27691To James Madison from Aaron H. Palmer, 20 January 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 January 1811, New York. Is contemplating a visit to Spain in the spring “in the event of the re-establishment of peace and tranquility” in that country and offers his services as chargé d’affaires, since the U.S. has no diplomatic representation at Madrid. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Palmer”). 2 pp.
27692Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 20 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I had delayed asking the favor of you to procure my stock of plaister expecting I should be able to find a recipe for distinguishing the good from the bad, which I thought I possessed. but hitherto I have sought for it in vain; and lest the season should be lost for getting it in time, I will ask the favor of you to send me six tons, in the lump, to the care of Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson at...
27693Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 20 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege, my dear friend, the reciept of many of your letters , within the last twelvemonth , and altho’ I have not answered them specifically to yourself, yet I have not been inattentive or inactive as to their contents. on leaving the government, two years ago, I knew I could not serve you so effectually as by committing the whole care of your Orleans affairs to the President ....
27694Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney, 20 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
While oppressed with the whole mass of the case of the Batture I passed over some topics too slightly, & some altogether, which have since occurred to myself, or been suggested by others. I have therefore made these the subject subjects of some amendments to my former memoir on that case; and desiring that my former colleagues in office may be apprized of the whole of what I deem our...
27695Thomas Jefferson to Horatio Turpin, 20 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Dec. 8. arrived here just as I had set out on a journey to Bedford which occasioned an absence of some weeks. it was not till my return that I recieved your letter, and before that I had seen that a Marshal was already appointed. these births are so generally hopeless. it is for the most part the case of one loaf and ten persons seeking bread. an expected call to Richmond last...
27696To John Adams from George Erving, 19 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
I have this moment of my arrival here had the honor to receive your letter of the 16th instt, inclosing two for our minister at Petersbg, to the care & transmission of which I shall pay every possible attention.— It gives me very peculiar satisfaction to be useful to you in this small particular, & I sincerely desire greater occasions of manifesting my very high respect for you, as well as for...
27697From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 19 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
If the Sympathizing Tear’s of Friendship could assuage the agonizeing Bosom of my Friend; freely could I pour them there. I cannot Say how much I was shockd the last Evening at receiving a Letter from Louissa from Boston, informing me of the Sudden Death of your dear daughter Hellen O! my Friend this is indeed a trial. what can I Say, or how administer comfort? The circumstances attendent upon...
27698To James Madison from Thomas Munroe, 19 January 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 January 1811, Superintendent’s Office, Washington. Gives an account of the moneys expended under the act of 28 Apr. 1810 for the better accommodation of the Post Office and the Patent Office. Reports that on 28 May 1810 the building “commonly called the Hotel” and several accompanying lots were purchased for $10,000 and that the attorney general duly executed the deed of conveyance to the...
27699To James Madison from Thomas Munroe, 19 January 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 January 1811, Superintendent’s Office, Washington. Transmits an account of the moneys expended on the Capitol from its commencement until 14 Jan. 1811 as required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of that date. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 11A-D1). RC 1 p. Enclosure (1 p.) is a statement showing that the sum of $761,485.04 had been spent on the...
27700David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 19 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inform you, that I have received your letter, of the 11th of Jan. , which gives me the pleasing hope of returning as Consul to Paris . I need not repeat how much I am indebted to you for your friendship—To be reestablished at Paris will make me quite happy, as it will afford me the means of a decent existence and of improvement in scientific pursuits—which I value more than...
27701From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 18 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
As I am never weary of Writing to you, because I write always without thinking, I am not sorry to be obliged to begin another Letter and another Sheet. J. Q. A in a Letter to his Brother T. B. A. dated St. Petersburg 27. October 1810 has these Words, vizt “I wish you to procure and Send to me a specimen of every one of the Coins of the United States Mint of the United States, of...
27702To James Madison from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 18 January 1811 (Madison Papers)
In obedience to your directions conveyed to me by Mr Munroe, & contained in the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14h. of January transmitted to me, I shall without Loss of time comply with that part of it which relates to the outstanding Claims. But to make an estimate of the sum necessary to finish the Capitol, it is impossible for me to proceed without Assistance especially...
27703Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 18 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I promised you, in a former letter , a short Proem to be prefixed to our book, which I now inclose. it’s object is the concealment of the author, to whom that is a circumstance of first importance. I observe that the three last packets of about 130. or 140. pages, (two of which were returned by the last post, & the 3 d by this) bear marks of much hastier translation than those preceding. I...
27704Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Preface for Destutt de Tracy’s Commentary on Montesqueiu, [ca. 18 January 1811] (Jefferson Papers)
The Author to his fellow citizens of the United States of America . I am a Frenchman by birth and education. I was an early friend to the revolution of France , and continued to support it until those entrusted with it’s helm had evidently changed it’s object direction. flying then from the tyrannies of the monster Robespierre , I found, and still enjoy safety, freedom, & hospitality among...
27705Thomas Jefferson to Thomas T. Hewson, 18 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Our last post brought me your favor of the 8 th instant informing me that the American Philosophical society had done me the honor of reelecting me to the Presidential chair of the society. I beg leave through you, Sir, to renew my thanks for these repeated proofs of their good dispositions towards me. no one can feel with more sensibility the object obligations imposed by the suffrage of so...
