3871Enclosure: Stephen Cathalan’s Invoice of Items Shipped to Thomas Jefferson, 28 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Invoice of Sundries Shipped by order for the account & risk of Thom s Jefferson Esq r at Monticello Virg a on board the american Ship Fair Trader of Alexend a Geor g Fletcher
3872Stephen Cathalan to Thomas Jefferson, 2 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Confirming you my here inclosed letter of the 25 th April ult o ; this is to remit you herewith the invoice of 8 Boxes containing together 192 Bottl s old red wine of Bergasse & one Basket Macaroni, I have Shipped on the Ship Fair Trader, G ge Fletcher master, for Alexd a to be forwarded to you by the
3873Thomas Appleton to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The unexpected departure of the Brig. Free Ocean Capt: Bartholomew , this day for Phil a together with many avocations for the Squadron of Com o Stewart now here, allows me only the time to say, that I have shipp’d on board the above mention’d vessel, two Cases cont’g 84 bottles of montepulciano wine, which exactly balances, what you term the “ atom ,” after paying mad me mazzei .— It is...
3874Stephen Cathalan to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
your most honored Favor of the 18 th January , Inclosing a Copy of the Letter your So Long Continued Friendship for me dictated to the H ble B. W. Crowninshield Sec ry of the navy, with one of his answer to you (which you was So Good, as to take the Trouble to transmit me, with & by your Good Friendly Hand) Reached me on the 21 st Ins t by an american Vessel arived on that Day, from new york
3875Gamaliel H. Ward to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote You on the 20 th January from Wilmington N o C . by the advice of my friends there, and as the subject and my plan seem’d to excite a deal of interest & anxiety, perhaps the letter might have been intercepted, I therefore take the liberty to enclose a copy and to crave your reference thereto. But as I desired an answer to care of Robert Cochran Esq re Collector of that place and left...
3876John Rhea to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
John Rhea , presents the assurance of his respect and Esteem, with the enclosed copy of a Circular letter to Thomas Jefferson Esq r late President of the United States — RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 6 May 1818 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: Rhea to his constituents, Washington , 3 Apr. 1818, highlighting the uniqueness of the American republic, the symbiotic relationship between...
3877Henry Dearborn to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Being persuaded that you have more letters to notice than can be perfectly convenient or agreable, I have refrained for some time from adding to the list, we may not always be sure of what the governing motive for our actions may be, but as far as I am capable of deciding in the present case, my motive for writing is principally, that of saying, that neither time or space, has in any degree...
3878John Wood to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Understanding that there will be soon a meeting of the Trustees of the Central College , I beg leave to acquaint you; that in the event of the Trustees not having procured a mathematical Professor , that I should be happy to have the professorship. I regret extremely that I was not more explicit in my answer to your letter last summer on the subject of the classical Professorship. My...
3879From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Madison Papers)
I take the opportunity by Judge Holmes of sending my first Instalment for the Central College, which I beg the favor of you to have put into the proper hands. The only subscription to the lists I distributed is the inclosed one from Gen A. T. Mason. Is it worth while to avail ourselves of his solitary liberality in that distant quarter, which connects him so little with an institution as yet a...
3880John Cook to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed Publication which I have the honour to present to you I received very Lately from the Author, now in England , a very near acquaintance and intimate Friend of many Years standing. Permit me to observe Sir, that this is the only one of a series of numbers which commenced some Years ago and are published annually in England , which has appeared in Amer i ca . Having published some...
3881Ferdinando Fairfax to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I know that you must be very much plagued with Letters & communications of all descriptions: it is a Tax upon your celebrity; which makes most of your fellow Citizens solicitous of your approbation. This accompanies a little production that appeared to me adapted to the present posture of affairs: but I do not solicit of you an answer to this, unless both leisure and inclination should render...
3882Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I had dated and prepared to put in your note on Wednesday the 22 nd but by the advice of Col l Nicholas did not offer it until yesterday, when it was discounted, I cannot however make use of the proceeds, not having yet received the necessary check from M r T. J. Randolph , it will fall due on the 21 /24 th June . Our flour market continues to decline, the present prices are 8
3883Thomas Jordan to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Being empowered by the above Gentlemen to collect all sums due to them, I beg leave to annex your Small acc t , which I shall thank you to send me the am t of to the care of Doctor May of this City. your sending the amount by Return of Post will oblige Sir Tho s Jefferson Esq r & c To Kimber & Richardson Philadelphia
3884James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the opportunity by Judge Holmes of sending my first Instalment for the Central College , which I beg the favor of you to have pai put into the proper hands. The only subscription to the lists I distributed is the inclosed one from Gen A. T. Mason . Is it worth while to avail ourselves of his solitary liberality in that distant quarter , which connects him so little with an institution...
3885Robert Walsh to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
As there is now no likelihood of the resurrection of the American Register, & as I am about to return with my family to Philadelphia , I think it proper to restore to you at once the valuable manuscript of M r de Tracy . It certainly deserves to be well translated, & published among us; but I doubt the sale would defray the expence of printing. The taste for Such profound speculations is...
