1141Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March [1818] (Jefferson Papers)
I have just arrived here on my way home, having left my wife in the lower country till the roads get better. My plan is to stay at home about a week, and to call on you either in going or coming. When I get to Gen l Cocke ’s this evening, I shall be informed whether there is any necessity for my calling on my way up; sh d there not be, as I have great occasion to see to my domestic concerns, I...
1142Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I am preparing for the Repository, the life of the late illustrious Samuel Adams . I received this day, from Boston , a letter from his worthy Grandson, who in speaking of the scanty materials, says “I presume, that Thomas Jefferson , (the sage & patriot), would furnish you with some important facts.”— Can you do so, D r sir? Any thing you may think of, would be acceptable, to, D r sir, your...
1143Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have again neglected until I fear too late sending up notes for your signature—your note in the US. Bank for $3000 is due the 18 th : I must endeavour to pass one pro. tem. I have not been able to make any further sale of your flour it is now 10$ and from the quantity now here and what we may reasonably look for from the mountains—I am rather induced to think it will fall than rise—I shall...
1144Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 12 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I was favor’d this morning with your esteemed letter of the 9th current: I have just waited on M r Gibson & find that the Brilliant Capt Block with your Wine s arrived safely several days since & it is now in his possession, my young Man is this moment looking out for a Boat to carry up one Box, which I have no doubt he will obtain, the balance shall certainly be forwarded by Johnson at his...
1145Robert Walsh to Thomas Jefferson, 12 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your acceptable letter of the 19 th Ulto : and the tract of M r Tracy were received in due season. Owing to the attention which I found myself impelled by curiosity to give to the debates of Congress and the arguments of the Supreme Court , I did not find get leisure to Cast my eye over the work of Tracy , until yesterday.
1146Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 13 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s & Francis’s of Feb. 14. were recieved in due time. you have seen by the newspapers what our legislature has done on the subject of an University. the centrality & salubrity of Charlottesville excite strong expectations that the site of the Central College will be adopted for that. but this cannot be known until the next session of the legislature. in the mean while we shall go on with...
1147Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan, 13 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Mine of Feb. 18. informed you I had desired mr Gibson to remit you 100.D. on account which he writes me he has done. the object of the present is to let you know I shall set out for Bedford the 10 th of April & be back by the 10 th of May which may govern you in sending the proof sheets of Tracy . I shall hope on my return to find my Tacitus here.
1148Thomas Ritchie to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had so many proofs of your liberal and friendly disposition, that I am sure, if you cannot grant, you will at least excuse, the present application. I enclose you a Letter from John Adams Esq r (published in the Baltimore Weekly Register,) in which he attempts to strip Virginia of all the merit of originating the War of Independence , and transferring it to Massachusetts . While I feel...
1149John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
At the earnest request of M r Tyler with whom I am Acquainted—and who has executed that Memorable—and never to be forgetting testimony, and seal, of—our Independance,—with an exactness highly Approved— Similies —of each Signature— has solicited thro me—to the Dedication of his performance in your Name—and as Author thereof—it is truly Elegant—and much praise is due to him.— his Numerous...
1150Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel Burwell, 14 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Feb. 17. found me suffering under an attack of rheumatism, which has but now left me at sufficient ease to attend to the letters I have recieved. A plan of female education has never been a subject of systematic contemplation with me. it has occupied my attention so far only as the education of my own daughters occasionally required. considering that they would be placed in a...
1151Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s List of Recommended Books for Female Education, [ca. 14 March 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Les voyages d’ Anacharsis Gillies ’s history of Greece . 4. v. 8 v o Gillies ’s history of the world. 3. v. 8 v o Livy . Eng. Sallust . Eng. by Gordon . 12 m o
1152David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have this day received your letter of the 9 th instant — the unusually severe weather that commenced very soon after the departure of Cap t Block , and which continued for nearly three weeks, gave me great uneasiness, not only on account of your wines, but for the Safety of the vessel & crew, and my Anxiety has been encreasing until two days ago, when I read in one of our papers under...
