1To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 4 April 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Giunsi tra i 2. Capi di Virginia ai 19. di Novembre, il quarto giorno susseguente mi riescì di sbarcare in Hampton; e tre giorni dopo di proseguire fino a Rosewell, ove andai a restaurare in seno dell’Amicizia il mio strappazzato corpo dagl’incomodi del viaggio, e a cercar sollievo all’animo, non poco afflitto da tutto ciò che intesi al mio arrivo, relativamente a ciò che riguarda...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 20 May 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Dopo la mia precedente d’Orange andai a trovare Patrick Henry, di dove mi convenne di tornare in Orange e a Roswell. Sono stato trattenuto in viaggio alcune volte dal cattivo tempo, altre dai cavalli stracchi, e ora mi trattiene Abel che deve rassettare il mio sconquassato calesse. Non avendo potuto finora andare a Richmond, non so se V.S. mi abbia favorito di rispondermi alla detta mia...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 6 December 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
Il Sigre: Short Le aveva detto che a quest’ora dovevo esser probabilmente partito per venire in Francia. Varie circostanze, e fra le altre un Bill in Chancery di Madama Petronilla mi ànno trattenuto, e mi tratterranno ancora. Perciò risolvo di mandarle l’inclusa che mi fù confidata sulla speranza che io avrei potuto recapitarla presto a VS. in proprie mani. Le altre 2 le indirizzo a Lei,...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 9 July 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
L’Orient, 9 July 1785. He sailed from New York 17 June and arrived in L’Orient this day. “I have with me so many bundles of letters and other papers for you as to cost you perhaps 30 louis, were the whole to be sent by post. Mr. Short could perhaps have his for 60 or 70 francs. I cannot get to Paris before the 21st or 22nd of this month; nonetheless I esteem it proper to bring all of it...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 26 October 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Since you had said the day before yesterday that you would not go to Fontainebleau today unless the weather was good and since it rained yesterday all day without any sign of change in the near future I hoped to see you after dinner at Chaillot and I have learned with great sorrow that I shall have to leave for Holland without seeing you. Monday evening after we parted I went to Mr. Meyer’s...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, [5 January 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Leiden? 5 Jan. 1786 ] Encloses souvenirs which may serve to recall things TJ has forgotten or be useful in comparing the present with the past. His trunk having arrived, will leave the next day, spend a few days at The Hague, and proceed to Amsterdam where he will execute any orders given him with the Van Staphorsts; asks advice about proceeding to have the Van Staphorsts join him in giving...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 6 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Amsterdam, 6 Feb. 1786 . Has been in Amsterdam three weeks; remained at The Hague longer than he intended and stopped two days in Leyden with his friend Luzac. Luzac is most desirous of receiving American news, particularly that which will refute those who defame America; has inserted in his gazette everything TJ has sent him, as he had also published in 1783 Mazzei’s denial of the rumor that...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, 17 April 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 17 Apr. 1787 . Mazzei here acknowledges TJ’s letter of 4 Apr. and thanks him for offering to supply him with money; by exercising rigid economy he can subsist until TJ returns; however, if TJ wishes to give him an order for a small sum he will hold it in reserve and give it back to TJ on his return. The Prince of Condé’s cook, during the Prince’s absence, took James [Hemings] as a...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Philip Mazzei, [ca. June 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
Your going to France without letters from me will seem very strange to many worthy persons who have shown great kindness to me that I have not procured for them your acquaintance after they had heard from me who your Excellency is and had expressed a very great desire to see you in France. Therefore I beg you as strongly as I can not to fail to call on those persons whom I shall name hereunder...