15031To James Madison from John Parker and James True Jr., [ca. 2] December 1816 (Madison Papers)
We whose names are hereunto annexed, being representatives in the State Legislature from the Congressional District composed of the Counties of Fayette Woodford and Jessamine, recommend to your Consideration John T Mason Esqr for the Office of District Judge for the State of Kentucky. We do not hesitate to give our testimony in favour of Mr. Masons claims to this Office, and to say that his...
15032From James Madison to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 12 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. yours of the 10th. inclosing one from Come Decatur of the 5th. now returned. My last has anticipated & provided for the object of the latter. I cannot conveniently consult the laws for the increase of the Navy. If the practice of the Dept. and the Opinion of the Atty. General, admit the purchase of the Prize Ship Cyane The purchase of such a vessel on the terms probable will...
15033Samuel Brown to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
The last mail from Catahoula brought me The enclosed Letter from Judge Lewis which seems to close all prospect of obtaining the information you wished from the papers of M r Henderson. From the statement of the time of his Death, I am disposed to beleive, that your communication of may last never reached him but has probably been returned to the General Post office, from that of Catahoula...
15034From James Madison to Henry Dearborn, 8 August 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have recd yours of the 24. July. As my esteem and regard have undergone no change, I wish you to be apprized that such was the state of .things, and such the turn they were taking, that the retirement which is the subject of your letter, was pressed by your best personal friends. It was my purpose to have written to you on the occasion, but it was made impossible by a severe illness, from...
15035Thomas Jefferson to Henry Foxall, 16 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
The stove arrived safely; I have set it up and find it to answer perfectly. the room is very small where it is placed, and is fully warmed by it in a few minutes. a room of larger size would require the stove to be larger. I certainly like it better than any stove I have ever seen, & not doubting that when it becomes known it will be in great demand, I expect you will find it worth while to...
15036To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 10 March 1814 (Madison Papers)
I respectfully request permission to submit to your perusal the enclosed papers, merely for information. You will appreciate the injury to the service & myself from the unprecedented exclusion of a late officer from his books and papers. Mr. Mifflin, late deputy commissary, who first made the obstructions appears on the books a debtor in $444. & never returned an answer to my request that he...
15037From John Adams to Rufus King, 2 December 1814 (Adams Papers)
I am very much obliged to you for the information, melancholly as it is to me, of the death of Mr Gerry. A Friendship of forty years I have found a rarity, though not a Singularity. I am left alone. While Paine Gerry and Lovell lived, there were Some that I Seemed to know: but now not one of my Contemporaries and Colleagues is left. Can there by any deeper damnation in this Universe, than to...
15038To James Madison from the Newport Independent Volunteers, 18 June 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 June 1812, Newport, Rhode Island. “Considering this the most important and most eventful Crisis that has occurred since the existence of the United States as a Nation, that at a time like the present, when it is presumed they are on the eve of a war with a most powerful nation, it becomes the duty of every citizen of the United States to declare his confidence in the government of his...
15039Frank Carr to Thomas Jefferson, [received 18 March 1816] (Jefferson Papers)
I was called on this Evening to set a broken leg of your man Moses . He is at Farley’s. It would be painful, & would derange what has been done, to move him. He will be taken care of & attended to where he is— The accident happened in a trial of strength in a wrestle with one of his fellows: RC ( ViU: TJP-CC ); undated; addressed (ink stained): “Thomas Jefferson Esq e Monticello By ”; endorsed...
15040To the Boston Patriot, 6 April 1811 (Adams Papers)
ON Saturday, the twenty-sixth of October, 1782 I arrived in the night, at the Hotel de Valois, Rue de Richelieu in Paris, after a journey of ten days from the Hague, from whence Mr. John Thaxter and Mr. Charles Storer departed with me, on the Thursday se’night preceding. I have several times performed this journey of about three hundred and twenty-five miles in three days. But rains of unusual...
15041Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letters which have come to hand since you left this, were given me yesterday by M r Madison with a request that I would forward them to you. Joseph has just been to tell me that the Vessel on board of which your baggage was shiped, had got aground in the eastern branch, and had received so much injury that it was deemed unsafe for her to continue her voyage— we have thought it...
15042To James Madison from David Howell, 18 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
The object of this letter is to bring under your view, the grounds whereon I consider the office of Collector of the Customs for the Port of Providence as claimable by my Son, intending only to discharge the duty I owe to him, and the Public, and hoping to keep in mind the delicacy of the task. In the year 1808 Col. J. Olney resigned that Office, my Son had then held the place of an Inspector...