1153Benjamin O. Tyler to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject which once animated your soul in the cause of Justice, and guided your hand to light the torch of Liberty, which shall guide millions yet unborn th r ough the dark and benighted paths of Despotism to the temple of Freedom.— I have executed a correct copy of the charter of our Freedom the Declaration of Independence, in which you acted a most...
1154Thomas Jefferson to Joel Yancey, 14 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 5 th has been recieved. I prefer sending the flour to Richmond . it is more convenient to concentrate all my funds in one hand; and it also increases confidence in my correspondent , so that if at any time I have occasion to overdraw, he knows himself sure of recieving the funds. Lynchburg too is no wheat market. while they were offering 9/ there it was & is 13/6 and 14/ at...
1155Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you a note from Wills’s in Fluvanna on my way up, in which I mentioned my intention to call on you on my return to the Lower Country. From the state in which I find my business affairs, I expect it will be the 26 th of the month before I shall be at Monticello . In the interim, I think it may not be amiss for me to say a few words to you by letter. From the best information I can...
1156Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 15 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 11 th came to hand last night only, and we have no mail setting out for Richmond until the 17 th . I am sorry for this lapse, and had I known that unstamped paper (as that you inclose) would do, I would have prevented it. I now return you the two notes signed, and as I shall go to Bedford the 2 d week of April and not be back till the first week in May, I inclosed inclose a...
1157Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 15 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
If I could refuse you any thing, it would be the request in your’s of the 9 th to submit to the operation of having my bust taken. of all operations it is the most revolting, whether you stand, as was Ciracchi ’s method, or lie down and have your face plaistered over with gypsum , as was Houdon ’s or sit as with the painters. I have no doubt of mr Coffee ’s talents from what you say of him;...
1158Craven Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have about Six Ton Plastar to grind, I suppose the tole More profitable then Corn, as I am a constant customer to Your Mill, & intend continueing so, I hope You will favour me, with the permission of letting Your Millar grind my Plastar, tomorrow or any day that may be Convenient soon, I have likewise preserved the Cobbs from three hundred barrells Corn which I have sent to Richm d And if...
1159Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 15 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The injury which the grinding of plaister does to the mill, and the offence it gives to our bread customers hav e obliged me to make it a rule to grind plaister for nobody but myself. it shall be done for you however on this occasion. but my water wheel has given out, and we are now engaged in renewing it. this will not be compleated till about a week before which time I wish your plaister to...
1160Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 16 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I shipped on saturday last by M r Johnston ’s Boat one Box only of your Wine in consequence of his not being with it himself, at the next trip if he comes the whole shall go— it is directed to the care of M r Tho s J. Randolph of Milton — N.B. Your Box of Books from Philadelphia have never yet been received— RC ( MHi
1161Philip Thornton to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I acknowledge I have been remiss, in not writing but was betrayed in to the omission, by peculiar circumstances, which will I hope remove every impression of intentional delay. Yours, of Aug st never came to hand, for after, I was informed by Co lo Randlph that you had made such a proposition, I went repeatedly to the P. Ofice and made the strictest enquries. Soon after I took the lease from...
1162Francis W. Gilmer to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose this letter to Mr. Jefferson both because it is an injustice to Ticknor to deliver even a message from him in any other words than his own, and because I am sure it will give him pleasure to hear young Terril thus spoken of by such a man. In the ‘ darkness visible ’ of Richmond , it is a happiness, a privilege, to be illuminated by the radiance of such a mind. If the enemies of...
1163Thomas Jefferson to John Armstrong, 20 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
A M. Jullien , one of the literati of France proposes to write the history of Gen l Kosciuzko , and requests me to obtain for him the materials for that part of it which he passed in the service of the US. of this I know nothing myself, for I believe I hardly knew Kosciuzko personally during the revolutionary war. our intimacy began on his last visit to America . I imagine you knew more of him...
1164Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 16 th and am thankful for your attention to my wants. I saw William Johnson the evening before his boat started last. he told me that he should not go down himself, but that his brother would, and he would be answerable for every thing trusted to him as if to himself. I was on horseback and at the river side, so could not give him a written order, but...
1165Thomas Eston Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 20 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I received a note from M r Colclaser late this evening, giving me the first information of your intention to go to Bedford tomorrow morning, and expressing great apprehension that the extensive repairs which must unavoidably be done to the Mill will be deferr’d so late as to interfere very materially with the interest of the Tenant— It is all important that the Mill should be prepared to grind...
