1To Thomas Jefferson from Hugh Henry Brackenridge, 17 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Just about to leave this place to which I will not return until the first of June next. In the mean time shall be in Philadelphia and on the circuit. The event of your Presidency has most probably by this time taken place, at least designation of taking place on the fourth of March next. I think it morally impossible that the vote of Congress could ultimately be contrary to the voice of the...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Hugh Henry Brackenridge, 19 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Did not expect an answer to my note , not meaning to draw a person engaged in affairs into a correspondence: Cum tot sustineas , et tanta negotia— —In publica commoda peccem, Si longo sermone morer— But it may be useful to you in your present and approaching responsible situation to have hints, or indicia of the public mind on occasional subjects. With a view to inform and from a zeal for the...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Hugh Henry Brackenridge, 30 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
In my absence, your letter acknowledging the receipt of mine relative to the Appendix to your Notes on Virginia, came to hand, and was opened by Mrs. Brackenridge, as directed with regard to all letters, that should any of them require it, they might be forwarded to me, or laid by till my return. The letter containing nothing of a private nature, she permitted a Gentleman the Physician of the...