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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 29 July … | 1825-07-29 | Thy favor of 22 inst., enclosing ten dollars, is duly received. This pays, & more than pays, for... |
| 2 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 10 May … | 1825-05-10 | I am favored with thy Letter of March 23. Soon after, or about the same time I wrote thee, I... |
| 3 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 8 March … | 1825-03-08 | The booksellers tell me that Tourists & Travellers want a convenient Pocket Companion, not merely... |
| 4 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Adams, John | To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 21 February … | 1825-02-21 | Thou hast been pleased to command my literary labors, and to manifest toward me so much kindness,... |
| 5 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Adams, John | To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 17 February … | 1825-02-17 | I was duly favored, sometime since, with thy kind notice of my late publications, for which I... |
| 6 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Adams, John | To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 28 October … | 1824-10-28 | This ‘ Baby ’ of mine, the little Book sent herewith, is truly a very small Book; but thou wilt... |
| 7 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Horatio Gates Spafford, 28 … | 1824-10-28 | I am to much of a Virginian, & to friendly to the great design on which thou art bestowing thy... |
| 8 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Adams, John | To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 18 June 1824 | 1824-06-18 | Thy letter duly came to my family, & I have now the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of it. I... |
| 9 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Horatio Gates Spafford, 18 … | 1824-06-18 | Thy Letter duly reached my family, & I have now the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of it. I... |
| 10 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Adams, John | To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 8 April 1824 | 1824-04-08 | Can I send thee a 3 dollar octavo volume of 620 pages, by mail, post-free? I have just published... |
| 11 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 8 April … | 1824-04-08 | As I once spoke or wrote to thee concerning a Gazetteer & Geography of the State of Virginia, I... |
| 12 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Horatio Gates Spafford, 8 … | 1824-04-08 | To save the trouble, let thy clerk, or some young man say whether I can send thee a 3 dollar... |
| 13 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 25 … | 1822-11-25 | Providence sometimes blesses us with necessary chastisements. The untoward events that drove me... |
| 14 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Horatio Gates Spafford, 25 … | 1822-11-25 | After 20 odd years of investigation as an operative Chemist, I have succeeded in demonstrating... |
| 15 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 11 June … | 1822-06-11 | By some delay of the Post Master at Ballston, to which thy favor of April 16 was directed, I did... |
| 16 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 15 March … | 1822-03-15 | I present a copy of my Proposals for a second edition of the Gazetteer of this State, & am in... |
| 17 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 28 February … | 1822-02-28 | Permit me again to recall thy recollection to the poor old literary drudge, who has constantly... |
| 18 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 5 October 1819 | 1819-10-05 | I was duly favored with thy reply to my last Letter , as, indeed, I have always been, by every... |
| 19 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 5 April 1819 | 1819-04-05 | Thy evening of life is an object of general concern, amongst all those who are attached to... |
| 20 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 9 August … | 1818-08-09 | In these woods, constantly occupied in my new business, that of Farming, & forming a new... |
| 21 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 29 May 1818 | 1818-05-29 | I take the liberty to enquire for thy health, & am anxious to learn if any of the seeds, with... |
| 22 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 30 June 1817 | 1817-06-30 | Although I have not any thing to communicate that might Seem to excuse this Letter, yet, being... |
| 23 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Adams, John | To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 28 June 1817 | 1817-06-28 | Thou wast good enough to inform me that ‘no Book of mine would disturb thy peace,’ & I... |
| 24 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 18 April 1817 | 1817-04-18 | If, from more important duties, & reading of greater interest, thou canst spare time to read my... |
| 25 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 12 April 1817 | 1817-04-12 | I enclose, herewith; a Small Novel, of which I ask thy acceptance. It is the first thing of the... |
| 26 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Madison, James | To James Madison from Horatio Gates Spafford, 23 … | 1817-01-23 | Had I not a great personal interest in seeing the Laws of the United States, relating to the... |
| 27 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Adams, John | To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 21 January … | 1817-01-21 | I send, by this Mail, Nos. 7, 8, & 9, of my Magazine, & invite thy particular attention to the... |
| 28 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January … | 1817-01-21 | I am obliged by thy kind attention. Thy Letter of Dec. 20 , was duly received, & I shall avail... |
| 29 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December … | 1816-12-15 | The Essay which thou wast kind enough to wish to See in print, is commenced in this No., & I... |
| 30 | Spafford, Horatio Gates | Jefferson, Thomas | Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 23 November … | 1816-11-23 | After a long delay, occasioned by adverse events, I Send thee, by this day’s mail , another No.... |