1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Walker Maury, 4 August 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the Liberty of addressing you on the present occasion for the purpose of doing away any unfavorable impressions which my necessary detention from Fort St Stephens may make. I have been here several weeks, wishing myself to obtain a passage down the river, but at present have no hope of success, as the water is uncommonly low, even for this season. My situation is such as to preclude the...
2Thomas W. Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 18 February 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Excuse if you please, the liberty I take, in introducing to your acquaintance the Bearer Robert N. Smith , who is the nephew & ward of The Hon ble Hugh Nelson , and charged by that gentleman with some communication to you I am very respectfully Sir. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 19 Feb. 1812 and so recorded in SJL . Thomas Walker...
3Thomas W. Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I at length have the pleasure to announce to you the passage thro the House of Delegates of our Bill for the establishment of the College, and of the Bill for the relief of Cap t Millar The last will make it’s way thro the Senate with much ease; But as to the first, I much doubt whether it will be passed in it’s present shape. It has lost in the H. of D. the section providing for aid from the...
4Thomas W. Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been requested by several members of the House of Delegates to ask your attention to the following memorandum & enquiries, and to ask that you will (as soon as convenient,) reply to them, inasmuch as the business before the house depends upon the information they ask. The House of Delegates has created a committee with leave to bring in a bill “to provide an accurate chart of each...
5Thomas Jefferson to Thomas W. Maury, 27 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favored with yours of the 17 th . mr Cabell had apprised me of the objections to the power of imprisonment given to the a functionary of our College; and having explained to him the reason of it I must refer you to him for a sight of my letter . the object seems to have been totally mistaken, and what was intended in tenderness to the pupil has been misconstrued into an act of severity,...
6Thomas Jefferson to Thomas W. Maury, 3 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 24 th Ult. was a week on it’s way to me, and this is our first subsequent mail day. mr Cabell had written to me also on the want of the deeds in Cap t Miller’s case, and as the bill was in that house, I inclosed them immediately to him. I forgot however to desire that they might be returned when done with, and must therefore ask this friendly attention of you. You ask me for...
7Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey and Thomas W. Maury, 14 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from Bedford after an absence of 7. weeks I find here your favor of Nov. 24. for which I thank you & for the information it contains. during my absence I expect a petition to the assembly from mr Sampson , Col o T. M. Randolph , Jefferson Randolph and my self was sent to yourself and mr Maury (whom I pray to consider this letter as addressed to him as well as to yourself) on the...
8Proceedings of Rockfish Gap Meeting of the University of Virginia Commissioners, 1–4 August 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The Commissioners for the “University of Virginia” having been required by law to meet at the tavern in Rockfish gap on the blue ridge , on this first day of August 1818 —the following members attended (to wit) Creed Taylor , Peter Randolph , William Brockenbrough , Archibald Rutherford , Archibald Stuart , James Breckenridge
9Rockfish Gap Report of the University of Virginia Commissioners, 4 August 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The Commissioners for the University of Virginia having met, as by law required at the tavern in Rockfish gap on the blue ridge , on the 1 st day of August of this present year 1818 , and having formed a board, proceeded on that day to the discharge of the duties assigned to them by the act of the legislature intituled an “act appropriating part of the revenue of the literary fund and for...
10Thomas W. Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: W. Maury with best respects to Thomas Jefferson Esq r RC ( MHi ); with PoC of TJ to William Davenport, 2 Feb. 1819 , on verso; dateline at foot of text; addressed (torn): “ Jefferson Esq r Monticello .”
11Thomas W. Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 17 October 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Herewith you will receive a specimen of Kenawha salt, received by me from Judge Summers with a request that I would present it to you. No uncommon pains were used either in its selection, or in the process of making it, inasmuch as I saw it taken from one of many kettles boiling in the same furnace, all of which were of similar quality.— I also send you a specimen of the coal of Western...
12Thomas W. Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 31 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
My relation William Maury of Liverpool will be here in a few days on his way (thro the States of Kentucky , Tennessee , Alabama & Mississippi ) to New-Orleans . I have lately received a letter from him, in which he requested me to ask the favor of you to give him letters to a few of the distinguished men in those states. Should you find it convenient to do so, be good enough to send the...
13Thomas W. Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Enclosed you will receive a paper enclosed to me by M r James Maury of Liverpool , containing some seed of the melon of Valencia , and addressed to you. My wish & intention were to have presented them in person, but something has always occurred to prevent. He says they are remarkable for combining the properties of the musk & water melon, and are a very delicious fruit. RC ( DLC ); dateline...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Walker Maury, 17 February 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Thankfully acknowledges the receipt of his order on M r Raphael for $40 and believes it to be the am t of the balance due. MHi .
15To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Walker Maury, 8 November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I ask leave to introduce to your acquaintance my friend Doctor Banister of Amelia, the son of M r John Banister of Dinwiddie member of the convention of 1775—It would have given me great pleasure to present him in person, but my employment for this day puts it out of my power. MHi .
16To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Walker Maury, 24 February 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
In a letter which I wrote to the American Consul at Liverpool some time last year, I took occasion to congratulate him on the continuance of your good health, and stated your age at 81. In his reply, lately received, he suggests that I am in error as to your age, and requests me to ascertain the fact; as also the age of M r Dabney Carr, the class-fellow of you both; you two being the only...
17From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Walker Maury, 3 March 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to your enquiries in behalf of my antient and highly esteemed friend and classmate James Maury I need only say that I was born Apr. 2. 1743. and that consequently, allowing for change of style, I shall be 83. y. old on the 13 th of the ensuing month of April. I should not give you the trouble of saying this form me to my friend, but should do it for myself, were it not that dislocns...