1951Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Bedford and Campbell County Property Subject to State Tax, 11 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Property in Bedford and Campbell taxed by the State. D C 46. slaves of 12. years old & upwards. @ 80. cents D C 36. 80 of 9. years and under 12. @ 50
1952Thomas Jefferson to William Caruthers, 11 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Caruthers and asks the favor of him to have the inclosed letter delivered to the officer to whom it is addressed, as the name is unknown to him. he has left it unsealed for mr Caruther ’s perusal, as he may be able to explain it to the Assessor & Collector. he salutes him with great esteem & respect. RC ( ViU: TJP ); dateline at foot of text;...
1953Thomas Jefferson to the Federal Assessor for Rockbridge County, 11 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I own a tract of land of 157. acres in the county of Rockbridge including the Natural bridge , which being liable to the tax laid by Congress it is my duty to give you notice of it. it is I have leased to D r William Thornton of Richmond a site on it for a shot manufactory, and nothing being provided in the lease as to taxes, I propose to pay those on the land, as he will of whatever...
1954Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 14 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to thank you for your letter of June 16. it presents those special views of the state of things in Europe , for which we look in vain into newspapers. they tell us only of the downfall of Bonaparte , but nothing of the temper, the views, and secret workings of the high agents in these transactions. altho’ we neither expected, nor wished any act of friendship from Bonaparte , and always...
1955Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 14 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Aug. 14. has been recieved and read again & again with extraordinary pleasure. it is the first glimpse which has been furnished me of the interior workings of the late unexpected, but fortunate revolution of your country. the newspapers told us only that the great beast was fallen; but what part in this the patriots acted, and what the egoists, whether the former slept while the...
1956Thomas Jefferson to Randolph Jefferson, 16 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
After several disappointments in getting your watch from Richmond , I recieved her a week ago. I sent for Stephen , who came to me and pretended to be sick. finding he did not mean to go to Snowden I had concluded to send her to you in a day or two, when Squire arrived. she appears to have gone well since I have had her, except a little too fast. with respect to Stephen mr Randolph got rid of...
1957Thomas Jefferson to John Bankhead, 20 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of writing to you on a subject of great interest and tender concern to our family, and equally so, I am sure, to yours, inasmuch as it relates to the future well-being of mr Bankhead your son, his wife and children, towards whom we have all the same affectionate feelings. I understand it is decided, and with your approbation, that their Tract of land adjoining us shall be...
1958Thomas Jefferson to Charles Clay, 21 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 8 th and find on examination that I have committed exactly the mistake you conjectured. M c Allister had made me a pair of spectacles in 1804. by a drawing I had sent him, & believing they were of the size you would like best, I directed him to make the new ones like them. when they came I took out mine to compare them, and in packing up yours again, I...
1959Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Household Consumption, 21 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
1815. Feb. 21 . a very large stalled beef killed Feb. 7. lasts till now, to wit, a fortnight. MS ( MHi ); entirely in TJ’s hand; subjoined to his Notes on Household Consumption, 3 June 1809–23 Oct. 1811 , printed above at the latter date. stalled : confined or fattened in a stall ( OED James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary , 2d ed.,...
1960Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 21 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 28. was three weeks on it’s passage to this place. I thank you for the copies of the pamphlet you have been so good as to send me. I have read it with pleasure and observe the ingenuity of the idea. having however been myself very much of a projector in mechanics, and often disappointed in my theoretical combinations, I have learnt neither to form, nor to trust any opinion...
1961Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 25 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Nobody rejoices more sincerely than myself at the return of peace, nor could the season for it’s being made known be better timed. I shall get down the rest of my flour as fast as possible. my crop was a poor one here, and still worse from in Bedford . it will be under 100. Barrels of flour there. here the crop will furnish about 300. Barrels and 150. Bar. rent from my mill, in all something...
1962Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Smith Barton, 26 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Congress having concluded to replace by my library the one which they lost by British Vandalism, it is now become their property and of course my duty to collect and put in place whatever stood in the Catalogue by which they purchased. this renders it necessary for me to request the return of Persoon ’s Botanical work of which you asked the use some time ago. I am in hopes you will have been...
1963Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 26 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Congress having concluded to replace by my library the one which they lost by British Vandalism, it is now become their property, and of course my duty to collect and put in place whatever belongs to it. this obliges me to ask of you the return of Reyneval ’s law of nature and nations of which you asked the reading some time ago. if well wrapped up in paper it will come safely by the mail. Am...
