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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 25 December 1762 | 1762-12-25 | This very day, to others the day of greatest mirth and jollity, sees me overwhelmed with more and... |
| 2 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 20 January 1763 | 1763-01-20 | I have been thinking this half hour how to begin my letter and cannot for my soul make it out. I... |
| 3 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 15 July 1763 | 1763-07-15 | Your’s of May 30’th came safe to hand. The rival you mentioned I know not whether to think... |
| 4 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 7 October 1763 | 1763-10-07 | In the most melancholy fit that ever any poor soul was, I sit down to write to you. Last night,... |
| 5 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 19 January 1764 | 1764-01-19 | The contents of your letter have not a little alarmed me: and really upon seriously weighing them... |
| 6 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 23 January 1764 | 1764-01-23 | I received your letter of Wednesday the 18th instant; in that, of this day, you mention one which... |
| 7 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 9 April 1764 | 1764-04-09 | This letter will be conveied to you by the assistance of our friend Warner Lewis. Poor fellow!... |
| 8 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 25 May 1766 | 1766-05-25 | I received your last by T. Nelson whom I luckily met on my road hither. Surely never did small... |
| 9 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 17 April 1767 … | 1767-04-17 | Your welfare, That of m’rs Page, and your heir apparent give me great joy: but much was I... |
| 10 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 21 February 1770 | 1770-02-21 | I am to acquaint Mrs. Page of the loss of my favorite pullet; the consequence of which will... |
| 11 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 31 October 1775 | 1775-10-31 | We have nothing new from England or the camp before Boston. By a private letter this day to a... |
| 12 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, [ca. 10 December … | 1775-12-10 | De rebus novis, ita est. One of our armed vessels has taken an English storeship coming with all... |
| 13 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 17 May 1776 | 1776-05-17 | Having arrived here but lately I have little to communicate. I have been so long out of the... |
| 14 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 30 July 1776 | 1776-07-30 | On receipt of your letter we enquired into the probability of getting your seal done here. We... |
| 15 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 5 August 1776 | 1776-08-05 | I am sorry to hear that the Indians have commenced war, but greatly pleased you have been so... |
| 16 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 20 August 1776 | 1776-08-20 | We have been in hourly expectation of the great decision at New York but it has not yet happened.... |
| 17 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, [3 June 1779] | 1779-06-03 | I received your letter by Mr. Jamieson. It had given me much pain that the zeal of our respective... |
| 18 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 12 July 1780 | 1780-07-12 | The bill for draughting the militia of the several counties is not yet passed: however, from what... |
| 19 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 10 October 1780 | 1780-10-10 | The Pot-clay, a Cherokee chief having lately died, his friend delivered to Majr. Martin a silver... |
| 20 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 29 October 1780 | 1780-10-29 | This badge has renewed with us all the story of the consultation of Doctors on the case of the... |
| 21 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 18 April 1781 | 1781-04-18 | Your favour of the 13th. desiring a suspension of the Act for raising new levies has been duly... |
| 22 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 11 November 1784 | 1784-11-11 | This will be delivered you by Colo. Le Maire. You knew him when in our service, and that he was... |
| 23 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 20 August 1785 | 1785-08-20 | I received your friendly letter of Apr. 28. by Mr. Mazzei on the 22d. of July. That of the month... |
| 24 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 4 May 1786 | 1786-05-04 | Your two favours of Mar. 15, and Aug. 23. 1785. by Monsieur de la Croix came to hand on the 15th.... |
| 25 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 12 January 1792 | 1792-01-12 | Your letter with several others was put into my hands just as company was coming in to dinner... |
| 26 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, [1] January 1798 | 1798-01-01 | You have probably seen or heard of some very abusive letters addressed to me in the publick... |
| 27 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 6 June 1798 | 1798-06-06 | Your favor of Apr. 26. & May 28. is duly recieved, and I sincerely thank you for your kind... |
| 28 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 24 January 1799 | 1799-01-24 | I inclose you a copy of Gerry’s correspondence after his companions left him, and of mr... |
| 29 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 23 March 1801 | 1801-03-23 | Your’s of Feb. 1 did not reach me until Feb. 28. and a press of business has retarded my... |
| 30 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 20 February 1802 | 1802-02-20 | I pray you, in the first place, that the contents of this letter may be inviolably secret, until... |
| 31 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 2 April 1802 | 1802-04-02 | Yours of Mar. 27. was recieved last night; and the object of the present is to assure you that... |
| 32 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 7 May 1802 | 1802-05-07 | The operation which Congress has [performed] in the [...] the custom house officers [...] was... |
| 33 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 20 January 1803 | 1803-01-20 | I take the liberty of introducing to your notice the bearer hereof, mr Olsen, minister of his... |
| 34 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 18 March 1803 | 1803-03-18 | Your favor of the 2d. found me here, where I am for a few days only. being an answer to mine it... |
| 35 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 26 July 1803 | 1803-07-26 | In a former letter from Washington I expressed a wish that the salubrity of our climate here, and... |
| 36 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 14 August 1803 | 1803-08-14 | Yours of the 2d. inst. has been duly recieved. I have altogether declined my journey to Bedford,... |
| 37 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 25 November 1803 | 1803-11-25 | Supposing that your curiosity would make an Account of Louisiana acceptable, I inclose to you one... |
| 38 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 23 December 1803 | 1803-12-23 | Your favor of Nov. 16. recieved Nov. 26. is now before me and I inclose you a letter of mr Gore ,... |
| 39 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 16 March 1804 | 1804-03-16 | The case described in the inclosed letter is one to which I am an entire stranger. the writer... |
| 40 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 15 April 1804 | 1804-04-15 | I have this moment recieved your letter of the 12th. instant giving information of the... |
| 41 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 8 June 1804 | 1804-06-08 | It being incumbent on the marshall for the state to keep his prisoners in effectual safe custody,... |
| 42 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 21 June 1804 | 1804-06-21 | It appearing that Philip Williams & Jacob Ray charged with having committed a felony within the... |
| 43 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 25 June 1804 | 1804-06-25 | Your letter, my dear friend, of the 25th. ult. is a new proof of the goodness of your heart, and... |
| 44 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 16 August 1804 | 1804-08-16 | I inclose for your perusal a letter from Dr. Rush, asking the favor of you to return it. on the... |
| 45 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 10 November 1804 | 1804-11-10 | Your several favors of the 3d. inst. have been duly recieved. on the affidavit of Greenlaw which... |
| 46 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 27 December 1804 | 1804-12-27 | Resuming the subject of the resolutions of the House of Delegates of Dec. 31. 1800. Jan. 16 1802.... |
| 47 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 2 June 1805 | 1805-06-02 | Mr. John D. Burke, who is engaged in writing the history of Virginia is sollicitous to have the... |
| 48 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 9 August 1805 | 1805-08-09 | Th: Jefferson presents his affectionate & respectful salutations to his friend Governor Page, he... |
| 49 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 9 December 1805 | 1805-12-09 | Your letter of Nov. 22. should have been sooner answered, had I had an earlier moment at which I... |
| 50 | Jefferson, Thomas | Page, John | From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 3 July 1806 | 1806-07-03 | By a letter from mr Walker to mr Madison I learn that he had visited you lately at Rosewell, and... |