1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, with Jefferson’s Note, 21 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Moore respectfully invites the President of the United States to examine the condition of Butter in a newly invented Refrigiratory , put in the 21st Inst. at 6 OClock P.M. 20 miles distant from Washington— [ Diagram and note by TJ: ] the oval was cooper’s work the inner parallelogram was a box of tin turned down on the top and trimmed to the oval: a. and b. were 2 square holes at which...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, 1 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Thos. Jefferson President of the United States has permission to use one of my patent Refrigerators of any size and for any purpose he may think proper. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
3To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, 28 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Colonel Thomas Lehre of Charleston the Gentleman who will do me the honer to deliver this letter, intends making a tour to the Springs in Virginia with Mrs. Lehre & his family, and returning to Carolina by Washington. It gives me great pleasure to have it in my power to introduce him to you, as one of our most Respectable characters, & a firm Republican, who has long possessed the confidence...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, 22 August 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I expect to set out in a few days to meet the other Commissioners of the Ohio Road.—While John Mason was in office he acted as treasurer to the Commissioners, & with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury drew therefrom $500. on account of the Road. The chief Clerk to the Secretary this day informs me that agreeably to the Law, no other person than the President can draw for that...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Moore, 16 September 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
On the reciept of your letter of Aug. 22. I sent it to mr Gallatin to obtain his opinion on the mode of drawing the money from the Treasury for the expenditures of the Western road. I now inclose you a letter from him on that subject. in his letter is the following passage. ‘I observe that mr Moore states the daily expence of the Surveyor & his company at about 9. D. the act says ‘they (the...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, 10 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Herewith are inclosed extracts of the letters, which I this morning, had the honor of presenting to you. I have the Honor to be, Very respectfully Sir, yr most Obdt. Servt. DNA : RG 59—LAR—Letters of Application and Recommendation. Extract of a letter from Capt. William Hall, of Charleston, So. Carolina, To his friend, Genl. Thomas Moore, in Congress “The death of Capt. Pain of our Revenue...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Moore, 16 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 12th. and I now remit you an order of the bank of this place on that at Baltimore for 67.30 the sum I assumed to mr Speer exclusive of Perry’s order for 150. D. of this last order I now remit you the additional sum of 50. D. being the portion of the order I assumed to mr Speer, having the day before he called on me remitted to Perry himself the 100. D....
8To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, 22 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Herewith is forwarded a summary of the Journals of the Commissioners while exploreing the Country for the western Road. I attended at the Presidents House on this day week with our Surveyor, but the President being engaged the Map was left with the Door keeper— Very respectfully DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
9To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Moore, 3 March 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to thy request I have endeavoured from such data as I could collect without actual measurment on the ground, to ascertain the expense of continuing the Canal from the Locks at the little Falls to the Navy-Yard in the City of Washington, for the purpose of Boat-Navigation; confining my calculations to the work itself, without taking into the account the cost of the Land over which it...
10From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Moore, 14 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
You will recollect that I wished yourself & your colleagues to reconsider the question whether the Western road should pass through Uniontown or Brownesville. this I did because you told me the Commissioners had decided very hesitatingly in favor of it’s passing through Brownesville, & I thought myself it was going out of it’s true course. but I wished you, on reconsideration, to decide...