1166Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ritchie, 20 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
A few days before I recieved your favor of the 16 th I had recieved one from a friend in Massachusets , shewing their sensibility on the imputed claim of our having given the ‘first impulse to the ball of the revolution.’ I cannot better answer your letter than by sending you an extract from the answer I gave to that , which I now do. it does not however appear to me that this question is...
1167James Rawlings to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of annexing a statement of your Account with the Mutual Assurance Society , And request that you will remit to me the amount thereof, by draft or otherwise, as early as may be convenient.— James Rawlings P Ag t M A Sy RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 2 Apr. 1818 and so recorded in SJL ; with MS of enclosure subjoined. RC (
1168Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with the Mutual Assurance Society, [ca. 21 March 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq r To The Mutual Assurance Society &c D r To Quotas of the years 1814. 1815 1816. 1817 & 1818 on Buildings in Albemarle Insured by Declaration N o 389 . $12 84 100 ea y r
1169Thomas Perkins to Thomas Jefferson, 23 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of forwarding to you for acceptance the 3 d of a sett of Exchange dated Leghorn November 11th 1817 @ 10 dsst for Six hundred and thirty five & 48 100 Dollars, drawn by Sig r Fancelli upon yourself in favour of Thomas Appleton Esq. and endorsed by him & myself, likewise, letter of advise received with same. Should the bill meet acceptance, I have to request of you to hold the...
1170Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I was favor’d this morning with your esteem d letter of the 20th: current & observe contents— M r Johnston come down himself last friday & took your Wine from M r Gibson s on Saturday on board his Boat, I fear tho’ from the great rise in the River that it will be a considerable time before it reaches you. I will attend to your instructions for the future on the subject of forwarding...
1171Thomas Jefferson to James Baker, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respectful compliments to mr Baker , and asks the favor of him to send him a kental of good dumb fish and ½ doz. kegs of tongues and sounds, for which mr Gibson will be so kind as to make payment as before . the bearer mr Gilmore will bring them safely & immediately.
1172Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
You will find enclosed a subscription paper which was put into my hands some time last Fall; As an appology for not returning it at an earlier day I must observe that I have detained it in the expectation of encreasing the amount. You will find the Names of M r Page & M r Skipwith erased in consequence of their having recieved subscription s papers. My affectionate regards to M rs Randolph ....
1173Harrison Hall to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been recently informed that you have prepared for the press, a new and improved edition of your “Notes on Virginia .” This work s has always been in demand, and a correct edition would particularly command public attention. As I am yet young in the trade of publishing and selling books, the publication of this work would be of importance to me, and the more so, if I could obtain the...
1174Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to Cap t Oldham and asks the favor of him to select for him 4. good mortise doorlocks, of brass & plain for doors 1 ⅜ & 1 16 thick, that is to say 1 ½ I. wanting 1 16 mr Gibson will be so kind as usual to pay for them, and the bearer mr Gilmore
1175Ann C. Bankhead to Thomas Jefferson, [received 25 March 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
M r Bankhead feels a delicacy in mentioning to you the subject on which M r Lighfoot has writen to us & I am very sorry to be obliged to give you the trouble of reading his letter . but he has always been so kind & attentive to me that I should like to perform his requests as far as it is in my power and conclude that the best way that I can serve him is by sending his letter to speak for...
1176Charles Collins (of New York) to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have for sometime past thought of writing to thee and now take the liberty to take up a little of thy attention to a subject that has interested me. The crouded situation of the Chinese and the plenty of room we have in this favoured land of America . Might not the Tea plant be cultivated to advantage in the Southern or Western States. I have understood that it now grows wild in the fields...
1177James Leitch to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Under cover you will receive the Only Scetches of the Law required I can procure, also m r Cabel s Letter to you it being the only paper I have the others I enclosed you Some time Since RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “ Tho s Jefferson Esqr Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 26 Mar. 1818 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosures not found.
