8951Statement of Account with Gibson & Jefferson, 15 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Messrs. Gibson & Jefferson in acct. with Th: Jefferson 1800. Dt. £ Feb. 5. By cash on Barnes’s ord. on Heth 240. 0. 0 May. 31. do. W. C. Nicholas’s ord. on Pick. Pol. & Johnson 135. 0. 0 Sep. 18. do. from G. Nicholson for nail rod recovy. 20.19. 3 24. do. remitted by J. Barnes.
8952From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 16 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your’s of the 10th. and immediately wrote to mr Barnes at Georgetown to remit you 3[84.]43 D which with the 535.83 D exchanged with mr Short will make up 920.26 the amount of my draughts on you , and be recieved I am in hopes before more of those draughts are presented than the 535.83 will answer. I am with great esteem Dear Sir Your’s affectionately PrC ( MHi ); blurred;...
8953From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 16 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to mr Randolph on the 9th. & 10th. inst. and yesterday recieved his letter of the 10th. it gave me real joy to learn that Lilly had got a recruit of hands from mr Allen; tho’ still I would not have that prevent the taking all from the nailery who are able to cut, as I desired in mine of the 9th. as I wish Craven’s ground to be got ready for him without any delay. mr Randolph writes me...
8954From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 17 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to the President of the US. and will have the honor of waiting on him to dinner on Thursday next RC (Gary Hendershott, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1992); addressed: “The President of the US.” Not recorded in SJL .
8955From Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 19 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you Dec. 23. via Petersburg, and to Maria Jan. 4. via City point. neither seems to have reached you Jan. 12. the date of your letter which came to hand yesterday. I answer it immediately according to my promise to Maria. and if mine be acknoleged as soon as you recieve it, we may hear from each other regularly every fortnight, as a letter is but 6 days going hence to Richmond, and...
8956From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Habersham, 23 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sorry to add to the numberless application’s which a system as extensive & ramified as that of our posts must occasion you. but I am in hopes the interference, I shall ask, will be inconsiderable, to [re]store [order] in the line, in which I am particularly interested, that which goes from here to Orange, Milton, Charlottesville, & Warren. letters put into the mail here by 5. aclock P.M....
8957From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 23 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 17th . reached this on the 21st. from Saturday to Wednesday. this will leave this place tomorrow (Saturday the 24th.) and ought to be with you on Thursday the 29th. but it seems that a week is lost somewhere. I suspect the Fredsbg rider leaves that place an hour or two before the Northern post reaches it. on this subject I will this day write to the Postmaster genl. I am...
8958From Thomas Jefferson to John Hoomes, 24 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 16th. has been duly recieved. I am not in immediate want of the horse; and if your stay at Richmond should be longer than expected, or my want of him should become urging, I could send some person from this place for him. it is more likely that your return may be quite early enough for my want, and your then sending him on at my expence will be sufficient. There is no change...
8959From Thomas Jefferson to Patricot, 24 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The letter which I wrote you on the 20th. of Dec. I inclosed to Colo. Newton at Norfolk merely to know if you were there. he returned it to me with information that you were in New-York. I then directed it to New York, and being in consequence assured of your address by your’s of the 16th. inst. I have now the pleasure to forward you a letter and an open paper which I recieved from mr Short,...
8960To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Pinckney, 24 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Although not sufficiently recovered from the effects of my late fall from my carriage to venture it I propose embarking on Sunday to join you at Washington having taken my passage for that purpose & as I cannot travel by land, again venture a Winter Voyage by sea—I write this Line to inform you of it & to mention that having seen in the Northern papers an account that a compromise was offered...
8961From Thomas Jefferson to John Redman Coxe, 25 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your favor of the 17th. inst. informing me that the American Philosophical Society had been pleased again to appoint me to the Presidency of that institution, and by an unanimous vote. for this mark of the confidence of the society, as dear to me as it is honorable, I pray you to convey to them my humble acknolegements, and a renewal of the assurances of my devotion to their...
8962From Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 28 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The instalments for my tobacco, sold the last spring, did not come in finally till my arrival here, when a new circumstance appeared to be arising which called indispensably for some preliminary expences, and obliged me to throw the paiment which should have been made to you agreeably to my letter of the last summer , on a fund which does not come in till April. I now inclose you an order on...
8963From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 29 January [1801] (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 24th . came to hand last night. on application to the Postmaster Genl. it seems that I should have put my letters into the office here on the Thursday, instead of Friday. this accordingly goes to the office this day, which is Thursday, and therefore ought to get to you on Thursday next. it may very likely therefore go with my letter of the 23d. I am very glad indeed to find that...
