411Henry Dearborn to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
On receiving your letter of the 5 th of Febru ry , enclosing one to Stewart, I requested my Son to call on Stewart & give him your letter and hear what he had to say, he now ownes that he had been mistaken, & that he has received one hundred dollars for the portrait, which you have not received, and only wants to know whether you would prefer a common portrait or one of half the length of the...
412Henry Dearborn to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing the fatigue you a are subjected to by newmerous correspondents (and too many of them from mere selfish motives) I have refrain’d from writing to you as often as I should otherwise have wished, I have frequently had the pleasure of hearing from you by persons who had visited you, and of hearing that you continued to enjoy good health, and I have had the pleasure of seing several letters...
413Henry Dearborn to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing me so well as you do, you could not have contemplated my present situation, and especially at my time of life, no one better knows my deficiencies for my present situation than your self, the very perticular and flatering manner that my nomination, and notification of it was made, opperated as the strongest inducement for my accepting the appointment. it being intirely unsought and...
414To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 8 February 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
On the first day of the present month I was honored with your highly esteemed favour of the 31 t of October, and on the same day I wrote to the Abbe Corea, and enclosed a copy of what you said in your letter concerning him, I have not met with him since I arrived here. he has expressed his disapprobation of our Government or of the present administration of it. in strong and explisit termes on...
415To James Madison from Henry Dearborn, 13 May 1825 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ From Henry Dearborn. Letter not found. 13 May 1825. Calendared as a one-page letter in the lists probably made by Peter Force ( DLC : series 7, box 2).
416To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 16 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing how constantly you must be fatigued with unavoidable correspondents, I feel a reluctance at adding to your fatigue—while at Washington the last winter I had the pleasure of hearing from you frequently and was rejoiced at hearing of the good share of health you enjoyed . Mr s Dearborn and myself are highly gratified with the prospect of having your charming Grand Daughter in our...