1Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 5 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your habits of kindness to me present you always first, when, wanting any thing from Baltimore , I look around for some one who will procure it for me. having made my last bow of Adieu to politicks, and emptied my head compleatly of all it’s concerns, I am become a mere farmer devoted to it from interest & inclination. we find plaister as beneficial to our lands as perhaps to any whatever, &...
2John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 9 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Yesterday brought me your esteemed respects of the 5 th Ins t , requesting me to forward to the care of Gibson & Jefferson , half a dozen ton of plaister by the first vessel for Richmond , which shall have due attention, with respect to the quality, being myself no judge, I shall confide in a particular friend, & flatter myself you will find it good; at present our navigation experiences a...
3Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 16 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho the late change of Weather from cold to warm has probably relieved you from an embargo so much more effectual than the one we tried, yet I take the chance of the post to anticipate the departure of the plaister and to pray it may be sent in the rough according to the advise of mr Pitt as mentioned in your’s of the 9 th . we are in the habit of grinding it at my own mills. P. Carr is...
4John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your respects of the 16 th past came to hand on the 23 rd & in time to order the plaister in the rough; it has been sent some time, of course it ought not to be long out of your possession, wishing it safe to hand & that it may give satisfaction— I remain very truly 6 Tons plaister paris @ $13 is $78 — Cartage 2 .40 $80
5Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 8 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved your favor just as I was setting out on a journey to this place, & learnt at the same time, the arrival of the plaister at Richmond . by this post I desire mess rs Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond to remit you the amount, 80.40 D with which be pleased to accept my thanks for this & other favors. On my way here I passed a day with mr Nicholas , Warren being on my road hither. he still...
6John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your respects of the 8 th Ins from Poplar Forest , came in course to hand, inform g of the arrival of the plaister at Richmond , also that Mess s Gibson & Jefferson woud remit me the amount, say $80:40, which they have done, & is at your credit, it will be satisfactory to learn at a future day, that the plaister answer’d the purpose I am really sorry to find our friends Mess s
7Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 20 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I had delayed asking the favor of you to procure my stock of plaister expecting I should be able to find a recipe for distinguishing the good from the bad, which I thought I possessed. but hitherto I have sought for it in vain; and lest the season should be lost for getting it in time, I will ask the favor of you to send me six tons, in the lump, to the care of Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson at...
8John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 27 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Just recollecting that the post for your part of the Country leaves tomorrow morning, I have only time to own receipt of your esteemed respects of the 20 th Ins t , & that in conformity to your request I have purchased six tons of plaister in the lump, & shipped it on board a vessel about to depart for Richmond , the price still continues high, & the article much in demand; I wish most...
9Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 3 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Accept my thanks for your kindness in procuring & forwarding the Plaister. by the present post I desire Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson to forward you the amount, 86. Dollars from Richmond where alone Baltimore bills can be had. your friends at Carrsbrook & Warren were all well yesterday. this morning mr & mrs Patterson
10John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
A few days ago I had the pleasure to receive your esteemed lines of the 3 d Ins t — Mess s Gibson & Jefferson have as you desired, remitted me the eighty six dollars in payment for the plaister last sent you, which settles that transaction All our friends, that I have had an opportunity of conversing with, have expressed their regret at the late changes, & doings at Washington , indeed they do...
11Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 5 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Apr. 17. came duly to hand. nobody has regretted more sincerely than myself, the incidents which have happened at Washington . the early intimations, which I saw quoted from federal papers, were disregarded by me, because falshood is their element. the first confirmation was from the National Intelligencer, soon followed by the exultations of other papers whose havoc is on the...
12Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 16 September 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Presuming you are a member of the house on which the inclosed bill is drawn, I take the liberty of forwarding it to yourself, with a request that when at maturity you will be so good as to pay have it paid to the order of Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond Your friends at Warren & Carsbrook were well three days ago. the former were expecting mrs Hollins erelong. we presume you will accompany her,...
13John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 22 September 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
On the evening of the 19 th Ins t I had the pleasure to receive your esteemed lines of the 16 th , inclosing a Df t on Brown & Hollins , which is accepted & forwarded to Gibson & Jefferson , it is my second Son who is the member of the house of B & H , he is now in
14John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been passing my time very agreeably, for some days past, with the farmers of this neighbourhood, & I am much pleased to find they are all doing so well, it is however rather out of my way, I must therefore return to my commercial pursuits, & intend myself the pleasure of seeing you on Tuesday next, accompanied probably by M r & M rs Stevenson , & M rs H , and hope we may be so fortunate...
15Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 18 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Th:J presents his compliments to mr Hollins & will be very happy to recieve him & his friends on Tuesday. the ride is so short that he will hope the pleasure of seeing them at dinner, & further that his impatience to return to his commercial pursuits will not too much abridge the term of a visit they are so rarely with which too many circumstances concur in rendering rare. he salutes him with...
16John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
At the request of my very particular friend, & next door neighbour , James A Buchanan Esq r I now address you, to solicit for his son W m B: Buchanan , a young Gentleman of accomplishments, a letter or two to some of your friends in Europe, where he means to pass some time, in visiting different places, he is to embark with Doctor Eustis , & will continue in his family a while in Holland ; sh...
17Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 22 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
The present arrangements of our post office put out of our power the answering our Northern letters under a week. your favor of the 10 th has been that time in my hands, and this circumstance must account for the delay of my answer. I left Europe in 1789, the French revolution being then begun. in it’s course, it swept off the far greater part of my friends, these and a lapse of 26. years has...