1To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 4 September 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I would not take the liberty of trespassing upon your retirement, did not the subject on wch. I write warmly interest my feelings and did it not also seem to require from me immediate attention Thos: P. Smith, from his extensive life, has not ceased to possess my friendship, wch. has been yearly invigorated by the exhibition of growing talents, and of a spirit of independence. The prospects...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 4 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Samuel H. Smith presents his respectful compliments to Mr. Jefferson, to whom he encloses the within Letter. It was thought too unimportant to notice during Mr. Jeffersons absence, and is still presumed to respect some trifling circumstance. But as it may be connected with something of interest, it is submitted. RC ( MoSHi : Jefferson Papers); torn; addressed: “The Preside[nt]”; endorsed by TJ...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, [23 November 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of communicating, what may in its details be possibly unknown to you, that the Preliminary Articles of peace between France & England were signed at London on the 1st of Oct. The terms agreed to are stated in the London Prints to be those proposed as the ultimatum of the British ministry, and acceded to by Buonaparte, without the least alteration. The articles are not...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 20 July 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Recived from the President of the U.S. ten dollars and fifty cents on an account rendered—for the Nat. Intel. Univl. Gaz. and some pamphlets— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 20 July. In his financial memoranda, TJ recorded a payment of ten dollars to Smith for newspapers ( MB James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Harrison Smith, 8 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of acknowledging, with thanks, your favor of the 31st ult. which has enabled me to frame a paragraph in such a manner as to rescue the statement heretofore made from the imputation of intentional misrepresentation. I have only to regret your having, thro mistake, sent the proceedings of the House of Burgesses on their controversy with lord Dunmore, instead of those of the...
6Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received the accompanying tract from D r Fothergill of Philad a w ch I have the pleasure of transmitting to you in compliance with his desire. RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq.”; endorsed by TJ as received 30 Mar. 1809 and so recorded in
7Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the satisfaction of advising you of our having reached home in perfect health and safety after one of the most charming excursions we have ever taken. To crown the whole with pleasure we found our little girls as hearty and happy as when we left them, and can, therefore, with full fellow feeling congratulate you and your family on the complete disappearance of indisposition of which M r...
8Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 11 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with the request of D r Barton , I have caused to be inserted in the Nat. Intel r his letter to you , which you were good enough to transmit to me on the 8 th ult. However disputable some of the Doctor’s opinions may be, the subject is highly interesting, and is one on w ch a mind of his vigor can scarcely fail to throw much light. M rs Smith unites with me in an expression of...
9Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 30 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
In making a general arrangement of my papers, I have found the enclosed important documents, w ch you were good enough some time since to lend me. I have now the pleasure of returning them. M rs Smith joins me, in the request to be respectfully and affectionately presented to your family— RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 3 Jan. 1811 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosures not identified.
10Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of enclosing the following trifle delivered here on the late anniversary of our Independence, which I ask you to receive entirely as a tribute of respect. I hope your contemplated improvements have kept pace with your hopes wishes, and that the calm delights of retirement are enhanced by the finish, which art, under the direction of taste, knows how to bestow on the finest...