1001Levett Harris to Thomas Jefferson, 13 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I received from the hands of M r John Smith the letter of recommendation You wrote me in his favor, and I have made it a particular duty to shew this amiable Young Gentleman all the attentions & procure for him all the satisfaction to which he has such distinguished claims. he is now upon the moment of his departure for Moscow where he contemplates spending a part of the Summer. M r Smith will...
1002To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 14 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Thweatt my particular friend and connection expecting that an excursion he is to make will put it in his power to pay his respects to you personally, en passant, and being desirous to do so, I with pleasure present him to you as a gentleman of perfect worth, and of sincere zeal in those political principles which you & I have so steadily cultivated. His energy in their support has been...
1003Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 14 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Thweatt my particular friend and connection expecting that an excursion he is to make will put it in his power to pay his respects to you personally, en passant, and being desirous to do so, I with pleasure present him to you as a gentleman of perfect worth, and of sincere zeal in those political principles which you & I have so steadily cultivated. his energy in their support has been...
1004Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Thweatt, 14 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you on the 11 th in answer to yours of the 4 th and yesterday recieved yours of the 7 th announcing to me the melancholy information of the death of my most esteemed friend mrs Eppes . an intimate and affectionate acquaintance of 40. years with her had always rendered her very dear to me. nearly the last of my early & most beloved friends has now dropt off, and I really view myself as...
1005From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed letters were brought, together with the separate Packet now forwarded, by the John Adams. The official communications received by her, from F. & G. B. you will find in the Natl. Intelligencer of this date. The Editor I perceive passes over the obnoxious refusal of G. B. to comply with the reasonable course of putting an end to the predatory Edicts of both Nations; and it is not...
1006James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letters were brought, together with the separate Packet now forwarded, by the John Adams . The official communications received by her, from F. & G.B. you will find in the Nat l Intelligencr of this date. The
1007William C. C. Claiborne to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Immediately on the Receipt of your favour of the Instant (which was handed me two days since), I addressed a Letter to the Mayor of New-Orleans , requesting him to Consult M r Moreau Lislet , as to the powers of the former Governors of Louisiana to remove persons who might intrude on the Batture ;— We know that an authority of the kind, was exercised by the
1008Silvain Godon to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
C’est avec reconnoissance que j’ai reçu votre Lettre, et je me trouve heureux d’inscrire Sur la liste de mes Souscripteurs, un nom qui rappelle Sans cesse les Services rendus a la Science par celui qui le porte. J’ose attendre encore une nouvelle preuve de votre bienveillance, en esperant Monsieur que vous me communiquerez les observations, et les faits que vous possedez relatifs aux...
1009Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 18 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a letter just recieved from mr Rodney in answer to one I had written him requesting papers in his possession. be so good as to hand it, after perusal, to mr Wirt who will return it to me. I hope our practice in this country relieves us from the special plea which mr Rodney speaks of. this would place m ev ery thing under the grip of the judge , who in the cases of Marbury & of
1010John Le Tellier to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have finished the Eight silver Goblets and have gildid them agreable to your desier. I should had them done before this time but I had a Job of silver work on hand when I received your Excellency order I have deliver’d them to M r Jefferson put up Agreable to your Request, and hope they Will Meet your Approbation RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “His Excellency Thos Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as...
1011Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 18 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter is for yourself alone. I have recieved a communication thro’ D. Carr for which I sincerely thank you. I am busily engaged in collecting materials from the offices, arranging, E extracting E t c so as to place a very plain case in your hands. when fully possessed of the materials, I shall state the points on which I consider myself justified, submit the matter to my counsel, recieve...
1012William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
You will be surprized at recieving a letter from me from this place—I did not contemplate being here & still less being in Europe as late as this— My very great anxiety to be again in America to attend to some of my affairs which required something to be immediately done, as the friend with whom I left my power to represent me at Philadelphia , M r Breck , had died without naming a substitute—...
1013Gideon Fitz to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
About ten days since, I wrote you on the subject of a Wind mill of my own invention, soliciting your opinion of its usefulness, and that it might be patented in case you should think it deserving that attention. In little time after writing I discovered a material error which had happened from overlooking a small circumstance in estimating its power of raising weight. Although the Wheel runs...