1964Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 15 th was eight days on the road, and I answer it by the first return of our mail. I had prepared for mr Smith some notes on the transportation of the library , and as they give exactly all the information you desire, I send you a copy of them on the next leaf. they will inform you of the price of waggonage here, the number which will be requisite, the distance, and best...
1965Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan, 27 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
The library committee of Congress having concluded to take my library without further valuation, at the amount of your estimate, I shall on reciept of the catalogue proceed to review it, arrange and number all the books according as they stand in the catalogue. as on this review many will doubtless be found missing & irrecoverable, deductions proportioned to their size and number must of...
1966Thomas Jefferson to Samuel H. Smith, 27 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 14 th 15 th was 8. days on it’s way, and this goes by the first return mail. with respect to the Treasury notes, they of course should not be made out until the library is delivered, or ready to be delivered. when this takes place, I will take the liberty of specifying my wishes as to the notes. as soon as I recieve the Catalogue, I will set about revising and arranging the...
1967Thomas Jefferson’s Observations on the Transportation of the Monticello Library, [ca. 27 February 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
Observations on the transportation of the Monticello library. The books stand at present in pine cases with backs and shelves, without fronts. the Cases are generally of three tier, one upon another, about 9. feet high in the whole. the lowest case is generally 13. Inches deep, the 2 d 6¾ I. and the uppermost 5¾ I. averaging together 8½ I. to which add ¾ I. for the front of boards to be nailed...
1968Thomas Jefferson to David Bailie Warden, 27 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was of Dec. 29. 13. since which I have recieved your’s of May 5. and July 25. with P.S.S. of June 18. & Aug. 1. these gave me the first information of your being under any difficulty with our government, and I lost no time in writing to the President & Sec y of State , sending the statement you inclosed. the plain and direct narrative of this paper I did not doubt would impress...
1969Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 28 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was of Nov. 29. & Dec. 14. 13. since which I have recieved your’s of July 14 . I have to congratulate you, which I do sincerely on having got back from Robespierre and Bonaparte , to your ante-revolutionary condition. you are now nearly where you were at the Jeu de paume on the 20 th of June 1789. the king would then have yielded by convention freedom of religion, freedom of the...
1970Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Albemarle County Property Subject to State Tax, March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
A list of the taxable property of the subscriber in Albemarle Mar. 1815. 5640. acres of land (including 400. a s on Hardware held jointly with Hudson & others) @ .85 rate amount 90. slaves of or above the age of 12. years @ . 80 72:
1971Thomas Jefferson to Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 1 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
We at length it seems have peace; but of what duration is uncertain, because, no arrangement being made against the impressment of American citizens, the first act of that character will be a declaration of war. the mean time should therefore be considered merely as an armistice, and employed on our part in fortifying our seaports, providing military stores, classing & disciplining the...
1972Thomas Jefferson to John Vaughan, 1 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
On the destruction of the Capitol and library at Washington , I offered to Congress my library to replace that which they had lost. it was peculiarly a library for American statesmen, and, in that way, a collection invaluable to the US. the divisions of Classics, Politics, Law, Geography & history, and American history and geography especially, constituted it’s principal mass. having been for...
1973Thomas Jefferson to Jean Baptiste Say, 2 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of June 15 . came to hand in December, and it is not til l the ratification of our peace that a safe conveyance for an answer could be obtained. I thank you for the copy of the new edition of your work which accompanied your letter . I had considered it in it’s first form as superceding all other works on that subject and shall set proportional value on any improvement of it. I...
1974Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 4 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I will with pleasure examine the Cahiers you have sent me. I send you Ramsay ’s revoln, La Motte , 1 st Toulongeon and the last Nat l Intelligencer , and am sorry that the use of these and all other resources for you
1975Thomas Jefferson to Francis C. Gray, 4 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Dispatching to mr Ticknor my packet of letters for Paris , it occurs to me that I committed an error in a matter of information which you asked of me while here. it is indeed of little importance, yet as well corrected as otherwise; and the rather as it gives me an occasion of renewing my respects to you. you asked me in conversation what constituted a mulatto by our law? and I believe I told...
