1To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 28 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Having lately found among my Papers the original Documents relating to the Convention that met at Annapolis in the Year 1786, I think it my Duty to transmit them to the Executive of the Union, and therefore I now send them. I am entirely thy Friend RC ( PHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson President”; written on verso of sheet addressed to Dickinson by George Logan. Recorded in SJL as...
2To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 10 March 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
This Letter will be delivered by Archibald Alexander , prothonotary of this County, a Man of sense and sound Principles. He is deputed, as I understand, by the Inhabitants of the antient Town of New Castle, to make some application to Government , concerning Improvements of the Port there and the Advancement of commercial Interests. He believes, that I am honoured by a share of thy Friendship,...
3To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 1 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Gratitude, a Duty pleasing even to a deeply wounded Heart, prompts Me to present my Thanks as a Father, as a Relative, as a Citizen, for the faithful and well-directed Application of thy powers to produce Happiness, of which, by the Divine Blessing on thy Exertions, my Children, my Kindred, my Country, are likely to largely to participate. May Providence grant success to all thy benevolent...
4To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 1 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
A respectable French Gentlemen of my acquaintance lately arrived from Louisiana, has, in Conversation with a particular mutual Friend from whom I receive my Intelligence, mentioned Circumstances of such a kind, that I think it my duty to submit the Communication to thy Judgment. He says, that the people settled in the Country ceded by France to The United States, are universally dissatisfied...
5To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 12 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Thy late Communications to Congress are so important to the wellfare of our Country, and such Demonstrations of thy Love to thy Fellow Citizens, that I feel it as a Duty to give thee my hearty Thanks, for thy strenuous Exertions to realize the public Blessings contemplated by thy Policy. I hope and trust, that a system will be now established, plainly shewing, how all the Ends of Government...
6To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 25 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
As the desire of an Acquaintance with those whom We have been long accustomed to esteem, is a very natural and commendable Inclination of our Minds, I cheerfully consent to gratify, as far as I am able, that Disposition in Dr. John Vaughan of this Place. He wishes to know the Man whom he has for Years revered as a Citizen, and he flatters himself, that as he is a stranger, an Introduction by...
7To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 24 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Accept my heartiest Thanks for thy late Message to Congress , carrying in it Communications of the highest Moment to the fortunes of our beloved Country. I hope, that the great outline drawn by thee with so steady a Hand, will in due Time be filled with establishments dictated by wisdom and Virtue, all contributing to the advancement of human Happiness. May thy Life be continued long enough to...
8To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 22 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I should be unworthy of thy kind Attentions, if I was not truly grateful for them. The details mentioned in thy Letter of the 13th, point to Objects of high Importance indeed: Yet, I cannot forbear entertaining a Hope, that thy Knowledge and Love of Country, will apply some Remedy to the threatening Evils. The discontents occasioned by the administration of Justice, in our Forms, Principles,...
9To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 18 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
When I wrote lately by Dr. Vaughan , my sole Intention was to gratify him knowing his high Veneration for thy Character; by introducing him to thy Acquaintance. He never gave Me the slightest Intimation of any Design thereby to obtain any of the offices in this state for himself or any other. The first Intelligence I ever received of his Father in Law’s appointment, was on the arrival of the...
10To Thomas Jefferson from John Dickinson, 7 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Thy Letter of the 6th of last Month I received with all the pleasure that arises from every Testimony of Regard given by a person highly Esteemed on Considerations of private and public Import. My Mind is much at rest with what relates to my Country; tho I shall allways lament, that thy predecessors did not discover this all important Truth, that after France had declared herself a Republic,...