1To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Mackay, 17 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Bennington, Vt., 17 Apr. 1792. A victim of misfortune, he turns to TJ for succor, relying on TJ’s reputation as a philanthropist, a republican, a patron of the arts, and a friend of the French nation. He seeks a form of employment more suited to his talents and wishes to promote better relations between the U.S. and France by serving as a French instructor in Philadelphia. He hopes that the...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Mackay, 15 June 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Tho the matters which perpetually harrass my mind, and oblige me to give my first attentions to the calls of rigorous duty, may with truth be offered as an apology for a part of the delay of this acknolegement of your letter of Apr. 17. yet a greater part has proceeded from a desire to try in one place what could not be done in another on the subject of the letter. I made my first enquiries...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Mackay, 16 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to inclose for your perusal a proposal, to which I refer you. A correct and impartial history of the French revolution was very much wanted. The works of this kind which have appeared, were written in the heat of factions, and under the bias of party spirit; nor have any given accounts further down, than the trial and almost total extinction of the royal family. The...