27706From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 17 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of the 10th, is just come from the Post Office. I thank you for reading the Pamphlet, which considering the more interesting Studies and Labours of your Profession, I consider as a favour. With your Letter I received a Packet of Letters from my Son and Daughter at Petersbourg, dates as late as 25: October. I wish I could print these Letters: but I dare not. A Fathers Partiality...
27707To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 17 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of the 4th Inst. I had the honor to receive. (By some neglect in the Post Office, it did not come to hand ’till the 15.) I reciprocate Sir, your kind wishes. May the revolving years increase the enjoyment as much as the length of your life. The richest resource, I conceive, for happiness in advanced age, is in reviewing a useful life. Hence I conclude that forty years , employed...
27708To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 17 January 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to transmit two copies of the “Laws, treaties & other documents relative to the public lands” as collected and arranged pursuant to the act of Congress passed April 27, 1810. The marginal notes and index were prepared by Judge Thruston who also assisted in selecting the documents inserted in the collection. It is provided by the above mentioned act that the residue of the...
27709To James Madison from Paul Hamilton, 17 January 1811 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to submit to your perusal the papers sent herewith, which detail the loss of the U. S. schooner Revenge, which was on her way from Newport to New London, the harbour chosen for it’s superior security as a Rendezvous, during the winter and equinoctial gales. However unpleasant this occurrence, at first sight may appear, as the crew, the arms and furniture are saved, I do not think...
27710To James Madison from Robert Smith, [17 January] 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have this moment seen Col McKee. He says he will immediately proceed to the Country in question and will be happy in affording to his Country any services in his power but that he cannot go thither in the Character of a Secretary. I hasten to give you this information in order that arrangements may be made for fixing upon a proper person as Secretary to Matthews. Respctfy RC ( DLC ). In...
27711To James Madison from Jenkin Whiteside, 17 January 1811 (Madison Papers)
I received the Commissions for taking the Testimony of Messrs Miller, Rhea, Weaklay &c with a memorandum of the points to which the examination is to be directed by Mr Coles. I have also received a line from R. J. Taylor esqe of Alexandria requesting me to inform him whether the persons named would attend at the place specified in the Notice on the 19th. Inst: and applied to Messrs Rhea &...
27712Thomas Jefferson’s Lease Agreement with William Johnson, 17 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
It is agreed between Thomas Jefferson and William Johnson that the said Thomas shall permit the sd William to occupy during this present year 1811. the tenement below Milton which he has occupied for some years, in lease, for which he shall pay the sd Thomas a rent of sixty dollars on the last day of the year; and that the land shall be divided into three equal shifts, of which one shall not...
27713Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel H. Hooe, 16 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Shoemaker has failed in delivering me the boat load of flour promised, but has just given me an order on Richmond for 250. D. the paiable the 30 th inst. which I inclose by this post to Gibson and Jefferson to recieve and remit the money to you the
27714Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 16 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last to you , the Directors of the Rivanna company have changed their minds, and instead of going through my canal they have determined to go through the bed of the river; and it being a question between us, whether they or I must build & maintain the lock at my dam, which dam they must have built had I not done it, they have proposed a reference to Arbitrators, to which I gladly...
27715Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 16 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I had been considering for some days whether it was not time, by a letter, to bring myself to your recollection, when I recieved your welcome favor of the 2 d inst. I had before heard of the heart-rending calamity you mention, & had sincerely sympathised with your afflictions. but I had not made it the subject of a letter, because I knew that condolances were but renewals of grief. yet I...
27716David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 16 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of sending you , the other day, from new york , thro’ the Post-Office, three no s of a Philosophical work, which I hope will reach you—From Baltimore I sent you three packets containing brochures — You were pleased to promise me a copy of your “Manual of Parliamentary practice, ” which I promised to send to a friend at Paris . If you can spare two Copies I wish much to keep one...
27717From John Adams to Richard Rush, 15 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
In the middle of a Letter to Petersbourg this Morning Mrs Adams came in and invited me to take a ride, in the beautiful Sleighing We have at this moment, to last perhaps two days like two Such Opportunities as We have had before this Winter and then be melted away; We took the Post office in our Course, and there I found your beautiful Letter of the 4th of this month, on my return I continued...
27718From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 15 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
It is a long time since I addresed a Letter to You, and a much longer since I received a Letter from you. altho there are so many natural impediments, and artificial obstruction in the way of a free communication, I will not wholy relinquish the hope I have: that some of the many Letters I have written may find there way to you. vessels arrive from the North, but do not bring any tydings of...
27719From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
We have received no Letters from you, later than the 7th of September. The obstructions in the Way, are Such that if the communication is not So frequent or So regular as We wish, We compose ourselves as well as We can, and please ourselves with the hope that you are all well. Your Friends here and at Washington are all well. I write you nothing on publick affairs. Our Government has many...
27720From John Adams to Josiah, III Quincy, 15 January 1811 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for two presents, the Message and the documents. Mr. Madison follows the example of Mr. Jefferson in this instance; but is the difference between a speech and a message of much importance? Does the aversion to speeches and the partiality for messages arise or proceed from the spirit of democracy or aristocracy? The glorious uncertainty of the law is a proverbial expression; and why...