1801Notes on Alexander Hamilton, 24 August 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Aug. 24. About the time of the British treaty, Hamilton and Taleyrand , bp. of Autun dined...
1802Memorandum Books, 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 1. Gave printer’s boys .5. 3. Pd. for pamphlets 1. 4. Pd. printers boys .5. J. Barnes has...
1803Note on Spanish Expenditures, 13 October 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Oct. 13. 97. Littlepage, who has been on one or two missions from Poland to Spain told that when...
1804Notes on John Marshall, 21 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Mar. 21. mr John Marshall has said here that had he not been appointed minister to France he was...
1805Notes on Comments by John Adams and Robert Goodloe Harper, 26 December 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
1797. Dec. 26. Langdon tells me that at the 2d. election of Pr. and V.P. of US. when there was a...
1806I. Petition to the Virginia House of Delegates, [on or before 3 August 1797] (Jefferson Papers)
To the Speaker and House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia The Petition of the...
1807Statement of Account with William Davenport, 10 December 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
1797. William Davenport in acct with Th:J. Dr. Cr. £ s d Aug. 12 To cash to William Burton 10....
1808Notes on a Conversation with Abraham Baldwin, 6 February 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Feb. 6. mr Baldwin tells me that in a conversn yesterday with Goodhue, on the state of our...
1809Appendix No. XLV: From Thomas Jefferson, 28 June 1797 (Hamilton Papers)
I know well that you were a clerk in the Treasury Department while I was in the office of...
1810Notes on Potential Changes to the Constitution, [1800?] (Jefferson Papers)
war to require ⅔ of Congress. power over the purse expressly declared a check impeachmt. all laws...
1811Notes on a Conversation with Benjamin Rush, 10 January 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 10. Dr. Rush tells me that he had it from Saml. Lyman that during the XYZ Congress the...
1812Notes on Federalist Arguments in Congressional Debates, [after 3 August 1798] (Jefferson Papers)
Principles. Dayton naval armamt. Apr. 19. 98. Otis contra. Sedgwick . & Stockton . on same bill....
1813Notes on a Conversation with Tench Coxe, [27 December 1797] (Jefferson Papers)
27. Tenche Coxe tells me that a little before Hamilton went out of office, or just as he was...
1814Notes on the Framing of Oaths, [ca. 8–9 February 1798] (Jefferson Papers)
In an oath are to be distinguished 1. the formal or ceremonial parts & 2. the substance. the 1st....
1815Bill for Settling Disputed Presidential Elections, [1800] (Jefferson Papers)
Whereas on an election of President or V. President of the US. questions may arise whether an...
1816Notes on John Marshall’s Speech, [after 7 March 1800] (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( ViHi ); written in TJ’s hand on verso of last page of printed copy of Speech of the Hon....
1817Notes on Insects, 9 May 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
1798. May. 9. The insect which lays it’s egg in the plumb, apricot, nectarine peach, &c. is a...
1818Notes for a Letter to Hugh Williamson, [11 February 1798] (Jefferson Papers)
‘Have they not Moses & the prophets? verily verily I say unto thee that if they will not hear...
1819Enclosure II: Table of Estimates, 31 March 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Estimate on the scale of 200. cells and 340. f. diam. of area on the scale of 144. cells & 245....
1820Notes on a Conversation with Samuel Smith, 12 January 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
12. Genl. Sam. Smith says that Pickering, Wolcott & Mc.Henry wrote a joint letter from Trenton to...
1821Notes on a Conversation with Benjamin Rush, 5 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Apr. 5. Dr. Rush tells me he had it from mrs Adams that not a scrip of a pen has passed between...
1822Notes on a Conversation with Henry Tazewell, 1 March 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Mar. 1. mr Tazewell tells me that when the appropriations for the British treaty were on the...
1823Notes on William Blount’s Impeachment Trial, 5 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Impeachmt odious. rival of trial of jury Jan. 5. 99. H. considers the indepdce of Senate on...
1824Notes on Senate Debates, 11 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Mar. 11. the jury bill before the Senate . mr Read says that if from any circumstances of...
