61Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My absence from Washington and the circuitous tour which your letter to me has made, has prevented its reaching my hands before the 6 th of this month. For the last 18 months I have resided at Pittsburg , engaged for M r Fulton in the agency of one of his Steam boat companies, whose object it was to establish a compleat line of boats from thence to New Orleans . But so deficient were the...
62Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Thomas Jefferson, 5 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
When your letter of the 27 t of Aug t arrived, I was confined to my bed by a bilious fever. After my recovery two long absences from the city, and as much occupation as filled all my time, prevented my acknowledging the favor you have done me in communicating to me the very simple, & valuable invention it discribes . But what renders your letter more valuable, is the assurance it gives me of...