51Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to request your attention to the enclosed—I have endeavored to convey my sentiments with perspicuity & energy—The subject is a most important one, & I obeyed the impulse of duty—Conscious how much prejudice I have to encounter, I hope that some abler pen, will strengthen what is weak & enlighten what may be obscure— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 16 Feb. 1817 and so recorded...
52John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
In pursuance of your late fav r of the 28 Ult o Recd the 28 h Ult o 1 st Ins t I have at length effected a Transfer—of your two Certificates of 6 pCt of U States Amo t $12,499.99—in the like sums
53Craven Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to my promise, I send my Son , with this lettar to inform You, I have Fifteen hundred Dollars Now in Richm d I wish to be informed if You wish it braught up or a Draft at Sight. You can be Accomodated in eathar way, this with Othar Money I shall soon have will enable You I hope to keep back Your produce untill the hight of the Markett. it depends entirely On Circumstances at what...
54Craven Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I am compelled to be in Charlotesville early tomorrow, And will most certainly call, And give You the Drafts time enough, to send it by this weeks Mail, if I supposed it cou d possibly make the smallest difference with You I wou d with pleasure send it by the boy RC ( MHi ); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson esqr Monticello”; inconsistently endorsed by TJ as a letter of 7 Feb. received 6 Feb. 1817...
55Hutchins G. Burton to Thomas Jefferson, 4 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I was informed by Mrs. Eppes , that you wished an annual supply of Scoupernong Wine,—I am in the habit of purchasing for the use of my own family, and will with much pleasure undertake the Commission, as it will be no additional trouble.— Be good enough to inform me, whether it would be more convenient for you that the wine be sent to Petersburg , Richmond , or to M r John W. Eppes ’s, as I...
56Alden Partridge to Thomas Jefferson, 4 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor duly to receive your letter of the 3 d of January 1816 —Containing your Calculation of the Altitudes of the Peaks of Otter — for which, and for your observations relative to the Barometer be pleased, Sir, to accept my unfeigned acknowledgements. I now take the liberty, Sir, to enclose you for your examination the Copy of a letter I wrote about five years ago , to Genl Williams...
57From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 2 February 1817 (Adams Papers)
In our good old English language of Gratitude, I owe you and give you a thousand thanks, for Tracy’s Review of Montesquieu which Mr Dufief has sent me by your Order. I have read an hundred pages, and will read the rest. He is a Sensible Man and is easily understood. He is not an abstruse misterious incomprehensi Condorcet. Though I have Banished the Subject from my thoughts for many Years, yet...
58John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 2 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
In our good old English language of Gratitude, I owe you and give you a thousand thanks, for Tracy ’s Review of Montesquieu which M r Dufief has Sent me by your order. I have read an hu n dred pages, and will read the rest. He is a Sensible Man and is easily understood. He is not an abstruse misterious incomprehensi ble Condorcet . Though I have banished the Subject from my thoughts for many...
59Francis Adrian Van der Kemp to Thomas Jefferson, 2 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Although it is not mÿ power—to make this Letter in any manner interesting, yet your courtesy and kindness towards me would prompt me to answer your favour of Nov. 24 —with which I was honoured. I Should have acquitted myself of this duty at a more early period, had I not been a martyr of a wounded leg, imprudently neglected, during three months. The pains being So acute, that I was not...
60John Wood to Thomas Jefferson, 2 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
From there being little prospect of the survey of the state of Virginia , being prosecuted farther than those contracts, which the Executive had entered into previous to the meeting of the Legislature; I have opened a seminary in this place, with the intention of completing the remainder of the rivers for which I had engaged during my vacation in summer. I would have resumed my establishment...
61William Clark to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty of inclosing under cover to you, a letter to M rs Marks , and a Copy of a letter and statement of the publication of Lewis & Clarks Journal & c from M r N. Biddle , which I latterly received, The population of this Territory is rapidly increasing and very widely extending itself, The Lands on the Missouri having greatly the advantage as respects fertility of soil &...
62Lancelot Minor to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
your letter of the 14 th of last month came to hand by last mail. I feel disposed to do any thing I can I can for Mrs Marks and particularly by so doing I can shall oblige you. I will certainly try to sell Mrs. Marks land altho I think the prospect a bad one the land is poor & not in demand I will advertise it upon time in the mean time I should be glad of your advice as to the Credit upon...
63Nicolas G. Dufief to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai eu l’honneur de vous adresser, par le courrier d’hier matin, le dernier des livres que vous aviez demandés. Vous trouverez ci- inclus mon compte par lequel il vous est du une balance de 4.50 que je tiendrai à votre disposition. Je regrette beaucoup de n’avoir pu réussir à vous procurer une bible convenable. L’histoire de la philosophie par Enfield ne Se trouve point du tout à Philadelphie...
64Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Nicolas G. Dufief (Jefferson Papers)
Tho: Jefferson Esq. To N. G. Dufief — D r Per bill rendered $31. 00 One Graglia ’s English & Italian Dict y 2. 50 Review of Montesquieu, sent to Mr. Adams 2.
65Nicolas G. Dufief to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Je vous ai écrit ce matin pour vous annoncer que J’avais fini d’adresser à Monticello tous les livres demandés à l’exception de la Bible & de l’histoire de la Philosophie que je n’ai pu procurer. Je m’empresse, à présent, de répondre à votre lettre du 24. reçue cette après-midi. Je puis vous cert e i fier n’avoir reçu aucun argent de Mr Gibson en Août dernier, deux mois après les ordres que...
66Hugh Nelson to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed letter came under cover to me with a request that I woud forward it to you. It is said to be from a M r Sullivan son of the late Gen l Sullivan , and relates to some improvement in steam boat navigation adapted to shoal waters. It may be an invention of some utility relative to our internal navigation— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 5 Feb. 1817 and so recorded in SJL ....
67John F. Oliveira Fernandes to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The Law of the ancient Rome „ De minimis non curat Prætor „ that is, „ the high Dignity of the Pretor, is not to be troubled with the common events, or small affaires of the people „ would be, to me, a reason, for not imposing on your goodness and Serious engagements with trifles; should not this kind of trifles, be of such serious caracter in its consequences, as to involve the Society at a...
68Josephus B. Stuart to Thomas Jefferson, 26 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
On my departure from your hospitable mansion , I proceeded to Richmond , where I devoted a few days to an examination of the natural advantages & improvements of that City.— In my opinion, the time is not far distant, when Richmond will rank as the fourth City in our union. Her great water priviledges, particularly for mills, machinery &c together with her local situation, her vicinity to...
69Rent Settlement with Henderson Heirs, 25 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned to whom was refered a matter in controversy between the minor Legatees of Bennett Henderson dec d & Th s Jefferson , after hearing the case & the testimony offered on both sides have come to the following decision— It appears from the testimony of sundry witnesses, that Thomas Jefferson has been in possession of the lands of Frances , Lucy , & Nancy C. Henderson since the year...
70Enclosure: Thomas Humphreys’s Plan for Emancipating and Colonizing American Slaves, 1 January 1817, with his Note to … (Jefferson Papers)
The following plan, for emancipating the whole Race of the people of Colour, from United America : Is respectfully submitted, to the honorable the House of Representatives , of the United States ; for their Consideration: Of all the extraordinary, and Rare phenomenon, exibited by any nation on the theatre of existence; that of the southern parts of the United States of America , is most...
71Thomas Humphreys to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 23] January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The unbounded expansion of your mind, leaves me no doubt, of an excuse being extended, for the unpresidented Liberty, I have here taken, in addressing to you, the subject matter embraced in the Envelope. In submitting to a gentleman of your eminently high, & Commanding Station, in the literary world, together with your vast, & extensive experience in life; the enclosed plan; having for its...
72William A. Burwell to Thomas Jefferson, 22 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Colo Waller Taylor Senator from Indiana has requested me to enclose the papers of Mr Graham for your examination; Mr Graham he informs me is very respectable & attatches considerable importance to the discovery he thinks he has made, But such is the confidence he places in your opinion that it will be abandon’d upon a suggestion of yours from you —I am aware that this will give you trouble,...
73Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I am obliged by thy kind attention. Thy Letter of Dec. 20 , was duly received, & I shall avail myself of the Suggestion contained in it. By this day’s Mail, I Send No. 9 of the Magazine, with the conclusion of the Essay of ‘Franklin,’ to which I invite thy particular attention. Looking over Some old Papers, I have, just now, accidentally taken up the Letter enclosed , which I Send for thy...
74Craven Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 20 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Nothing shall prevent my my attending in Milton the day aftar tomorrow agreeable to Your request. please send John Hendersons — quit Claim to refresh my Memory—with great Esteem RC ( MHi ); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre Monticello” by “Boy”; endorsed by TJ as received 20 Jan. 1817 and so recorded in SJL . For the quit claim , see TJ to Peyton, 30 Dec. 1816 , and note.
75Nathaniel Cutting to Thomas Jefferson, 18 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
If the name of so obscure an Individual as now presumes to address you, may be permitted to salute your friendly glance in the philosophic shades of Monticello , I hope you will at the same time feel a conviction that the Person who bears it still retains for you that sincere Esteem and profound Veneration with which a near view of your Virtues and Talents inspired him at a period more remote...