3886Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your letter yesterday. For the present I am bound here. The friends who exert themselves in endeavouring to promote my interest, require of me that the pains they have taken shall not be rendered nugatory. If D r Dorsey be elected in the room of D r Wistar , which is likely: if D r Coxe be elected in the room of D r Dorsey , which also is likely but by no means void of doubt, it...
3887Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I am about to take a liberty with you, that I hope you will pardon. Before I do, I beg you to understand, it is sincerely my wish, that you shou’d not comply with the request, I am ab o ut to make, if it shou’d be either inconvenient or unpleasant to you, in any respect. I want the use of a sum of money for a short time, I can obtain it from one of the Banks, but to do so, I Must have an...
3888“Laban Stringfellow” to Thomas Jefferson, [by 19 April 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
This circular which I take the Liberty of addressing to you is the effusion of an old fellow who has like your Honour retired from the world to repose on the Bosom of Literature, and tho: my “ Circular ” will not give me place with Campbell and Tom Moore I dare swear your excellency will agree it is equal to the subject. Before I take my leave allow me in the fullness of my heart to seize upon...
3889Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 18 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 8 th we have duly Rec d The Books in question have been regularly forwarded according to order—& we have no doubt will shortly reach your hands. They were forwarded to care of in a box to F. A. Mayo , Richmond , Jan 13. on which day, Capt Peyton was advised that such a parcel was addressed to his care.—
3890James Leitch to Thomas Jefferson, 18 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have this Day Changed a Subscription paper to the Central College , making it payable in three Annual Installments have presented it to three persons two have Subscribed $175—my zeal for the Institution have Induced me to act in this (unauthorised) Should this Course meet your approbation I am of Opinion a Considerable Subscription may Still be obtained, & if an Idea Could with propriety be...
3891William King (of South Carolina) to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
the subject on which on I venture to address a few lines to you I hope will not be disagreable. With becoming modesty I venture to say I have discovered a Method for finding the Longitude at Sea, exceedingly plain & easy. The President of the So. Carolina Colege has examied it, & has writen on it that he has not seen any thing similar to it in any Author. By this Method, both the Lattitude &...
3892John G. Robert (for Patrick Gibson) to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have sent by Ja s Johnson s boat to you Eleven cases wine & one of macaroni in good order— You will pay toll for passing the locks at Columbia — I wo d wish M r T. E. Randolph to be more explicit hereafter in sending your flour down as a great deal of trouble has been unnecessarily incurred by the boatman Eye’s not knowing where to deliver it— it has in consequence remained sometime in a...
3893Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Satisfaction to inform you that the Historical Committee has received from M r Biddle , the MSS. of Lewis & Clarke . I enclose a Copy of the Letter with which he accompanied them, with some Memoranda by M r Vaughan at foot. This enclosure dispenses me from the necessity of stating further particulars. The Society & its Committees go on with Zeal & Spirit.
3894Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my retirement from the public service I no longer here hear from You, in answer to the letters I have written transmitting the information you requested, and in the only manner in which I could, myself, obtain it. This is the only bad consequence which has resulted to me from my resignation, and the displeasure of the President US. I enclose you, I hope without offence, as a statement...
3895Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 13 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 10 th Ins t inclosing a letter for M r Vaughan and your dft on the US: bank for the proceeds of a note of $3000.— Col o Nicholas sent me a few days ago, your note for that sum in favor of Tho
3896Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Patrick Gibson for Flour Sales, 13 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales of Flour made on acc t Tho s Jefferson Esq r 1818 Feb y 6 th to A & J Otis 60 d /– 50
3897Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Patrick Gibson, 13 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Tho s Jefferson Esq r In Acc t /curr t with Patrick Gibson D r 1818 Jan 5 To cash p d
3898Hugh Steel to Thomas Jefferson, 12 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I fear the impertinent intrusion of a stranger will not be verry acceptable to one, who no doubt, is too often pestered with similar communications: But considering you as president of the Phylosophical Philosophical Society , I could not resist the desire I had of communicating the enclosed sheet , through you, to that body. It is intended as the commencement of a series of essays, on the...
3899Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Having just rec d some copies of the small Bible ordered by you, some time since, we now forward one, & remain resp y RC ( MHi ); in the hand of a representative of Mathew Carey & Son ; between dateline and salutation: “ Tho s Jefferson Esq”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from the elder Carey
3900Destutt de Tracy to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
C’est le 13 9 bre dernier que M r Lyman m’a remis la très aimable lettre que vous m’aviez fait l’honneur de m’ecrire le 15 Mai precedent. J’y ai Vu avec un bien grand plaisir que vous aviez reçu mes deux dernières lettres des 4 fevrier et 24 X bre 1816 . ainsi que tous les petits envois de livres ou de manuscrits que je vous avais fait precedemen t & que vous Conserviez toujours la même...