2301Thomas Jefferson to George Divers, 16 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I send the bearer for a bushel and a half of timothy seed, which I will replace in your hands as soon as it can be purchased the ensuing hands season . I send you a larger supply of Asparagus beans. PoC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “M r Divers”; endorsed by TJ.
2302From Thomas Jefferson to Claudius F. Gojon, 28 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
The time for opening the University of Virginia being quite indefinite, and depending on future acts of the legislature. the Visitors deem it premature to take measures as yet on the subject of Professors. it’s commencement, when fixed, will be announced in the public papers. Accept my respectful salutations. ViU .
2303From Thomas Jefferson to John Vaughan, 25 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you for the use of the Philosophical society a copy of my communications to Congress of the information respecting Louisiana which we have recieved through Capt. Lewis, Mr. Dunbar & Doctr. Sibley, in which they will find a good deal of interesting matter. Accept my friendly salutations & assurances of esteem & respect. PPAmP .
2304To Thomas Jefferson from George Muter, with Reply, 29 January 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Richmond ] 29 Jan. 1781 . Encloses a certificate concerning payment of which the quartermaster wishes instructions. [ Reply :] “Our Quartermaster is not to pay this difference. We have nothing to do with it. I think he had better take his remedy at law to obtain a just price. Th: Jefferson.” RC ( Vi ); 2 p.; addressed; endorsed: “Letter to the Govr. respecting the Q: Mr. applying to me about...
2305From Thomas Jefferson to Caesar Augustus Rodney, 18 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of the heads of departments and Atty. Genl. to meet to-day at 12. aclock on a consultation. Privately owned.
2306From Thomas Jefferson to Levi Lincoln and John Thomas Mason, 11 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Sentence of death having been passed by the Circuit court of Columbia , against a citizen of Washington county, guilty of an aggravated murder, a question arises Who is to sign the warrant for execution? By the act of Congress 1801. c. 86. the laws of Maryland , as they existed at that date, are in force in Washington county: and by the law of Maryland 1795. c. 82. the Governor of Maryland is...
2307From Thomas Jefferson to William McDonald, 7 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
The paiment of 30. D. made by you to Capt. Shepherd for bringing two Cub-bears from New Orleans, according to your letter of Nov. 20. to Genl. Dearborne, having been on my account, I now inclose you an order of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Baltimore for that sum, and with my thanks present you my salutations & respects. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
2308From Thomas Jefferson to Ladevese, 23 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Je viens de recevoir, Monsieur, la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’ecrire, et celle pour Monsieur et Mademoiselle Laurens. Je me charge tres volontier de la faire passer en Amerique ou est Monsieur Laurens actuellement, et de vous faire parvenir la reponse s’il me fera l’honneur de me la remettre. J’ai celui de vous assurer des sentiments tres respectueux avec lesquels je suis...
2309From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Gordon, 14 April 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 11th. I had a few days before arranged my money engagements on hand, and had set down my debt to Doctr. Currie for paiment on the 9th. of June that is to say, 8. weeks from this day. sooner than that it is not in my power to pay it, but at that time it shall be remitted. I salute you with respect MHi : Coolidge Collection.
2310From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Smith, 9 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 5th. and am truly sorry that my error in addressing the answer to the Master mariners of Baltimore was the cause of any uneasiness. I now inclose the correction you are so kind as to recommend, open for your perusal, & hope it will be satisfactory. will you be so good as to seal & deliver it? mr Nicholas and his family left this neighborhood on the day...
2311Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Cooper, 13 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 1 st came to hand the last night. 4 days before that, to wit on the 8 th I had addressed one to you; in which however I had committed an error which I must correct in the first place. it was in naming 1500 instead of 750.D. this lapse of memory occurred to me after despatching mine. on turning to yours of Oct. 25. 19. I found that the proposition made in that and acceded to...
