441Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Thomas Jefferson, 5 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
The high respect & attachment which I have always professed and very sincerely felt for you has not been proved by the frequency of my letters to you. But knowing how much your time & mind are occupied by correspondence of infinitely more importance, I have never had the vanity to believe that I am entitled to intrude upon you with t special occasion.—Another reason,—the reason indeed which...
442Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 26 th Ult o and in conformity thereto have accepted the offer made through M r Taylor of 50$ p r foot front, the credit I had agreed to extend to 60 d /. 120 d /. & 180 d /.—it is understood that this is to commence from the time a sufficient conveyance is made— We have received 201 bls: of your flour, 60 of which from Shadwell
443Joseph St. Leger d’Happart to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
At the receipt of my claim, in a draft, which, I hope, will be duly discharg’d, I find myself under inexpressible obligations to you and by you, to accept the present acknowledgments, for the Service, you have, So kindly, render’d me, in the case. Gratitude, being one of the most precious principles, man can possess, happy, indeed, must he be, who can appreciate all the delights, there are in...
444Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 5 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
This moment the President requests me to go below Alex a for four merino sheep, a ewe and ram for yourself and the same for him: I have just time before I go to let you know that I am ready and willing to render you any services in my power and will win wait your instructions— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 9 May 1810 and so recorded in SJL . Dougherty here canceled “6.”
445Enclosure: List of Sardinian Mineral Specimens Sent to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 15 March 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
Note des differen tes Productions de L’Isle de Sardaigne contenante la présente Caisse. N o 1.2. Holzstein, von Ploaghe, 〃 3. Obsidian, von Pau, 〃 4. Stern madreporit, von Gergei, 〃 5. Vom mispickel metallisierter quartz, von der Speranza beÿ Alghero, 〃 6.
446From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 10 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your two favors of the 8 & 21. Ult. The conduct & character of the late Commander at Niagara, as pourtrayed in the narrative inclosed in the first, had been before sufficiently brought to our knowledge. Some of his disqualifications for such a trust were indeed understood when he was appointed Inspector General . General Dearborn seems not to have been apprized of some of the...
447Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 11 May 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honour of duly receiving your obliging favour of the 9 th of February last . You have been pleased to correspond with me much on the subject of your portrait. Being very desirous to obtain it, and fearing that M r Stuart will never be prevailed upon to give up yours, I avail myself of your kind offer to receive in your house, any Artist I might send to further my Work. Accordingly I...
448James Lyle to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I was happy to see you so well, when I had the Honor of your last visit at Manchester , I went to Richmond the next day to have waited on you, but found you were engaged in business of importance. I expected you would have made me a further payment as I had every reason to expect it as I had informed you I was in distress for money. I am sorry you should make me the last. I want the money for...
449Henry Banks to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor, herewith to send you, a publication relating to the Manufactory of Arms. Upon perusal you will find a development of a greater tissue of fraud and folly than has ever been before exhibited in this country. Altho many of the guilty persons are unmasked yet there are others, and it is with regret that I speak it, who deserve to be equally exposed. To you it must be obvious that...
450Robert M. Patterson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor to receive your letter , of the 24th of last month, in which you decline a reelection as president of the American philosophical Society . This letter was laid before the Society, at their meeting last evening, and excited a general regret among the members: no particular order, however, was taken on it; the Society choosing to adopt, in this particular, the Same course which...