451William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your esteemed favor of the 10 th inst t in answer to former letters of mine, and am much gratified by the approbation you have shewn of my undertaking to ascertain the difference of longitude of the Capitol in this city from Greenwich Observatory , with due precision, for on that circumstance will depend the establishment of a first meridian of our own, and also, the adapting...
452David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor of sending you, to the care of Mr. Bullus , a history of Poland , and a brochure, which are presented to you, by the author—a Polish General . I lately sent a copy of the same, via Holland : if you receive both, please to give one to the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia . I long to hear from you in your retreat. If you publish any work, I beg you to send a copy for the...
453To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 18 September 1809 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 18 September 1809. Jefferson hopes to visit Montpelier before JM returns to Washington and will make the trip if the health of his grandson Benjamin Franklin Randolph improves. Mrs. Thomas Mann Randolph, Jefferson’s daughter, will accompany him if the boy is sufficiently recovered (brief abstract in International Autographs Catalogue No. 5 [1954], item 140).
454Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 18 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Coles , whom I saw yesterday, informs me you propose to set out for Washington this day week. I have been waiting in the hope that little Benjamin would so far recover as that his mother might leave him. but his recovery, tho’ steady, is very slow. we barely discover every day some little additional proof of his getting better. I shall wait till the day after tomorrow in the hope of mrs...
455John Armstrong to Thomas Jefferson, 19 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The glimpse of Sun-shine that we had when the Mentor Sailed, has passed away already, and without producing anything Useful—On the north side of the channel also, our prospects are becoming more clouded. M. Auriol , who left London a few days ago, tells me, that he counted in the Downs , upwards of twenty of our ships which had been brought in by British cruisers, because destined to ports...
456John W. Campbell to Thomas Jefferson, 19 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I feel sensibly my obligations for your attention to my letter. From looking over the list of your official Papers & other Writings I am induced to believe that I could Select what would amount to an Octavo Volume which I would be happy to have the honour of publishing. The “Reports,” While Secretary of State Messages to Congress & Summary View, These or such of them as you might select, I...
457William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, 19 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose a table which has been constructed with great care to every 3 minutes of intermediate time between 0 and 12 hours, for computing the Moon’s motion for 12 hours in longitude, latitude, &c. from which the true place may be easily obtained: it was intended to be as fair , as it is accurate , but some parts of it have been stained by accident, before it was finished. The second series...
458William Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Judge Johnson having heard M r Jefferson express his Admiration of the Popinaque, avails himself of the Opportunity of M r Mitchells Visit to Montecello to transmit one of the Pods of that delicate little Acacia. The Seeds may be put in the Ground immediately about an Inch deep but possibly they may not sprout until the Spring. The Tree blossoms so late and is so wholly incapable of...
459Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Smith Barton, 21 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 14 th and would with all possible pleasure have communicated to you any part or the whole of the Indian vocabularies which I had collected, but an irreparable misfortune has deprived me of them. I have now been thirty years availing myself of every possible opportunity of procuring Indian vocabularies to the same set of words: my opportunities were...
460George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you the terms of tuition at M r Girardin ’s Academy, which you will find to be 50 $ ⅌ annum, for a student who is even taught mathematics only: and which, (not that I know any thing about it) appears to me to be very high. I am sorry that I have not been able to procure such a situation in a private family for T.J.R. as you wish.— There are but few French families here in which it...