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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Briggs, Isaac | Briggs, Hannah | Isaac Briggs’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, 2–4 … | ≈1820-11-02 | In my last letter to you, dated on the 7, I brought down to my arrival at Monticello the narative... |
2 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 9 May 1817 | 1817-05-09 | I feel myself treading on sacred ground when I approach the scenes illuminated and made glorious... |
3 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 9 February 1805 | 1805-02-09 | My last letter to thee was dated at this place, 29th. of the month just past, a few days after my... |
4 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 17 May 1803 | 1803-05-17 | Permit me to introduce to thee my youngest brother, Joseph Briggs, who is going with me to the... |
5 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 31 December 1804 | 1804-12-31 | By last mail, I sent my report of the Post Road—by the present I send a duplicate. I have not yet... |
6 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 22 December 1804 | 1804-12-22 | Although still in state of convalescence, and but just able to attend to business a few minutes... |
7 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 June 1808 | 1808-06-24 | A few days since, I returned from the Eastward, where I had been viewing and examining in... |
8 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 27 September … | 1806-09-27 | I have before me thy favor dated April 26. 06. Thy own benevolent heart can estimate more justly... |
9 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 28 May 1804 | 1804-05-28 | I had intended to be in the City this day—but my aged Father having come one hundred and thirty... |
10 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 29 January 1805 | 1805-01-29 | From New-orleans I sent by mail my report of the Post Road dated 22nd. of the 12th. mo. 1804, and... |
11 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 26 June 1802 | 1802-06-26 | Wilt thou condescend to inform me, if a letter I wrote, dated 26th. of the 4th. Month 1802, ever... |
12 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 20 October 1808 | 1808-10-20 | I have accompanied to this City my friend Jesse Kersey, a minister of our Society, who is... |
13 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1816 | 1816-03-30 | Thy kind letter of 27 Ultimo , I received on the 2 instant. It was like a healing balm to my... |
14 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 9 January 1807 | 1807-01-09 | Having fully ascertained the fact that I cannot continue my residence in the Southern Territories... |
15 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 2 October 1804 | 1804-10-02 | No doubt it is matter of surprise that we proceed so slowly. Indeed when I undertook this journey... |
16 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 11 May 1805 | 1805-05-11 | Some time ago I received thy acceptable letter of March 14. ’05. I have written to Governor... |
17 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 | 1816-02-16 | May I intrude on that retirement where from a dignified elevation the mind looks over the... |
18 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 8 September 1803 | 1803-09-08 | On the 12th. of the month just past, I arrived at Natchez;—on the day following I waited on... |
19 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 31 October 1805 | 1805-10-31 | Having heard that the Commissioners for adjusting and reporting the evidences of claims to land... |
20 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 16 March 1805 | 1805-03-16 | Being informed that the office of United States’ Attorney for the district of Orleans is now... |
21 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 15 September … | 1806-09-15 | Thy friendly dated April 26. 06 I received some time ago—I intend to reply to it fully by next... |
22 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 30 January 1802 | 1802-01-30 | Will the President do me the favor to accept the enclosed pamphlet ; and the additional one to... |
23 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1816, with … | 1816-05-07 | Thy kind favor, of Apr 17. 16 , had been forwarded from Brookeville to this place, my present... |
24 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 17 November 1817 | 1817-11-17 | Be pleased to accept the enclosed little pamphlet as a small testimony of that esteem and love... |
25 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 2 May 1803 | 1803-05-02 | Thy letter, dated 20th. of April, I received yesterday. I have had several applications for... |
26 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 February 1823 | 1823-02-24 | Permit me to introduce to thee my young friend Herman Boye. He is by birth a Dane, very modest... |
27 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 29 June 1807 | 1807-06-29 | Permit me to introduce to thee the bearer, Joseph Dunbar, a respectable citizen of the... |
28 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 3 March 1806 | 1806-03-03 | About 12 days ago, I returned from an excursion up the Mississippi river. The object of this... |
29 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 9 December 1805 | 1805-12-09 | I am apprehensive that what I am about to write would by a mind less benevolent than thine be... |
30 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 1 March 1803 | 1803-03-01 | Agreeably to my promise , I have investigated thy Problem for finding the longitude by lunar... |
31 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 27 February 1804 | 1804-02-27 | I am here, with Robert Williams, on my way to the seat of Government. We expect to sail for... |
32 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 January 1801 | 1801-01-24 | As a member of the American Philosophical Society I take the liberty of addressing its President.... |
33 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 15 May 1817 | 1817-05-15 | I arrived here the day before yesterday—and I have this day received the appointment of surveyor... |
34 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 18 May 1805 | 1805-05-18 | By last mail, on the 11th. instant, I wrote to thee acknowledging the receipt of thy acceptable... |
35 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 2 September 1804 | 1804-09-02 | Attending to the necessary observations under the frequent interruption of clouds—keeping a... |
36 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 26 April 1802 | 1802-04-26 | It was with a high degree of satisfaction, I observed in a letter I lately received from my... |
37 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 2 January 1804 | 1804-01-02 | Some time ago—very long after its date—the mail brought me thy favor of the 11th. of August. I... |
38 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 26 November 1804 | 1804-11-26 | I am just arrived here in safety and good health after a journey, of the unavoidable delays,... |
39 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 21 May 1817 | 1817-05-21 | On the 15 or 16 instant I wrote to thee from New York , informing thee that I had received an... |
40 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 16 May 1812 | 1812-05-16 | Having had, for a considerable time past, opportunities of observing the rapid progress of... |
41 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 18 January 1814 | 1814-01-18 | Permit me to introduce to thee, two of my young friends from Philadelphia, who will hand to thee... |
42 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 4 January 1817 | 1817-01-04 | Application has been made to me for a letter of introduction to the President U.S. on behalf of... |
43 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 1 January 1803 | 1803-01-01 | Having failed, when I was last in the City of Washington, to procure satisfactory information,... |
44 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 11 October 1802 … | 1802-10-11 | 11 October 1802, Baltimore. “I take the liberty of sending for deposit in thy office, as evidence... |
45 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs and Thomas Moore, 16 … | 1809-04-16 | The Bearer, Thomas Robertson, we understand is an Applicant for the place of Agent of the United... |
46 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs (Abstract), 20 April … | 1805-04-20 | 20 April 1805, Washington, Mississippi Territory . “There is reason to expect that there will be... |
47 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 17 May 1803 | 1803-05-17 | I take the freedom of introducing to thee, and to thy amiable family, my youngest brother Joseph... |
48 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 7 May 1807 | 1807-05-07 | Permit me to introduce to thee, the bearer, John Thomas 3d. as a candidate for a clerkship in... |
49 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 15 July 1808 | 1808-07-15 | Matthew Witherspoon has requested my introduction to thee. He is lately arrived from Liverpool.... |
50 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 22 February 1803 … | 1803-02-22 | 22 February 1803, Washington. “I am directed by the American Board of Agriculture to request thy... |