1To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Lewis, Sr., 11 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I think it my duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , enclosing the small Maps . Your favorable Opinion of my Abilities, merits my most sincere thanks: and, approbation coming from so respectable a source, and from one, so capable of ascertaining true worth, adds not a little to my Vanity. Geographical drawings have been my eager pursuit and ambition to excel, almost from my infancy:...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Leiper, 11 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I duely received yours of the 4th. inclosing a Copy of a letter from Jackson & Wharton to Murdo and Fisher— This day was appointed by Jackson & Wharton for a reinspecting of your Tobacco but the snow of yesterday and to day has prevented it but when-ever the weather will permit we have agreed it shall be done— I have seen some 7 or 8 sample’s which is all they have opened of your Tobacco and...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Frederick Muhlenberg, 11 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
It being the prevailing Opinion, whether well or ill founded, I do not presume to judge, that a Change will be made in the Revenue officers of this State, acting for the United States; permit me in the most respectful Manner to offer myself as a Candidate for the Office of Collector at the Port of Philadelphia. Tho’ I humbly hoped I had some small Claim on the Public, after a Life of Toil &...