11Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, [received 22 October 1812] (Jefferson Papers)
M r Beverly Roy Scott eldest son of Our acquaintance Maj r Sam l Scott , feeling the amor Patriæ glowing in his bosom & wishing to Join Several of his Friends who are ingaged in the Marine Service a requests me to introduce him to your Attention, whishing to procure a letter to the Secretary of the Navy in Order to be recieved into the Service of the U.S. as a Midshipman the respectability of...
12Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 21 November 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
we have sent you of the Cyder in the tallest bottle which we had marked N o 1 & not 3 as you Mention in your Note , & if you think it worth puting in your bottles, send back the Barrell & have it filled again for your next summers use as your acceptance of it will give me more pleasure than any use I shall make of it, if you do not send for it.— M rs Clay begs the acceptance of a Cheese (of...
13Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 20 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Reflecting on an expression of yours Relative to an Idea Sometimes entertained by you of Compresing the Moral doctrines taught by Jesus of Nazareth in the Gospels, divested of all other Matters into a small and Regular system of the purest morality ever taught to Mankind, & meritting the highest praise, & most worthy the Strictest attention &c &c. however laudable may be your Views View &...