1014From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 22 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
I inclose an authentication of the blood of our Merinos, as translated from the Original by Mr. Graham: also a state of the charges incident to their passages &c. The half falling to your share, of course, may be left for any convenient occasion of being replaced. You need not trouble yourself to remit it hither. On the first publication of the dispatches by the J. Adams, so strong a feeling...
1015James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 22 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose d an authentication of the blood of the our Merinos, as translated from the Original by M r Graham : also a state of the charges incident the to their passages &c. The half falling to your share, of course, may be left for any convenient occasion of being replaced. You need not trouble yourself to remit it hither. On the first publication of the dispatches by the J. Adams , so strong...
1016Thomas Jefferson to John Mason, 22 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
You were so kind, when I left Washington , as to give me some seed of the Swedish turnep. I sowed it carefully, but a drought from the middle of July till autumn, prevented a single plant from coming to perfection. can you give me a few seeds now, & inform me when you plant them. M c Mahon directs it in April or May . but this is so different from the season of sowing other turneps that I am...
1017Benjamin Morgan to Thomas Jefferson, 22 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your note of the 19 th Ult o Covering a Copy of an Instrument signed by Burwell Logwood , Rob t Peyton &
1018William F. Gray to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved from M r Miligan of George Town , a small box, which he requests me to forward to you.—I have this day sent it by the Charlottsville stage.—Wishing it may arrive safe RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq. Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 24 June 1810 and so recorded in SJL . William Fairfax Gray (1787–1841), binder and seller of books in Fredericksburg
1019Godefroi Du Jareau to Thomas Jefferson, 25 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Je m’acquitte dans ce Moment de L’Obligation que je me Suis imposée, de Vous faire parvenir la Collection d’ouvrages que je Vous ai annoncés par la Lettre, que j’ai pris la Liberté de Vous écrire, en date du neuf du passés; Je Suis desesperés quils Soyent accompagnés de plaintes, et de raports Si desagréables, qui ne peuvent qu’irriter Votre sensibilité, La Vertu ne Su p porte pas la Vue dun...
1020Théodore Pahlen to Thomas Jefferson, 25 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Madame de Tessé et M r le Général de LaFayette m’ayant chargés chacun d’une lettre pour Vous, Monsieur, j’ai l’honneur de Vous les envoyer par l’entremise obligeante de M r le Sécretaire d’Etat . Je me Serais empressé de Vous les faire parvenir plutôt, Monsieur, Si je n’avais été obligé d’attendre une occasion favorable pour faire parvenir en même tems la petite caisse ci-jointe qui contient...
1021To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
Your letters of the 8th. 15th. & 22d. are now to be acknoleged. I should consider the debt to mr. Hooe as made incumbent on us by the wish of our Donor, and shall chearfully acquiesce in any arrangement you make on that subject. I have accordingly suspended sending for my portion till further information from you. Dougherty’s bill shall be duly attended to. I have recieved a copy of Judge...
1022Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a letter from Judge Cooper of Pensylvania , a political refugee with D r Priestley from the fires & mobs of Birmingham . he is one of the ablest men in America , & that in several branches of science. the law opinion which he mentions, I have recieved, and a more luminous one has not been seen. it will produce a revolution of opinion on the question treated. not in the present...
1023Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved yours of the 1 st . Doct r Thornton desired me to send the pair of dogs to the president’s in Orange to the care of mr Gooch his overseer when I send there for my sheep, & that either mr Barry would carry them when he returned to Washington or the President’s waggon. besides this there will be a rider coming weekly from
1024Thomas Jefferson to James Madison , 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letters of the 8 th 15 th and 22 d are now to be acknoleged. I should consider the debt to mr Hooe as made incumbent on us by the wish of our Donor, and shall chearfully acquiesce in any arrangement you make on that subject. I have accordingly suspended sending for my portion till further information from you. Dougherty’s bill shall be duly attended to. I have recieved a copy of Judge...
1025Thomas Jefferson to William Thornton, 27 [June] 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
A Your letter of the 8 th was duly recieved, & I have to return you thanks for the kind offer of Barbary sheep as a mixture with the Merino. I will state to you the stock from which I propose to breed. one of Robert Morris’s captains about the year 1792. brought him a pair of what he said were Merino sheep which he smuggled from Cadiz . the ewe died, & he gave me the ram. I bred in & in from...