2312[From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Carr, 4 December 1783] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 4 Dec. 1783 . Entry in SJL reads: “Mrs. Carr. A.S.J. Pats. [i.e., Anna Scott Jefferson, TJ’s sister, and Patsy, his daughter].” Not found.]
2313From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Marie Lequinio de Kerblay, 14 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his thanks to M. Lequinio Kerblay for the book he has been so kind as to send him. his occupations rarely permit him to read any thing beyond the size of a pamphlet; but he will certainly avail himself of his first vacant moments to give a reading to a work from which he is certain of deriving amusement and information. he prays M. Lequinio to accept his salutations &...
2314From Thomas Jefferson to William Brent, 8 March 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson salutes Capt. Brent & asks the favor of him to inform him whether the Commission of the peace for Washington county is not near expiring? who are at present acting magistrates? whether any new ones are wanting? and whom he could recommend? DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
2315From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Guest, 25 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Guest and his thanks for the book he has been so kind as to send him. he has read the passage page 21. particularly referred to by mr Guest, and finds the fact there stated to be equally new and useful. he shall avail himself of the first leisure to peruse the residue & to profit by the further information he expects from it. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
2316[From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Coleman, 5 December 1783] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 5 Dec. 1783 . Entry in SJL reads: “Saml. Coleman. About tobacco due him.” Not found.]
2317[From Thomas Jefferson to Madame d’Anterroches, 2 March 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 2 Mch. 1786. An entry in SJL under this date reads: “la Comtesse d’anteroche. That I had written to enquire her son.” Not found, but see TJ to James Monroe, same date.]
2318From Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan Williams, 19 January 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Colo. Williams and is obliged to excuse himself from attending the meeting proposed in his note of yesterday, the constant pressure of his business having obliged him to decline meeting other societies here of which he is a member, and the observance of this as a rule being a matter of real necessity PPAmP .
2319From Thomas Jefferson to James Gibbon, 14 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Having ordered nothing from England, and no information of any thing destined for me from that country, I am totally ignorant of the contents of the box which is the subject of your letter of the 3d. inst. I must pray you therefore to have it opened & delivered to mr Jefferson for me, who will pay the duty according to valuation. on recieving information of the contents, from either yourself...
2320From Thomas Jefferson to John B. Ogg, 9 December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
We have no steward in the establmt of the Universty not meddling with dieting the students, boarding houses are built and rented to housekeepers who will furnish diet to such as chuse to take it with them. these houses are all rented. your other enquiries as to the price of tuition E t c will be answ d by an advtmt in the newspapers the moment our Professors engaged in Engl d arrive, who are...
2321From Thomas Jefferson to United States Senate, 2 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Several vacancies having happened in the army of the United States, during the last recess of the Senate, I granted commissions as stated in the list hereto annexed marked A. accompanied by a letter from the Secretary at War, which commissions will expire at the end of the present session of the Senate. I now therefore nominate the same persons for the same appointments. I also nominate the...
2322From Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 30 September 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday the inclosed letter from the President removing further suspense as to the application for your son, and inclose it to you with sincere pleasure and the assurance of my great esteem and respect. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
2323From Thomas Jefferson to John McAllister, 6 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved safely the spectacles & glasses you were so kind as to send me by mr Mackie, and now inclose you a 20. Dollar bill of the bank of the US. the amount of their cost. the smallest pair of spectacles I am charmed with; they answer perfectly my wish. the other pair with double glasses I have not yet had time to try sufficiently and get them to fit my eye exactly. I have no doubt they...
2324From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 3 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
The answer to M. de la Croix is obviously that it is premature to say any thing about appoint[ment] to an army as yet. but I have thought it not amiss to comm[unic]ate to you his letter, as it may be worth while to enquire in what way he can be used, if in any way. perhaps he may be an engineer. but how I shall return his certificate I know not, as he has given no date of time or place to his...
