1To Thomas Jefferson from George Sullivan, 2 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned, having had the honor of being made known to you thro’ the respectability of their father’s name, presume that they may be favorably recognized on this occasion without the aid of a new introduction, or a particular recommendation. If the request they have now the honor to make should be utterly inadmissible, they beg that their boldness may be imputed to its real origin, your...
2George Sullivan to Thomas Jefferson, 15 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Perhaps in the lapse of time and among the multiplicity of the favors you have variously conferred, it may not immediately occur to you how I my Brother and self obtained the honor of being ranked among those, who have shared the fruits of your beneficence. In the month of last January you obligingly gave us permission to import by the Mentor an improved spinning machine, constructed on...
3Enclosure: George Sullivan’s Recommendation of Charles Artzt, 25 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned hereby certifies, that the bearer, Mr: Charles Artzt , was engaged by an eminent mechanicien at Paris , to come out to America , for the purpose of constructing here several Machines of his invention; That Mr: Artzt has been employed for more than a year and a half, in constructing machinery, for carding and opening wool, and other machinery, for other purposes; That he has...
4To John Adams from George Sullivan, 11 January 1821 (Adams Papers)
As you take a deep interest in our College and the conduct of its affairs, I enclose you Mr Websters report made on that subject to the convention. Its object is to confirm by constitutional provision the law of Judge Parsons’ contrivance in 1810, re-enacted by an additional act in 1814.—laws admitted by the amendment itself to be invalid without this confirmation! This devise, to say the...
5To James Madison from George Sullivan, 12 May 1825 (Madison Papers)
Mr Sullivan with best respects to President Madison regrets he had not opportunity to deliver the enclosed before. He & Mrs. S. unite in respectful salutations to Mr & Mrs Madison with sincere wishes for their health & long continued happiness. RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM . The enclosure was probably John Quincy Adams’s letter introducing George Sullivan to JM , dated 18 Nov. 1824. The...