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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnham, Thomas | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Burnham, 3 February … | 1807-02-03 | ..., Master, a machine for the shelling of Indian corn directed to Messrs. Gibson & Jefferson,... |
| 2 | Burnham, Thomas | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Burnham, 24 November … | 1806-11-24 | ...him—He indeed was the inventor of the Corn-shelling-machine, but has sold out his whole right... |
| 3 | Patterson, Robert | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Patterson, 6 June 1807 | 1807-06-06 | nut-shell philosophy |
| 4 | Gallatin, Albert | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 1 October … | 1804-10-01 | ...Island will undertake to keep the light at Shell castle island, which Mr Wallace the former... |
| 5 | Rittenhouse, David | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from David Rittenhouse, 28 … | 1785-09-28 | ...Philosophical notions, except that of Stones growing in imitation of Shells without real animal |
| 6 | Kerr, John Stuart | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Stuart Kerr, 24 December … | 1801-12-24 | ...TJ requested that Bridges deliver the box of shells from Armenteros to Caspar Wistar at the... |
| 7 | Holmes, Hugh | Jefferson, Thomas | Hugh Holmes to Thomas Jefferson, 10 March 1819 | 1819-03-10 | on the subject of the corn shelling machine— |
| 8 | Bartram, William | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from William Bartram, 31 March 1805 | 1805-03-31 | ...Earth in a heteroginous stratum, of Sea-Shells of various Genera and species* combined &...shells |
| 9 | Syme, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Syme, 21 April 1781 | 1781-04-21 | ...it somewhere in the Neighborhood of Richmond, the Shells and Shott still nearer this place; or... |
| 10 | “A. Z.” | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from “A. Z.,” 25 July 1801 | 1801-07-25 | ...it occurred to my mind to account for the shells of fishes being on the mountains in Virginia... |
| 11 | Gallatin, Albert | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 13 December … | 1805-12-13 | ...house on Cape Hatteras and of a beacon on Shell Castle Island. The work may now be considered... |
| 12 | Minor, Peter | Jefferson, Thomas | Peter Minor to Thomas Jefferson, 3 April 1811 | 1811-04-03 | ...them instructions heretofore. The corn will be shelled, & delivered in small parcels at a... |
| 13 | Randolph, Edmund | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Edmund Randolph, 31 August … | 1775-08-31 | ...about ½ Mile from the Enemy, Balls, and Shells are no Rarities. It is an Approach towards... |
| 14 | Dearborn, Henry | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 3 July 1807 | 1807-07-03 | Shells |
| 15 | Gallatin, Albert | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 20 June 1806 | 1806-06-20 | ...I have marked Such boundaries as will include Shell castle which with the exception of about... |
| 16 | Clark, George Rogers | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from George Rogers Clark, 20 … | 1782-02-20 | ...Frontier Convenient to you. Their is very Curious Shells found in many parts of this Cuntry.... |
| 17 | Chamberlain, Jason | Jefferson, Thomas | Jason Chamberlain to Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1814 | 1814-05-10 | ...every appearance of having been overflowed. Lake shells are found in great abundance, in the... |
| 18 | D’Oyley, Daniel | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel D’Oyley, 30 September … | 1807-09-30 | ...through the atmosphere by the fuse of a Shell, & it is grounded on this principle... |
| 19 | Hancock, George | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from George Hancock, 5 August 1825 | 1825-08-05 | ..., I have also a very pretty collection of Shells probably the most perfect in this... |
| 20 | McMahon, Bernard | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard McMahon, 17 January … | 1809-01-17 | ...the 5th. or alba of Michaux, our tree Shell-bark; but I am inclined to believe that... |
| 21 | Gallatin, Albert | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 19 December … | 1803-12-19 | ...& on which his claim is grounded, vizt. that Shell castle Island was not a real Island, but a... |
| 22 | McAllister & Son, John (Philadelphia firm) | Jefferson, Thomas | John McAllister & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January … | 1815-01-09 | ...sells glasses “in Gold, Silver, Tortoise-Shell, Plated, or Steel Frames, with Convex,... |
| 23 | Adams, John | Jefferson, Thomas | From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 2 March 1819 | 1819-03-02 | ...globule not comparatively bigger than a nut shell of all the sound sense and solid... |
| 24 | Finch, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Finch, 20 May 1824 | 1824-05-20 | ...and York the banks furnish many varieties of shells and animal remains. I found bones of the... |
| 25 | Gallatin, Albert | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 5 October … | 1802-10-05 | ...appointed John Mayo keeper of the beacon at Shell Castle Island, part of the... |
