1John Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 11 July 1801 (Adams Papers)
I received yours of the 4 th with double pleasure occasioned by the Encouragement you give me to hope that I shall See you Soon at this chosen Spot. There are indeed in this Country, all the Characters and humours that you describe, and there will be such for many years to come, which will keep alive the extravagant Spirit of democracy, longer than it would live of itself. Exaggerations of...
2From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 11 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 1st. instant. Your observations on Neutral rights & the means of promoting them are certainly very interesting, & will merit consideration. It is questionable however whether any leading arrangements by the U. States during the war, even in an eventual form adapted to a state of peace, would be free from the danger of entangling us too much in the present...
3To James Madison from Samuel Cabot, 11 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 July 1801, Milton, Massachusetts. Relates circumstances of his appointment under Jay treaty provisions for liquidating claims. After serving in London nearly four years he returned to America when the board’s operations were suspended. Since he provided a substitute, no inconvenience to U.S. was expected, but after two years of suspended operations he is concerned about his salary and...
4To James Madison from George Davis, 11 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 July 1801, New York. Renews request for consulship at Algiers. Thanks JM for courtesies shown him in Washington. RC ( DLC ). 2 pp.
5To Thomas Jefferson from Elijah Brainerd, 11 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Pray be so good, as to permit an unfortunate citizen to address you, with modesty & deference—From your election to the first office, in our nation, my hopes of redress, in my claim on my country, revive—not as to a pension, or any direct assistance, but because, foreign influence, British partiality, and the charm of nobility gilded by property, will now as I hope, cease to disturb the peace...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 11 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a letter just received from the Comr. of loans of S. Carolina refusing the appointment of Commissioner of direct tax . The assessments of North Carolina are completed; those of Georgia nearly so. South Carolina the only delinquent State. I see no other way than that of sending a blank commission to some person at Charleston in whom you may have full confidence....
7To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 11 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has the honour to transmit for the consideration of the President of the United States, a letter from David Stone Esqr. Senator in Congress for North Carolina, in answer to one from this Department, concerning a proper person to fill the Office of Surveyor for the Port of Currituck in the District of Camden. As this letter contains all the information which the...
8To Thomas Jefferson from William Kilty, 11 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to request your acceptance of an Edition of the Laws of Maryland which I have lately compiled under a resolution of the General Assembly of that State. The Adoption of those Laws in this part of the district of Columbia, may render a Knowledge of them desirable, and I flatter myself that by reference to the Index You will be enabled without much trouble to obtain information on any...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Philippe de Létombe, 11 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Arrivé ici plein de reconnoissance pour les bontés dont Vous avez daigné m’honorer pendant mon séjour à Washington, je me suis informé aussitot de la demeure de Lemaire . Elle est à douze milles d’ici, à Lansdown , chez M. Bingham , et je ne pourrai lui parler ou, en mon absence, lui faire parler par un de mes amis, qu’à son premier voyage à Philadelphie. J’aurai l’honneur de Vous en écrire à...
10From Thomas Jefferson to Levi Lincoln, 11 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 15th. came to hand on the 25th. of June, and conveyed a great deal of that information which I am anxious to recieve. the consolidation of our fellow citizens in general is the great object we ought to keep in view, and that being once obtained, while we associate with us in affairs to a certain degree the federal sect of republicans, we must strip of all the means of...