1From Thomas Jefferson to William Sampson, 20 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Sampson and his thanks for the volume of his memoirs which he was so kind as to send him and which he shall read with pleasure the first moments of leisure. it adds a monument the more of what a country loses, when it loses it’s self-government. he thanks mr Samson also for the letter from mr Hamilton Rowan, for whose character he entertains a high...
2Thomas Jefferson to William Sampson, 30 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Nov. 30. came to hand some time ago, and I delayed answering that I might acknolege at the same time the receipt of mr Ensor s volumes which you had been so kind as to forward. that on National government with your letter of Nov. 26. were deli forwarded by mr Lovett an by
3Thomas Jefferson to William Sampson, 30 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I am very thankful, Sir, to yourself and mr Tone for the military tract you have been so kind as to send me . I have read it with awful sensations. I have never doubted that a great contest must one day take place between Great Britain and the United states . but my hope has been that that day was very distant, and great time yet allowed us for preparation. every year gives us growth, strength...
4From Thomas Jefferson to William Sampson, 2 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Sampson and his thanks for the Statistical account of Londonderry which he has been so kind as to transmit him. he will still increase the obligation if he will be so kind as to express Th:J’s acknolegements to the author for this mark of attention. he shall read it with pleasure in his approaching retirement from the less pleasant occupations which...
5Thomas Jefferson to William Sampson, 2 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 13 th ult is recieved at an occasional residence very distant from Monticello , and in answer to it’s proposition on the subject of mr Tone ’s pamphlet I must say that I am exceedingly averse to have letters written in the carelessness and confidence of private correspondence, handed to the public. this comprehends men of all opinions and of all dispositions, and the...
6Thomas Jefferson to William Sampson, 26 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have read with great satisfaction the eloquent pamphlet you were so kind as to send me , and sympathise with every line of it. I was once a doubter Whether the labor of the Cultivator, aided by the creative powers of the earth itself, would not produce more value than that of the manufacturer, alone and unassisted by the dead subject on which he acted? in other words, Whether the more we...