2301To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
Your letters of the 8th. 15th. & 22d. are now to be acknoleged. I should consider the debt to mr. Hooe as made incumbent on us by the wish of our Donor, and shall chearfully acquiesce in any arrangement you make on that subject. I have accordingly suspended sending for my portion till further information from you. Dougherty’s bill shall be duly attended to. I have recieved a copy of Judge...
2302Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a letter from Judge Cooper of Pensylvania , a political refugee with D r Priestley from the fires & mobs of Birmingham . he is one of the ablest men in America , & that in several branches of science. the law opinion which he mentions, I have recieved, and a more luminous one has not been seen. it will produce a revolution of opinion on the question treated. not in the present...
2303Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved yours of the 1 st . Doct r Thornton desired me to send the pair of dogs to the president’s in Orange to the care of mr Gooch his overseer when I send there for my sheep, & that either mr Barry would carry them when he returned to Washington or the President’s waggon. besides this there will be a rider coming weekly from
2304Thomas Jefferson to James Madison , 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letters of the 8 th 15 th and 22 d are now to be acknoleged. I should consider the debt to mr Hooe as made incumbent on us by the wish of our Donor, and shall chearfully acquiesce in any arrangement you make on that subject. I have accordingly suspended sending for my portion till further information from you. Dougherty’s bill shall be duly attended to. I have recieved a copy of Judge...
2305Thomas Jefferson to William Thornton, 27 [June] 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
A Your letter of the 8 th was duly recieved, & I have to return you thanks for the kind offer of Barbary sheep as a mixture with the Merino. I will state to you the stock from which I propose to breed. one of Robert Morris’s captains about the year 1792. brought him a pair of what he said were Merino sheep which he smuggled from Cadiz . the ewe died, & he gave me the ram. I bred in & in from...
2306William Wirt to Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your last favor was brought to me from the post-office, too late, by some accident, to be answered by the returning mail. It gives me pleasure to assure you that succeeding interviews have completely removed the apprehensions expressed to my friend D. Carr in relation to this cause: and did I not know to whom my letter was addressed & by whom, alone, its contents are known, I should regret...
2307From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 28 June 1810 (Adams Papers)
I acknowledge my fault in neglecting to answer two or three of your last favours. I now thank you for the Letters and the “Light and Truth” as I ought used to call the Aurora. What are We to think of all these Adventurers? Tom Paine, Cobbet Duane Carpenter, Walsh, Bristed? with twenty &cas. Are they all Sent out here, by Administration or opposition, French or English, Scotch or Irish? Our...
2308Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 28 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
You may possibly have observed in the newspapers that mr E. Livingston had brought an action against me with very high-sounding damages. the cause of action has not yet been explained in pleading, but it is understood to be his removal by public authority from public grounds of which he had taken possession near N. Orleans , & where he was erecting works of ruinous consequences to the place....
2309Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 28 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter dated the 27 th is recieved, & shall be communicated to mr Carr to remove the impressions of a former one to him. the object of the present is merely to observe that mr Rodney’s letter was not inclosed in it as was intended. I write by this post to mr Tazewell . Affectionate salutations. PoC ( DLC ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ. A letter from Wirt to TJ of 16 July...
2310To James Madison from “Cassius,” 29 June 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 June 1810. Declares he is a friend to JM and the administration but fears that JM’s confidence has been abused by “a set of political earwigs.” Criticizes JM’s appointments of Buckner Thruston and Benjamin Howard on the grounds that it is wrong for the executive to remove men from Congress by naming them to office. The executive should respect the separation of powers and not touch men in...
2311From James Madison to David Gelston, 29 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 29 June 1810. Acknowledged in Gelston to JM, 11 July 1810 . Sends $20 to cover various expenses and forwards a box of hams for Robert R. Livingston.
2312Benjamin Morgan to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 12 th May reached me by last Mail— M r Rob t Peyton has not yet arrived when he does I presume M r Duncan will not hesitate to pay over to me for your use What he has in hands of the Estate of the late John Peyton
2313From John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 30 June 1810 (Adams Papers)
There have been within the last Month a large number of arrivals at Cronstadt from the United States, and a sufficient proportion of them from Boston and Salem; but we have had the pleasure of receiving letters from Quincy, only by one—The Express-Captain Thomas—Who brought me your letter of 12. January, and a packet of sundries for my wife—We are apt to repine a little when we hear of a...
