21To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, 15 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Ellicott presents his most respectful compliments to his friend Mr. Madison, and requests, (if it should not be improper,) the favour of having for two, or three days, the report, and chart of our eastern boundary as returned by the commissioners. Mr. Ellicott was informed by Mr. Pickering, that the report contains some very important observations, for the determination of the source, and...
22To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, 3 June 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have just returned from determining the long disputed boundary between the states of Georgia, and N. Carolina. The position of that part of the U. S. is laid down very erroniously in our maps, and the strip of country ceded by the state of S. Carolina, to the U. S. and by the U. S. to the state of Georgia, never had any existence but on paper, because, the most northern source of the...
23To George Washington from Andrew Ellicott, 2 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
I would propose Niagara for the place, and the second Week in next Month for the time of meeting the Commissioners, to be appointed by the Executives of the States of New York, and Massachusetts, to attend making the Survey directed by Congress in their Act of June 6th 1788. If the Express to Quebec should not return to Niagara by that time, that part of the Survey, lying on the South margin...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Andrew Ellicott, 6 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately received from the national institute of france the documents collected by order, and under the direction of that body, respecting the falling of stones from the atmosphere:—the fact is certainly established;—and from the fact we must search for the theory.—These stones appear to be formed by a simple aggregation of the component parts, and not by an intimate combination:—all the...
25To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, 12 December 1814 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Masson the teacher of french in this Academy having left the United States, I should neither do justice to my own conscience nor to this seminary, did I not recommend Mr. Claudius Berard A.M. professor of modern languages in Dickenson college at Carlisle in Pennsylvania for his successor. Mr. Berard is a gentleman of uncommon talents and extensive literary acquirements, and would do credit...
26To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, [4 February] 1790 (Madison Papers)
Latitude Note These Longitudes though sufficiently correct for common Geographical purposes, will nevertheless be rendered more accurate, when the Meridional Tangent to the west end of Lake Ontario, is carried on to the north boundary of Pennsylvania. Longitude, from the Meridian of Philadelphia ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ Fort Erie 48.. 53.. 17 N 3.. 39..
27To Thomas Jefferson from Andrew Ellicott, 2 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have forwarded by the bearer Mr. Brown the notes to accompany the map which I informed you some weeks ago was finished:—from these notes you will be able to judge in some degree of the value of the map, and whether it will be worth sending on to Washington;—I have it enclosed in a tin case Six feet 2 inches long.— I have the honour to be with great esteem your Hbl. Servt P.S. I intend...
28To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, 10 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 January 1804, Lancaster. Encloses “a small packet for our Minister in France,” which he asks JM to forward. “I am anxious that it should be sent early, as I see by the public prints that he is expected to return the insuing spring; which is a circumstance I regret on account of my correspondence with the National Institute, as he has been the channel thro which our letters have passed, and...
29To Thomas Jefferson from Andrew Ellicott, 19 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
A few days ago I received a letter from Mr. Livingston our Minister at Paris, which contains some ideas that are new to me. If he has not written to you on the same subject, I presume the extract which is enclosed will afford you some amusement.—The fall of stones from the sky , as Mr. Livingston expresses it, is at war with my theory of the falling stars, as they are termed, to which subject...
30To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, 12 April 1811 (Madison Papers)
The zenith Sector which I used on the southern boundary of the United States, is principally owned by this commonwealth: the claim of the U. S. amounts to about 25 guineas. On my return home in the year 1800, I had it deposited in one of the public stores, but do not recollect which. Being lately appointed to determine the boundary between the States of Georgia, and N. Carolina, on which the...