21To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 20 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inform you that the College of Physicians of Philada. have sent by the mail which carries this a Pamphlet containing “Additional Facts & Observations relative to the Pestilential Fever,” & that they request you to accept it as a mark of their respect—I believe it contains indisputable proofs of a Contagious quality in the yellow fever, in the instances there specified, & if this...
22To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 29 May 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to present to you two very respectable travellers who are now on their way to the seat of Government for the purpose of offering their respects to you. It is most probable that you are already well acquainted with the name & great merits of each as Dr. Anthony Fothergill is the Physician of Bath in England who has distinguished himself by so many publications all of which are...
23To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 2 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I am afraid that you will Consider me as having forgotten. my Engagements, & indeed you have too much reason—I hope your good nature will be exerted, & that you will extend your Patience about 25 days more—my professional duties which have been unusually imperious, & frequent indispositions, I hope will Serve as my apology— I am thus far on my way to Pittsburgh; & intend to take Washington on...
24Caspar Wistar to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Since I have understood the oppressive extent of your Correspondence, I have felt the greatest reluctance at addressing at addressing a letter to you; but the long interval has become painful to my self, & I am delighted with an opportunity of reviving your recollection of me. Inclosed is an account of the publication of D r Franklin’s letters & some small specimens of them. I believe this...
25To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 26 July 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I sincerely regret my omission respecting the head of the Mammoth, not only an account of the delay which it has occasioned, but also because it has given you additional trouble—We want the intire Cranium or Scull, & also the external bones of the face—the Sockets of the tusks being very incomplete externally—I learn that there was part of a head among the bones lately at Pittsburgh, but have...
26To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 17 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I received the two french works which accompany this—viz A Plan of Public Education, & a Treatise on the Intellectual Operations, from Mr Livingston the Minister at Paris I am afraid that I have detained them too long & crave therefore that Indulgence you have ever extended to your faithful friend RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “His Excellency The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ...
27To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 12 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I assure you that I did not wait for a second invitation from you—The pleasure of Complying with your wish will ever be a sufficient inducement to take me much further than Washington, if there were no other object, but the examination you propose is very interesting to me, & I am certain of deriving much pleasure from a view of Baltimore & the Federal City with its improvements. My delay has...
28To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 8 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I am not certain that you will have leisure to attend to the subject which follows, but the circumstances appear so interesting that I cannot refrain from communicating them to you, & if you are not able to devote any time to the subject you will still be much interested in the event— It appears by the Medical Repository (a periodical publication at New York) that there have lately been found,...
29To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 5 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inclose a letter addressed to Dr Goforth, & to request that you would be pleased to direct it, & send it to the Post Office. We Cannot ascertain his residence with Certainty, as he formerly lived at Washington Kentucky, but has removed to Cincinnati, or some place in its vicinity, as you Can probably procure the necessary information, from some of the Members of Congress, we beg...
30To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 20 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I presented your letter respecting the Roman Coin to the Society, & was requested to assure you in the name of the members of that Institution, that they accept with particular Satisfaction this new proof of your regard, & shall allways consider it as entitled to particular care, not only on account of its intrinsic merit, but of the liberal and enlarged views with which it was originally...