2314Enclosure: Edward Livingston’s Bill of Complaint against Thomas Jefferson, [ca. July 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
United States Court fifth Circuit and District of Virginia to wit Edward Livingston a Citizen of the State of New York complains of Thomas Jefferson a citizen of Virginia in custody & c For that the said Thomas on the 25 th day of January 1808 at the City of New Orleans in the District of
2315To James Madison from John Bassette, [ca. 1 July] 1810 (Madison Papers)
At the instance of the Honorable Stephen Van Rensselaer and several individuals of the New York Historical Society, I have been induced to undertake, and have now compleated the Translation of Dr Van Der Donk’s Natural and Topographical History of New-Netherland. As that gentleman comprehends under the appellation of New-Netherland, the States, lying between the great South and North rivers,...
2316Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I expected for some time past to have the pleasure of seeing you tomorrow, but I cannot venture from home, until I have securd my wheat. I shou’d have finished my harvest yesterday but for the wet weather last week. I have yet 150 acres to cut. I suspect nine or ten shillings a bushel has been given for wheat to be delivered early. wou’d it not be well for us to embrace that price? I shou’d...
2317From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 27th. by which I find you have suspended the sending for your portion of the Merinos. I have not yet come to an eclaircissemt. with Mr. Hooe. I learn however that a reexamination of the tenor of Mr. J’s letter to him, has induced an abandonment of his pretensions to the Lamb. Still I am rather inclined to think that they are not altogether without foundation; &...
2318To James Madison from William Bentley, 2 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Your approbation is among my highest pleasures, especially of my actions, which are in the fullest consent with my purest convictions, & with assurances of the best consequences. Having lately had an interview with Gen. Stark, at his home in Derryfield, I thought it would not be displeasing to you to hear from him. I reached his house on 31 May, after having spent the morning with Col...
2319James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of the 27 th by which I find you have suspended the sending for your portion of the Merinos. I have not yet come to an eclaircissem t with M r Hooe . I learn however that a reexamination of the tenor of M r J’s letter to him, has induced an abandonment of his pretensions to the Lamb. Still I am rather inclined to think that they are not altogether without foundation; I
2320From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 3 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
Amsterdam, December 14, 1781—wrote to congress: “The first public body, which has proposed a connection with the United States of America, is the quarter of Oostergo, in the province of Friesland. The proposition is in these words. Every impartial patriot has a long time perceived, that in the direction of affairs, relative to this war with England, there has been manifested, an inconceivable...
2321From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 3 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
It has been my wish to find some specimen of manufacture within my domestic precincts worthy of being presented to your daughter Mrs. Livingston. Delay has not relieved me from the mortification of betraying the poverty of our resources, by resorting to Mrs. M’s Smokehouse; from which are forwarded a few Virginia Hams, in a The Box contains 2 dozen, & Mr. G. is requested to forward it to...
2322Littleton W. Tazewell to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
A very severe illness by which I was long confined to my bed, from whence I only arose to witness the unexpected death of one of my children , must be my apology for not replying more early to your letter of the 5 th Ult o which was duly received— Your entries relative to the date and amount of your four bonds to M r Welch are perfectly correct, correspond g precisely with the Bonds...
2323Enclosure: Littleton W. Tazewell’s Statement of Balance Due from Thomas Jefferson to Wakelin Welch, 3 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Statement of the Balance due on from Tho s Jefferson ’s esq r to Wakelin Welch.
2324To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 4 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
I have no objection to your knowing that by the “great hammer of the earth” I meant Napoleon. George the 3rd: I believe to be the great hammer of the ocean. I consider them both as the scourges of the human race, and in the language of the souls under the altar, I feel disposed to cry day and night,—“how long—how long” O! Lord wilt thou suffer them to trample upon the rights of individuals and...
2325To James Madison from John R. Bedford, 4 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed, I forward You the copy of a letter from one of the most opulent inhabitants of West Florida. This letter, together with a personal knowledge of many of the inhabitants of that Province, impresses me with a strong belief, that a revolution of some kind may be attempted in that country, before a great while. It has been suggested to me from other sources, that two plans have been...