8964From Thomas Jefferson to Aaron Burr, 1 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
It was to be expected that the enemy would endeavor to sow tares between us, that they might divide us and our friends. every consideration satisfies me you will be on your guard against this, as I assure you I am strongly. I hear of one stratagem so imposing & so base that it is proper I should notice it to you. mr Munford , who is here, says he saw at N. York before he left it, an original...
8965From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 1 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was of Jan. 16. since which I have recieved your two of Jan. 12. and that of Jan. 23. I inclose you one for your brother, not knowing what is his correct post office, so as to send it to him by post directly. mr T. M. Randolph states to me that he shall fall in your debt £135 at the end of the year’s account, & being at a loss to provide it has asked me to do it. I have informed...
8966From Thomas Jefferson to John Garland Jefferson, 1 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of Jan. 17. 1801. has been duly recieved. about 7. years ago a judgment for about £2000. was obtained against mr Wayles’s estate, and came on me at such short notice that I was much embarrassed to raise suddenly my proportion of it. while under that embarrasment I offered for sale the tract of land in Bedford which is the subject of your letter, as also a part of my lands in Albemarle....
8967From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not written to you since the letter by mrs B . your’s of Jan. 10. is recieved, and your own wishes are entirely acquiesced in as to time. Clermont has refused. I think to adopt your idea at Baltimore . I dare not through the channel of the post hazard a word to you on the subject of the election. indeed the interception & publication of my letters exposes the republican cause as well as...
8968From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas McKean, 2 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have long waited for an opportunity to acknolege the reciept of your favor of Dec. 15. as well as of that by Doctr. Mendenhall . none occurring I shall either deliver the present to Genl. Muhlenburg or put it under cover to Doctr. Wistar to whom I happen to be writing, to be sent to your house in Philadelphia or forwarded confidentially to Lancaster. The event of the election is still in...
8969Notes on Convention of 1800, [before 3 February 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
G. Morris’s construction of the 6th. & 24th. articles. By the old treaty with France they had a right to bring in their prizes call that right A. By the treaty with England we grant them a right with the exeption of that granted to France, to wit A. our dissolution of the treaty with France does not convey A. to England it does not give her a right to bring in French prizes then when we put...
8970From Thomas Jefferson to John Hoomes, 3 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your servant arrived here this afternoon with the horse , [and I] have only this moment been able to go and see him. I am quite satisfied with his first appearances, & have no doubt I shall continue [to be?] so. the servant wishing to go immediately to Georgetown to take […] passage for tomorrow morning, I give him dollars to cover your [advances] for his expences, & those of his return &...
8971From Thomas Jefferson to Caspar Wistar, 3 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
According to your desire I wrote to Chancellor Livingston on the subject of the bones. the following is an extract from his letter dated Jan. 7. ‘I have paid the earliest attention to your request relative to the bones found at Shawangun, & have this day written to a very intelligent friend in that neighborhood. I fear however that till they have finished their search there will be some...
8972From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Leiper, 4 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
A circumstance has arisen in Philadelphia in which I must ask your friendly aid, because nobody in the world is so able to judge of it as yourself. Messrs. Gibson & Jefferson, as my agents in Richmond, sold my crop of Bedford & Albemarle tobo. of the growth of 1799. to McMurdo & Fisher of Richmond for 6. D. a hundred payable Apr. 1. this sale was made about the latter part of Nov. last of...
8973Enclosure: Jackson & Wharton to McMurdo & Fisher, 4 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
‘the weather proving very unfavorable, we have had it in our power to examine but about one third of the parcel, which so far as respects the crop of mr Jefferson we have no hesitation in saying is very mean. of about 10. or 11. hhds. we have opened, not one is good. there are of two inspections, of which Lynchburg has originally been the best; but much of it has been wet before prizing and...
8974From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of Jan. 29 and instantly wrote to mr Lieper in Philadelphia, with full powers to call on Jackson & Wharton, examine the tobacco, and deduct whatever he should think reasonable from the price of any of it which might appear to have [been] damaged before the sale: for I have nothing to do with damages in going to Philadelphia. [it] is possible the batteau-men may...
8975From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 5 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of Jan. 31. is this moment put into my hands, and the departure of the post obliges an answer on the same day. I am much afflicted to learn that your health is not good, and the particular derangement of your stomach. this last is the parent of many ills, and if any degree of abstinence will relieve you from them it ought to be practised. perhaps in time it may be brought to by beginning...
8976From Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Briggs, 8 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of Jan. 24. on the subject of the establishment of Agricultural societies, a subject which had formerly occupied my attention to a certain degree, and had been recently called up again by a proposition from the President of the board of agriculture in England. the difficulty in this country is to call into activity some principle which will command...
