1To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1784 (Madison Papers)
, VII, 62). He was never a member of the Council of State or the Virginia General Assembly. Moving in 1790 to Rose Hill, an estate two or three miles north of New York City, Gates resided there during the last sixteen years of his life (Samuel White Patterson,
2From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, [ca. September 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
...Sep. 1784. It is also very likely that this letter of introduction was canceled or set aside when it became certain that Le Maire could probably not get to Virginia during the meeting of the General Assembly if it rose before Christmas (see TJ’s letters to various Virginians under 11 Nov. 1784; also
3To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Jefferson, 1 December 1784 (Franklin Papers)
...of the Executive; but they were then in the close of their session, when you know every thing is hurry, and this was left unacted on with every thing else that could be put by. They rose in eight days after. The same hurry prevented the passage of a bill which had been brought in for providing for the annual paiment of the interest of all their liquidated debts. As to the principal, it...
4From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Franklin, 1 December 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
...report of the Executive; but they were then in the close of their session, when you know everything is hurry, and this was left unacted on with every thing else that could be put by. They rose in eight days after. The same hurry prevented the passing of a bill which had been brought in for providing for the annual paiment of the interest of all their liquidated debts. As to the principal, it...
5Memorandum Books, 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Rose Renaud
6Memorandum Books, 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Rose
7V. To Jean Nicolas Démeunier, [26 June 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
...to all those motives whose power supported him thro’ his trial, and inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with more misery than ages of that which he rose in rebellion to oppose. But we must await with patience the workings of an overruling providence, and hope that that is preparing the deliverance of these our suffering brethren. When the measure of their...
8From Thomas Jefferson to Maria Cosway, 12 October 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
...I could not have made a worthier choice. You only object that I was so soon to lose them. We are not immortal ourselves, my friend; how can we expect our enjoiments to be so? We have no rose without it’s thorn; no pleasure without alloy. It is the law of our existence; and we must acquiesce. It is the condition annexed to all our pleasures, not by us who
9From Thomas Jefferson to William Carmichael, 26 December 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
...the tumult continue 24. hours in any one instance. In Massachusets this was owing to the discretion which the malcontents still preserved, in Connecticut and N. Hampshire, the body of the people rose in support of government and obliged the malcontents to go to their homes. In the lastmentioned state they seized about 40. who were in jail for trial. It is believed this incident will...
10Memorandum Books, 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
), which rose behind the village of
11From Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Tott, 28 February 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...my own, which as I have told you is a bad one, and needs a guide. It will multiply too the occasions of my hearing from you; occasions which I claim by promise, and which will strew some roses in the lengthy road I am to travel. That your road, through life, may be covered with roses, is the sincere prayer of him who has the honour to mingle his Adieus with sentiments of the most...
12Notes of a Tour into the Southern Parts of France, &c., 3 March–10 June 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...cover them with sand. The 2d. of April the young figs are formed: the 4th. we have Windsor beans. They have had Asparagus ever since the middle of March. The 5th. I see strawberries and the Guelder rose in blossom. To preserve the raisin, it is first dipped into lye and then dried in the sun. The Aloe grows in the open ground. I measure a mule, not the largest, 5f. 2.I. high......la Rose,...
13From Thomas Jefferson to William Carmichael, 14 June 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...from Congress to the several states insisting on their removing all obstructions to the recovery of British debts. This was hurried that it might be delivered to the assembly of New York before they rose. It was delivered, but they did nothing in consequence of it. The Convention to be assembled at Philadelphia will be an able one. Ten states were known to have appointed. Maryland was...
14Memorandum on Wine, [after 23 April 1788] (Jefferson Papers)
La Rose
15From Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 3 September 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
...three of the guards, and had about 6. or 8. of their own number killed. The city was hereupon put under martial law, and after a while the tumult subsided, and peace was restored. The public stocks rose 10. per cent on the day of Mr. Neckar’s appointment; he was immediately offered considerable sums of money, and has been able so far to waive the benefit of the act of bankruptcy as to pay in...
16From Thomas Jefferson to John Banister, Jr., 13 September 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Duncan Rose to TJ, 26 Feb. 1789
17From Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 11 January 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
...declared, but Versailles is talked of, and we may well presume that some time in April will be fixed on. In the mean time Mr. Neckar gets money to keep the machine in motion. Their funds rose slowly but steddily till within these few days that there was a small check. However they stand very well, and will rise. The Caisse d’escompte lent the government 25. millions two days ago.—The...