1178Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
An old balance of account between the bankers of the US. in Amsterdam and myself, believed by us both to have arisen from mistakes in the complicated matters of account of the US which, without being an Accountant, I had to direct, and to give draughts for in behalf of the various cr descriptions of public creditors, was left, under this persuasion by them & myself for further enquiry. in this...
1179William Tilghman to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour, Sir, of presenting to you, an Eulogium on the late Doctor Wistar , delivered at the Request of the American Philosophical Society . I do not flatter myself, that my performance has done Justice to the subject—Yet I thought it might not be unacceptable to you, being an honest effort to represent faithfully the character of a man, highly esteemed by all, & honoured, not...
1180Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin O. Tyler, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 14 th is just now recieved, and I return you my thanks for the indulgence with which you are pleased to consider the part it has fallen to my lot to bear in the transactions of our country. the times in which I have happened to live placed the efforts of all under requisition, and mine have no claim but for a well intended zeal. the Engraving you propose to publish of the...
1181Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Leiper, 27 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I am subject to a Corvée of a very painful nature which I resist whenever it is possible, but in some cases cannot avoid. it is to sollicit offices for others, who through themselves or their friends, have some hold on me of friendship or of duty. it is understood that application is made for the establishment of a branch of the bank of the US. in the town of Fredericksburg ; and a mr Bernard...
1182Frank Carr to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March [1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Browse Trist ’s going to Mo ntice llo gives Frank Carr an opportunity of returning M r Tic knor ’s letter with his hearty Thanks for the pleasure M r Jefferson has afforded him in the perusal of it— Frank Carr will shortly avail himself of the kind offices of M
1183Thomas Jefferson’s Conveyance of Milton Lands to Martin Dawson, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
This Indenture made on the 28 th day of March 1818 between Thomas Jefferson of the one part and Martin Dawson of the other both of the County of Albemarle Witnesseth that the said Thomas in consideration of the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars to him in hand paid by the sd Martin hath given granted bargained and sold unto the said Martin a certain parcel of land in the same County...
1184Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Eston Randolph, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 20 th has been a week getting to my hands. I am sorry that mr Colclaser , after the pointed assurances I gave him, should still have doubts about the work at the mill. I will not suppose he doubts my intention and he could not have doubted the means had he calculated. for what is to be done? the lower broadside of the house is to be secured by from coming further out from...
1185James Smith (of Baltimore) to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope your well known philanthropy will find an excuse for a Citizen Who wishes to present you with one of the first Copies of his Plan to render Vaccination more universal and better understood in the United States . I beg you will do me the honor to peruse it, and if approved I will be much gratified to record your Name on the Books of this Institution as one of its first Founders. Any...
1186James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The day on which the first instalment for the Central College becomes due, being near at hand, I think it not amiss, as no conveyance of mine offers, to intimate, that it shall be paid on draft, or if requisite sent by a special hand. Y rs affectionately RC ( MoSHi : Lewis Fields Linn Papers, autograph scrapbook of Elizabeth Linn); endorsed by TJ as received 2 Apr. 1818 and so recorded in...
1187Nathaniel Bowditch to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Bowditch presents his most respectful compliments to the Honorable M r Jefferson late President of the United States —requests the honor of his acceptance of the pamphlet which accompanies this note— wishing him health & happiness. RC ( DLC ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “The Honorable M r Jefferson late President of the United States
1188Stephen Cathalan to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
by my Last Respects of the 15 th September Last, I Remited you Bill of Loading, with the Invoice of 2 Casks in D ble Casks Rivesaltes ’s Wine— 4 Boxes Containing together 200 Bottles dito Bellet- Nice I Shipped on the Brig Agent of alex ia
1189George Washington Jeffreys to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of March the 3 rd 1817 which you were So good as to write me on horizontal ploughing has proved has of great value to this section of our state—and I hope you will hear with the same pleasure which I feel in communicating the beneficial effects which have resulted from your communication to me on this subject. I received your letter in time last spring to lay off my fields...
1190Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
My first impression after receiving your letter , in answer to mine about M r Coffee , was that I wou’d not let him go; on account of your reluctance, but upon more reflection, I determined otherwise. I had experienced that he did not give much trouble, I was sure he wou’d give an excellent likeness , and was satisfied it wou’d be a great gratification to thousands of your country men to...