1Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 24 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved yours of the 19 th just in time by the return of this day’s post, to inform you that the dove coloured silk, with down in it, is mine. it is an Eider-down coverlet which I bought in Philadelphia in 1793. when I lived there. as it can be rolled into a compass not bigger than a man’s leg, I would wish it to be packed in as small a box as it can be got into, & forwarded by the...
2Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 15 th I have recieved, and am thankful to you for the information as to the broadtailed ram, & shall be particularly so to D r Thornton if he can spare me one, as I have no chance of getting one in this state. mr Howard was mistaken in supposing I was sending for one. there is no such animal nearer than Washington . will you be so good as to inform me whether the one D r Thornton...
3Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 26 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 18 th came to hand on the 24 th . altho’ three posts a week leave Washington for this place Milton , & perform the rout in 2. or 3. days, yet from a negligence somewhere our letters are often a week coming to hand. with respect to the best mode of proceeding with your Merinos, I have no doubt, if you were able that it would be best for you to purchase as many ewes as the rams...
4Thomas 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
5Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 25 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Davy now brings a cart for the big-tailed ram which Doct r Thornton has been so kind as to offer me. you will be so good as to apply for it, and to instruct Davy how to bring him & take care of him so that he may be in no danger of being hurt. with respect to the Merinos, I had rather put off beginning with them a year or two longer. my farms, which have been leased out d during my absence,...
6Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 24 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your two letters of the 5 th & 14 th and am thankful for your aid in the safe delivery of our Merinos. the President , on their arrival, had notified me of it and that he would recieve & forward mine to Orange with his own. from thence I can get them here in a day. as soon as I heard of their arrival, I made up my mind, instead of recieving thousands of Dollars a piece for...
7Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved yours of the 1 st . Doct r Thornton desired me to send the pair of dogs to the president’s in Orange to the care of mr Gooch his overseer when I send there for my sheep, & that either mr Barry would carry them when he returned to Washington or the President’s waggon. besides this there will be a rider coming weekly from
8Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 13 December [1810] (Jefferson Papers)
I have just recieved your letter of the 6 h inst , and would most gladly comply with your request of the loan of 130.D. were it in my power. but my expenditures at Washington occasioned me to leave that place 12,500. Dollars in debt. for these I was obliged to have recourse to the banks, and am now pressing all my resources to discharge that debt, and liberate my endorsers. it will still take...
9Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 19 September 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 4 th came to hand on the 8 inst. but it was not till I could get a list of the Senate that I could do any thing in it. mr E. Coles accompanying the President in on a visit here has furnished me one, and I have immediately written to those members of the present Senate to whom I felt myself at liberty to apply. with some of the others I am not acquainted, and a recommendation...
10Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 25 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return, after an absence of 5. or 6. weeks in Bedford , I find here your letter of Nov. 13 . being still engaged in considerable mill works, Et roads E t c. I have occasion for the blowing of a great deal of rock, and get my supplies of gunpowder from M r Dupont’s powder mills at Wilmington . this has been the subject of my remittances to him. the Merino fever has so entirely subsided in...
11Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 15 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to the request in your letter of the 8 th I have this day written to mr Sam l H. Smith , recommending you to his recollection in the disposal of any suitable office which may be in his gift. when such an one occurs, you will of course bring yourself to his notice. I am sorry your porter business has failed you from the circumstances of the times; as a dependance on one’s own...
12Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 15 th was eight days on the road, and I answer it by the first return of our mail. I had prepared for mr Smith some notes on the transportation of the library , and as they give exactly all the information you desire, I send you a copy of them on the next leaf. they will inform you of the price of waggonage here, the number which will be requisite, the distance, and best...
13Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 13 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return here two days ago after an absence of two months in Bedford , I found here your letter of Nov. 25. the cyder which I used to procure from Norfolk was obtained thro’ the channel of Col o Newton member of Congress from that district. he always purchased and shipped it for me. the difficulty I experienced was in getting it brought without being watered by the sailors. I have no doubt...
14Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 23 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
your letter of the 10 th did not come to hand until the 20 th instant. on examining my files I find that the letter to mr Lambert was an exact copy of that to Gen l Varnum and all the others to whom I wrote on that occasion. I have therefore recopied it and addressed it to mr Lambert , which I now inclose, and return you the copy of that to Gen l Varnum . wishing you success in your...
15Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 6 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I sincerely congratul ate you on the appointment mentioned in your favor of Se p. 21. an d if my testimony in your behalf has contributed to procu re it, it is an additional pleasure. I am just recovering from a long indisposition, and being still unable to set up to write, but in pain, I must place here the assurance of my friendship & best wishes. PoC ( DLC ); on verso of reused address...
16From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 12 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
When forwarding the other day the memorandum for Capt. or mrs Andrews, I omitted to send the one now inclosed. mr Dougherty will therefore be pleased to deliver it immediately with a request that it be prepared & put in the same box with the other. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
17From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 19 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer of this is an express hired to carry dispatches to the Secretaries of State & of the Navy at Washington. I have engaged him to bring back to me my gigg, which was carried to Washington by mr Randolph & left there. in consideration of this I have promised him lodging & subsistence for himself & horse at the President’s house while in Washington. he has nothing to detain him there but...
18From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 31 July 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
In the first place say not a word on the subject of this letter but to mr Perry, the person who delivers it to you. he comes in pursuit of a young mulatto man, called Joe, 26. years of age, who ran away from here the night of the 29th. inst. without the least word of difference with any body, & indeed having never in his life recieved a blow from any one. he has been about 12. years working at...
19From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 21 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. McMahon of Philadelphia writes me that mr Duane having put off his journey, he should the next day (Apr. 14) send forward the larger box by the stage, & the smaller one by the mail. whether the one you got from the stage office is one of these, or a different one I do not know, but I wish them all to be forwarded by the stage. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
20From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 6 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your letter of Aug. 31. and now inclose you fifty dollars according to request. I am sincerely glad that your family dispute is made up, as I am convinced it will tend to your own happiness, and particularly to the well-being of your children. the differings between man & wife, however they may affect their tranquility, can never produce such sufferings as are consequent on...
21From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 19 July 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Memorandum for Joseph Dougherty. July 19. 08. a check on the bank US. is given of this date for 42.74 to be paid to Cooper 18. Henry Ingle 15. Doctr. Patterson 9.74 42.74 Aug. 7. a check of this date is given for 112.50 to be paid to