691From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 4 December 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 31. came to hand yesterday; and a confidential conveiance offering, by the way of London, I avail myself of it to acknolege the receipt. I have seen, with infinite pleasure, our new constitution accepted by 11. states, not rejected by the 12th. and that the 13th. happens to be a state of the least importance. It is true that the minorities in most of the accepting states...
692From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 15 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President returns him Montmorin’s letter , which he thought he would wish to keep, and sends him a letter from Govr. Chittenden , open as he received it. Also the letter from Algiers in which there is nothing new but their present marine force in the last page but one. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); with final sentence written a day later (see note 1 below);...
693From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 14 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President sends him a letter from Mr. Short. Also a circular letter he has written to the foreign ministers at Philadelphia, in order to place his Report on commerce on safe ground as to them. Also a copy of the statement of the French debt as furnished me by Mr. Ternant. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “The President of the...
694To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 8 December 1792 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President a letter from the Commissioners of Washington. Also begs leave to add to the list of candidates for the light house of Cape Henry, the name of John Waller Johnson, who has hitherto served in the Customs under Colo. Heath. he is recommended as a person of worth by a mister Waller Lewis of Spotsylvania, who is himself a man of worth. he has...
695Memorandum on Consuls and Consular Appointments, 15 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Consuls remaining in office. Feb. 15. 1793. Consuls &c. who have resigned or abandoned their Consulates. Candidates for appointments. Havre. Nathaniel Cutting of Massachusets to be Consul. Falmouth. Edward Fox. of Gr. Britain. to be Consul. Our ships often touch at Falmouth for orders, and have occasion for patronage to prevent their being forced to enter. A safe person there also for taking...
696From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 17 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respectful compliments to the President returns him Colo. Humphrey’s letter and those from George town. The last are indeed disagreeable: yet there does not seem any room for the President’s interposition.—Should Dr. Stewart and Mr. Johnson persist in their idea of retiring, it seems really desireable that they should do it separately, leaving such an interval between...
697To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President, incloses a description of a new plan of a Capitol in which mister Hallet is engaged, who has expressed very earnest wishes that the ultimate decision may not be pronounced till he can bring it forward. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, GW’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State; LB (photocopy), DLC:GW .
698From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 14 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the President and incloses him some letters for his perusal. Those from G. Morris and Mr. Short require immediate notice, because there are vessels about to sail by which answers should be sent. The President will see by Mr. Remsen’s letter the peculiar misfortune of the dispatches to Carmichael and Short, of which, from their particular delicacy, it was...
699From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 12 August 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you two letters lately recieved from Mr. Barclay. Under another cover also I send to the Commissioners, open for your examination, a plan for a Capitol from Mr. Blodget, which came by the last post. You will see, by that, the use of the paper of which I presented you a few sheets, Blodget’s plan being on a sheet I had given him. It renders the use of a scale and...
700From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 23 September 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
I yesterday forwarded to you a letter from Colo. Wood informing you of his situation. That Post has been for some time past pretty regularly supplyed, and I hope will continue to be for some time to come. A Person whose punctuality can be relied on offers to contract for victualling it. If we can agree on terms and the Assembly will strengthen our Hands sufficiently, We think to adopt that...
701Memorandum from Thomas Jefferson, 15 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
Department of State, to wit: The requisites of the Law having been complied with on the part of the Ship Canton fitted out from the port of Philadelphia, on a voyage to India, Hugh Alexander Makee Master thereof became entitled to a passport in the usual form, which was this day granted. (N.B. The above passport is one of the six which were signed by the President previous to his departure for...
702III. Questions on the Application of France, 12 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Questions arising on the application of France for 3. millions of livres to be sent in Provisions to France. I. 1. Has the Legislature furnished the money? 2. is that money in it’s place, or has it been withdrawn for other purposes? 3. if it has, should we not take the first proper occasion of rectifying the transaction by repaying the money to those for whom the law provided it? 4. is the...
703From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 28 October 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope it will not be unacceptable to your Excellency to receive the congratulations of a private individual on your return to your native country, and above all things on the important success which has attended it. Great as this has been however, it can scarcely add to the affection with which we had looked up to you, and if in the minds of any the motives of gratitude to our good allies...
704From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 2 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you copies of a letter I have received from the Governor of Virginia and of sundry papers which it covered on the subject of that part of the boundary between that State and the territory of the United States south of the Ohio, which has never yet been authoritatively settled, and to observe that an extension of the same line will form the boundary between the same...
705To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to return to the President the letter of mister Rumaine praying to be relieved from duties on the wrecks of fortune with which he escaped from St Domingo. Th: J. has put the letter of the same person to himself, with those of mister Genet into the hands of mister Murray, to make them the foundation of a bill of relief. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB ,...