| 26 | Peale, Rembrandt | Jefferson, Thomas | Rembrandt Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 13 July 1813 | 1813-07-13 | ...Statues, Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Insects, Shells, Plants, Minerals, Philosophical, Mechanical... |
| 27 | Read, William | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from William Read, 11 February 1806 | 1806-02-11 | ...in a stratum of Earth resembling decay’d shells, two hundred feet distant from the swamp—... |
| 28 | Gray, William F. | Jefferson, Thomas | William F. Gray to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1819 | 1819-03-26 | ...morrow and if those Proposals are Receved or Refused I Shell be |
| 29 | Muter, George | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from George Muter, 8 March 1781 | 1781-03-08 | ...TJ’s approval. Capt. Irish “proposes throwing a shell about 4 or 5 o’clock this afternoon to... |
| 30 | Peale, Charles Willson | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Willson Peale, 8 … | 1823-02-08 | ...become an excellent Lecturer. Titian also arranges the Shells & Fossils, and bids far to be... |
| 31 | Stone, William J. | Jefferson, Thomas | William J. Stone to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1812 | 1812-05-04 | ...with the executive to pay them in bomb shells and other Cannon shot, and whether or not... |
| 32 | Syme, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Syme, 1 February 1781 | 1781-02-01 | ...) has loaded 3 Vessells, now on their way with Shells, Shott &c. Shall they be Landed Here or... |
| 33 | Hemmings, John (Hemings) | Jefferson, Thomas | John Hemmings to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1819 | 1819-10-20 | that is enough to do the remandour I shell go on as farst as possebil— |
| 34 | Jarvis, William | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from William Jarvis, 6 October 1804 | 1804-10-06 | ...pails of figs, two pails of soft shelled Almonds, four small boxes of preserves, secured to... |
| 35 | Turner, Robert | Jefferson, Thomas | Robert Turner to Thomas Jefferson, 29 November 1816 | 1816-11-29 | of “a variety of bones, wood, marine shells, sharks’ teeth, &c.” and smooth pebbles deep... |
| 36 | Lee, Henry | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Lee, 30 May 1825 | 1825-05-30 | ...because his having destackeded in presents many shells & various fossils, and also because... |
| 37 | Tatham, William | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from William Tatham, 30 October … | 1805-10-30 | ...a wound in the Forehead by the bursting of a Shell which tore the flesh of his Skull;—it still... |
| 38 | Senf, John Christian | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Christian Senf, 19 April … | 1781-04-19 | A good Quantity of Shells, to burn Lime, is wanting very much. I... |
| 39 | Story, Horace C. | Jefferson, Thomas | Horace C. Story to Thomas Jefferson, 8 April 1822 | 1822-04-08 | ...of maritime journals presented to the society and of articles, shells, and coins in its museum. |
| 40 | Peale, Charles Willson | Jefferson, Thomas | Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 28 December … | 1813-12-28 | ...in the evenings and in bad weather: such as the shelling of Corn, ...machines for shelling... |
| 41 | Dearborn, Henry | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 5 February … | 1803-02-05 | ...and a wooden one on a stone foundation at Shell castle, with dwelling houses, &c—after... |
| 42 | Rodney, Thomas | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Rodney, 14 May 1804 | 1804-05-14 | ...Vessels appears to be a mixture of pounded Shells and Earth or pulverised Stones, and no... |
| 43 | Madison, Rev. James | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from the Rev. James Madison, 28 … | 1786-12-28 | ...the Favor of him to take Charge of the Shells mentioned in a former Letter. I thought they... |
| 44 | Peale, Charles Willson | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Willson Peale, 11 … | 1801-10-11 | ...marly Bottoms. Bones found in the whitest shell-marle, are most perfect, those parts... |
| 45 | Cooper, William | Jefferson, Thomas | William Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 24 November 1813 | 1813-11-24 | shells must either blow to peices or sink every thing ...A ten or 12 inch shell fired into a... |
| 46 | Pseudonym: “Shiloh” | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Pseudonym: "Shiloh", 11 … | 1805-09-11 | ...his brain to account for the existence of marine shells on the tops of the Andes; & where... |
| 47 | Schaer, Rodolph | Jefferson, Thomas | Rodolph Schaer to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1819 | 1819-03-25 | a small collection of European shells, |
| 48 | Carmichael, William | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from William Carmichael, 15 October … | 1787-10-15 | ..., points of arrows &c. dug out of Oyster shell Banks in Chester River at Many feet from the... |
| 49 | Morellet, Abbé | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Abbé Morellet, [11 September? … | 1786-09-11 | : The passage on shells occurs at page 75 in signature E of the French... ...on shells... |
| 50 | Vaughan, Benjamin | Jefferson, Thomas | Benjamin Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 16 April 1819 | 1819-04-16 | spoonfuls of prepared oyster shells, to be taken after every meal, with the view... |