1Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 10 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknowledge your’s of the 4 th , received this morning, and to promise you my attention, to the case of David Michie against yourself, depending in the Albemarle circuit Court ,— I was apprised of the application for a certiorari, during the sitting of the last court, and on the authority of your former letter, would have contested the propriety of granting it, if the application had...
2Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 27 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving your letter , enclosing your bill in Equity , with the accompanying documents—with which, however, I have not yet had an opportunity to make myself acquainted. I expect to be detained here, until some day next week, and then to set out, with my family, on my return home. I shall pass through Louisa to see my friends there, where it is probable I may be detained...
3Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 21 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
The last saturdays mail, brought me Your favor of the 16 th covering a statement of the proceedings on the writ of forcible entry and detainer , in the case bew between yourself and David Michie — Yours of the 4. had been previously received and answered;— My answer , which I suppose you have here received, gives you the ground on which I suppose that the supersedeas certiorari was awarded.
4Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving this morning, your letter, of the 26 h Dec r addressed to me, at Staunton , and the duplicate thereof, addressed to this place— In your suit in chancery, with the Rivanna company you may count on my Services as counsel, and so, according to your request, you may expect me to appear for You as counsel, in any cause, in which You may be concerned, within the range...
5Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 7. by the last mail enclosing twenty dollars, my fee in the certiorari case of Michie , in the Albemarle Circuit court —. I was very sorry to hear that indisposition had deprived us of the pleasure of seeing you, at Charlotte’sville — I hope when at Charlottesville hereafter, I shall have it in my power, to avail my self of your polite...
6Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 5 th of this month , on the subject of a petition, presented to the Legislature, by the Rivanna Company —If that subject should come before the Senate, I will take pleasure, in investigating the facts, and in presenting them to the other members of our house, in their true character— RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 13 Jan. 1813...