706From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 22 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his respects to the President has the honor of inclosing him some letters just received also the draught of a letter to the Judges. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); endorsed by Tobias Lear. Tr ( Lb in same, SDC ). Not recorded in SJL . Enclosures: (1) William Carmichael and William Short to TJ, 18 Apr. , 5 May 1793
707From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 3 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
In order to enable you to lay before Congress the account required by law of the application of the monies appropriated to foreign purposes through the Agency of the Department of State, I have now the honor to transmit you the two statements No. 1. and 2. herein inclosed, comprehending the period of Two Years preceding the 1st. day of July last. The first statement is of the sums paid from...
708To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1785 (Washington Papers)
Mr Houdon would much sooner have had the honour of attending you but for a spell of sickness which long gave us to despair of his recovery & from which he is but recently recovered. he comes now for the purpose of lending the aid of his art to transmit you to posterity. he is without rivalship in it, being employed from all parts of Europe in whatever is capital. he has had a difficulty to...
709To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of State having received from the Secretary of the territory of the U.S. South of the Ohio a report of the proceedings of that government from Sep. 1. 1792. to the 16th of Feb. 1793. Reports to the President of the U.S. That they do not contain any thing necessary for him to act on: unless, as it is suggested by mister Smith, it should be necessary to lay before Congress the act...
710To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 14 May 1794 (Washington Papers)
I am honored with your favor of Apr. 24. and received at the same time mister Bertrand’s agricultural Prospectus. tho’ he mentions my having seen him at a particular place yet I remember nothing of it. and observing that he intimates an application for lands in America, I conceive his letter meant for me as Secretary of state, & therefore I now send it to the Secretary of state. he has given...
711To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 15 July 1790 (Washington Papers)
I have formed an opinion, quite satisfactory to myself, that the adjournments of Congress may be by law, as well as by resolution, without touching the constitution. I am now copying fair what I had written yesterday on the subject & will have the honor of laying it before you by ten aclock. the address to the President contains a very full digest of all the arguments urged against the bill on...
712To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1790 (Washington Papers)
In the course of the visit we made the day we left Mount Vernon, we drew our host into conversation on the subject of the federal seat. he came into it with a shyness not usual in him. whether this proceeded from his delicacy as having property adjoining George town, or from what other motive I cannot say. he quitted the subject always as soon as he could. he said enough however to shew his...
713To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 8 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
In mine of the second of the present month written in the instant of Colo. Mathews delivery of your letter I informed you what had been done on the subject of Governor Hamilton & his companions previous to that moment. I now enclose you an advice of council in consequence of the letter you were pleased to enclose me from the British commissary of prisoners with one from Lord Rowdon. also a...
714To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 31 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has now the honor of inclosing to the President the draught of a letter to mister Genet on the subject of the departure of the privateer. also a letter just recd from Colo. Humphreys. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, George Washington’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State; LB (photocopy), DLC:GW . Tobias Lear’s docket on the AL
715From Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 28 January 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Th:Jefferson presents his respects to the President and returns him the draught of the letter with proofs of his confidence in the indulgence of the President, having freely used the liberty he gave him in softening some expressions lest they should be too much felt by Mr. Morris. The changes are made with a pencil only, and can therefore be easily restored where disapproved. PrC ( DLC ).
716To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 26 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to inclose to the President the Decypher of a Note from Mr Barclay expressed in Cypher. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, George Washington’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State; LB (photocopy), DLC:GW . Jefferson’s “Explication of a paragraph in Cyphers
717To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1791 (Washington Papers)
I had the honour of addressing you on the 24th Ult. which I presume you will have recieved at Cambden. the present is ordered to go from Petersburg to Taylor’s ferry. I think it better my letters should be even some days ahead of you, knowing that if they ever get into your rear they will never overtake you. I write to day indeed merely as the watchman cries, to prove himself awake, & that all...
718To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 26 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honour to inclose to the President the copy of a Report on the petition of John de Neufville referred to him by the house of Representatives, which he proposes to send in tomorrow. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, George Washington’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State; LB (photocopy), DLC:GW . On 11 April 1792 the House of...
719To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 18 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
Th: Jefferson has the honor to send to the President the plan of the Federal territory just received by mister Ellicot, as also a letter & message on the subject. AL , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DNA : RG 59, George Washington’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State; LB (photocopy), DLC:GW .
720To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have given you the trouble of more reading on the subject of Major Lenfant’s letter, than you perhaps intended. I have done it from an apprehension that your mind might not be thoroughly satisfied whether he was not equally justifiable in the demolition of mister Carrol’s house, as in the demolition of trees & other obstacles, which he urges in his own justification. the truth is that...