2325From Thomas Jefferson to Steuben, 8 March 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Richmond, 8 Mch. 1781 . This letter is virtually identical with the first part of TJ’s letter to George Washington, same date . For variations in the text see note there. RC ( NHi ); 3 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed and addressed by TJ: “The Honble Major General Baron Steuben Williamsburg ⅌ Express.”
2326[From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, 1 July 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Boston, 1 July 1784 . Entry in SJL reads: “P. Mazzei. That Bowdoin’s conversion of a sterlg. into currency debt was illegal—that Jefferson’s bond for £146–4–6 and Gillespy’s & Henderson’s for £100 having been so long kept by Bowdoin would be considered as a money paiment—that the former was my brother’s affair—referred to N. Lewis and Key for papers and Garth for information.” Not found.]
2327From Thomas Jefferson to James O. Morse, 30 June 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
you ask permission to publish my letter to you of Apr. 30. altho I have a great aversion to this generally, yet I consent on the present occasion, because, in fact, I wish it to be known that I do not meddle in the ensuing Presidential election. but as that letter was written carelesly, without an idea of it’s going into the papers, I must ask leave, by some corrections, to make it more proper...
2328From Thomas Jefferson to Mrs. Miller, 2 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respectful compliments to mrs Miller and regrets that it is not in his power to advise her on the subject of the papers she has sent to him. it is now 52. years since he has withdrawn from the practice of the law, or has had any occasion to turn his mind to subjects of that kind. in the sale of his library to Congress he parted with every law book he owned, insomuch...
2329From Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 4 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns to mr Girardin the Prospectus of his work to which he becomes willingly a subscriber. his plan will enable him to embrace objects and circumstances certainly very interesting to the American reader; and the Prospectus itself evidences that the work will be well executed. he presents to mr Girardin his salutations & respects. PoC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ. Enclosure not...
2330From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 10 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed papers were recd. at Monticello, a little before I left it & were put by to be communicated to you here; but were in fact left there by mistake. I have just recieved & now communicate them. Affectte. salutns. PHi : Daniel Parker Papers.
2331Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Agreement with Matthew Brown, 3 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
in this note I had omitted grouting . but in my verbal agreem t with mr Brown when I n met him in Lynchbg , I stated it to him as an article, and on his visit to me this day he agrees he understood he was to grout in the presence of Clifton Harris . MS
2332From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 20 March 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 13th. is recieved. I promised in my last I would make enquiry of mr Milledge of Augusta in Savanna on the subject of cotton, because he is a great cultivator of it, in fact the introducer of it there, very accurate & judicious. he says the blackseed cotton is cultivated in the country below Augusta, the green seed above. the former sells for 40. cents when the latter is at 20....
2333[From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 March 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 9 Mch. 1784 . Entry in SJL reads: “Wm. Short. European news—Philada. station.” Not found.]
2334From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Patterson, 30 November 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
To the best of my recollection, Dr. Barton, Doctr. Wistar and yourself are the Vicepresidents of the Philosophical society; but not being entirely confident in my memory and still less as to the order of the names, I take the liberty of putting the inclosed under a private cover to you, with a request that you will communicate it to your colleagues. I salute you with great friendship and...
2335From Thomas Jefferson to James Ronaldson, 25 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Ronaldson & his thanks for the samples of Alms-house manufactures. he will take pleasure in exhibiting them to the members of the National legislature as proofs of our internal resources, which is the best way he can profit the public by Mr. Ronaldson’s attentions in this instance. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
2336[From Thomas Jefferson to John Banister, 5 April 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Marseilles, 5 Apr. 1787 . Recorded in SJL under this date. Not found.]
2337From Thomas Jefferson to William H. Cabell, 19 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you the papers recieved in your letter of the 16th. the Secretary of State communicated to me yesterday a letter from mr Erskine containing assurances from Sr. Thomas Hardy that he should carefully abstain from acts of violence, unless he recieved orders from his superiors. altho’ Barclay’s character does not give the same confidence, yet I see no reason to doubt that matters will...
