15091Thomas 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.,...
15092Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Ivy Creek Lands, 14 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
1809. Nov. 14. lands on Ivy creek to wit Tullas ’s 374. a s & Stith ’s 100. a s Campbell James Martin who lives adjoining them, thinks, Stith ’s worth 15.D. p r acre & both together worth 10.D. p r
15093Presidential Proclamation, 8 March 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 March 1810, Washington. On 5 Mar. the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, ratified and confirmed the treaty concluded at Vincennes on 9 Dec. 1809 between the U.S. and the Kickapoo Indians. Requires all officeholders and citizens “faithfully to observe and fulfil” the treaty. Printed copy ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages). Enclosed in JM’s 15 Mar. message to Congress ....
15094Pardon and Remission for Moses Thorndike, [27 July 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been made to appear to me that a certain Moses Thorndike, of the District of Maine, was, at a District Court of the United States, held at Portland in the said District, in May last, duly convicted of the offence of aiding and abetting in the year 1814, certain prisoners of War, subjects of Great Britain, in making their escape from the custody of the Marshal; and thereupon the...
15095Account with Dinsmore and Neilson, 28 September 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 September 1811. Lists charges for enlarging and furnishing at Montpelier the drawing room, passage, dining room, large bedroom, kitchen, and “S. W. Wing.” Also included are charges for the construction of the temple and labor for the period 30 Sept. 1810 to 28 Sept. 1811. The total amount of the charges is £1,088 8 s . 7½ d ., with a balance due of £378 10 s . 7½ d . as of 28 Sept. Ms ( ViU...
15096Thomas Jefferson’s Agreement with Thomas Eston Randolph & Company, 19 September 1816, with Thomas Jefferson’s Note, 18 … (Jefferson Papers)
Shadwell Mill 19 th Sept r 1816 —We agree to deliver to the order of Tho s Jefferson Esq r Six hundred bushels of Shipstuff at eighteen-pence ⅌er bushel to be deducted from the first quarters Rent—and to be deliver’d viz t 200 bushels in the second week of October next,—200—on the 1 st Nov
15097Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Craven Peyton for his Lease of Shadwell, 15 October 1800 to 22 May 1802, [ca. … (Jefferson Papers)
Craven Peyton in acc t for lease of Shadwell with Th: Jefferson D r 1800. Oct. 15. To one year’s rent of Shadwell due this day £48– 0–0 1801. Oct.
15098Presidential Proclamation, 1 January 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 January 1813. Revises building terms and conditions for the city of Washington. Suspends the first and third articles of the 17 Oct. 1791 building regulations until 1 Jan. 1814. Adds an exception that “no wooden covering more than three hundred twenty square feet, or higher than twelve feet from the sill to the eve [ sic ] shall be erected, nor shall any such house be placed within twenty...
15099Memorandum on Defense of the City of Washington, 1 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
Estimate of force & preparation for defence of the City, made up in Cabinet meeting July 1. 1814 Cavalry City of W. 120 Cavalry from Carlisle say 200 Regular Infantry 1000 District Infy. 1000 Marines 120 District Arty. 200 2640 Of Barneys corps 500 3140 10,000 Militia to be designated & held in readiness 10,000 Arms & Camp Equipage to be brought forward for use
15100James McKinney’s Description of a Hemp Brake, [ca. 28 August 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
1 st It works like a Sawmill that as it the same frame & Crank—The proportion is that the gate is one third the Size or hight of the frame in which it works & is Six feet in width with 5 breakers 3 below & 2 Above with the Same flare & rake as hemp brakes commonly worked by hand—To explain myself better it is nothing more or less than like a double Saw gate working up & down in the Same Manner...
15101Presidential Proclamation, [23 July] 1813 (Madison Papers)
Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution of the two Houses, have signified a request that a day may be recommended, to be observed by the people of the U. States with religious solemnity, as a day of Public Humiliation and Prayer ; and whereas in times of public calamity, such as that of the war, brought on the U. States by the injustice of a foreign government, it is...
15102Remission for Bohl and John Bohlen, 23 June 1815 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Remission for Bohl and John Bohlen. 23 June 1815. “Whereas it has been represented to me that Bohl and John Bohlen, Merchants, of the City of Philadelphia, became the Purchasers, in the year Eighteen hundred and ten, of a quantity of Coffee which had been imported into the town of Baltimore, contrary to the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled “An act to interdict the Commercial...
15103Presidential Proclamation, 1 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 January 1810, Washington. Suspends building regulations laid down in the first and third sections of the act of 17 Oct. 1791 for the city of Washington. FC ( DLC : Commissioners of the District of Columbia Collection, 1791–1869). Fragment. These provisions, requiring the outer walls of all houses to be built of either brick or stone and regulating the height of house walls, had been...
