1To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 30 September 1806 (Madison Papers)
...and his prime minister or Sahib-at-Taba, Jussuf Hoggia, since the intended “arrangment ha[d] been alter’d” after the packages were marked. The gifts mentioned included fabrics, mathematical instruments, a microscope, sets of plate and china, and loaf sugar. Cathcart noted that Melimeni had advised on and approved the purchases. At the foot of the letter, Cathcart stated that a copy of it and...
2To James Madison from William Jones, 15 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
The metallic standard measures, are particularly of this description, having attached at each end, a microscope with double reflectors, by which the point of coincidence is ascertained with mathematical precision, and the errors of contact in the usual way avoided; while thermometres attached to the bars, at the same time indicate the temperature of...