5941Thomas Jefferson to Robert Graham, 25 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
you were so kind, while I was at Washington as to offer me a pair of domesticated wild geese. having now occasion to send a cart to Washington , I direct the driver to return by the way of Dumfries & to recieve & bring them if you can now spare them. I should have saved you this oppo importunity had I succeeded with a pair I recieved from another quarter. but the goose of that pair...
5942Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 25 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you be so good as to send me the account of mr T. E. Randolph , & the list of balances due from all persons for rent, firewood E t c of Henderson ’s lands, which were left with you the other day. they shall be returned immediately as I only wish their aid a little while in enabling me to state the whole accounts clearly. I see in your account but one charge for the taxes of the land. but...
5943Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 24 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Davy sets off tomorrow with a cart for the bigtailed ram D r Thornton was so kind as to promise me. as the post will be with you a day or two earlier I drop you this line to give you earlier notice. I write you more fully by Davy PoC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “M r Joseph Dougherty”; endorsed by TJ. davy : David Hern (1784–after 1829), the son of David Hern
5944Thomas Jefferson to William Thornton, 24 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Having accidentally mentioned to my former servant Joseph Dougherty my misfortune in losing both my big-tailed rams, he, in his zeal for whatever concerns me, took the liberty of mentioning it to you & informed me you were so kind as to offer to supply my loss with one from your farm. by the cart which now goes to bring it, I take the occasion of returning you my best thanks for your kindness,...
5945Thomas Jefferson to James W. Wallace, 24 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Having recieved a box of fine Havanna segars & knowing your fondness for them, I cannot make any use of them so gratifying to myself as by sending them to you. having occasion to send a cart to Washington , it will go by Fauq r C.H. to deposit this charge with you. it will return by Dumfries for a pair of Wild geese promised me there, as I have had the misfortune to lose the goose of the pair...
5946Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 22 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 9 th was duly recieved. having occasion to remit to mr Peale of the Museum Philadelphia a sum of 49 D–5½ C 49 D–5½ C and not being able to get any Philadelphia bills here, I have taken the liberty which your goodness has rendered habitual of inclosing you George town , Alexandria , & Virginia bills (50. D.) the only kinds to be had here, & of praying you to exchange them for a...
5947Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 22 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Our last account left me some thirty odd Dollars in your debt. I now inclose you one hundred Dollars to cover it. I wrote some little time ago to Mess rs Gordon & Trokes for a supply of groceries & took the liberty of referring them to you as to the most trust-worthy boatmen, mr Randolph ’s boats not being likely to go down soon. a number of others having gone down with the late swell of the...
5948Thomas Jefferson to Charles Wilson Peale, 22 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been for some time endeavoring to procure bills of some bank in Philadelphia to enable me to remit you the balance of 49. D 5½ C due you on account of my grandson . finding there is little hope of this, I have this day inclosed to my friend mr Barnes of Georgetown , bills of that place, & prayed him to exchange them for a draught of the Washington bank on that of the US. at Philadelphia...
5949Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration to Craven Peyton, 22 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Whereas Craven Peyton has this day executed a deed of conveyance to me for the lands of the late Bennet Henderson surrounding & adjacent to the town of Milton , which deed bears on it’s face a warranty for the parts thereof which were the property of Frances , Lucy & Nancy C. three of the daughters of the sd Bennet , whose shares have been purchased & paid for, but the sd Frances , Lucy & Nancy C.
5950Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 20 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The title purchased from Henderson’s representatives is so extremely complicated as to render it indispensable to state in the deed all the several conveyances of all the parties; otherwise in case of question at any future time it might be lost for want of knowing it. I have endeavored to do this in the inclosed deed, and in order that you may have time, I send it to you To-day, & pray you to...
5951To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 17 August 1809 (Madison Papers)
I recieved your’s of yesterday by mr. Coles. My journey to Bedford has been delayed by sickness among my laboring people. No new case having arisen for some time, I am in hopes it is at an end. Still no particular object fixing my departure to any precise time, it lies over for convenience, and should I fix a time before we have the pleasure of seeing yourself & mrs. Madison here I shall...
5952Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 17 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved your’s of yesterday by mr Coles . my journey to Bedford has been delayed by sickness among my laboring people. no new case having arisen for some time, I am in hopes it is at an end. still no particular object fixing my departure to any precise time, it lies over for convenience, and should I fix a time before we have the pleasure of seeing yourself & mrs Madison here I shall...
5953Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, 16 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed you by mr Bradbury , an English botanist, who proposes to take S t Louis in his botanising tour. he came recommended to me by mr Roscoe of Liverpool , so well known by his histories of Lorenzo of Medicis & Leo X. & who is president of the Botanical society of Liverpool
5954Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 16 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The titled title to the lands of Bennet Henderson having passed to yourself thro many hands & by many deeds, I wish in the preamble to the deed to state, for each part, the conveyances by which it came to you, as a matter of information in case any of his descendants should hereafter raise a question on it. I have begun it in the following way, which I know to be imperfect. ‘they (that is, the...
5955Thomas Jefferson to André Daschkoff, 12 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of July 5. has been duly recieved, and, in it, that of my friend mr Short . I congratulate you on your safe arrival in the American hemisphere, after a voyage which must have been lengthy in time, as it is in space. I hope you may experience no unfavorable change in your health on so great a change of climate, and that our fervid sun may be found as innocent as our cloudless skies...
