1To James Madison from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 10 March 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have also engaged a quantity of carpetting, bed & table linnen, & on my return to Philadelphia, it will be necessary to order furniture & upholstery for the three principal rooms, on the ground floor. As I shall probably be able to purchase the materials of...
2Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
a dove colour silk in the form of a bed, I think filled with down—was got in your bed room—after you left the
3Madame de Corny to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
your good friendship makes you wish me a long life, I hardly worry about this—good health and mine is very weak although the manner in which I exist is a model of continuous regimen; I have gone to bed at 9 o’clock for 15 years, it has been just 20 since I was at a play, and again 15 years since I dined in town, all this is not out of love for my health but...
4To John Adams from Henry Guest, 1 May 1809 (Adams Papers)
that he Was on his Deth Bed and Did not Expect to Live but a Very short Time.
5From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 2 May 1809 (Adams Papers)
...fever, and there I caught something very like it, or at least almost as bad, a most violent cold, attended with a constant fever, which rendered me for six weeks more fit for a chamber and bed of sickness, than for uncomfortable journeys, or much labor of the head or hands. However, I would not consent to be retarded on my journey, and reached Trenton, where Mr. Hamilton had arrived a...
6Benjamin Waterhouse to Thomas Jefferson, 21 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
. I have given the Sick better beds, cleaner Cloths, & neater rooms, than they ever had before. I have encreased the Value of the
7William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, 23 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
bed
8Margaret Bayard Smith’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, [29 July–2 August 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
has been confined to the sick bed of —a broad grass walk leads along the outer edge, the inner part is laid off in beds for vegetables.—This terrace is to be extended...I do not think with its numerous divisions & arches it is as impressive as one large room would have been. His cabinet & chamber contained every convenience & comfort, but were plain. His bed is built in the wall which divides...
9From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 21 August 1809 (Adams Papers)
It is related of Augustus Caesar, that being upon his death-bed, he turned just before he expired to the friends who were standing around, and asked them what they thought of the part which he had acted on the scene of human life—They express’d their admiration as their...
10William Thornton to Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
If the Fig trees be planted in very rich light wood soil, or a very light compost fit for Asparagus Beds you will find they will produce very large fruit. We had a few a third of a pound in weight, many a quarter of a pound.—