15043To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 16 July 1815 (Madison Papers)
The intelligence from the Indian countries confirms the opinion, which I had formed of the necessity of an explicit understanding with the British Government, on all the questions of trade and intercourse between its subjects, and the Indians within our territory. The excitement is more general, than I can reccollect it to have been, at any former period; and, if London is to be the scene of...
15044Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Hornsby, 22 August 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Jan. 9. was duly recieved. in that you are so kind as to inform me, on the subject of mrs Henderson’s permission to John Henderson to pass a canal thro’ the Dower lands near Milton , that there was among her papers an original release of John Henderson to her of all responsibility for any former right which she had given to any other person, & which might be a bar to that...
15045To James Madison from Thomas Flournoy, 6 October 1813 (Madison Papers)
The situation in which I am placed in consequence of my having received no letters from the war department in answer to some of those which I have fowarded, on subjects vitally connected with the public welfare—at war with the Creek Indians who are laying waste the frontier of this territory, at a loss how to conduct myself towards the Spaniards, who secretly abet those Indians; I have taken...
15046To John Adams from David Sewall, 10 November 1815 (Adams Papers)
I was much gratified with the reception of yours of Novr. 4th. Current And if it were in my power to communicate the Strength of Nerve, Which by the indulgence of Providence I am permitted to enjoy, It would spedily and with great pleasure be afforded.—I now & then peruse the last Chapr. of Ecclesiastes—which is supposed, a description of Persons in advanced periods of life—some of Which, such...
15047Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 29 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 18 th is recieved as had been in due time that of Apr. 25. I now inclose you the July order on the bank of Pensv a for Gen l Kosciuzko’s July dividend. I inclosed to him one copy of the bill of exchange you sent me by mr Barlow , & a 2 d
15048Elisha Ticknor to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
A few days ago I forwarded to you a second letter from my Son , and now have the pleasure to inclose to you another copy of the Invoice of your Books as received from him, with the amount of freight and duties, paid by me in this port, viz. D c Homerus 8 8vo th. 20,16/ =15. 50 Juvenalis 2 8vo 〃 6,04. 4. 50 Virgilius 4 8vo 〃
15049From James Madison to Aaron H. Palmer, ca. 1 May 1809 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 1 May 1809. Acknowledged in Palmer to JM, 9 May 1809 (DLC). Conveys thanks for the pamphlet enclosed in Palmer to JM, 20 Apr. 1809 .
15050To John Adams from William Plumer, 6 June 1812 (Adams Papers)
Permit me to enclose you a copy of my speech this day delivered to our Legislature; & to assure you that there is a decided majority of Republicans in each branch of our government. I am with much respect & esteem / your friend & humble servant, MHi : Adams Papers.
15051George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The two boxes mentioned in M r Gelston’s letter were received, but Major Gibbon called soon after, with a letter from Cap t Tingey of Washington , saying that one of them belonged to him, and had been forwarded to us by mistake.—it is still here, waiting for a good opportunity by which to send it to Washington .—There is no direction on the box, a card appearing to have been rubbed off.— I am...
15052To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 20 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
By the Act of May 20, 1812, the Surveyor General, under the direction of the President of the United States, is authorised & required to designate &c the Western & Northern Boundaries of the State of Ohio. As this act contemplates the decision of the ultimate boundaries, on two sides, of an independent State, it is desirable that it should be done in such a solemn and scientific manner as to...
15053Palisot de Beauvois to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Permettéz que, pénétré des bontés avec les quelles vous m’avéz acceuilli pendant mon séjour dans les Etats unis d’Amérique , et dont je ne perdrai jamais le souvenir, je réclame les mêmes-bontés pour me faire rendre justice dans une affaire qui m’interresse et qu’une malheureuse circonstance a fait Naitre dans votre païs et dans L’Etat mëme que vous habités. mes droits et mes prétentions sont...
15054From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 26 February 1817 (Adams Papers)
Where the Fine Arts are Studied or practiced there Should be a Trybunal of Criticism always in Session, before which every new production Should be arraigned and tried; by no other laws however than Truth or Nature, and no other penalty than Reputation in the public Opinion. “Are We not in too great a hurry, in our Zeal for the fine Arts”? This is as noble and beautiful a question, as that of...
15055To James Madison from William Pinkney, 22 January 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have received a Letter from Mr Dallas (of the 16th.) from which it appears that he had not been applied to by Mr. Gallatin to assist in the Cases in the supreme Court of the US. in which it was thought his Aid would be advisable, and further that he would be willing to assist if applied to. Although I shall be perfectly prepared to argue one of them (the Case of the French National Vessel)...
