1To Thomas Jefferson from Harry Innes, 29 November 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
A circumstance has lately transpired in the Western country which is likely to create great Litigation, and as I expect to be considerably employed in the investigation of the matter, I would beg leave to communicate the affair to you and request your opinion on it; I have presumed to do this under a confidence that you would have no objection to giving your opinion as you are not in any of...
2Enclosure: State of the Case, with Jefferson’s Notes, 29 November 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
James Patton late of Augusta County and others obtained an Order of Council in the Year 174 for 100.000 Acres of Land to be Located on the Western Waters in Augusta County in one or more Surveys. Patton who was Agent for the Company, employed a certain John Buchannan one of the Partners to Survey the Lands, who never was either cheif or Assistant Surveyor in the said County, nor had he any...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Harry Innes, 18 February 1782 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3d. Instant came safe to hand yesterday and I can not forbear returning you my most grateful thanks for the particular manner in which you answered my Letter of Novr . I am again going to mention something farther in behalf of those people who wish to contest the Titles of Patton’s and Buchannan’s Representatives, and in this I am encouraged by your polite and freindly Letter...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Harry Innes, 8 July 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
After an interval of about nine years I have ventured to renew our slight acquaintance by presenting you with a curiosity lately found by one of the Settlers on the Cumberland River. It is the Image carved of Stone of a naked Woman kneeling; it is roughly executed, but from the coarseness of the Stone the instrument with which it was probably carved and its antiquity I think shews the maker to...
5IV. Thomas Jefferson to Harry Innes, 7 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of July 8. came to my hands Nov. 30. The infrequency of conveyances is an apology for this late answer. I receive with pleasure this recognition and renewal of our former acquaintance, and shall be happy to continue it by an exchange of epistolary communications. Your’s to me will be always welcome; your first gives me information in the line of Natural history, and the second (not...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Harry Innes, 30 May 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the reciept of your favor of the 7th. of March by my friend Mr. Brown and feel myself flattered by the polite terms in which you acknowledge the reciept of my Letter of July the 8th. and your readiness to enter into an Epistolary correspondence, which I shall with pleasure continue having your assent thereto. If any circumstances in the line of Natural History...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Harry Innes, 27 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I did myself the pleasure of acknowledging your favor by Mr. Brown in June. His leaving the District to return to Philadelphia presents so favorable an opportunity of writing again, that I cannot omit it and am encouraged by your invitation to a correspondence. Your ideas of the impropriety of attacking the Indians by Regular armaments I think will be justly verified by comparing the bad...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Harry Innes, 30 September 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Impressed with an idea of the necessity and great utility which would result to government by uniting the views and interests of the Inhabitants of Kentucky with those on the North West side of the Ohio, and adopting some measures for reconciling existing jars between the Fœdral Troops and the people of this District, I take the liberty of suggesting to you an opinion on the Subject, with the...
9From Thomas Jefferson to Harry Innes, 3 January 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
No list of the Votes of the Electors of your district for a President and Vice President at the last election having yet been received by the President of the Senate, I do, in obedience to the law, send the Bearer hereof as special messenger, to desire that you will be pleased to transmit by him to the Seat of Government the list of the said Votes lodged in your hands by the Electors of your...
10From Thomas Jefferson to Harry Innes, 23 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I am in your debt for several letters received and not yet acknoleged . One of these is particularly to be noticed, as it was interesting to you; I mean that which concerned your slaves carried off by the Indians. I knew that the channel proposed in your letter would effect nothing. I therefore concluded to take the opportunity which I knew was to occur, of endeavoring to serve you through the...