5956Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 10 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with real mortification that, instead of a remittance for the last supply of rod & iron , now due, I am obliged to send you this letter. yet my feelings on the failure will not permit me to be merely silent. I have now been for 13. or 14. years a customer of your house & of it’s predecessors, and have never failed beyond a few days over the term of remittance, except on one occasion, I...
5957Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan Shoemaker, 8 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept by the last post of your letter of the 1 st inst. & in it of 490.D. that is to say a draught on the Philadelphia bank for 350.D. & 140.D. in bank bills. as mr Higginbotham ’s order had been drawn on the rent due the first year, he was, in all justice entitled to the first money recieved and the rather as he had waited with indulgence a twelvemonth. I therefore...
5958Thomas Jefferson to William C. Rives, 6 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Under the constant hope of an early departure for Bedford , I have been hitherto detained by the prevalence of a disease in our neighborhood, and particularly among my own people. altho’ abated, it still has not left us, and the importance of attention to it, still detains me here and for a time which cannot be ascertained. the expectation that every case might be the last, has prevented my...
5959Thomas Jefferson to Louis Marie Turreau, 6 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to General Turreau, and incloses a letter which came to him under cover from M. de. la Cepede . he is happy in the occasion it furnishes him of assuring General Turreau of his great esteem & respect, and his regret that the distance and infrequency of the posts from this place, will have produced several days delay in the reciept of this. PoC (...
5960Thomas Jefferson to John Armstrong, 5 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearers hereof, mr Alexander M c Rae & Major John Clarke proposing to visit France on their private concerns, I take the liberty of presenting them to your notice & patronage. mr M c Rae has been a member of the council of state of Virginia , & Lieut t Governor, highly esteemed for his talents & correctness of principle, moral & political. Maj r
5961Thomas Jefferson to Alexander McRae, 5 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I sincerely wish you success in the object of the visit which yourself & Maj r Clarke propose to make to Europe . to your country it promises advantage, & I hope it will yield it to yourselves also. as you seem sensible of the danger to which it will expose you, under the laws of those countries, I need say nothing on that head but that the secrecy enjoined on me shall be observed. the letters...
5962Thomas Jefferson to William Pinkney, 5 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearers hereof, mr Alexander M c Rae , & Major John Cla rke proposing to go to Great Britain on their private concerns, I take the liberty of presenting them to your notice & patronage. mr M c Rae , a lawyer of distinction, has been a member of the council of state of Virginia & Lieut t Governor, highly esteemed for his talents & correctness of princip le moral & political.
5963Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 3 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 26 th ult. came to hand by the last post. that of June 23. had been recieved in due time, & I had not adverted to the copy of the order it inclosed respecting Gen l K’s Pensylvania bank stock. I now inclose you an order to recieve it. I am very happy at being released from the bank in a way to incommode nobody. I am distressed by old mr Shoemaker your neighbor, who has rented...
5964Thomas Jefferson to Samuel H. Smith, 3 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter came to hand yesterday by mail after your departure. presuming it could not find you at the President’s , I have thought it best to return it to you at Washington where you will probably find it on your return. I hope mrs Smith & yourself will have performed your journey in good health & without accident, and shall be very happy if you shall have found the same pleasure in...
5965Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 29 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer hereof, mr Smith , is the son of Gen l Smith of Baltimore , whose revolutionary services, as well as his civil station among us, that of a Senator, & a distinguished one of the United States , cannot be unknown to you who have taken so long, & so friendly an interest in whatever regards, or is done in the US . his son , who wishes to qualify himself to be useful to his country...
5966Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Smith (of Maryland), 29 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
By the last post I inclosed you a letter for S t Petersbg and promised by this something for Paris . The Secretary of State’s letters will ensure every thing with Gen l Armstrong . the people of the world with whom I was formerly acquainted are all swept off the stage. my correspondents there are with literary characters chiefly, few of whom I personally know. I have selected
5967Thomas Jefferson to Skelton Jones, 28 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 19. did not come to hand till the 29 th & I have not been able to take it up till now. I lent to mr Burke my collection of newspapers from 1741. to 1760. and the further matter which I suggested I might be able to furnish him after my return to Monticello , was the collection of M.S. laws of Virginia , which I expected would furnish some proper & authentic materials for...
5968Thomas Jefferson to Levett Harris, 27 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer hereof, mr Smith , is the son of the honble Gen l Samuel Smith of Baltimore , of whose revolutionary services you cannot be uninformed, & who has been a distinguished member of our public councils during the present government, first in the H. of Representatives , & latterly of the Senate of the US. the son goes in connection with the American legation to S t Petersburg , but on his...
5969Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Smith (of Maryland), 26 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 23 d was recieved yesterday. my acquaintance at S t Petersburg is very limited. those who were elderly are dead; of the young, there are two persons with whom I was acquainted at Paris , who were in the early administration of the present emperor , but who have been out for some time, & on what ground, I know not. having never renewed my acquaintance with them by letter, I...
5970Thomas Jefferson to John Martin Baker, 25 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 16 th has been duly recieved, and your kind offers of service, on your return to the Balearian islands is recieved with the thankfulness to which it is so justly entitled. the prices of the productions of Majorca are really so favorable as to tempt me to trespass on your goodness by adding to the two pipes of Albaflor wine, some other small articles as noted below. your...