1976Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Jones, 4 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
The war has so long interrupted ordinary intercourse that it’s reestablishment is like a new work. I do not know whether you continue the same business of ironmongery, but presuming you do I take the liberty of addressing you, as I shall be glad to renew my dealings with you, not on so large a scale as I have given over manufacturing nails but for my self. I will thank you to send me by the...
1977Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Munroe, 4 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I observe the bill has past for repairing the public buildings in Washington , at which I am sincerely rejoiced, and trust it will for ever silence the question of a removal of the seat of government. you will have much to do for the accomodation of Congress & the government and it will be required in the least time possible. you will therefore I presume be glad of the offer of good workmen...
1978Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Appleton, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My friend Doct r Barton proposes, for the benefit of his health, to try a sea voyage and the air of Europe . he will certainly visit Florence , and not improbably Leghorn . he is one of the Vice presidents of the American Philosophical society , and of the Professors of the University of Philadelphia , distinguished by his writings in the physical sciences. should he visit Leghorn , I ask for...
1979Thomas Jefferson to Stephen Cathalan, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I am much gratified by the opportunity of recalling myself to your recollection by this letter which will be handed you by my friend Doctor Barton . he is one of the Vice presidents of the American Philosophical society , and of the Professors of the University of Philadelphia , distinguished by his writings in the Physical sciences. he tries a sea-voyage and the air of Europe for the benefit...
1980Thomas Jefferson to José Corrêa da Serra, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I mentioned to you in a former letter that mr Say had asked of me information relative to the price of lands E t c. in the neighborhood of Charlottesville with a view to the removal of his family to this country. in the inclosed letter I have given him the best and fullest information I could, of every circumstance which might influence his judgment and final determination. altho’ I have...
1981Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed you by my friend D r Barton , one of the Vice-presidents of the American Philosophical society , a professor in the University of Philadelphia and distinguished by his writings in the Physical sciences. he proposes for the benefit of his health to take a voyage across the Atlantic and to try the air of Europe for a while—if not personally known to you, I am sure he is...
1982Thomas Jefferson to Adamo Fabbroni, Antoine Gouan, Lacepede, Marc Auguste Pictet, and André Thoüin, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Doct r Barton , my friend, proposing, for the benefit of his health, a voyage across the Atlantic , and a trial of the air of Europe , will probably visit Florence in the course of his travels. he is one of the Vice presidents of the American Philosophical society , Professor of Natural history, Botany, Materia Medica, and of the Institutes and Clinical practice of Medecine in the University...
1983Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My friend D r Barton proposing for the benefit of his health a voyage across the Atlantic , and a trial of the air of Europe , intends to visit Florence and Pisa in the course of his travels. he is a Vice president of the American Philosophical society , Professor of Natural history, Botany, Materia Medica, and of the Institutes and Clinical practice of Medicine in the University of...
1984Thomas Jefferson to John A. Morton, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My friend D r Barton for the benefit of his health proposes a voyage across the Atlantic , and a trial of the air of Europe . his route on the continent not being fixed, he may possibly visit Bordeaux . in that case I ask for him your civilities and good offices. he is one of the Vice presidents of the American Philosophical society , and of the Professors of the University of Philadelphia ,...
1985Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Smith Barton, 7 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Feb. 19. was ten days on it’s passage to me, and this followed by an interval of six days between the arrival & departure of our mail, leaves but 6. days for this to reach you within the three weeks limited for your departure. I am sorry to learn that the state of your health is such as to oblige you to seek it’s repair in other countries, and with pleasure furnish you such...
1986Thomas Jefferson to Antonio Dugnani, 7 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My friend Doct r Barton proposing, for the benefit of his health, a voyage across the Atlantic , and a trial of the air of Europe , will probably be tempted to visit the classical and Splendid city of Rome . he is one of the Vice presidents of the American Philosophical society , Professor of Natural history, Botany, Materia Medica, and of the Institutes and Clinical practice of medecine in...
1987Thomas Jefferson to William W. Hening, 11 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Congress having concluded to replace by my library the one which they lost by British Vandalism, it is now become their property, and of course my duty to collect and put in place whatever belongs to it. this obliges me to request of you the return of the V th vol. of my Collection of the Virginia laws, being that in which the Sessions acts were bound together. should there be in the volume...
1988Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 11 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Wirt , and on enquiry what had been done in Scott ’s suit against him he learns that it was dismissed in June last, and that the execution for the costs has been delivered to mr Wirt . he asks the favor of it’s being forwarded to him and salutes him with assurances of his great esteem and respect. PoC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; on verso of...
