1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 4 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
As you feel an interest in every measure for the amelioration of the condition of man, I will not apologize for submitting to your perusal some Lres which occasioned Security & prosperity to 50 Millions of Asiatics, but I must make my excuses for the trouble I have caused by not being versed in the art of Book making—If you begin at page 38 where I have put some papers, you will perhaps obtain...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 12 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed Letter having met with the approbation of some sensible impartial characters, I have been induced reluctantly to intrude with it upon your retirement. The measures you have already adopted have extorted an acknowledgement from those persons who persued a conduct diametrically opposite “that General Washington was the founder but that you Sir will be the maker of the City.” On the...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 23 May 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
With sorrow unfeigned I inform you that Mrs Washington has terminated her well spent life about half an hour, after suffering with calm fortitude a fever for 17 days.—Dr. Craigk with unceasing assiduity afforded all the relief that was in the power of medecine but in vain. The distress of all around agitates me too much, & prevents me from expressing the keen sense I entertain of the Loss of...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 28 July 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
As the enclosed replies of Mr. Snodgrass to questions on naval architecture confirm your sentiments of the propriety of covering the frigates from Sun & rain, I take the liberty of enclosing them for your perusal. I remain With respect Your most Obedt. Humble Servant. RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 2 Aug. and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure not found, but see below. Gabriel Snodgrass ,...
5Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, [received 14 November 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
You will in a few weeks be gratified by the census which will shew the increase of population during your peaceful & prosperous Government—How much more satisfactory than a list of the kill’d & wounded after a glorious Victory! The accompanying may perhaps afford amusement during a leisure hour at Monticello , I should be happy if I could contribute a moment of pleasure to one who has rendered...
6Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 22 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Having been shewn a Paragraph in the Federal republican—Headed An authentic anecdote I thought it incumbent upon me, to write the enclosed to M r Wagner , as and to desire him to insert it in his paper— as he did not reply, I sent another Copy to M r Barry , hoping that M r Wagner would have more pleasure in inserting the antedote than the bane, I also desired
7Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 13 April [1811] (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to request your name as a Subscriber to a work which will be of essential service to which M r Gallatin , M r Paul Hamilton & others have subscribed & which M r Gallatin has promised to aid by correcting the Statistical account—should you be dissatisfied I will take it— The translator is a very worthy man, whom I esteem, & whom I assist as much as lays in my power for the rising...
8Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 13 November 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
For several months I did not think the Baltimore printers “ family anecdote ” of consequence enough to send home, but in May I forwarded it, & my B r Lord Ellenborough says that “ Fox never did or would have used the expressions quoted as his,—it was not his manner of acting” — I am induced to intrude with this, out of justice to so worthy a man, & not to convince you that the Federal...
9Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 1 October 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Enclosed I submit to your perusal, what I trust will be deem’d worth the trouble— If after a Year, these Treasury notes (become due), were rec d as Cash in paym t of Subs n to the loan, it would give them full credit & enable Gov t to issue more—The loan would also be obtain’d on more advantageous terms, as these note holders would encrease the number of competitors for the loan— RC ( DLC : TJ...
10Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 26 November 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I was favored with your accompaniement to my thoughts on banking & have reason to believe that Treasury notes will be issued to a larger Amount—The Banks here took them as Cash for a subs n to Gov ts Loan, as they were glad to obtain them— The enclosed Pet n is rapidly signing & the Corporation is anxious to have the Bank. in Hamburgh a similar bank pays 150000 Crowns to the State see Adam...
11Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I submit to you a production intended to be perused by the female sex which has so much i nfluence on man from the cradle to the grave— There is a case in the quarterly review of Octo r 1811 page 286—which shews the distressing effects of oppression & contempt shewn to a boy of sensibility, & of the benefits resulting by a change to encouragement & benevolence, which strongly conf corroborates...
12Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I was highly gratified by your favor of the 13 th Ult o from Poplar Grove . Laudari a laudato is a real satisfaction—your observations comprise in a small compass all that has been written on the important subject: the remark that selfishness is the impulse of the individual & that moral feelings are excited by another or more, simplifies all that I have endeavored to prove— few have read my...
13Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. January 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to enclose a Letter written currente Calamo — RC ( DLC: TJ Papers , 203:36110); undated; addressed: “To Thomas Jefferson Esqr Montecello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 5 Jan. 1815, but recorded in SJL as received 5 Feb. 1815. Enclosure not found. currente calamo : “rapidly; offhand; without premeditation.”
14Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 8 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to enclose observations on the proposed Bank—The articles of association are printed in the National Intelligencer— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 12 May 1815 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 15 July 1815 , on recto and verso; addressed: “To Thomas Jefferson, Esqr Monticello Virginia”; franked; postmarked
15Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 19 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to introduce to you Cap n Hall a British officer of engaging manners, enlightened understanding & liberality of sentiment—He is travelling for amusement, & duly estimates the growing prosperity of this Country under a good Constitution. That you may long enjoy otium cum dignitate , with the pleasing consciousness of having planned & aided to give success to this experimental...
16Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to request your attention to the enclosed—I have endeavored to convey my sentiments with perspicuity & energy—The subject is a most important one, & I obeyed the impulse of duty—Conscious how much prejudice I have to encounter, I hope that some abler pen, will strengthen what is weak & enlighten what may be obscure— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 16 Feb. 1817 and so recorded...
17Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, [received 23 February 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
Our Society will be highly gratified if you will permit us to insert your name amongst the Members who are desirous of promoting the objects we have in view— RC ( DLC: TJ Papers , 209:37298); undated; endorsed by TJ as received 23 Feb. Recorded in SJL as received 23 Feb. 1817. With this letter Law may have enclosed two works related to the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and...
18Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose to you what I deem a sine quâ non in finance— M r Monroe is in favor of it & M r Crawford desired the Com ee on a national Currency to write to him that he might introduce it to a limited amount of five or ten Million— M r Calhoun the Chairman promised to write,
19Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 23 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
m r Crommelin & M r Van Lenwep two very intelligent & respectable travellers will present to you some hasty remarks published in the Washington Gazette & formed into a pamphlet by M r Dupont one of the most amiable judicious & useful adopted citizens— Your polite attention to the Bearers which they would be sure of even without an introduction will oblige y rs with unabated RC (
20To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 30 November 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Law Esq r from bodily infirmity has devolved upon M r J. B. Cutting the grateful task of inclosing to Thomas Jefferson late–President of the United States a recent essay upon a complicated subject. M r Cutting for himself, tenders M r Jefferson his most respectful recollections and good wishes—accompanied with regret for the accident that has lately befallen him; from the effects of...
21To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 7 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to introduce to you Cap n Chapman an accomplished British officer the nephew of an old East India friend. I have been deprived of my only daughter & of my son John & my only son Edmund has been much afflicted with a rheumatism which I feared would leave me fatherless—these successive blows & the severity of the winter have much affected my nerves—Could I see a N l C y established &...
22To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 4 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to introduce two friends of M r Owen who are on their way to Harmony, Laudably zealous to make an experiment, which they sincerely believe will be beneficial as an example to mankind— Captain M c Donald & M r Whitehill presented yesterday a large model of the intended Square of buildings to M r Adams—the particulars of which they will explain—by them I send a pamphlet explaining the...
23To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 4 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Law presents his respectful Compts to Mr Jefferson with the 2nd & 3rd Volumes of Marmontels Memoirs— Mr Law has been reading the Laws of Maryland & Virginia respecting the Potowmac and much fears that Maryland would not agree to a Canal above the falls which would injure the Potowmac Company, but as George Town is hostile to Alexandria & commands I believe, the Majority of votes; it would...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Law, 2 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Law presents his respects to Mr. Jefferson, with the production of his leisure hours last Summer, and which the subsaquent agitations of Agues & Fevers have prevented him from finishing more worthy Mr Jeffersons perusal— DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.