1To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 29 July 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter will be handed you by a grandson of one of my sisters, Christ r Branch, who is a skilful & ingenious carpenter, of sound understanding—not much improved by education; though he is intelligent, & writes well on common subjects. He is advised by Arthur S. Brokenbrough, & others, to settle in, or near Charlottesville;—and should he be so fortunate as to obtain your countenance, and...
2William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 12 November 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to recommend to your notice and good offices, the bearer of this letter, my young friend, m r Colin Clarke , son of col o James Clarke of Powhatan county , with whom you are acquainted:—He is at present a practitioner of the law; but wishes to serve his country, in at this crisis, in a military capacity, and solicits, from you, a letter in his favour to the secretary of war.—I have...
3Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 28 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved safely the extraordinary rattle of the rattle snake, as also the leav foliage of the Alleghaney Martagon. a plant of so much beauty & fragrance will be a valuable addition to our flower gardens. should you find your roots of it I shall be very thankful to participate of them, and will carefully return you a new stock should the my part succeed & yours fail. accept the...
4William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 9 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you by mail the rattle of a snake which cap t Mann , who presented it to me, said was six feet and a half long; and, from the length of the rattle, I have no doubt but his information was correct: tho’ I do not recollect ever to have seen one more than four feet.— Inclosed you have a lil l y of the Allegheny mountain ; but it is so much withered as to have lost its fragrance: and I much...
5William Fleming to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just received your favor of the 24 th instant , and was preparing to meet the parties concerned in Gilliam ’s suit at the commissioner’s office on the 1 st of august : the postponement of the business, however, to the 20 th of October , will occasion no inconvenience to me, as the court of appeals will then be in session; and I can devote three or four hours in the day to that subject.—...
6Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 24 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The settlement of the accounts in Gilliam’s suit, to which we were summoned on the 1 st of Aug. has, on my request, been postponed to the 20 th of Oct . I was induced to ask it by the improbability of getting an effectual meeting at Richmond during the sickly season, & my extreme anxiety to have an effectual meeting & final settlement of those accounts. it is on this ground I earnestly pray...
7To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 9 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Although I am not in the habit of soliciting favours, either for my self or friends, an apology may perhaps be expected for my troubling you on the present occasion, as I doubt not you are assailed with addresses of the kind, from all quarters of the union. My only motive is to serve a respectable and worthy gentleman in the state of Kentucky—Mr. John Logan, nephew of the treasurer of that...
8To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 13 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I am just returned from Kentucky, and have recd. your favour from Monticello . I cannot at present answer your several queries with the precision I wish, but will endeavour to do so, as soon as I have leisure to examine, and reflect on the subject, more minutely.—From memory I can state that we had a meeting with mr. Skelton a short time before the commencement of the revolutionary war, in...
9From Thomas Jefferson to William Fleming, 19 September 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I am called on to answer Gilliam’s bill against mr Wayles’s [Exrs by] B. Skelton’s representatives. there are some facts to the recollection of which you can perhaps aid me. you remember we had a meeting in Richmond with M. Skelton , and I believe, J. Baker acting as his atty. when was it? did not J. Baker act for M. Skelton & in his presence? I have our account which I think he compared with...
10To Thomas Jefferson from William Fleming, 30 October 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I herewith send you a geographical sketch of the several counties in the state of Kentucky, in which, I doubt not, there are many inaccuracies, as I had but little leisure to attend to the subject, and my means of information was often defective; especially with respect to the bearings of the different places attempted to be described. I was at eleven of their county courthouses, and at...