1825Certificate for George Logan, 4 June 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I Thomas Jefferson do hereby certify that George Logan the bearer hereof, who is about to visit...
1826Notes on New York Patronage, [after 17 February 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
David Gelston of N.Y. Collector of revenue vice Sands. recommdd. by Genl. John Smith . estimable,...
1827List of John Adams’s Judicial Appointments, [18 February 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
qu. Lowell (now district judge) to be Chief judge + Benj. Bourne (R.I.) } judges of 1st. circuit...
1828Notes on a Conversation with John Nicholas, 13 January 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
13. Baer & Harrison G. Otis told J. Nicholas that in the Caucus mentioned ante 10th. there wanted...
1829Indenture with John H. Craven for the Lease of Fields and Slaves at Tufton and Monticello, 23 September 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture made on the 23d. day of Sep. 1800. between Thomas Jefferson &c of the one part and...
1830Notes on a Conversation with Edward Livingston, 12 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
1801. Feb. 12. Edwd. Livingston tells me that Bayard applied to-day or last night to Genl. Sam....
1831II. Partial Copy from Memory, 9 May 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I added to this letter another page, & forgot to take a press-copy. eight hours afterwards I sit...
1832I. Jefferson’s Draft, [before 4 October 1798] (Jefferson Papers)
1. Resolved that the several states composing the US. of America are not united on the principle...
1833Note on Diplomatic Appointments, July 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
1797. July. Murray is rewarded for his services by an appointment to Amsterdam ; W. Smith of...
1834Notes on Conversations with Abigail Adams and Edward Dowse, 11 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Mar. 11. conversing with mrs Adams on the subject of the writers in the newspapers, I took...
1835Indenture for Land Exchange with Nicholas Meriwether Lewis and Mildred Hornsby Lewis, 1 July 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture made on the first day of July one thousand seven hundred & ninety nine between...
1836Memorandum on Postal Service from Philadelphia, [15 August 1800] (Jefferson Papers)
Memorandum for Dr. Bache to communicate to mr Duane The post which branches off from...
1837List of Fields Leased to John H. Craven, [ca. 22 August 1800] (Jefferson Papers)
No. 1. the River field . 33⅔ } to be cleared 1800–1 Indian field. 52⅔ to be cleared adjact....
1838Notes on Comments by Timothy Pickering and John Adams, 14 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 14. Logan tells me that in his conversation with Pickering on his arrival, the latter abused...
1839Notes on a Conversation with Benjamin Rush, [27 March 1800 or after] (Jefferson Papers)
Dr. Rush tells me that within a few days he has heard a member of Congress lament our separation...
1840To Thomas Jefferson from William Wirt, with Jefferson’s Notes, 4 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Mrs. Gilmer directs me to enquire whether you can furnish her with 20,000. 6 penny nails 10,000....
1841Certificate for Alexander Spotswood, 12 September 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I hereby certify that on an invasion of this state by the British troops under the command of...
1842Notes on British Instructions and on Clement Humphreys, 13 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Apr. 13. new instructions of the British govmt to their armed ships now appear which clearly...
1843Notes on Treasury Statement, [after 28 December 1799] (Jefferson Papers)
Monies wanting for the year 1800. according to a Report by the Secretary of the Treasury to...
1844Notes on Charleston Printers, 14 March 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Mar. 14. Freneau in Charleston had the printing of the laws in his paper. he printed a pamphlet...
1845Indenture with Craven Peyton for the Lease of Fields at Shadwell, 1 October 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture made on the first day of October 1799. between Thomas Jefferson of Monticello in...
1846Memorandum on Attendance of the Vice President, [after 29 December 1799] (Jefferson Papers)
It is very well known that, in the earlier part of their sessions, very little business is done...
1847Notes on a Conversation with Wilson Cary Nicholas, 19 January 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
19. W. C. Nicholas tells me that in a conversn with Dexter 3. or 4. days ago, he asked Dexter...
1848Notes on Newspaper Articles, 21 February 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
1797. Nov. 30. good cautions to prevent fire . Adams & Larkin’s paper of this date. Dec. 1....