2326To James Madison from William Nelson, 4 July 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 July 1810, Williamsburg. Reports a rumor of the death of Judge Cyrus Griffin and suggests St. George Tucker for the vacancy. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Tucker”). 2 pp. Nelson was a judge of the General Court of Virginia, 1791–1813 ( PJM William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser., vols. 1-10, Chicago, 1962-77, vols. 11-17, Charlottesville,...
2327To James Madison from the Nelson Artillery Cadettes, 4 July 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 July 1810, Lovingston. Cites resolutions, passed unanimously at 4 July meeting, condemning Great Britain and France for violating American neutral rights and expressing confidence in JM. Ms ( DLC ). 2 pp. Signed by George W. Varnum, commandant, and attested by Thomas E. Fortune, secretary. Docketed by JM. Enclosed in Varnum to Robert Smith, 7 Aug. 1810 ( DLC ).
2328To James Madison from Thomas Newell, 4 July 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 July 1810, Zanesville. Complains that he has received neither pay nor land for his Revolutionary War service. A “Practical Surveyor … acquainted with Book Keeping,” he requests employment to support his family. RC ( DNA : RG 107, LRRS , N-69:5). 2 pp.
2329Thomas Newell to Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Necessity is the Grounds of this Statement which I hope will not be unactable to You as the Friend of the Only Free People upon the Earth. I am a Friend to my Country and have ben from the days of my Youth—at which time I ingaged in the united states service and Continued in it until the Prize was won for which Service I Recieved Six dollars and three Crown only. to Pas over the Hardships...
2330To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 5 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
In Contemplating the facility with which our Once chaste & vi mistress “American liberty” admits embraces of some of the most profligate and unprincipled men in our Country, I feel disposed to address her in the Words of the Song. “I loved thee! beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow, So altered are your face and mind, ’Twere perjury to love thee, now. ” MHi : Adams Papers.
2331From James Madison to Thomas Boylston Adams, 5 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
I have recd. the two Volumes of Lectures on Rhetoric & Oratory by your brother J. Q. Adams Esqr. Having not had an opportunity of perusing them, I can only return my thanks through you, and anticipate the pleasure promised by the application of his talents & taste to those interesting subjects. Accept my friendly respects MHi : Adams Papers.
2332From James Madison to Simon Snyder, 5 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have duly received your letter of June 9. covering the Resolutions of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopted at their last session. The principles & purposes avowed in these Resolutions, are such as were to be expected from a State which has given so many proofs of its readiness to maintain the rights & honor of the Nation, against foreign aggressions and insults....
2333Madison’s Draft of Robert Smith to John Armstrong, 5 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I avail myself of the oppy. by Mr. to forward copies of my several letters lately written to you; & to add the present. The arrival of the J. Adams brought your letters of the following dates . From that of the 16th. April, it appears that the seizures of Amn. property lately made, had been followed up by its actual sale, & that the proceeds had been deposited in the Emperors Caisse prive. You...
2334From James Madison to Thomas Cooper, ca. 5 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 5 July 1810. Acknowledged in Cooper to JM, 9 July 1810 . Congratulates Cooper for his dissenting opinion in Dempsey v. Insurance Company of Pennsylvania .
2335Littleton W. Tazewell to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 28 th Ult o was received yesterday , after I had forwarded mine of that date to you, or it would have been then attended to. Altho’ I am not a practitioner at the bar of the Fœderal Circuit Court , and shall have no other inducement for attending at Richmond when it may be necessary, but to attend to this particular caze; yet the confidence which you have reposed in me, by...
2336To James Madison from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 6 July 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 July 1810, Washington. Expresses views about that part of the law appropriating $20,000 for public buildings which relates to the “fireproofs” to be erected in the public building west of the President’s House. Observes that the only security that can be attained in safeguarding records from fire is against “fire from without,” since it is evident that in the case of “persons using the...
