541To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the President and submits to his approbation a letter to mister Ternant, in conformity to that to mister Hammond. it has been submitted to the Secretaries of the treasury & War and Attorney General, and corrected by them. if the President approves the letter he asks the favor of him to stick a wafer in it, & the bearer will proceed to deliver that &...
542From Thomas Jefferson to Phineas Bond, 29 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have this moment received your favor of yesterday informing me that you have appointed Edward Thornton to be your vice Consul at Baltimore and desiring that measures may be taken to have him received. The only measure to be taken is to furnish Mr. Thornton with the President’s Exaquatur, which is in the nature of an Inspeximus, reciting that Mr. Thornton’s ‘commission has been produced to...
543From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Vaughan, 27 June 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of March 27. came duly to hand on the 12th.inst. as did your very valuable present of the dry rice brought from the Moluccas by Lieut. Bligh. I immediately sent a few seeds to Virginia where I am in hopes there would still be force of summer sufficient to mature it. I reserve a little for next spring besides sowing some in pots, from which I have now 23. young plants just come up. I...
544From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 13 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer hereof Mr. James Jones proposing to visit Paris in a tour of travel, I take the liberty of recommending him to your acquaintance and friendly offices. The general worth of his character will sufficiently recommend him to you, and you will probably derive particular satisfaction from conversing with him on the subject of New Orleans, where having resided 20. years, he will be able to...
545Notes of Cabinet Meeting on Edmond Charles Genet, 1 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Aug. 1. Met at the President’s to consider what was to be done with Mr. Genet. All his correspondence with me was read over. The following propositions were made. 1. that a full statement of Mr. Genet’s conduct be made in a letter to G. Morris, and be sent with his correspondence, to be communicated to the Exec. council of France, the letter to be so prepared as to serve for the form of...
546From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 20 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose you, and shall continue to do so, Fenno’s and Freneau’s papers. The latter in two papers a week will contain at least as much good matter as Bache’s six papers a week, and will be a relief to the post. Those I send you will enable our neighbors to judge whether Freneau is likely to answer their expectation. I have not given in Colo. Bell’s list of subscribers , because I do not...
547From Thomas Jefferson to David Humphreys, 26 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Robert Morris this moment informs me that a person of the name of William Duncan, formerly of this state, sailed from hence about the year 1785, and has never been since heard of till lately that his mother has been informed by some one, who says he has been at Algiers, that this Wm. Duncan is there in captivity. I am therefore to ask the favour of you to take the first opportunity of...
548From Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Randolph, 14 May 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
Tho Mr. Bertrand mentions having seen me at Paris, (of which I remember nothing) yet it is evident his letter was meant for me as Secretary of state, and not in my private capacity. The proposition to the government for an assignment of lands can only be answered by the government, if to be answered at all. I therefore inclose you his letter and papers. I also send back 6. packages destined...
549From Thomas Jefferson to William Barton, 1 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I did not sooner answer your favor of the 19th . because I have had reason till now to doubt whether Mr. Remsen was decided to resign his office of Chief clerk with me. In the mean time too I found there would be real difficulties from the other clerks the senior of whom thought himself entitled to succeed, and the juniors to approach so much nearer to the succession, and that if cut off from...
550No. 17: Abstract of the Tonnage of foreign Vessels entered in the Ports of the United States from October 1st. 1789 to … (Jefferson Papers)
Abstract of the Tonnage of foreign Vessels entered in the Ports of the United States from October 1st. 1789 to September 30th. 1790. France 13,435 Holland 8,815 Sweden 311 Prussia 394 Spain 8,551 Portugal 2,924 Denmark 1,619 Germany 1,368 British Dominions 225,495 262,912
551From Thomas Jefferson to Timothy Pickering, 1 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Having from time to time through the winter and down to the present day received repeated information that the post rider between Richmond and Charlottesville, and consequently along the rest of that line, has been and continues extremely unpunctual, sometimes not going even as far as Charlottesville (only 75 miles of the route) for three weeks, and often missing a fortnight, I have thought it...
552From Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 17 September 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I have sent from this place, together with my own baggage, two hampers and two boxes, which when arrived at Havre I have taken the liberty to order to be separated from my baggage and sent by the first vessel to New York to your address. The marks and contents are as follows: TI. No. 30. } These are hampers containing samples of the best wines of this country, which I beg leave to present TI....
553From Thomas Jefferson to Volney, 9 December 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
Two or three days before the reciept of your favor from Philadelphia I had learnt your arrival there from Mr. Rutledge who had done me the favor to call on me. Accept my sincere felicitations on your safe arrival among us. It had been very long that the public papers had ceased to inform us what had become of you. There are many others of my friends about whose fate I am in the dark. It would...
554From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 14 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your favor by Capt. Heath, and notice what is said therein on the subject of the Marquee. Capt. Singleton has been certainly misinformed as to the delivery of it at Monticello. You know it was in the summer of 1782. I was at home the whole of that summer. My situation at that time enables me to say with certainty that I was not from home one day from the time the Marquee was...
555From Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 21 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Trumbull proposing to have his paintings of the principal actions of the American war engraved, by subscription, and supposing that some sets may be subscribed for in France, knows too well the value of your patronage there not to be ambitious of obtaining it. But he knows so little his own value, and your sense of it, as to believe that my recommendations to you may be of service to him....
556Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph, [24 August 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Th. Jefferson submits to the Secretaries of the treasury & War & the Atty Genl. some sketches of Notes to be signed for the President. As they are done from memory only, they will be pleased to insert whatever more their memories suggest as material. Particularly, the final conclusion as to the express-vessel will be to be inserted, which is most accurately know to the Secy. of the Treasury....
557From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Ravara, 25 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I sincerely lament the situation in which you are unhappily placed. Though circumstances have worn such an aspect as to render it necessary in the opinion of the magistrate to subject them to a legal enquiry, yet I hope they will be found finally inconclusive. But till that enquiry, there is no power in this country which can withdraw you from the custody of the law, nor shorten it’s duration....
558From Thomas Jefferson to John Churchman, 18 September 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly received your favor of the 15th. of May. I had before received and answered the first letter you wrote me; but the 2d. which you mention to have written, never came to hand. I have sent to the Secretary of the Academy of sciences the printed paper inclosed in your last. I asked at the same time the authenticated copy which you desired of the entry on their journals relative to your...
559VIII. Jefferson’s Vocabulary of the Unquachog Indians, [14 June 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
Unquachogs. About 20. souls. They constitute the Pusspátock settlement in the town of Brookhaven S. side of Long island. The language they speak is a dialect differing a little from the Indians settled near Southampton called Shinicocks and also from those of Montock called Montocks. The three tribes can barely understand each other. quadrupeds { cow. čowsen — turkey nahiam. horse. hosses...
560From Thomas Jefferson to Uriah Forrest, 14 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Coxe, the Assistant to the Secretary of the treasury purposing to take a tour of relaxation, and to visit George-town in the course of it, I take the liberty of introducing him to your acquaintance and good offices. His character and merit are too well known to need any commendations. Any services you can render him will be considered as conferring an obligation on Dear Sir Your most...
561From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Pinckney, 8 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I took the liberty, some short time ago, of putting under cover to you some packets containing copies of official papers which Mr. John Carey had been permitted to take and publish, accompanying them with a request that you would be so good as to deliver them to him particularly, but to no other person should any accident happen to him. I now trouble you with another packet of the same kind...
562Report on Census, 24 October 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
SCHEDULE of the whole number of Persons within the several Districts of the United States, taken according to “An Act providing for the Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States;” passed March the 1 st , 1790. districts. Free white Males of
563Memorandum to James Madison, [after 12 January 1792] (Jefferson Papers)
Notes on the alloy of the Dollar dwt grs. dwt The Spanish dollar, till 1728, had 11–4 of pure metal to every 12 of mixed from 1728. to 1772 10–21 since 1772 10–17 The above is from the Encyclopedie grs mixed grs alloy grs mixed grs alloy The 1st. dollar gives this proportion 288 : 16 :: 416 : 23.11 &c. The 2d. 288
564To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 8 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President 3. copies of the papers on the subject of the coins. he does not see however that it is necessary to send one to the Senate; unless usage has rendered it so. he has retained the Directors original statement, thinking it ought to be of record in his office, as it may be the foundation of a law. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB ,...
565From Thomas Jefferson to Zebulon Hollingsworth, 14 November 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
After much remonstrance with Mr. Genet against the usurpations by the French Consuls, of jurisdiction unpermitted by the laws or treaties of the United States—and especially against their assuming to exercise admiralty jurisdiction to try and condemn vessels, and that too in cases where others besides french Citizens were interested—finding that instead of repressing, he sanctioned the...
566From Thomas Jefferson to George Reveley, 4 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The bonds you executed for David Ross and Reuben Smith for £45.5 payable Dec. 15. 1792 and the like sum payable Dec. 15. 1793 for yourself and Robert Wilson for £21.5 payable Dec. 15. 1792. and £21.5 payable Dec. 15. 1793. for yourself Wm. Mickle and Reuben for £39.5. payable Dec. 15. 1792. and £39.5 payable Dec. 15. 1793. are delivered into the hands of Mr. Hanson whom I have constituted my...
567From Thomas Jefferson to James Brown, 13 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
By a Capt. Swaile who sailed from hence yesterday for Richmond I took the liberty of sending to your care a box of merchandize addressed to Mr. Randolph at Monticello and will ask the favor of you to forward it.—In a letter to him about a fortnight or three weeks ago, I desired him to have the cask of hams, if not yet sent off from Richmond, carried back to Monticello, but that I still wished...
568From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 14 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Maria’s letter of July 16. informs me you were all well then. However great my confidence is in the healthy air of Monticello, I am always happy to have my hopes confirmed by letter. The day of my departure is not yet fixed. I hope it will be earlier or later in the first week of September. I know not as yet how I am to get along, as one of my horses is in such a condition as to leave little...
569From Thomas Jefferson to George Hammond, 9 July 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
It is extremely to be regretted, that while the grounds of difference between our respective countries are under amicable discussion, any circumstances should arise on either side, which might excite questions of still greater delicacy or tend to disturb or imbarrass the course of the discussion. We have no information on our part of the facts which are the subject of your letter of the 5th....
570Notes on Alexander Hamilton’s Report on Foreign Loans, [after 4 January 1793] (Jefferson Papers)
The most prominent suspicion excited by the Report of the S. of the T. of Jan. 3. 1793. is that the funds raised in Europe and which ought to have been applied to the paiment of our debts there, in order to stop interest, have been drawn over to this country and lodged in the bank , to extend the speculations and increase the profits of that institution. To come at the truth of this, it...