15056To James Madison from Charles W. Goldsborough, 14 August 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 August 1809, Navy Department. The chief clerk transmits copies of a letter from Capt. David Porter and Goldsborough’s reply. Goldsborough has submitted Porter’s letter to the secretaries of state and of the treasury, who have approved his reply. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 45, Letters to the President). 2 pp. Enclosures not found.
15057From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 August 1814 (Adams Papers)
Hearing that a vessel was fitting out of Nyork to carry dispatches from government, I venture to write a few lines, altho I know not where you are, not having received a line from you of a later date than Febry last, as you will no doubt receive every information from the Secretary of State, of the situation of our Country, of the dangers which surround it, the determination of all parties to...
15058Thomas Jefferson to John Wilson, 17 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 3 d has been duly recieved. that of mr Eppes had before come to hand, covering your MS. on the reformation of the orthography of the plurals of nouns ending in y, and ey, and on orthoepy. a change has been long desired in English orthography, such as might render it an easy and true index to of the pronuntiation of words. the want of conformity between the combinations of...
15059To James Madison from Daniel D. Tompkins, 3 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
It is with pain I have to inform you that the state of things on the Niagara frontier of this State is truly distressing. An express, who arrived last evening, brought intelligence of the destruction of the village of Buffalo, which was preceeded by the capture of Fort Niagara, with its immense stores, by the burning of Lewiston, Manchester, (Schlosser) & all the buildings near the Niagara...
15060From Abigail Smith Adams to Cotton Tufts, Jr., 19 September 1810 (Adams Papers)
Mr and Mrs Adams present their Love to mr and Mrs Tufts and miss Lucy and ask the pleasure of their company to dinner tomorrow—two oclock. a family dinner. no other company but their Father and Mother— DCHi .
15061From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 15 October 1813 (Adams Papers)
On the 5th. your mind was relieved from its Uncertainty; and your Anxiety must have been Succeeded by Grief. But why Should We grieve, when grieving We must bear? I Should have visited Charles and Should have asked to See him when I was at his fathers house with you; if I had not been apprehensive that the Sight of an entire Stranger would distress and fatigue him. It is melancholly, that Such...
15062To James Madison from Henry Lee, 16 April 1812 (Madison Papers)
I came here to pay you a short visit, but finding a carriage at yr. door I avoided trespassing so much on yr. time preferring as a lesser occupation thereof a short letter. This results cheifly from my wish to explain the reasons which influenced my suggestion the other day of the propriety of placing one or two bodys of yr. troops in reserve on the western frontier. To hold back the indians...
15063Enclosure: John Barnes’s Account with Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 26 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Genl. Thad s Kosciusko in a/c. with John Barnes for Sale of Treasury notes bearing 5⅔ pr. ct. Int. and payable 21 st April, 1816 . March 21 1816 . To C. Smith , Esqr.
15064From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 21 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
THE memorial promised in my last letter was in these words High and Mighty Lords , As soon as her Majesty the Empress, was informed of the sudden departure from the Hague, of the Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty to your High Mightinesses; guided by the sentiments of friendship and benevolence which she professes towards the two powers; she did not wait, for further explanations, concerning...
15065To James Madison from George Graham, 12 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
An act of Congress passed on the 2d of August 1813, authorizing the Sale of lots, belonging to the United States, in the Town of Pittsburgh. Enclosed is a Letter from my Brother on the subject of these lots. Mr. Dallas proposes that the square on which the Barracks stand, be laid out in building lots, & sold under the superintendence of Genl. Tannehill of Congress, & Capt Woolly of the...
15066Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Large appropriations have been made for internal p improvements & I expect the literary fund will be increased several hundred thousand dollars. I am sure the application of public money to these objects will meet your approbation. You are made one of the Directors of public works . I took the liberty (thinking it cou’d not be agreeable to you to serve) to suggest it was unreasonable to impose...
15067To John Adams from William Stephens Smith, 11 February 1815 (Adams Papers)
you and your dear family may have wondered at my silence for some weeks past, but I have been very, seriously indisposed, this I have not communicated to my Children at Newyork nor to our family at the Valley or Utica, it could only tend to excite painful sensations to them, therefore I have been silent—It is of course a satisfaction to me, to state to you, that I feel as if, I had perfectly...
