1To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Warren, 10 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor some months since to address a letter of thanks to you for the intended honor of an appointment as Collector for the Port of Marblehd. I recieved from General Dearborn an intimation of this your intention, & was highly flattered with your notice & consideration. It was with extreme reluctance that I could bring my mind to decline any appointment conferred by you, under an...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Warren, 11 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Through the medium of Judge Cushing’s family I have learnt that Cod’s tongues & sounds are a dish of which you are peculiarly fond. I embrace the opportunity which this hint affords me to transmit a half barrel, which I believe are excellent, & have sent them by the Schooner Nightingale, Capt. Paine, bound up the Potomack, who has promised me to forward them safely. I pray you, Sir, to accept...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Warren, 29 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
A few weeks since I received an intimation from General Dearborn that you had determined to appoint me Collector for the Port of Marblehead: since which it has been publicly announced in the papers. Be pleased to suffer me at this moment, to express to you my grateful sentiments for your notice & attention—and the extreme regret I feel at declining the acceptance of any appointment with which...