1To Thomas Jefferson from William Waller Hening, 10 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Goodacre, who will present this letter, is the gentleman who has been lecturing on astronomy, with so much deserved applause, both in England and in the United States.—His apparatus is considered, by competent judges, superior to any thing of the kind yet exhibited, for the purpose of illustrating the science, of which he professes to treat; and, I am authorised to say, that if it should...
2To Thomas Jefferson from William Waller Hening, 31 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I sent you, to the care of M r Winn Merrut of Charlottesville, a few days past, two copies of the 10 th Vol of the Statutes at Large, for yourself, and the 9 th Vol. for the Universty.—retaining the 10 th for the purpose of preserving uniformity in the binding. The three first volumes are now republishing in New York and Philadelphia, and some additional matter, gleaned from ancient M.SS since...
3William W. Hening to Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Having resumed the publication of the Statutes at Large, under the patronage of the legislature , I beg permission to manifest my gratitude for the aid you have afforded, by presenting you with a copy, elegantly bound, as far as the work is yet published, which is to Vol. 6. inclusive. The 7 th volume is printed, but not yet bound. The subsequent volumes shall be bound uniformly with those now...
4William W. Hening to Thomas Jefferson, 9 September 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I am just favored with your letter of the 3 rd of this month. How the M.S. volume A. should have found its way to Williamsburg , is to me perfectly incomprehensible. I rejoice that it is regained. I was so well sa tis fied, from your letter of April 25 1815 , that the M.S. D . was your property, that I did not hesitate to give it the destination you requested. At the same time I explained the...
5William W. Hening to Thomas Jefferson, 14 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I am thankful for your friendly note of the 8 th just received. It is much to be regretted that the state of our finances did not permit the legislature to enable me to complete the Statutes at Large without delay, instead of restricting the publication to one volume a year, according to the existing law .—Notwithstanding the embarrassment which this arrangement necessarily produces, I...