1To James Madison from Lafayette, 18 August 1816 (Madison Papers)
Your kind favour, May 10h, is an Additional proof of the friendly Concern in My Behalf for Which I Beg Leave to Repeat My Most Affectionate Thanks. The instruction issued from the General Land office ought, it Seems, to Have procured the Certificate Necessary, But Sufficient, to obtain a patent. That Some thing in the Secondary Measures at New orleans Has Been Wanting Appears to Be pretty Well...
2Thomas Jefferson to William Clark, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer of this letter, mr Robert Sthreshley , for some time a neighbor of mine has sold his possessions adjoining me and proposes to remove with his family to S t Louis . as he will be an entire stranger there he naturally wishes to be known to some one whose countenance may be a recommendation & introduction into the society of the place. he is a man of property, careful, correct,...
3Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Il m’a paru que je ne pouvais faire aucun meilleur usage de votre Lettre relative à M r de Tracy que de lui en envoyer copie. C’est ce que j’ai fait. Quant à la partie de Son ouvrage qui n’êtait pas encore traduite, qui ne l’a pas bien êté par la Personne à qui M r Duane en a remis le travail, et que vous avez ou retraduite ou corrigée, je Suis assez d’avis que vous la donniez à imprimer à M r...
4Thomas Jefferson to George Flower, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 6 th came to hand the day before yesterday. independant of the moral considerations which dictate to us to be useful to one another, the letters of Mess rs La Fayette and Lasteyrie would have been a sure passport to any service I can render you. if, as I presume, your purpose is to fix yourself in the US. my first advice to you would be not to be hasty in fixing yourself doing it
5Jonas Humbert to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I doubt not your goodness will Readily find an excuse for the liberty taken by a stranger in addressing a few lines to your friendly attention: but particularly so when the contents of this Communication is impartially considered. Permit me to Say, respected Sir, that it is many years since I became conversant with your sentiments on public concerns, and I have often been pleased, as well as...
6Thomas Jefferson to John F. Oliveira Fernandes, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved the last night your favor of the 10 th and I hasten to express the pleasure I shall have in recieving you here, and the wish that this may meet with no delay. you propose to us the hope that you will be here towards the end of this month, or the commencement of the next; and the object of this is to express my anxiety that it may be within the present month, because arrangements are...
7John Preston to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
With much pains and trouble mingled with anxiety I have compiled a Lancastrian Spelling book and caused the same to be printed: I have also written an Introduction to Arithmeti c on a similar plan as you will perceive by the manuscript accompanying this note. The embarrasments I have brought on myself by this assiduous task, the flattering recommendations given by some of our first American...
8Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I will with pleasure undertake the perusal of your work and with the frankness to which you are entitled will make the observations to which it may give occasion, and this I will do on the condition and confidence that you will thi shew you think me worthy of equal frankness by regarding the observations I shall hazard exactly as much only as your own judgment shall dictate on severe...