15104Will of Abigail Adams, 18 January 1816 (Adams Papers)
I Abigail Adams wife to the Honble: John Adams of Quincy in the County of Norfolk, by and with his consent, do dispose of the following property. First, that injustice may not be supposed to be done to my Sons, I have conveyed to John Quincy Adams by Deed, all my right and title in the farm given me by my Unckle Norton Quincy valued at $2200, and to my Son Thomas Boylston Adams, all my part,...
15105Memorandum of a Conversation with John Armstrong, [29 August 1814] (Madison Papers)
In the evening of the 29th. of Augst. (1814) Being on Horseback I stopped at General Armstrong’s lodgings for the purpose of communicating with him on the state of things in the District, then under apprehensions of an immediate visit from the force of the Enemy at Alexandria. I observed to him that he could not be unaware of the great excitement in the District produced by the unfortunate...
15106The Dismissal of Livingston v. Jefferson: I. John Tyler’s Opinion in Livingston v. Jefferson, [4 December 1811] (Jefferson Papers)
FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT LIVINGSTON VS JEFFERSON in trespass quare clausum fregit . Demurrer on a plea to this jurisdiction. } T yler , J. OPINION.—This case, although so ably and elaborately argued on both sides, affords but a single question; and that may be drawn within a narrow compass; and while I freely acknowledge how much I was pleased with the ingenuity and eloquence of the Plaintiff’s...
15107Presidential Proclamation, 17 May 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas, by the act of Congress passed the 26th of March, 1804, entitled “An act making provision for the disposal of the public lands in the Indiana territory, and for other purposes”; and by the act passed the third of March, 1805, supplementary to the act above recited, it was enacted, that a land office should be established at Kaskaskia, for the disposal of certain lands described in the...
15108Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Abstract of Marriage Settlement of John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell Paradise, [after 10 May … (Jefferson Papers)
Extracts from marriage settlement. Parties Date. May 10. 1769. Parties John Paradise esq. son of Peter Paradise 1 st part. Peter Paradise 2 d part. Lucy Ludwell 3 d part.
15109Presidential Proclamation, 29 June 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 June 1811. Under the act of Congress, passed on 25 Feb. 1811, authorizing the president of the U.S. to remove the land office established for the sale of lands ceded by the Cherokee and Chickasaw in the Mississippi Territory from Nashville to any place he judges most proper within the district for which it was established, he directs that the said land office be removed to “Huntsville...
15110Draft of a Treaty with Spain, [ca. December 1810] (Madison Papers)
The President of the united States of America & his most Catholic Majesty the King of Spain in Consequence of the treaty which has been this day Signed between A. B. Charged with the affairs of the American Legation near the Government of France on the part of the United States & by. C. D. on the part of his Most Catholic Majesty the King of Spain and desiring to regulate definitively every...
15111Francis Hall’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, [7–8 January 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
MONTICELLO . Having an introduction to Mr. Jefferson , I ascended his little mountain on a fine morning, which gave the situation its due effect. The whole of the sides and base are covered with forest, through which roads have been cut circularly, so that the winding may be shortened or prolonged at pleasure: the summit is an open lawn, near to the south side of which, the house is built,...
15112Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Renting Natural Bridge for Manufacture of Shot, [ca. November 1814] [document added in … (Jefferson Papers)
Natural bridge . principles for renting for shot manufact y a shot tower of 160.f. height costs 7000.D. the Natural bridge , & it’s adjacent banks being more than 200 f. high, will require a building of not more than 1000.D. to wit to hold the furnace, kettles or cisterns E t c this is a saving then of 6000.D. in each site, which gives the measure of the value of each site, and belongs fairly...
15113Presidential Proclamation, 7 July 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 July 1810, Washington. Announces a sale for the disposal of the “quarter Sections of land adjacent [to] the old Indian boundary line, in the Indiana Territory, and East of the second principal Meridian,” to be held at Jeffersonville, Indiana Territory, on the [third Monday] in [November] 1810. Issues the proclamation in conformity with the authority conferred by the following acts: the...
15114Sketch for an Autobiography, [ca. 30 September 1816] (Madison Papers)
James Madison was born on the 16th. of March 1751. His parents James Madison, and Nelly Madison (before her Marriage Nelly Conway) resided in the County of Orange in Virginia. At the time of his birth they were on a visit to her mother who resided on the Rappahannock in the County of King George. At the age of about 12. years, he was placed by his father under the tuition of Donald Robertson,...
15115Pardon for John Steward, [2 May 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that John Steward, of the State of Pennsylvania, has been lately convicted before the Circuit Court in Philadelphia of a Criminal Offence, in smuggling, or receiving and concealing smuggled goods; and whereas it has been made satisfactorily to appear to me that the said John Steward was ignorant of the nature of the offence with which he was charged, and...