8977From Thomas Jefferson to Simon Chaudron, 8 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to M. Chaudron. he has safely recieved the watch by mr Richards, and in good order. he waits his return to Philadelphia, which will be some days hence, to remit him the price, as he finds it impracticable to get bills here on Philadelphia. he supposes the second hand has been omitted because the wheel on which it would have been put would have shewn...
8978From Thomas Jefferson to Tench Coxe, 11 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 25. came to hand some days ago, and yesterday a gentleman put into my hand, at the door of the Senate chamber, the vol. of the Amer. Museum for 1798. as no letter accompanied it I took it for granted it was to bring under my eye some of it’s contents. I have gone over it with satisfaction. this is the morning of the election by the H. of R. for some time past a single...
8979I. To Philip Norborne Nicholas, 12 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The H. of R. has been in conclave ever since 2. aclock yesterday. 25. balots have been taken at intervals of from half an hour to an hour. they were invariably 8. 6. & 2. divided. I can venture nothing mo[re by] the post but my affectionate salutations. PrC ( DLC ); faint, text in brackets supplied from Documents ii–v ; in ink at foot of text TJ wrote the names of Mann Page, John Page, James...
8980II. To James Madison, 12 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The H. of R. has been in conclave ever since 2. aclock yesterday. at 10. P.M. 17 ballots had been tried, & were invariably 8. 6. & 2 divided. I have not heard from the Capitol this morning I can venture nothing more by the post but my affectionate salutations, to yourself & mrs Madison. P.S. 1. P.M. the H. of R. suspended the balloting from 7. to 12. this morning, & after trying a few more...
8981III. To James Monroe, 12 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The H. of R. has been in conclave ever since 2. aclock yesterday. 25. ballots have been taken at intervals of from half an hour to an hour. they were invariably 8. 6. & 2 divided. I can venture nothing more by post but my affectionate salutations to yourself & mrs Monroe. P.S. 1. P.M. the H. of R. suspended the balloting from 7. to 12. this morning & after trying a few balots with the same...
8982IV. To Thomas Mann Randolph, 12 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The H. of R. has been in conclave ever since 2. aclock yesterday. 25. balots have been taken at intervals of from half an hour to an hour. they were invariably 8. 6. & 2. divided. I can venture nothing more by the post but my affectionate salutations, to yourself & my dear Martha. P.S. 1. P.M. the H. of R. suspended the balloting from 7. to 12. this morning & after trying a few balots with the...
8983V. To Archibald Stuart, 12 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The H. of R. has been in conclave ever since 2 aclock yesterday. 25. ballots have been taken, & were invariably 8. 6. & 2. divided. the intervals of balloting were from half an hour to an hour. I can venture nothing more by post but my affectionate salutations. P.S. 1. P.M. the H. of R. suspended the balloting from 7. to 12. this morning, & after trying a few balots again with the same effect...
8984Notes on a Conversation with Edward Livingston, 12 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
1801. Feb. 12. Edwd. Livingston tells me that Bayard applied to-day or last night to Genl. Sam. Smith & represented to him the expediency of his coming over to the states who vote for Burr, that there was nothing in the way of appointmt. which he might not command, & particularly mentioned the Secretaryship of the navy. Smith asked him if he was authorised to make the offer. he said he was...
8985From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Smith Barton, 14 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 18 . is duly recieved. the subject of it did not need apology. on the contrary should I be placed in office, nothing would be more desireable to me than the recommendations of those in whom I have confidence, of persons fit for office. for if the good withold their testimony, we shall be at the mercy of the bad. if the question relative to mr Zantzinger had been merely that...
8986From Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Ellicott, 14 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favors of Feb. 5. & 9. and to thank you for the pamphlet contained in the former one which was a desideratum to me. I will forward the diplomas to Chr. Livingston & mr Stewart. the latter is almost out of date. I am Dear Sir Your most obedt. servt PrC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “Mr. Andrew Ellicot”; endorsed by TJ in ink on verso. Ellicott’s letter of 9...
8987Notes on a Conversation with Gen. John Armstrong, 14 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Feb. 14 Genl Armstrong tells me that Gouvernr. Morris in conversation with him today on the scene which is passing expressd himself thus. how come it, sais he, that Burr who is 400. miles off (at Albany) has agents here at work with great activity, while mr Jefferson, who is on the spot, does nothing?’ this explains the ambiguous conduct of himself & his nephew Lewis Morris, and that they were...