76John Wayles Eppes to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Francis has been detained in consequence of the severe indisposition of two of my children—They are now however nearly restored to health. I received by the last Mail a letter from M r Baker at Richmond now in which he States that M r Wood had Just opened a School in that place and was very anxious to have Francis as one of his pupils— He has declined returning to Lynchburg .
77James Leitch to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The Bearer M r Logan a Watch & Clock Maker from Staunton (Who from every information I have is a first rate Workman) & having commenced Business at this place; & having known your wish for an establishment of that kind Induces me to take the liberty of introdu c ing him to You; thinking that at this time you might require Some of his Services which I have no doubt he would execute to your...
78John L. Sullivan to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
At a period when the importance of internal improvements is peculiarly felt by the most respectable members of the community, it must be unnecessary to apologize for addressing to you a communication on the subject of canals and inland navigation. Having had some practice in this pursuit, my experience & improvements may possibly become of use in Virginia .— my Father the late James Sullivan...
79James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson) to Thomas Jefferson, 16 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed I hand you inclosed Acc t Sales of 175 Bbls Flour nett proceeds $1571.75. with your Acc t Current to the 1 st In st Shewing Balance in my favor of $942.57 which I trust you will find correct I have this day disposed of the remainder of your Flour say 93 Bbls Superfine & 9 Bbls Fine to mr Jn o Leslie the f Superfine at 13¾$ & the Fine at 13¼$ on 60 days Credit—as I can readily get this...
80James Eastburn to Thomas Jefferson, 15 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you permit me to lay before you the plan of a course of publications which, if due encouragement is given I shall be proud to unde r take? It has met the decided approbation of a few literary Gentlemen here, but it requires the recommendation of all those who have filled, or are now filling, eminent stations in the country to make it successfull—If Sir on having perused the plan, you can...
81Louis C. Le Breton Deschapelles to Thomas Jefferson, 15 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
the kindeness you have Ever Shewn to the inhabitants of Louisiana during your administration induces me to inform you of the attempt made By M r Livingston to Exact from us Damages for having been Dispossessed of the Bature pursuance to a mandat of the president of the U.S. in Such Situation, We beg Leave to Claim your interference towards the Government for Supporting us in the Supreme Court...
82Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 13 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have postponed a reply to yours of 14 Ult o addressed to M r Thweatt & myself untill the select Com ee to whom was refered the petition for a Turnpike Road from Rock fish Gap to Lewis’s ferry should have come to a decision thereon, which they have not yet done in consequence of the continued indisposition of M r T— Maury . however I think I may hazard the opinion that the Road will be Stoped...
83John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 13 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Notwithstand g what has been said, & done, Respecting your several powers—they have not had an Accomodating effect with the Comptroller —for Answer—He knows of None— but the Law —and cannot therefore be Admitted:—still in Order to save you the trouble—a Ride of many Miles to the Majestrate— M r Randolp h —your Witness—his Attest to it before me—will be Accepted Of — My first Attempt on the...
84Charles Thomson to Thomas Jefferson, [by 7 January 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
I received your letter of January last when I was under a paralytic stroke but not Sensible of it. I felt no acute pain, and my Sight was as usual. I could read without spectacles but could not comprehend what I read, nor its connextion with what preceded or followed. I read your letter and was pleased. I made sundry attempts to answer it but in vain, and what at last I sent as an answer , I...
85Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 12 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of 1 st inst is now before me. With the nature & object of the petition you allude to, I was already acquainted from having received an explanatory letter from your grandson , covering a copy of the remonstrance. I had also conversed as well with him as with m r maury . I advised m r maury without delay to have an interview with his colleague , and to endeavor to obtain his...
86Isaac H. Tiffany to Thomas Jefferson, [received 12 January 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
If a sense of error can attone for the length of my last , it is fully acknowledged. With intent to do some good in the little circle of my exeri exertions , the enclosed scheme to awaken a spirit of enquiry & action, by enabling every man to become known & useful, is drawn up. And I have ventured to invite your perusal & correction of it, if you may think it worthy of a moment’s leisure. The...
87James Barbour to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Colonel Trumbul the celebrated painter is on a visit to this City—bringing with him Several specimens of historical paintings—The Subjects he has Selected are of a character which impart the highest interest to an American bosom—The wish of the Colo. is to be employed in his lime line in embellishing the Capitol with Some of those pieces executed on a Scale commensurate with the building—A...