15116Montlezun’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, 20 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Vendredi 20 septembre 1816. Voyage de Montpellier à Monticello ( Albemarle ). A sept heures du matin, je suis parti de Bentivoglio , Couper’s-Tavern ; et de nouveau, traversant les bois, j’ai passé à trois milles de là, devant la maison du juge Gordon , d’où je suis allé franchir à gué le
15117Francis C. Gray’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, [4–7 February 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
on Thursday the 2d of Feb y Mr. T & myself at half after 3 o’clock with each a small bundle left Richmond in the Stage coach for Charlotte s ville in the county of Albemarle , in order to pay a visit to Mr. Jefferson to whom we both had both
15118Destutt de Tracy’s Commentary on Book 2 of Montesquieu’s Esprit des Lois, [ca. 12 June 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
Livre Second: Des Loix qui derivent directement de la Nature du Gouvernement. Esprit des lois Copies liv. 2 e Il ny a que deux especes de Gouvernemens, Ceux qui Sont fondés Sur les droits généraux des hommes, et ceux qui Se pretendent fondés Sur Des droits particuliers. La division ordinaire des gouvernemens en republicains, monarchiques, et despotiques, me parait essentiellement mauvaises...
15119Remission for Joseph Osbourn, 28 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that Joseph Osbourn was convicted some time ago before the Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia of a misdemeanor, in uttering and passing counterfeited Bank notes, knowing the same to be counterfeited, whereupon he was sentenced by the said Court to be imprisoned for the term of six months, and to pay...
15120Notes on a British Commercial Treaty, [post–22 December 1815] (Madison Papers)
Are not British vessels, with articles of British European produce, coming from Any foreign port other than British Colonial ports, within the equalizing stipulatn.? Does not the equalization of drawbacks extend to re-exportations to a foreign nation, untill a change or diminution by the Competent authy. (Congress) be made? Is it clear that B. Vessels arriving on the 22d. of Decr. are not...
15121Power of Attorney for Callender Irvine, 1 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
Know all men by these presents, that I James Madison, President of the United States do make, constitute and appoint Callender Irvine Esquire, my true and lawful attorney for me, and in my name, to transfer to the books of the Treasury of the United States, all Stock standing in the name of the President of the United States in trust for the Seneca Nation of Indians, in the books of the...
15122Thomas Jefferson’s Essay on New England Religious Intolerance (Draft), [ca. 10 January 1816] (Jefferson Papers)
you judge truly that I am not afraid of the priests. they have tried upon me all their various batteries, of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying & slandering, without being able to give me one moment of pain. I have contemplated their order from the Magi of the East to the Saints of the West, and I have found no difference of character, but of more or less caution, in proportion to the...
15123Memorandum on Cabinet Meeting, 23 & 24 June 1814 (Madison Papers)
Rush for awaiting further information from Europe. turn over Ms ( DLC ); Tr ( DLC , series 3). Ms dated 27 June 1814 in the Index to the James Madison Papers. JM ’s memorandum on his 27 June 1814 meeting with the cabinet was written on the verso.
15124Memorandum Preceding Letter to George Wythe, January 1776, 21 July 1811 (Adams Papers)
In the beginning of the year 1776 There was printed, at Phyladelphia, a Pamphlet under the Title of Thoughts on Government in a Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend, if memory serves me. The Gentleman was Mr John Adams and his then a Member of Congress and his Friend now President of the United States and his Friend was Mr George Wythe then a Member of Congress from Virginia and now...
15125Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Likeness of Christopher Columbus, [ca. 28 August 1814] (Jefferson Papers)
Note by Th:J. The 1 st vol. of Debry was printed in 1590. & the 2 d to which the preface is here given, was printed in 1595. it was between these two dates then that the copy [exemplar] of the portrait which had been taken by order of the king & Queen , and of which his son made the miniature here exhibited, was given by his friend who recieved it from the painter himself [i.e. the copyist.]...
15126Deposition of Martin Dawson in Jefferson v. Michie, 1 September 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
on the 10 th day of March in the year 1804 as appears from a referance to the agreement and Contract for a deed filed in the office of the County of Albemarle At the request of John Henderson I drew an agreement between the said John Henderson & David Michie for the purpose and intent of erecting a merchants mill and other water works near the town of Milton when the said Michie saw the...
15127Memorandum of a Conversation between Alexander J. Dallas and Luis de Onís, [24 June 1815] (Madison Papers)
Mr. Monroe being absent, the President requested me to receive a visit from the chevalier de Onis, in consequence of that gentleman’s letter, expressing a desire to present his credentials, as Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Spain, and to report the result. The Chevalier called on me about Six o’clock in the evening and observing that Mr. Pleasonton had intimated the President’s...
