1Henry Banks to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk HillElk Hill
2Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with William Bentley, 26 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
, 17:569–71 [mistakenly entitled “Agreement of Sale for Elk Hill”], 29:476–8;
3To James Madison from James A. Buchanan and Others, 28 September 1814 (Madison Papers)
...however, an intermediate point between Baltimore & Washington, continue to be preferred; the Committee very respectfully solicit, that this encampment, may be in the vicinity of Baltimore, or, at all events, not more remote therefrom, than Elk Ridge landing.
4To James Madison from William Clark, 10 April 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...Osage, they approached the territorial governor who told them to resettle nearer St. Louis. Declaring themselves to be “a Wandering people, not from inclination but from Necessity,” and realizing the “Buffalow & Elk is drove off to a great distance & Deer is getting scarce,” they requested JM to grant them land where they could raise cows and hogs as well as sell lead ore. The address was...
5To James Madison from Elias Earle, 6 April 1812 (Madison Papers)
...] to [Meigs], 29 Oct. 1808, containing instructions to detain and punish the Cherokee James Vann for crimes committed against two U.S. citizens and also to remove intruders from the Cherokee lands near the Elk River (2 pp.); and 8) a copy of a statement from Dearborn, 29 Mar. 1812, summarizing the history of Earle’s efforts to establish an ironworks in the Cherokee Nation and declaring that...
6To James Madison from William Eustis, 7 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
...instructed Hampton to order Lieut. Col. Robert Purdy of the Seventh U.S. Infantry to remove intruders from the Chickasaw and Cherokee lands in the region bounded by the Elk and Tennessee rivers. Hampton assigned the task to Smyth after reporting to Eustis that Purdy, although a valuable soldier, had unfortunately “gotten himself involved in several disputes, and civil suits, with the...
7George Flower’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, 12–16 [December 1816] (Jefferson Papers)
Elk Hill
8Thomas Jefferson to David Copeland, 25 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk HillElk Island
9Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Thweatt, 18 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk Hill (TJ’s Goochland Co. estate) [index entry] Elk Island [index entry]
10Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Thweatt, 15 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk islandElk island
11Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Thweatt, 23 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk island
12Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Taylor, 28 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk island
13Montlezun’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, 20 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Antlers of the American elk and other animals of that sort. Those of the elk are considerable;
14Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 28 December 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
of Elks—I have a male that I have keept in an inclosure upwards of 3 years, his first horns was a
single prong about one foot long, he drops , had apparently exhibited a pair of elks to TJ and
15James Ronaldson to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Head of Elk Maryland
16To James Madison from John Sevier, 12 May 1809 (Madison Papers)
...And Tennessee: It is Situated some distance above the Muscle Shoals, extending down the Tennessee as low as the Mouth of Duck River, including the Mouths and parts of Several Valuable Rivers; Such as Sequatchee, Crow, Flint, Elk, Bluewater, Swan, & Buffaloe.
17To James Madison from the Tennessee Congressional Delegation, 17 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
...of the State embracing its whole width from North to South; and from the Mississippi to the Tennessee river, and towards the Southern part of the State across the latter river to the river Elk, containing about eight millions of acres is claimed by the Chickasaw Indians; none of whom, it is believed, reside thereon, and few if any use it even as hunting grounds, as the game is...
18William Thornton to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Head of Elk
19Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk Island
20Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 18 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk Island
21Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 28 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk Island [index entry]
22Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Elk Island [index entry]
23George Ticknor’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, [4–7 February 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
On one side hang the head and horns of an elk, a deer, and a buffalo;
24To James Madison from Jenkin Whiteside, 27 March 1810 (Madison Papers)
...Chickasaw tribe, a violation of our treaties with them, and they have declared that they will not sell any Land untill the whites are removed, at least, from the Land below the mouth of Elk river. It is the interest of the people of West Tennessee to live in Friendship with the Chickasaws, and the most effectual mode of retaining their friendship is to faithfully adhere to our treaties with...