1John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 30 January 1804 (Adams Papers)
I send this day a packet, to your father containing the Journals and other publications of the day; with an Intelligencer, containing the account of our festival on Friday last.— That is to say, of the dinner— To morrow evening there is to be a Ball for the same purpose. One of the toasts drank at the feasts was “ An Union of Parties ,” which is like drinking the Millennium— I suppose they...
I send you three Notes on account of my bond each for 800 Ds as agreed. On Saturday I took the bond in the Country & forgot to bring it to Town with the calculation; so that ⟨I m⟩ust defer the completion of the arrange⟨ment⟩ to my return from Albany. But you may consider it as done & in⟨form⟩ your correspondents accordingly. Yrs. with gre⟨at⟩ regard ALS , Mr. Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur,...
3To James Madison from Robert R. Livingston, 30 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
I find I was under a mistake, when in my last I informed you that the Commissioners were going on with their liquidations; none have been sent up with their final determination, but the first Seven, as I now am informed (tho not from them, for they communicate nothing to me) these were Sent up before the arrival of Mr Maclure from England. They are yet retained in the French Treasury, from...
4From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Lord, 30 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Lord, and returns him his Manuscript . neither his time nor qualifications permit him to undertake to pass a judgment on compositions, & still less on those of the character of the within, which have been less his study than others. he thanks him for the communication. PrC ( DLC ); torn; month interlined in dateline in place of “Dec.”; initially...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Moore, 30 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I had this pleasure a few days since ; and have now to inform you that the person, in whose behalf I solicited your assistance, has this day moved to this place, and will have it in his power to maintain his Family by keeping a small Grocery Store, and taking five or six Boarders I pray you excuse my Freedom in thus addressing you; and accept assurances of the high consideration and respect...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Sally Palmer, 30 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I pray you will pardon the boldness And pitty the Distressis of a poor disconsolate Widdow left a lone with three small Children And have nothing to support my self and them But my own labour the inhuman phizition That attendid my husdband in his sickness Has siesed my furniture and will expose it for sail Unless I Can procure money anugh to defray His Chargis hear I am a lone woman not A...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 30 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Soon after my letter of the 16th. had gone off, your contract for corn occurred to me, which I had not recollected before. I saw at once that your draught must have been founded on that; and before the reciept of your letter of the 23d. which is only this moment come to hand, I returned the draught with an acceptance to mr Higginbotham & with explanations of the cause of delay, and assurances...
8To Thomas Jefferson from William Thomson, 30 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the Liberty, Sir, of presenting you with a copy of the letters of Curtius , written by John Thomson of Petersburg. Perhaps the affection of a brother, may render him blind to the imperfections of this little work, yet he flatters himself, you will esteem it worthy the small space it shall occupy in your Library—The present edition contains a concise account of the life of the Author,...