15128Thomas Jefferson’s Census of Inhabitants and Supplies at Monticello, 8 November 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
1810. Aug. 1. Census. Monticello Bacon’s M c Gehee’s Goodman’s Cardin’s Starke’s Total free white males { to 10. years of age 4 3 3 1
15129James Monroe’s Draft Memoranda on the Events of 24–28 1814 August 1814 at Washington, [post–28 August] (Madison Papers)
The President cross’d the Potowk., after the affair of the 24th, accompanied by the attorney genl., & general mason, and remained on the south side of the river, a few miles above the lower falls, on the following day the secretary of State, likewise crossed the river, shortly after him with Mr Ringgold & rema[i]nd that night, in the same quarter, whence he proceeded & joind genl winder at...
15130Enclosure: James S. Gaines’s Plan for a New Virginia Constitution and Revised Legal Code, [ca. 3 September 1811] (Jefferson Papers)
A New plan or form of Government— Divisions of the State 1. The state of Virginia shall as follows be laid off into three departments the first thirty Counties lying along the atlantic ocean shall be called the Eastern department the next thirty two Counties lying parallel with the Eastern department shall be denominated the middle department and the thirty Counties lying North & West of the...
15131Notes on a Conversation with James Steptoe, [ca. 12 May 1812] (Jefferson Papers)
Stith’s entry why lost? mr Steptoe ’s informn Bedford c ty erected in 1752 Ben Howard was clerk , lived in Buckingham , exercised by deputy & never came here Isham Talbot was his deputy & also deputy surveyor
15132Opinion of William D. Meriwether and Martin Dawson, 8 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
We William D Meriweather and Martin Dawson Mutually Chosen as Referrees by Thomas Jefferson and Eli Alexander for the Purpose of awarding, if at all how fare the Articles of Agreement entered into Between the Said Jefferson & Alexander on the 21 st day of July one Thousand Eight Hundred and five Conveys to the Said Alexander as tenant the Lands belonging to the Said Jefferson laying Between the
15133John Watson’s Writ to Summon a Jury regarding Land Seized by David Michie, 23 July 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Albemarle county to wit. Whereas Thomas Jefferson of Monticello in the county aforesaid hath this day complained upon oath before me John Watson a justice of peace for the sd county that on the 23 d day of July 1812 David Michie of the said County — forcibly entered into one tenement or tract of land containing fifteen acres lying on the
15134Enclosure: Payment Plan for Money Due from John Harvie to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Value of 2020 acres land at £3.15 the acre £7575. 0. 0 Valuation by M rsrs Higginbotham and Watson £682 Rent transferred 250
15135Indenture for Land at Fort Warburton, 31 August 1815 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Indenture for Land at Fort Warburton. 31 August 1815. “This Indenture … between Thomas Attwood Digges [and] William Dudley Digges both of Prince George’s County in the State of Maryland and Robert Brent of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia of the first part and James Madison President of the United States of America of the second part” conveys “unto the said James Madison...
15136Thomas Jefferson’s Corrections to Biography in Public Characters, [ca. 3 June 1816] (Jefferson Papers)
pa. 220. line 3. born Apr. 2. 1743. 12. as Minister plenipot y in July 1784. & returned Dec. 1789. 221. at bottom. if I have had any merit as a member of our legislature it was in drawing and introducing the following laws , some of which were adopted when proposed & some afterwards. 1. a law forbidding the future importation of slaves.
15137Executive Pardon, [7 March] 1809 (Madison Papers)
James Madison , President of the United States of America To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting — Whereas it has been made to appear to me that a certain Negro lad, named Nathan , was, at a Circuit Court of the United States , for the county of Washington in the District of Columbia, holden in December last, duly convicted of a burglary by him committed in the house of Francis...
15138Pardon for William Fitzgerald, 6 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas at a Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington in the District of Columbia, held in June last, William Fitzgerald, of the said County, was convicted of a Criminal Offence, whereupon he was sentenced by the said Court to pay a pecuniary fine to the United States, to be imprisoned ninety days, and to stand committed until the said fine, with the fees and costs of...
15139Pardon for John Everingham, 13 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that at the session of the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina held at Charleston in the month of December in the year one thousand eight hundred & fifteen, a Judgment was obtained against John Everingham, of the said District, at the suit of the United States, for the penalty of a Bond given in a case of the Privateer...
15140Statement of Albemarle County Taxes and Court Fees, 27 September 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq: 1814 To the commonwealth of Virginia Dr. Sep tr Rev: on 5374¾ acres land $59.73 72 Negroes above 16 } 111.52 14 ditto under 26 Horses 1 Phæton value 150$ 1 ditto 100