531To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 24 January 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
A dysenteric attack at Georgetown with its effects retarded my journey so much that I did not arrive here till a few days ago. I am free at present from the original complaint, but a little out of order with the piles generated by that or the medicine it required. The Cato in which were the busts of P. Jones and the box of books for myself never arrived till the day before yesterday, having...
532From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Walker, 25 January 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
My brother and myself having had a final settlement of our affairs with Mr. Nicholas on behalf of the estate, it may be satisfactory to you to know on what principles it was done.—I proposed to Mr. Nicholas at once, and without making any question of it, that I would take on myself one half of the maintenance of my sisters from my fathers death. The result was as follows: £ s d Balance of my...
533From Thomas Jefferson to the Rev. Charles Clay, 27 January 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I had hoped that during my stay here I could have had the pleasure of seeing you in Bedford, but I find it will be too short for that. Besides views of business in that county I had wished again to visit that greatest of our curiosities the Natural bridge, and did not know but you might have the same desire.—I do not know yet how I am to be disposed of, whether kept at New York or sent back to...
534To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 28 January 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
My last letter was of the 12th. inst. and sent by the French packet from Bordeaux under cover to Mr. Jay. In it I acknowledged the reciept of yours from Lynnhaven bay. I communicated your arrival not only to your friends but those of the young ladies in the convent. I have recieved from Mll. Botidoux a letter for Miss Jefferson accompanied by a packet containing pamphlets as she told me. The...
535To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Mann Randolph, Sr., 30 January 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
It gave me real and singular pleasure, when my Son Thomas informed me of his intended Union, with your Daughter, and I do sincerely wish it may be an event, that will take place before your departure for New York. I need not tell you, that during my short stay in this life, every thing in my power shall be done that will Add to their happiness.—I shall put my Son Thomas immediately, in...
536Notes for the Settlement of the Estate of Jane Randolph Jefferson, [ca. February 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
Notes for the settlement of my mother’s affairs. There is an old account to settle between her and my father’s executors, for the board of the children. In order to do this, the time when the several children left her or came of age, must be fixed. An account with Mr. J. Bolling for the expenditure of her distributable part of my sister Jane’s estate, left in his hands. He laid out a part or...
537Notes on the Will of Jane Randolph Jefferson, [ca. February 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
Questions which will arise on the two residuary clauses of my mother’s will . MS ( MHi ); written entirely in TJ’s hand on a ragged scrap; undated; with calculations in TJ’s hand on verso. TJ’s Mother’s will , which contained perplexing ambiguities despite its brevity, reads as follows: “I Jane Jefferson of the County of Albemarle do make this my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form...
538No. 5., 1 February 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
We the Subscribers being a Committee appointed by the Owners of fishing Vessels in the Town of Marblehead, to take into Consideration the many Grievances and Burdens the Cod fishery now labors under, and to make a Statement of them, which Statement so made to be handed to Colo. Glover, by him to be laid before the Committee of the General Court appointed to consider the same, do report the...
539To Thomas Jefferson from Lafayette, 1 February 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris, 1 Feb. 1790. He asks TJ to be of service to M. Minguée, who is leaving for America to “faire un établissement” on the Scioto river, having served with patriotism and zeal in the national Parisian army from the beginning of the Revolution, and from whose great friend, the “Gouverneur de mon fils,” he has just received new testimony in his favor. [P.S.] “I don’t know, My dear friend, When...
540To Thomas Jefferson from John Harvie, Jr., 2 February 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Letter of January the 11th only came to my hands this Morning or you certainly should have recieved a more Immediate Answer. I do not Recollect Mr. Marks haveing mention’d to me any Suppos’d Interference between you and him. He inform’d me at the time of my purchase, that Colo. Randolph claimed, and I think by Entry, the Land that he had Included within his Survey, and that by Agreement...