1George Flower to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
We have terminated a prosperous tho’ laborious journey to this place. Since our families have been stationary M r Birkbeck & myself have explored the southern part of the Illinois territory & have enter’d lands in at the Shawnee Town office; in an agreable prarie country between the Big & Little Wabash . Well satisfied as we are with this new country, we lament the impossibility of our...
2George Flower to Thomas Jefferson, 6 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I do not apologize altho’ an entire stranger to you for addressing you with the utmost simplicity & freedom. Just arrived from England I am about to proceed through the United States in search of a healthy & pleasant spot, whereupon I may pursue Agriculture and enjoy the pleasures of domestic life, free’d from those anxieties that were once confined to commercial speculations but now...
3Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 16 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
This Letter Will Be delivered By Mr Geo. Flower Who is Going over With an intention to Settle in America . I know Him to Be one of the Most desirable Acquisitions the U.S. Can Make. His departure from England is Suspended Untill a Line of introduction from me to You Can Reach Him. While it Shows the proper Sense He Has of Your Acquaintance, I find in it a Very pleasing Gratification, as Mr...
4Charles P. De Lasteyrie to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
je prend la liberté de vous adrésser Monsieur Geo. flower Agriculteur Anglais qui veut aller exercer son activité et ses talents Sur une terre où l’industrie est cert Sûre de ne point trouver d’obstacles, et où l’homme peut retirer une juste récompense de ses travaux. M r flower que j’ai eu occasion de connoître particuliérement en france est doué d’un dégré de Sagesse et de raison qu’on...