15068Enclosure: Summary of Meteorological Observations by Alden Partridge, [ca. 9 December 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
Meteorological Table Containing the Results of a Series of Observations made at West Point, State of New York , from April 5 th to October 31 st 1810 Months N o of Observations Thermometer Barometer. Date of the greatest degree of Cold in each month Date of the greatest degree of heat in each month N o
15069To James Madison from John Strode, 9 August 1813 (Madison Papers)
From a chain of fatallities, Over which I could neither have foresight or controle, I am left at this place without other business than that of those Mills, which is but Small indeed; under those circumstances it has by Some among the first of Characters been intimated, that I had better devote the remainder, (as I have the most) of my former, days to Some public business, among which, that of...
15070To James Madison from Henry J. Hutchins, 14 March 1814 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Henry J. Hutchins. 14 March 1814, Philadelphia. “For the present intrusion on a subject of self interest I must crave your usual indulgence, but in these trying times altho’ self-denial be a virtue, an omission to exert every faculty for the provision of a man’s family would be an unpardonable neglect. Actuated by this motive I am induced to request you as the general Head and Father of...
15071To John Adams from Henry Codman, 6 December 1814 (Adams Papers)
George has just called for the Discourses on Devila. I am ashamed of having kept this book so long. The true reason is, that whenever I have taken it up, I have always thought that it would in its present state be so invaluable to any one who respected and reverenced its Author, that I could not think of the binder’s paring it without serious regret, and as you did not seem to value the notes,...
15072From James Madison to the Right Reverend James Madison, 8 December 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 8 December 1810. Acknowledged in the Right Reverend James Madison to JM, 14 Dec. 1810 . Discusses the merits of an applicant. Refers to the documents accompanying his annual message to Congress.
15073Thomas Jefferson to Smith & Riddle, 9 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to ask the favor of you to procure for me from your correspondents in Boston the following window glass of the best quality 50. panes 12. I. square. 50. d o 12. by 18. I. 10. d o 24. by 18. I. M r Gibson my correspondent in Richmond will do me the favor to pay the amount on delivery, and presenting to him this letter. Accept the tender of my respect. PoC
15074From John Adams to Samuel Miller, 13 April 1811 (Adams Papers)
I Sent yesterday to the Post Office one of Mr Hancocks Century Sermons under cover to you and I thought the foregoing Letter written for the Purpos was wrapped in it. By Some inadvertence, of myself or another, it was omitted: and I am not Sorry for it as it now gives me an opportunity to add Somewhat relative to your Ancestor. John Alden, a Magistrate of Plymouth Colony, was one of the first...
15075James W. Wallace to Thomas Jefferson, [received 16 March 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
I send to M r Jefferson the following Articles Viz Jeffersonia Antivenena (the Roots) in a large wafer Box Sun Brier in a Box Balsam Copaiba Tree in a Box (copaiba Brasiliensis) one Beet & one Carrot for Seed in the half Barrel. the Beet weighed 15¾ lbs in Oct. 12¼ lbs in Decr. March 10th 9.¾ lbs an astonishing loss 2 wild Geese—tis feared they are of one sex The Summer Ducks a wicked boy...
15076To James Madison from Thomas Cadwalader, 1 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
Since the expiration of my tour of duty in the service of the U.States, much of my time has been occupied in attention to the military arrangements of the Government of this District, and nearly $300,000. have been received from the War Office, and disbursed by me thro’ the Quarter Master’s & pay-master’s Departments. It is not my intention to make any charge for my little services, nor does...
15077Thomas 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...
15078To James Madison from Anthony Charles Cazenove, 17 July 1815 (Madison Papers)
Your obliging favor of 14th. instt. has brought me your check for $268.65 in full for charges on your 2 pipes of Wine, for which please accept my thanks. I can hear as yet of no vessel for Fredericksburg, but would not the Steamboat take charge of goods for Potomac Creek from whence they might be waggon’d across? As soon as I hear of a direct conveyance will not fail to inform you of it, &...
15079Remission and Pardon for George J. Julien, [25 June 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas at the late Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, George J. Julien, of the said County, pleaded guilty, to a charge against him for larceny, in the said Court, whereupon he was sentenced by the Court to be publickly whipped & to pay a fine of five Dollars to the United States: and whereas it is represented to me that the said...
15080To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1809 (Madison Papers)
Since my letter of yesterday I have recieved yours of the 27th. & 28th. and in the former the 500. D. for mrs. Trist. The bronze time piece mentioned will run a fortnight, but I found it better to wind it up once a week, as during the 2d. week the greater expansion of the spring occasioned her to lose time. With respect to newspapers, none can now come to Washington for me. Of those which,...