1989Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 12 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I return the three Cahiers, which I have perused with the usual satisfaction. you will find a few pencilled notes, merely verbal. But in one place I have taken a greater liberty than I ever took before, or ever indeed had occasion to take. it is in the case of Josiah Philips , which I find strangely represented by judge Tucker and mr Edmund Randolph , and very negligently vindicated by mr...
1990Thomas Jefferson to Peter H. Wendover (Draft), 13 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 30. was recieved after long delay on the road, and I have to thank you for the volume of discourses which you have been so kind as to send me. I have gone over them with great satisfaction, and concur with the able preacher in his estimate of the character of the belligerents in our late war, and lawfulness of defensive war. I consider the war, with him, as ‘ made on good...
1991Thomas Jefferson to Peter H. Wendover (Final State), 13 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Wendover and his thanks for the volume of mr M c leod ’s discourses which he has been so kind as to send him. he has seen with great satisfaction the able proofs adduced by the eloquent author from Scriptural sources, in justification of a war so palpably supported by reason. he supposes indeed that true religion and well informed reason will ever...
1992Thomas Jefferson to William Caruthers, 15 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of Feb. 22. and Mar. 4. have been both recieved. the lease of at the Natural bridge having been made to D r Thornton , if the change of circumstances which has intervened should make him apprehensive of loss, I should let him off without asking any consideration. but I have heard nothing from him on the subject. in
1993Thomas Jefferson to DeWitt Clinton, 15 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Clinton , and his thanks for the copy he has been so kind as to send him of his Introductory discourse to the Literary and Philosophical society of New York . the field which he has therein spread before the lovers of science offers ample room for their cultivation. and he is happy to observe that New York is so fast advancing to the work. she is...
1994Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 15 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of Feb. 15. 18. and 24. have all been recieved, and you could not even at the date of the last have recieved mine of Feb. 21. on the subject of your improvement in wheel carriages. I have now to thank you for the certificate of a right to use employ it in a carriage. it will be some time before I can make use avail myself of it. in travelling myself I have been obliged latterly to...
1995Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on his Library at the Time of Sale, [by 18 April 1815] (Summary) (Jefferson Papers)
[ Ed. Note : TJ probably began preparing these notes after receiving his library catalogue back from Samuel H. Smith on or about 16 Mar. 1815. Work on it was well advanced by 28 Mar., and he completed it no later than 18 Apr. 1815 ( Smith to TJ, 11 Mar. 1815 ; TJ to Joseph Milligan, 28 Mar. 1815 ; TJ to Alexander J. Dallas, 18 Apr. 1815 ). The notes consist of four sections: (1) “Additions to...
1996Thomas Jefferson to Josiah Meigs, 16 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your F favor of Feb. 15. has been recieved and I cordially con reciprocate your congratulns on the great events which have taken place in the South, and the peace which has followed them. the latter, altho’ desired is rendered infinitely th more acceptable by the former, which indeed was necessary to impress on both parties a just idea of the bravery of both: but most especially to let England...
1997Thomas Jefferson to Return J. Meigs, 16 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Meigs , and having recieved a letter from mr Josiah Meigs dated at Washington , and not knowing to what place to address the answer he has taken the liberty of putting it under cover, and of asking the favor of mr Meigs to superscribe the proper direction of place. he salutes him at the same time with great esteem & respect. RC ( Nancy McGlashan,...
1998Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney, 16 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Feb. 19 . has been recieved with very sincere pleasure. it recalls to memory the sociability, the friendship, and harmony of action which united personal happiness with public duties, during the portion of our lives in which we acted together. indeed the affectionate harmony of our Cabinet is among the sweetest of my recollections. I have just recieved a letter of friendship...
1999Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 17 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your favor of Feb. 27. with very great pleasure, and sincerely reciprocate congratulations on the late events. peace was indeed desirable; yet it would not have been as welcome without the successes of New Orleans . these last have established truths too important not to be valued: that the people of Louisiana are sincerely attached to the union: that their city can be...
2000Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 18 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your messenger finds me to the elbows in the dust of my book-shelves. I recieved my Catalalogue Catalogue , last night , and have begun the revisal of the shelves to-day. from this small specimen it seems as if it would take me three weeks very laborious work.— I send you 2 d Toulongeon , and return your Cahier, with approbation of every thing except as to the detention of the Convention...