1To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 4 September 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I would not take the liberty of trespassing upon your retirement, did not the subject on wch. I write warmly interest my feelings and did it not also seem to require from me immediate attention Thos: P. Smith, from his extensive life, has not ceased to possess my friendship, wch. has been yearly invigorated by the exhibition of growing talents, and of a spirit of independence. The prospects...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 4 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Samuel H. Smith presents his respectful compliments to Mr. Jefferson, to whom he encloses the within Letter. It was thought too unimportant to notice during Mr. Jeffersons absence, and is still presumed to respect some trifling circumstance. But as it may be connected with something of interest, it is submitted. RC ( MoSHi : Jefferson Papers); torn; addressed: “The Preside[nt]”; endorsed by TJ...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, [23 November 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of communicating, what may in its details be possibly unknown to you, that the Preliminary Articles of peace between France & England were signed at London on the 1st of Oct. The terms agreed to are stated in the London Prints to be those proposed as the ultimatum of the British ministry, and acceded to by Buonaparte, without the least alteration. The articles are not...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 20 July 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Recived from the President of the U.S. ten dollars and fifty cents on an account rendered—for the Nat. Intel. Univl. Gaz. and some pamphlets— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 20 July. In his financial memoranda, TJ recorded a payment of ten dollars to Smith for newspapers ( MB James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 8 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of acknowledging, with thanks, your favor of the 31st ult. which has enabled me to frame a paragraph in such a manner as to rescue the statement heretofore made from the imputation of intentional misrepresentation. I have only to regret your having, thro mistake, sent the proceedings of the House of Burgesses on their controversy with lord Dunmore, instead of those of the...
6Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received the accompanying tract from D r Fothergill of Philad a w ch I have the pleasure of transmitting to you in compliance with his desire. RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq.”; endorsed by TJ as received 30 Mar. 1809 and so recorded in
7Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the satisfaction of advising you of our having reached home in perfect health and safety after one of the most charming excursions we have ever taken. To crown the whole with pleasure we found our little girls as hearty and happy as when we left them, and can, therefore, with full fellow feeling congratulate you and your family on the complete disappearance of indisposition of which M r...
8Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 11 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with the request of D r Barton , I have caused to be inserted in the Nat. Intel r his letter to you , which you were good enough to transmit to me on the 8 th ult. However disputable some of the Doctor’s opinions may be, the subject is highly interesting, and is one on w ch a mind of his vigor can scarcely fail to throw much light. M rs Smith unites with me in an expression of...
9Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 30 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
In making a general arrangement of my papers, I have found the enclosed important documents, w ch you were good enough some time since to lend me. I have now the pleasure of returning them. M rs Smith joins me, in the request to be respectfully and affectionately presented to your family— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 3 Jan. 1811 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosures not identified.
10Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of enclosing the following trifle delivered here on the late anniversary of our Independence, which I ask you to receive entirely as a tribute of respect. I hope your contemplated improvements have kept pace with your hopes wishes, and that the calm delights of retirement are enhanced by the finish, which art, under the direction of taste, knows how to bestow on the finest...
11Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 29 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of the 15th & 23 d Inst. afford me unfeigned satisfaction from that natural feeling of the human heart that is always gratified at living in the recollection & esteem of those we respect, & by the opportunity they furnish of reciprocating with earnestness the liveliest wishes for your fell felicity . The world will have it, particularly that portion of it who see things thro’ the...
12Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 7 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of Your favor of the ult. w ich from some casualty did not reach me until the 2 d Instant. It is impossible to repress indignant feeling at the barbarism of our enemy, w ch would have cast a shade over the remote ages when civilisation had scarcely dawned on mankind. Instead, however, at present resting in the indulgence of such feeling, it...
13Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 14 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I had this day the pleasure of receivi n g Your favor of the 11 th Inst. with the Alphabetical Index of Authors Names &c. As You will have seen by the Newspapers the Library Com e of the Senate reported with great promptness a resolution to authorise them to contract for the library, and in terms worthy of the object, w ch the Senate with as promptly adopted.
14Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 19 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform You that the H. of R. this day concurred by a great majority in the resolution of the Senate authorising the Library Com e to contract for the purchase of Your Library, after so amending it as to reserve to Congress the definitive ratification of the contract. That they will ratify the agreement that shall be made by the Com e there can be no doubt. As I calculate...
15Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I was this day invited by the Library Com e to a conference with them. They represented that in consequence of the amendment to their report, it became necessary to ascertain the value of the library & to obtain an authority from the two Houses to pay it, to enable them to do w ch they enquired of me whether I could specify the sum that would be received for it. I replied that I was unable to...
16Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I am happy to advise You that the bill authorisi n g the purchase of Your Library has passed the two houses of Congress . I enclose for Your satisfaction a copy of the bill. It now rests with the Library committee to make the final agreement. The sum stipulated is precisely that estimated by M r Milligan . I shall, doubtless, in a few days hear from the Committee , when I will again write You....
17Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 15 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I tender you my cordial felicitations on the returning blessings of peace, the value of w ch will be more sensibly realised by a people who have borne with fortitude the privations and met with courage the perils of war,—blessings to w ch they have always had a moral right, and w ch they now hold by the tenure of physical power. How inestimable the benefits that have flowed from the possession...
18Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of acknowledgi n g the receipt of your favor of the 27 th ult. Congress having on the last day of their sitting modified the pending bill for the transportation of the Library so to leave the necessary dispositions to the President of the U.S. I yesterday consulted with him on the subject. He considers it advisable to postpone its transportation until some time in May, and...
19Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I drop you a line to advise you that the President has had a conversation with M r Milligan on aiding you in the arrangement & packi n g the Library, in w ch the latter has been requested to comply fully with your wishes on this head He will, accordingly, repair to Monticello whenever you shall wish him, & will take such steps as to a supply of wrappi n g paper, as you or he may consider...
20Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 11 June 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have no doubt of the location of Your Library in Washi n gton being attended with the happiest consequences to the interests of our country. It seems incident to the early Stages of a new country to overlook the benefits of literature, arising, among other causes, from the want of extensive means of information. These being now possessed by our statesmen, we may entertain a hope that the...
21Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 6 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Pennant Barton , son and only surviving child of D r B. S. Barton , so well known to you, I believe, personally, as well as by his literary researches, is on the eve of embarking for Europe , through the greater part of wch. he means to travel. Being ambitious of having letters from you to some of your distinguished friends, and especially to M. La Fayette , I am emboldened, from my...
22To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 22 July 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Although withdrawn from the political scene, and for some time, merely a spectator of passing events, I have not felt indifferent to their influence on the welfare of the human family. This feeling, with the impression that your fortitude, on the same subject, remains unabated, & as previous to this communication, which, whatevers its fate may be, I am satisfied you will take in good part. The...
23To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 13 December 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly received your favor of the 2 d of August in reply to mine of the 22 d of July. I did not then, as, perhaps, I should have done, return you my thanks for the candid expression of your opinions; opinions w h I cordially respect, although they are not, on one point, so explicit as I had hoped they might be. Notwithstanding frequent and flagrant misrepresentations of your sentiments I have...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 14 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of presenting to you my friend, M r Coswell, a of the Baptist Church, and Professor of humanity in the Columbian College at this place. He is a young man of much moral worth, and devoted to the interests of learning, and will be highly gratified with your views on this interesting object. We all look, with a deep interest, at the work of your hands, and hope that its...
25To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 23 July 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
In consequence of the conversation I had the pleasure of holding with you at the time you Subscribed to the Institution for the education of youth in this City, I took the liberty of causing it to be understood that there was good reason to believe that you could not decline the appointment of a Trustee; and I considered it most fit to make this intimation to the Council from the Smallness of...
26To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 18 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esquire to S. H. Smith 1805 March. To printing 50 copies of a supplementary note to the account of the Mould Board
27To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 23 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Samuel H. Smith presents his respects to the President of the U.S. and takes the liberty of Stating that the erroneous arrangement of the document accompanying the Message arose entirely from the mislaying of the copy of the Message delivered to the Senate, which placed the first sheet last, S.H.S. having made use of that copy. Altho’ some of the papers have gone out with the erroneous...
28To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 14 September 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with your instructions I have caused 150 Copies of the Answer relative to the Embargo to be printed. They will be made up in one packet, and consigned to the evenig’s Mail. I am with great and unfeigned respect DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
29To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 19 September 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your instructions I have had 50 Copies of the Paper enclosed to be printed, wch. are forwarded by this day’s mail. You will excuse their not being pressed, there not having been time to have it done. I am with great and sincere Respect DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.