6801To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel R. Demaree, 30 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Believing information from all quarters absolutely necessary to a proper managment of duties which, you will readily acknowledge, are too extensive & intricate for any man to execute fully,—I trust you will pardon me for tendering a few observations relative to the Mississippi, Floridas & Louisiana. This, being a matter of great moment to the western country, considerably agitates the minds of...
6802Samuel R. Demaree to Thomas Jefferson, 2 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
My heart is attached to your name: and did I not believe that you are more agreeably and importantly engaged, I should warmly wish to hear from you regularly. You were so obliging two or three years ago as to send me a catalogue of Books for a library. In your letter accompanying the catalogue you inform me that some subjects are better treated in French than in English. This assurance, and...
6803To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel R. Demaree, 6 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Reflecting on the happy situation of America—that her Rulers are not inaccessable tyrants nor bloody despots; but patriots, friends of mankind, and of the unfortunate; examples to the world & patrons of science, I am emboldened to communicate a few of my wishes even to our chief Magistrate, which however defective in form and matter, I hope you will not attribute to any unworthy motive. For...
6804Samuel R. Demaree to Thomas Jefferson, 22 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
You have doubtless been congratulated by many who have better claims to your notice than I have, on your release from the burdens of public life. … Altho I agree with those who believe that your country has no longer a right to claim your service; I rejoice that congress, by authorizing your letters to be franked, has offered to all the privelege of requesting that information & advice which...
6805To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel R. Demaree, 28 December 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Nothing but a belief that you are the friend and patron of literature, together with a conviction of the importance of the subject, could induce me to intrude upon your time and executive business.— That information is essential to a few people is universally proclaimed. And that Reading or Writing is valuable only as a mean of instruction, is, I think equally obvious. Consequently that system...
6806To Thomas Jefferson from Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 6 January 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Je désirois avoir L’honneur de vous consulter sur L’article général etats-unis et sur quelques articles particuliers de vos différentes provinces, que j’insérerai dans L’Economie politique et La diplomatique , partie de L’Encyclopedie Methodique dont je suis chargé: vous vous êtes prêté, à cette grace que vous a demandé pour moi, M. Le Duc de La Rochefoucauld, et je vous prie, Monsieur, de...
6807To Thomas Jefferson from Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 30 March 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
En arrivant dans vos heureuses contrées, J’eprouve un Vif regret que Monticelo Soit Aussi eloigné des Lieux ou Je retrouve des amis dont Je ne puis encore me Separer. J’aimerois a vous dire de Vive voix Le Tendre et respectueux attachement que vous m’avés inspiré. Ma vie politique, J’ose Le dire, a eté Si pure, et La récompense de mon Zele et de mes Services est Si cruel que Je ne crains pas...
6808To Thomas Jefferson from Jean Nicolas Démeunier, 11 February 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
M. Mazzei m’a traité d’une manière bien injuste et bien peu honnête. Il imprime qu’il est votre ami et il me reproche de n’avoir pas marqué dans L’essai sur Les états unis tout ce qui est de vous. Vous savés, Monsieur, si cela étoit possible. Les excellentes notes que J’ai recueillies dans nos Conversations ont été souvent La réponse Verbale à Mille questions que vous m’avés permis de vous...
6809II. Additional Queries, with Jefferson’s Answers, [ca. January–February 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
Additional questions of M. de Meusnier, and answers 1. What has led Congress to determine that the concurrence of seven votes is requisite in questions which by the Confederation are submitted to the decision of a Majority of the U.S. in Congress Assembled? The IXth. article of Confederation, §. 6. evidently establishes three orders of questions in Congress. 1. The greater ones, which relate...
6810VI. From Jean Nicolas DeMeunier, [26 June 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
Je Venois d’ecrire Les traits de Cruauté dont Monsieur Jefferson m’a fait L’honneur de me parler hier. Lorsque j’ai reçu son billet, Je L’ai placé à L’endroit où je Felicite Les americains des devastations, des incendies, et des forfaits que se sont permis Les Anglois, et je dirai en parlant du traité avec Le roi de prusse quel heureux effet ont produit ces abominables violences. J’avois...