2337Joseph Darmsdatt to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have a Quantity of fine fish now coming up of M r Sam l Tredwells putting up—of Edenton they are of the best Quallity and Cost high; they cannot be sold under 6½$—and if you chose I shall furnish You—please direct a Line to me by next mail as I may reserve them for you Joseph Darmsdatt ⅌ Abr m Cardozo RC (
2338From James Madison to Andrew Ellicott, 7 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of Novr. 8. was duly received. I must trust to your own friendly inferences, for an apology for so long a delay in acknowledging it. I found that there were in the Navy Office three Sheets of Gaulds Survey referred to in your letter. They are now in my hands. I find also, among the Charts handed over by Mr. Jefferson: one, on a large scale, of the Coasts of W. Florida, & Louisiana,...
2339From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 7 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
A nephew of J. M. with the approbation of his father, is desirous of finishing a mercantile education, begun at Fredericksburg about a year & a half ago, in the Counting House of some respectable Merchant in N. York. The youth is about 19 or 20 years of age, believed to be of amiable temper and of virtuous habits. His father is willing to conform to the conditions usual in such cases. J. M....
2340From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Not knowing where I could be enabled to answer the inclosed, with so much confidence in the fact, as in your acquaintance with the historical antiquities of Virginia, I take the liberty of asking whether I may not say to Mr. Bassette, that no such accounts as he enquires after, are known to exist. As he seems desirous of an early answer you will oblige me by a few lines as soon as convenient....
2341To James Madison from John Strode, 7 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
On the 31 March last I executed my penal Bond to you for the Sum of £320.13.10 and left it for you in the hands of Doctr Isaac Winston and yesterday executed a mortgage Deed to You as a further Surety for the payment, which on my Sacred honor if God permit shall be either proved or Acknowledged at the Next Fauquir Court. The reason this Sum was delay’d so long I was in hope that I could ere...
2342To James Madison from Barent Gardenier, 7 July 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 July 1810, New York. Proposes the establishment of an office in New York City for the collection and securing of moneys owed by traders and others in the country to merchants and others in the city. Establishes a scale of fees for the services offered. RC ( DLC : Madison Collection, Rare Book Division). A three-page printed circular letter. Addressed to JM and signed by Gardenier.
2343Presidential 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...
2344To James Madison from Richard Forrest, 7 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 7 July 1810. Described as a one-page letter in the lists probably made by Peter Force (DLC, series 7, container 2).
2345James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Not knowing where I could be enabled to answer the inclosed, with so much confidence in the fact, as in your acquaintance with the historical antiquities of Virginia , I take the liberty of asking whether I may not say to M r Bassette , that no such accounts as he enquires after, are known to exist. As he seems desirous of an early answer you will oblige me by a few lines as soon as...
2346From James Madison to William Bentley, 8 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have received your favor of the 2d. inst: accompanied by a likeness of General Stark. I thank you for both. The latter, in its execution, seems to do so much credit to the talent of your pupil, that I, the more readily, confide in its likeness; and shall place it by the side of others, whose originals are known to have inspired the General with that esteem of which they are worthy. The...
2347From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 9 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
Amsterdam, December 25, 1781—wrote to congress: “There has appeared an ulterior declaration, in addition to the ordinances of the thirtieth of April and the third of November concerning the navigation and the maritime commerce of the subjects of Prussia, during the present war. The ordinances, which the king has caused to be published of the 30th of April and third of November of this year,...
2348From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 9 July 1810 (Adams Papers)
We have this morning recieved your kind letter my dear Mother and I hasten to write you a few lines by a Vessel which I understand will sail immediately Mr. Adams is very well but so much engaged it will not be in his power to write by this opportunity having only notice of it late last night Mr Harrod is not yet arrived but is hourly expected—I shall be extremely happy to see him and shew...
2349To James Madison from Thomas Cooper, 9 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Col. Patten of the post office here, was so good as to hand me your obliging letter relating to my opinion on an Insurance Case. I hasten to acknowledge the receipt of your favour, and to express my high satisfaction at the approbation you have thought fit to bestow. It is approbation of the only kind worth having; laudari a laudato viro. I remain with sentiments of great respect Sir Your...
2350Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Darmsdatt, 9 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night yours of the 6 th . the price for the fish is indeed very high; and discouraging; but the necessity of it is still stronger. I will therefore desire you to send me a dozen barrels, one half to Milton , the other half to Lynchburg according to my former letter. I am Sir PoC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “M r Joseph Darmsdatt”; endorsed by TJ.