2338From Thomas Jefferson to John Armstrong of New York, 29 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Will Genl Armstrong do Th: Jefferson the favor to come & take family soupe with him to-day at half past three? Th:J. will ask the same favor of mr Madison. free conversations with Genl. Armstrong will give him a truer idea of the dispositions of this government towards those of Europe than written instructions can possibly convey. RC ( NBLiHi ).
2339[From Thomas Jefferson to Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, 18 January 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 18 Jan. 1784 . Entry in SJL reads: “Mrs. E. Betsy—Congratulations on daughter—P. A. on marriage—health better—hair-powder.” Not found.]
2340[From Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the Senate, 11 May 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 11 May 1784 . Entry in SJL , written immediately below that for the letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, reads: “Speaker Senate. Do.” Not found.]
2341[From Thomas Jefferson to Lucy Necks, 18 April 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ London, 18 Apr. 1786 . An entry in SJL under this date reads: “Lucy Necks. See copy.” Not found; but see TJ to Francis Eppes, 22 Apr. 1786 .]
2342To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 3 May 1805 . Described as a one-page autograph letter, written in the third person, offered for sale 17–21 Mar. 1891 in the Catalogue of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents, Collected by the Late Prof. E. H. Leffingwell (2 vols. in 1; Boston, 1891), 2:33, item 3634.
2343From Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Rounsavell, 23 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sincerely sorry it is not in my power to attend to the explanation of your invention for raising water. but my duties to the public now require that I deny myself every gratification of that kind, however fond of it from inclination. objects of a very different nature require the whole of my time & attention, & the whole is not sufficient. I hope you will be so good as to accept of this...
2344From Thomas Jefferson to Franklin Wharton, 27 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Persons acting as Counsel for Swartwout & Bollman have applied for leave to see them. they have been told that these prisoners in your custody, are made subject to the orders of the court, to whom therefore they must apply for permission to see them. should they bring an order from the court be so good as to permit whatever the order may authorise; and to be ready to deliver them over to the...
2345From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 3 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr & mrs Gallatin to dine with him today; and requests that while they are arranging matters at their new quarters they will dine with him every day. it may give them more time for other arrangements, and will be conferring a real favor on Th:J. RC ( NHi : Gallatin Papers); addressed: “Mr. Gallatin.”
2346From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 3 June 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson owes Mr. Sampson Crosby, keeper of the Secretary of state’s office 1.67 D., which not being worth the draught and postage of a letter express, he will thank Mr. Barnes to have it paid him, and to let him know that he may call on him for the little sums he may have occasion for in execution of a request of Th: J. to forward him some newspapers. These will amount to three or four...
2347From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 5 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose your letter of Sep. 7. 05 merely to shew the source of my error in supposing the sum of 317.93 instead of 349.93 was what should be remitted you. on recurring to this letter I saw at once that it was merely an error in carrying out the sums. the inclosed draught of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia for 300. D. will exactly square our accounts. I have been...
2348From Thomas Jefferson to John Avery, 23 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
General Varnum has delivered to me your letter of Nov. 20. together with the maps which the Legislature of Massachusets has been pleased to destine for me. I pray you to deliver my respectful acknolegements to them for this mark of their attention, and to accept my thanks to yourself for the trouble you have been so good as to take, as well as assurances of my respect and consideration. PrC (...
2349From Thomas Jefferson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 16 June 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I mentioned to you yesterday the ill effect of the acute angles in the passage of the Rotunda. I send you my drawing of the building in which I have drawn portions of a circle to cover those angles. You will consider whether it is best to make them of brick or studs & laths. you will see in the drawing whereabouts the centers of those portions of circle are taken, so as to make the circle a...
2350From Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 28 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
On reciept of your letter from Lancaster, I wrote to mr Hay to engage mr Wirt as assistant counsel in your case in chancery. I inclose you his answer. wishing to avoid appearing in this case I must get the favor of you to write to mr Wirt & to do what is needful in the case. Accept my friendly salutations & best wishes. ViU .