1026William Wirt to Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your last favor was brought to me from the post-office, too late, by some accident, to be answered by the returning mail. It gives me pleasure to assure you that succeeding interviews have completely removed the apprehensions expressed to my friend D. Carr in relation to this cause: and did I not know to whom my letter was addressed & by whom, alone, its contents are known, I should regret...
1027Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 28 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
You may possibly have observed in the newspapers that mr E. Livingston had brought an action against me with very high-sounding damages. the cause of action has not yet been explained in pleading, but it is understood to be his removal by public authority from public grounds of which he had taken possession near N. Orleans , & where he was erecting works of ruinous consequences to the place....
1028Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 28 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter dated the 27 th is recieved, & shall be communicated to mr Carr to remove the impressions of a former one to him. the object of the present is merely to observe that mr Rodney’s letter was not inclosed in it as was intended. I write by this post to mr Tazewell . Affectionate salutations. PoC ( DLC ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ. A letter from Wirt to TJ of 16 July...
1029Benjamin Morgan to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 12 th May reached me by last Mail— M r Rob t Peyton has not yet arrived when he does I presume M r Duncan will not hesitate to pay over to me for your use What he has in hands of the Estate of the late John Peyton
1030Enclosure: Edward Livingston’s Bill of Complaint against Thomas Jefferson, [ca. July 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
United States Court fifth Circuit and District of Virginia to wit Edward Livingston a Citizen of the State of New York complains of Thomas Jefferson a citizen of Virginia in custody & c For that the said Thomas on the 25 th day of January 1808 at the City of New Orleans in the District of
1031Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I expected for some time past to have the pleasure of seeing you tomorrow, but I cannot venture from home, until I have securd my wheat. I shou’d have finished my harvest yesterday but for the wet weather last week. I have yet 150 acres to cut. I suspect nine or ten shillings a bushel has been given for wheat to be delivered early. wou’d it not be well for us to embrace that price? I shou’d...
1032From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 27th. by which I find you have suspended the sending for your portion of the Merinos. I have not yet come to an eclaircissemt. with Mr. Hooe. I learn however that a reexamination of the tenor of Mr. J’s letter to him, has induced an abandonment of his pretensions to the Lamb. Still I am rather inclined to think that they are not altogether without foundation; &...
1033James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of the 27 th by which I find you have suspended the sending for your portion of the Merinos. I have not yet come to an eclaircissem t with M r Hooe . I learn however that a reexamination of the tenor of M r J’s letter to him, has induced an abandonment of his pretensions to the Lamb. Still I am rather inclined to think that they are not altogether without foundation; I
1034Littleton W. Tazewell to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
A very severe illness by which I was long confined to my bed, from whence I only arose to witness the unexpected death of one of my children , must be my apology for not replying more early to your letter of the 5 th Ult o which was duly received— Your entries relative to the date and amount of your four bonds to M r Welch are perfectly correct, correspond g precisely with the Bonds...
1035Enclosure: Littleton W. Tazewell’s Statement of Balance Due from Thomas Jefferson to Wakelin Welch, 3 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Statement of the Balance due on from Tho s Jefferson ’s esq r to Wakelin Welch.
1036Thomas Newell to Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Necessity is the Grounds of this Statement which I hope will not be unactable to You as the Friend of the Only Free People upon the Earth. I am a Friend to my Country and have ben from the days of my Youth—at which time I ingaged in the united states service and Continued in it until the Prize was won for which Service I Recieved Six dollars and three Crown only. to Pas over the Hardships...
1037Littleton W. Tazewell to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 28 th Ult o was received yesterday , after I had forwarded mine of that date to you, or it would have been then attended to. Altho’ I am not a practitioner at the bar of the Fœderal Circuit Court , and shall have no other inducement for attending at Richmond when it may be necessary, but to attend to this particular caze; yet the confidence which you have reposed in me, by...
1038Joseph Darmsdatt to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have a Quantity of fine fish now coming up of M r Sam l Tredwells putting up—of Edenton they are of the best Quallity and Cost high; they cannot be sold under 6½$—and if you chose I shall furnish You—please direct a Line to me by next mail as I may reserve them for you Joseph Darmsdatt ⅌ Abr m Cardozo RC (
1039From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Not knowing where I could be enabled to answer the inclosed, with so much confidence in the fact, as in your acquaintance with the historical antiquities of Virginia, I take the liberty of asking whether I may not say to Mr. Bassette, that no such accounts as he enquires after, are known to exist. As he seems desirous of an early answer you will oblige me by a few lines as soon as convenient....
