1Samuel 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...
2Samuel 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...
3Samuel 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...
4Samuel 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...
5Samuel 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....
6Samuel 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...
7Samuel 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...
8Samuel 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.
9Samuel 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...
10Samuel 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...