88William Duane to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
There is a small sum of 60$ money paid by me for the translating of the continuation of Tracy ’s ideology; the pressure of the present times alone could induce me to trespass upon you, as the young man the Bookseller at George Town to Whom you proposed giving the work to be printed, intimated something like dissatisfaction or disapprobation on your part towards me. As I was wholly ignorant of...
89William Sampson to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 30 th Ult o And Am glad that the expression of “shortening the process by appealing to our own Opinions” came so apropos to sanction the part I had in the enclosed address to the people of the United States from the Society for promoting domestic manufactures I should be proud and happy if our Sentiments objects and proceedings should meet your approbation in...
90John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 7 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed particulars & general statem t of Gen l Kosciusko ’s ℀ with me up to 26 Nov r last—together with my remarks—will I flatter my self, fully explain to you—(and thro you to the good Gen l ) the cause of the Balance being thus in my favor—$812. EE. — Owing to the perculiar Circumstances Attending the protested £200—as well the Accom o dation of the £234. remitted, in lieu...
91Nicolas G. Dufief to Thomas Jefferson, 7 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai déjà eu l’honneur de vous adresser le nautical almanach pour 1817, la connaissance des temps pour 1817 & 18, 2 vols. & un petit dictionnaire Italien & anglais qui vous Sera passé a 2.50. Je n’ai pu vous procurer un format entre celui-ci & l’en 4 to dont nous avons plusieurs exemplaires. Il m’a été impossible de trouver “ Enfield ’s history of Philosophy” ni une bible du format que vous...
92Chapman 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...
93Joseph Milligan to Thomas Jefferson, 7 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Enclosed I send you the Second proof of the Political Economy please return the Manuscript with the Corrections I sent you the first proof on the 29th December I have not yet received it from you RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “ Thomas Jefferson Esqr ”; addressed (trimmed): “ Thomas Jeff M ”; endorsed by TJ as received 12 Jan. 1817 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: manuscript and proofs, not...
94Fitzwhylsonn & Potter to Thomas Jefferson, 6 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
We were honored with your favor of the 29th Ultimo , by M r Randolph , about thursday last, since which we have been making the most diligent enquiry for a copy of the sessions acts of 1794, but without success. The acts of the four sessions immediately preceding the last, formerly ordered, we should not have been able to have procured had it not been for the polite and effectual exertions of...
95Société Agricole et Manufacturière Française to Thomas Jefferson, 5 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
A vous, thomas Jefferson , qui avez Signé la chartre de L’indépendance de votre pays; Vous qui, comme premier Magistrat de cette heureuse République, L’avez administrée durant les tems les plus périlleux, avec toute la prévoyance de la Sagesse et qui dans la retraitte avez emporté les vœux de tous Ceux qui Savent aimer la patrie! A Vous qui dans les vississitudes d’une longue existence avez...
96Craven Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 30 December [1816] (Jefferson Papers)
I am very sorry You have been put to the trouble of Sending for the Deed You lent me . it is in the Clerks office; I will call or send it thursday or frydar Next with othar papars—I have for You, with Sincere esteem RC ( ViU: TJP-ER ); partially dated; addressed: “ Thomas Jefferson esqre Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as a letter of 30 Dec. 1816 received that day and so recorded in SJL .
97Joseph Milligan to Thomas Jefferson, 29 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Together with this you will receive the first proof of Political Economy No doubt you have long since given me up as one of the most Carless men regardless of what I said of what I had Said and without intention to perform My promise to you Respecting the publication of the book. but truly this was not the case; I have for two or three years laboured under pecuniary Embarassments from...
98John Trumbull to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Twenty eight years have elapsed since, under the kind protection of your hospitable roof at Chaillot , I painted your portrait in my picture of the Declaration of Independance, the composition of which had been planned two years before in your library: the long succeeding period of War & Tumult palsied & Suspended my work, and threw me, as you know into other pursuits Peace is at length...
99Destutt de Tracy to Thomas Jefferson, 24 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Je viens de passer huit mois dans une campagne éloignée de près de cent lieux de la capitale. dans cette profonde Solitude, mes plaisirs habituels étaient les travaux de l’agriculture; mais mon plus grand bonheur a été d’y apprendre de vos nouvelles, & la continuation de la bonté extrême dont vous ne cessez de m’honorer. on m’y a envoyé une la copie de votre lettre du 17 mai dernier à M r de...
100Hezekiah Niles to Thomas Jefferson, 24 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Assured that it will afford you pleasure to notice any improvement in what, perhaps, may be called the household arts , I enclose a small piece of a preparation just offered for sale in our city for the purpose of clarifying coffee, as well as wines & other liquors. I have tried it for the former, And it completely answers the purpose—a piece an inch square is the quantity for a gallon,...