1040James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Not knowing where I could be enabled to answer the inclosed, with so much confidence in the fact, as in your acquaintance with the historical antiquities of Virginia , I take the liberty of asking whether I may not say to M r Bassette , that no such accounts as he enquires after, are known to exist. As he seems desirous of an early answer you will oblige me by a few lines as soon as...
1041Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Darmsdatt, 9 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night yours of the 6 th . the price for the fish is indeed very high; and discouraging; but the necessity of it is still stronger. I will therefore desire you to send me a dozen barrels, one half to Milton , the other half to Lynchburg according to my former letter. I am Sir PoC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “M r Joseph Darmsdatt”; endorsed by TJ.
1042Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours to Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Jullien , qui Se propose, après avoir rempli la mission dont il est chargé en Italie , de passer aux Etats-Unis , me demande de lui donner d’avance auprès de Vous une Lettre d’introduction. S’il Se fixe en Amérique , comme je le crois, il Sera pour elle une acquisition précieuse. C’est un Penseur qui a beaucoup d’ordre dans les idées, et auquel nous devons deux ouvrages remarquables qu’il...
1043Bunker Hill Association to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
We have the honour to address you in conformity to a vote of the general Committee of the ‘ Bunker Hill Association ,’ and request you to accept a Copy of the Oration delivered on the 4 th of July last .— In commemorating the feelings and principles which led to the glorious event of our revolution, it is peculiarly congenial to our grateful sensibility on this occasion, to render homage to...
1044Thomas Jefferson to William Plumer, 12 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Apr. 27. was very long on the road , and found me occupied in a business to which I have been obliged to apply every moment of my time till yesterday. I avail myself therefore of the first moment in my power to answer it. I am happy to hear you have entered on a work so interesting to every American as the history of our country. that of the last 30. or 40. years admits certainly...
1045John Steele to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
A Package addressed to me came to hand a few days ago, which appeared, on opening the envelope, to be for you, and to contain a variety of seeds— Being unaccompanied with any letter of advice, I send it to the care of the Coll r at Richmond , with a request to forward it to you by the first opportunity RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); at foot of text: “Tho s Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received...
1046Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Bond to Wakelin Welch, 20 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle county in Virginia am held and firmly bound to Wakelyn Welsh of the kingdom of Great Britain in the sum of thirteen hundred & sixty eight pounds twelve shillings and six pence lawful money of Virginia , to the paiment whereof to the said Wakelyn Welsh , his executors, administrators or assigns, I bind myself my heirs executors...
1047To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 13 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I return you mr. Bassette’s letter & think you may safely tell him we possess no Dutch accounts of Virginia. We have De Laët; but it is a folio volume of Latin, & I have no doubt a good translation will sell well. I have not examined De Bry’s collection to see if that contains any Dutch account. That is in 3. folio volumes of Latin, and certainly will not take off one single reader from mr....
1048Benjamin Smith Barton to Thomas Jefferson, 13 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
As you take much interest in the knowledge of every thing relative to the american Mammouth, and other similar animals, I am persuaded that you will be glad to learn, that I have recently received from St. Petersburgh in Russia , some fine large drawings of the great Asiatic Mammouth, whose skeleton, together with some portions of the skin and muscular parts, has lately been discovered, in a...
1049Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 13 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you mr Bassette’s letter & think you may safely tell him we possess no Dutch accounts of Virginia . we have De Laët ; but it is a folio volume of Latin, & I have no doubt a good translation will sell well. I have not examined De Bry’s collection to see if that contains any Dutch account. that is in 3. folio volumes of Latin, and certainly will not take off one single reader from mr...
1050Thomas Jefferson to Théodore Pahlen, 13 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been honored with your letter of the 25 th Ult. and have to return you my thanks for those of Mad e de Tessé , & Gen l La Fayette , and for the print of Baron Humboldt , all of which are come safely to hand, & present to me the proofs & recollections of their much valued friendships. to these acknolegements permit me to add my congratulations on your safe arrival in the United states ,...