1Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
by boy Will I Recieved your present of Tacitus for Cyrus , your friendly attentions to the proper & useful Education of Cyrus is highly appreciated by us both, & I hope the impression will never be lessened.— I yesteday heard of your being up, & intended visiting you this day with a mess of Asparagus, which grows upon us with a threating Aspect, we shall trust to your frequent Aid in keeping...
2Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 13 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
this Afternoon, M r Joseph Gilmore Called on me with a letter from Col: T. M. Randolph , who write me he was Just about Setting out for Canada , in his letter to me on particular business of our own he enclosed a couple of Reciepts for Money ($1,111.78) by him paid to Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson in Richmond for your use & disposial, his Reasons for sending them forward were that he did not know...
3Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 18 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
your Servant yesterday met with me in the field where I was a little engaged & gave me your Note , I sent him to the house with the baskett & to wait till I Should return, he did not wait for me, he left the Compass & protractor, but no Chain nor Compass Staff.— the other that part of your note respecting the hearth Stones will be particularly attended to Should I see the Masons as well as any...
4Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Cyrus bring s you for your inspection the last Act of Assembly Respecting Appeals from interlocutary decrees of County & Corporation Courts —I have no Idea of Justice from the County Court, & if I must Contend I would wish to take Such Steps & file Such exceptions as might Carry the business Speedily before the Courts above where it might be fully and fairly investigated, as it were de novo ,...
5Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 5 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
the boy brings you Som Seed of the late invented Hay Rye,—in its wild State it is generally found on a light rich Soil by the Sides of Rivers Creek s &c Yet from the Single experiment I have made, with it I apprehend it will thrive very well on any good Clover Soil.—this is the fourth year it has Stood Where you Saw it,—& has every year increased in quantity, being at first Sown Very thin, in...
6Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 5 December 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
as you appeard pleased with the sample of Potatoes the Servant brought the Other Day M rs Clay by Bob Sends you a few more for seed, She Says her mode of Cultivating them in the Garden, is to plant a fine large Single potatoe, uncut in a hill, that by doing so, she has had the finest large potatoes & greatest in Number, of all the Modes she has tryed, that by Cuting, she thinks the Vigor of...
7Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, [received 22 October 1812] (Jefferson Papers)
M r Beverly Roy Scott eldest son of Our acquaintance Maj r Sam l Scott , feeling the amor Patriæ glowing in his bosom & wishing to Join Several of his Friends who are ingaged in the Marine Service a requests me to introduce him to your Attention, whishing to procure a letter to the Secretary of the Navy in Order to be recieved into the Service of the U.S. as a Midshipman the respectability of...
8Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
about two Day Since I recieved yours informing me you had Seen & Spoken to the man who builds the carding Machines, the price for a wool carding one I always understood was about $500. am therefore not disappointed in that, & of course wish the Man to come on, if you Suppose him to be Master of his business— with Respect to the Cotton one I can Make no decisive determination until he may come...
9Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 23 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
thro’ forgetfulness inattention or Some other Cause I am unable to hint to Cap. Slaughter the precise nature of the Service for which he is wanted.— whether it is a Superintendance of the business in its present form, as inspector Gen l or in a more particular & pointed manner, Such as I Suppose m r Goodman now Acts in— breviter is it to overlook the Overseers & people or the people only RC (...
10Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 26 May 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I came to the Forest the morning you left it for Albemarle , to see you about the land, I wished to know how many acres you found upon the calculation you proposed Making the last time I was with you, as also to know if you would not divide the payment into four Annual instalments, as I found I could with More propriety engage for the payment of Such a Sum upon them terms than for a shorter...