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...