francia. Varie circostanze, e fra le altre un Bill in Chancery di Madama Petronilla mi ànno trattenuto, e mi tratterranno ancora. Perciò risolvo di mandarle l’inclusa che mi fù confidata sulla speranza che io avrei potuto recapitarla presto a VS. in proprie mani. Le altre 2 le indirizzo a Lei,...
30To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 26 October 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Since you had said the day before yesterday that you would not go to Fontainebleau today unless the weather was good and since it rained yesterday all day without any sign of change in the near future I hoped to see you after dinner at Chaillot and I have learned with great sorrow that I shall have to leave for Holland without seeing you. Monday evening after we parted I went to Mr. Meyer’s...