1From John Adams to James Brackett, 15 January 1819 (Adams Papers)
I am informed that Mr Pratt and Mr Hunt are cutting wood upon my land by your order that they cut last year twenty cord and have now marked out 30 more If this is true I presume it is by mere mistake of the boundaries between you and me. I shall be obliged to you if your will inform me upon what lot of yours they are cutting which joins me and wish that this may be inquired into. I am...
15 February January —Waked so ill with cramps in my Stomach as to be unable to rise and continued so all day and towards evening was obliged to send for the Doctor who gave me opium the only thing which could afford me relief— 16 Rose much better though still suffering from a stricture across the breast—Remained at home receiving visits until three o’clock—Mr Bailey and Mr. Forbes passed the...
3Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Jones, 15 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I am very thankful to you for the trouble you have been so kind as to take with respect to my wines and other articles recieved from mr Cathalan of Marseilles . I import annually my wines from that place, and as there are not many vessels going thither from our ports, my correspondent is obliged to send them by any vessel which happens there to whatever port bound on her return, and consigns...
4Benjamin Waterhouse to Thomas Jefferson, 15 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Although answering of letters may have become an irksome task, the reading them may sometimes be an amusement. This idea has induced me to send you this. It has reference to future history, and has had its origin in the following occurrence: M r Trumbull exhibited, a few weeks since, his national painting of “ the Declaration of Independence ” in the Town-hall of Boston . The picture has not...