8988From Thomas Jefferson to Stephen Sayre, 14 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favors of Jan 12. & Feb. 5. it is far from being certain at this date that I shall have any thing to do with the executive councils of the country. yet as you make the movements of your son to depend in some measure on the circumstance stated in your letter of Jan. 12. I will hazard an observation which will merit no more weight than would have that of...
8989From Thomas Jefferson to John Stuart, 14 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
You were chosen a member of the American philosophical society so long ago as 1797. and as I lived at a distance from Philadelphia, the Secretaries were advised how to address your diploma when it should be filled up. by some accident unexplained to me it seems it has never been forwarded. I did not know this till I recieved it a few days ago. I have the honour now to inclose it. the bones you...
8990From Thomas Jefferson to William Thornton, 14 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Doctr. Thornton. he has recieved his friendly invitation to pass the evening on Monday next; but for 10. years past he has been in the habit, from considerations of health, of never going out in the evening. his friends have been so kind as to indulge this habit, & he is sure Dr. Thornton will accept it as an apology. RC ( DLC : William Thornton...
8991From Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson Eppes, 15 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter, my dear Maria, of the 2d. inst. came to hand on the 8th. I should have answered it instantly according to our arrangement, but that I thought, by waiting till the 11th. I might possibly be able to communicate something on the subject of the election. however, after 4. days of balloting, they are exactly where they were on the first. there is a strong expectation in some that they...
8992From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 15 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved several letters from you which have not been acknoleged. by the post I dare not, and one or two confidential opportunities have past me by surprise. I have regretted it the less, because I knew you could be more safely and fully informed by others. mr Tyler, the bearer of this, will give you a great deal more information personally than can be done by letter. four days of...
8993From Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 15 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 30. by mr Tyler your nephew has been duly recieved, and I read in it with great satisfaction the expression of friendly regard which I can with truth reciprocate. we have had a long course together, and in the moments of trial, I have seen you always at your post. our political vessel has rode very uneasily under the gales of monarchy: I hope, when put on her republican...
8994From Thomas Jefferson to Robert R. Livingston, 16 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 7. came duly to hand. a part of it gave me that kind of concern which I fear I am destined often to meet. men professing minds of the first order, and who have had opportunities of being known & of acquiring the general confidence, do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country. in your case however it is a subject of regret rather than of complaint, as you are...
8995Notes on a Newspaper Article, 16 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Feb. 16. see the Wilmington Mirror of Feb. 14. mr Bayard’s elaborate argument to prove that the common law, as modified by the laws of the respective states at the epoch of the ratificn of the constn, attached to the courts of the US. MS ( DLC : TJ Papers, 108:18534); entirely in TJ’s hand; on same sheet as Notes on a Conversation with Gen. John Armstrong, 14 Feb. Wilmington Mirror : Mirror of...
8996Notes on a Letter of William Pinkney, [after 17 February 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
a letter from mr Pinckney to mr Thompson the brother in law of mr Mercer , communicated to mr Rodney, by mr Duval who had seen it, and to Colo. Mercer by Thompson . ‘that nothing had raised the credit of America in the eyes of Europe, & even of England itself, as the late election; & that had he been here himself he would have supported it with all his might.’ MS ( DLC : TJ Papers, 232:42032);...
8997Notes on New York Patronage, [after 17 February 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
David Gelston of N.Y. Collector of revenue vice Sands. recommdd. by Genl. John Smith . estimable, popular, a merchant formerly.—but Armstrong says not estimated devoted to Burr. at any rate this is to lie for further information. Willett is not popular, not esteemd liv’d. in ad—y &c—a tool &c— not approvd. by Clinton. devotd to B. Rogers the naval officer is an Englishman, come over not long...
8998From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 18 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I do myself the honor to enclose to you a Resolution of the Senate of this day. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient and very humble servant RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; in hand of Samuel A. Otis, signed by TJ. Not recorded in SJL . Enclosure: Senate resolution of 18 Feb. (same, in Otis’s hand; see below). The Senate on 18 Feb.,...
8999From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 18 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The House of Representatives having yesterday concluded their choice of a person for the chair of the US. and called me to that office, it now becomes necessary to provide an administration composed of persons whose qualifications and standing have possessed them of the public confidence, and whose wisdom may ensure to our fellow citizens the advantages they sanguinely expect. on a review of...
9000From Thomas Jefferson to William Jackson, 18 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3d. inst. has been duly recieved. I percieve in it that friendship which I ever found in your character, & which honors every character in which it is found. I feel myself indebted also for the justice you do me as to opinions which others, with less candour, have imputed to me. I have recieved many letters stating to me, in the spirit of prophecy, caricatures which the...