1To John Adams from John Trumbull, 19 October 1805 (Adams Papers)
‘Till I received your last of the 4th: instant I had no idea that you doubted the truth of Washington’s letter relative to the capture of Cornwallis and supposed you only questioned the propriety of his allowing a letter to be published, in which he appears to boast of his success in stratagems. You express a wish that "the veracity of the letter might be established beyond all cavil." I can...
2From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 October 1805 (Madison Papers)
Doctor Park of this City is setting out with his daughter, on a trip Southwards and proposes to be in Washington before he returns. He is an old acquaintance in the family of Mrs. Madison, and is truly an amiable & respectable man. That he may present his respects with the greater facility I have asked him to accept a few lines making him known to you. With sentiments of respectful attachment...
3From James Madison to John Teasdale, 19 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To John Teasdale. 19 October 1805, Department of State. “I have received your letter of the 30th. Ult. respecting your claim upon the French government. The Minister of the United States at Paris being possessed of instructions on the subject of such demands, it would be superfluous to repeat them with a view to any general purpose. There cannot therefore be a doubt that Mr. Skipwith will...
4To James Madison from Isaac Cox Barnet, 19 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Isaac Cox Barnet. 19 October 1805, Paris. “I have the honour to transmit to you herewith, a list of the Vessels of the United States which have entered the port of Cherbourg Since the 1st. of January last [not found] and a note furnished me by my Agent there of the State & prospect of the American Trade to that port—to this I have to add the following from his last letter dated on the...
§ From Carlos Martínez de Yrujo. 19 October 1805, Neighborhood of Philadelphia. Encloses a true copy of documents lately sent him by secretary of state Pedro Cevallos at the king’s order by the contents of which JM will see the offensive threat made by two U.S. citizens called John and James Callier, brothers, one a justice of the peace and the other principal magistrate in the Tensas district...
6To James Madison from William Spencer, 19 October 1805 (Madison Papers)
¶ From William Spencer. Letter not found. 19 October 1805. Described in Jacob Wagner to Spencer, 26 Oct. 1805 ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 15; addressed to Spencer at “George Town crossroads” as referring to a claim against France. Wagner told Spencer that the latest information received from Paris about bills drawn for claims under the Louisiana Purchase Claims Convention had been published in...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Pseudonym: "A Friend", 19 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
My profoundly motived Opinion is, Seeing that you can do the Conquest with money, it is most important for your country to do instantly by this Way the acquisition of the Canada. England which expence 500,000£ per annum upon that property, and which Shall yet greater Commerce, when american Sagacity and activity will fertilised this land, owe not require a considerable Sum. That acquisition...
8To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 19 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Doctor Park of this city is setting out with his daughter, on a trip Southwards and proposes to be in Washington before he returns. He is an old acquaintance in the family of Mrs. Madison and is truly an amicable & respectable man. That he may present his respects with the greater facility I have asked him to accept a few lines making him known to you. With sentiments of respectful attachment...
9From Thomas Jefferson to J. Phillipe Reibelt, 19 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 15th. was recieved in due time. the work on Perroquets is a very superior one, and cheap at the price you are so good as to propose. but I have never permitted myself to indulge in the luxe typographique because if one immerges into it there is no bottom to it: and for a considerable time past I have discontinued adding to my library any thing except new works of merit in real...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 19 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter is a duplicate of one J. W. had the honor to translate, in the summer, containing a proposal from a Mr. Heise to carry a colony from Germany to Louisiana. He now adds, that he has discovered a method of preserving potatoes, the secret of which he offers for sale. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.