181To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 12 November 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Otis, secretary of the Senate, was kind eno’ to take four letters , of which two were for yourself, & a small box with one or more Watches ; & to promise a delivery of them, into your hands. the box, & some of the letters, were committed to my care by Mr Short; who accompanyed me to Havre, with an intention to embark in the Sophia, for the U States. he had provided every article for the...
182To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 15 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
By Judge Lincoln, my dear Sir, I embrace a favorable opportunity of acknowledging your very friendly letter of the 26th of Janry. 1799; but permit me previously to give you some information in regard to this gentleman. Mr. Lincoln is an eminent lawyer in this State, & his professional talents, are accompanied with a humane & benevolent disposition, pure integrity, great liberality, & unsullied...
183To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 20 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I now propose to finish my letter of the 15th, which was hastily concluded, to prevent inconvenience to my friend Lincoln. In revising your political faith , I am not clear, that we perfectly agree in regard to a navy. I wish sincerely, with yourself, to avoid the evils pointed out, as the result of a powerful navy. the expence & extensive operation of an imense naval establishment, if our...
184To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 24 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
At nine oClock last evening, Mr Lee, a [sincere?] friend of yours & mine, came up from Boston to inform me of your election. The precarious state, in which by the [wiles] of party, the federal executive was suspended, the irritation which would have resulted from your non-election, even if Mr Burr had obtained the vote, the great danger of a collision of parties, whose habits of animosity,...
185To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 29 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 22d instant I received your friendly letter of the 29th of march, twenty three days after it was put into the post office. the seal is enclosed, having no impression; but the appearance of having been wet, for the purpose of opening the letter. you can determine whether this was the case, or whether there is a probability of it: be this as it may, the seals of the letters which I have...
186To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 4 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
By my friend Mr Lee I have an opportunity of writing more freely, than by the post. The folly of the mal-contents, in expecting by their siren arts to induce you to exchange the impregnable barriers of vertue & patriotism, for the defenceless transfer of intrigue & corruption, can only be equalled by their desperation & madness. relinquishing your friends, to depend on your enemies, you must...
187To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 9 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Being apprized, by the gazettes , that Major Warren is appointed Collector, in the room of my brother S M Gerry, I cannot conceal from you, the high sensations of pleasure & pain, which have been the result, in my mind, of this event; & at the same time the conviction, that you have considered it as an indispensable measure. Major Warren is a very worthy character, & a branch of a family with...
188To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 27 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The message, which You did me the honor to transmit, I have read with great pleasure. it exhibits to my mind, respectful, friendly, firm, & vigilant conduct towards foreign powers—acquisitions of territory, by purchase & cession, inestimable, as they respect the wealth, security, & happiness of our western sister states, the fiscal resources of the nation, and the excision of a fertile source...
189To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 15 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I am this day honored by your letter of the 3d, & “as the unbounded calumnies of the federal party have obliged you to throw yourself on the verdict of your country, for trial,” the United States are under infinite obligations to them, for this their conduct; as it will secure to the republican cause, the only candidate, in whom the public could cordially unite; & in regard to yourself, will...
190Elbridge Gerry to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the pamphlet this day received, respecting “the intrusion of Edward Livingston ”; & for your polite & friendly manner of transmitting it. The publick is much indebted to you on this, & on numerous other occasions, for performances; to which few are equal, & still fewer have a disposition. The opportunity now presented, is highly appretiated; as it enables me to revive those...
191Elbridge Gerry to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 1 st of may I addressed to you a letter , of which a copy is annexed. I conceive, by having been intercepted, it has shared the fate, which often attends my letters. We are in anxious expectation, that the Cord will be cut, which has too long confined us to the views & interest of our commerical Competitors May God grant to us this event ; it will save our Country. RC ( DLC ); at foot...
192Elbridge Gerry to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your letter of the 11 th of June , in my sick chamber, & the pure friendship which it breathed, raised my spirits, then under the inevitable depression of disease. Friendship increases by its duration, almost in geometrical proportion; & yours was prior to that of my eldest surviving friend, in Massachusetts . Your remarks in regard to the British faction, are (in my mind,)...
193Elbridge Gerry to Thomas Jefferson, 11 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Here I am, my dear Sir, by the partiality of my friends, & discomfiture of my political enemies; again in the vortex of national politicks. My line of duty is plain & easy, & I shall endeavour to adhere to it. But I must confess, that I am much disappointed in a very pleasing anticipation, an interveiw at the seat of government with my ancient & highly respected friend of Monticello ; for I am...
194Elbridge Gerry to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your very friendly letter of the 19th of June has given me great pleasure. The preference you express for the office holden by me, to the first office of the Government, is correspondent with your veiw of the same subject, when you was elected at to the former place. The latter you then justly considered as a “station of splendid misery .” My opinion on both these points is perfectly...
195Elbridge Gerry to Thomas Jefferson, 4 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
My eldest Son will have the honor of presenting this. He is on a visit to his friends & relations at Pittsylvania , & it would have been impossible for him to have passed near to Monticello , with out manifesting that reverence & respect which he has always entertained for the friend & father of his Country. In presenting himself him to yourself & family, I am favored with an opportunity of...
196To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 26 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The warm interest which you have always manifested, in the advancement of literature, has induced me to intrude upon your valuable time, & to solicit your attention for a moment, to a subject, connected in its nature, with the history of our country. M r Sanderson of Philadelphia, having with laudable zeal, commenced publishing a biography, of the signers of American Independence, to enlighten...
197To Thomas Jefferson from Elbridge Gerry, 11 July 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose, by order of a general meeting of the citizens of Boston, & of the vicinity, a copy of their proceedings the 10th instant, on the important subjects of the cause & tenor of your late proclamation. the respectability of the individuals who composed the meeting, & of their committee, their temperate, firm, & unanimous conduct at this momentous crisis, the number...