401From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Anthony, 6 May 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I hereby acknolege to have received from mr Anthony two sets of mr Trumbul’s prints of Bunker’s hill and the death of Montgomery, and to have paid him twenty eight dollars for them. if I possess any original subscription reciept it shall be returned; and if I did not then pay a moiety of the subscription (on which subject I cannot say a word by memory) I promise to pay it. RC ( CtY ). Joseph...
402From Thomas Jefferson to Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 22 February 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 28th. of August came to hand not till the 22d. of January. immediately on the reciept of it I remitted to Messrs. Daniel Ludlow and co . for you 186. D 12 c for which they transmitted me their reciept. by the same conveyance which carries this letter you will recieve for General Kosciuzko a bill for one thousand dollars payable to yourselves for his use. this remittance will...
403From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin H. Latrobe, 18 October 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of Sep. 22. the canal which is the subject of it is a very small affair, the whole fall about 30. feet, of which two thirds are past by my mill canal 1200 yds long, and one third by Henderson’s canal 200 yds long. all between us is dead water. doubling the breadth of our canals would make them wide enough for batteaux, and this we know from the...
404From Thomas Jefferson to James Wood, 28 November 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Three Chickasaw Indians have called on me, without any guide with them, any interpreter, or any document authorising their entrance or passage through the state except a pass from an officer at Staunton . had the County Lieutenant or any other field officer of militia been within reach I should have applied to them to take charge of them & have them conducted to Richmond, from whence I...
405From Thomas Jefferson to Elisha Boudinot, 25 February 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favor of the 19th. and am very sensible of your kind attention to the subject on which I had taken the liberty of troubling you. as soon as you recieve mr Roosevelt ’s answer I shall be further thankful for the communication of it. I should with great pleasure have made a visit to Newark in order to see these mines, & have accepted the polite offer of your company to...
406From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, [2]2 June [1798] (Jefferson Papers)
It is my expectation to leave this on the 25th. and to be at our July court. but something may very possibly arise which may keep me a few days longer. I must ask the favor of you therefore to press Kinsolving at court to pay up his balance, as I have considerable paiments to make immediately on my arrival at home. he may lodge the money with Colo. Bell. this being the last moment of the post...
407From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 24 June 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letters of May 24. & June 8 . have been duly recieved, and but for an inadvertence as to the post day, should have been acknoleged by the last post. all the articles forwarded by you have come to hand except the half dozen square railed Windsor chairs bought in 4th. street. as these are not received, and mr Jefferson says nothing of them in his letters, I presume they never came to his...
408To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1800 (Madison Papers)
Since you were here I have had time to turn to my accounts, and among others undertook to state the one with you: but was soon brought to a non-plus, by observing that I had made an entry Aug. 23. 99. of nails delivered for you, but left the particulars & amount blank till mr. Richardson should give them in to me. Whether he omitted this, or I to enter them I cannot tell, nor have either of us...
409From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 17 October 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Having occasion to write to the exr or admr of the late Benj. Harrison and ignorant who it is, I take the liberty of inclosing you the letter and asking you to enquire, and to direct & have it delivered to the proper person. Being about to write to mr Short I wish to inform him What is the present price at market of Jas. river Canal shares? when it is expected that the partners will begin to...
410From Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 12 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I know, my dear friend, that you sent me, so long ago as August, the much desired, and much valued piece on education , which I read with great pleasure, and ought to have acknoleged it’s receipt. but when I am at home there are so many delicious occupations of the more active kind that it is as difficult to drag me to my writing table, as to get a horse, broken loose from confinement, to...
411From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 15 June 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you on the 26th. & 31st. of May ; since which yours of May 26. is recieved. I observe what you say on the price of tobo. at the same time with your letter, I recieved one from mr Remsen of N. York, advising me on the same subject. the manufacturers there offered me 11. Cents a pound if they should like the quality, & he advised me to try 10. hhds. I accordingly directed mr Jefferson to...
412From Thomas Jefferson to John Brown, 5 April 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Tho’ you thought you had made such progress in your plan that it could not be altered, yet I send you the one I mentioned, as you may perhaps draw some hints from it for the improvement of yours. The method of building houses 2, 3, or 4 stories high, first adopted in cities [where] ground is scarce, and thence without reason copied in the country where ground abounds, has for these 20. or 30....
413From Thomas Jefferson to Julian Ursin Niemcewicz, 1 June 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 27th. came to hand last night, and my occupations of the day have been so incessant as to leave me but a short moment to answer in time for the post. as far as I have heard there is not the [smallest suspicion] here but that our friend is gone to Virginia. it is fortunate for me; for of all men living I am the most awkward at parrying interrogatories which are not to be...
414From Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Pendleton, 14 January 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved some time ago from mr Edmund Randolph a note signed by mr Lyons & yourself undertaking to pay the amount of a decree of Royle’s admrs v. yourselves as admrs of Robinson, to mr Short or myself as his attorney. this undertaking is perfectly satisfactory, and I only wait your pleasure to be signified as to the time when, and place where it may suit you to make the paiment. as it was to...
415From Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson Eppes, 13 April 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter, my dear Maria, of Mar. 13. came safely to hand and gave us the information, always the subject of anxiety, & therefore always welcome, that yourself and mr Eppes were well. it would yet have been better that we could all have been well together, as the health we enjoy separately would be more enjoyed together. whether we can visit you is still uncertain, my presence here is so...
416From Thomas Jefferson to John Moody, 13 June 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
I might sooner have acknoleged the receipt of your favor of May 15. but I could not sooner have done it with any thing satisfactory on the subject it concerned. The first [offering?] of the session of Congress was rather [inau]spicious to those who consider war as among the greatest calamities to our country. Private conversation, public discussion, and thorough calculation, aided by the...
417From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 15 August 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Ellen appeared to be feverish the evening you went away: but visiting her a little before I went to bed, I found her quite clear of fever, & was convinced the quickness of pulse which had alarmed me had proceeded from her having been in uncommon spirits and been constantly running about the house through the day & especially in the afternoon. since that she has had no symptom of fever, and is...
418From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Tazewell, 31 December 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
I found that my statement would be too long to give you the trouble of copying in the form of a narrative from yourself as had been at first proposed. I therefore wrote it in a letter directly to Mr. Henry himself. Indeed I thought it a proper respect for the candid views with which he seemed to ask explanations. While it is in your hands make what use of it you judge expedient by permitting...
419From Thomas Jefferson to Arthur Campbell, 1 September 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of July 4. and to recognise in it the sentiments you have ever held, and worthy of the day on which it is dated. It is true that a party has risen up among us, or rather has come among us, which is endeavoring to separate us from all friendly connection with France, to unite our destinies with those of Great Britain, and to assimilate our...
420From Thomas Jefferson to John Beale Bordley, 21 February 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Boardeley and thanks him for the volume he was so kind as to send him. mr Boardely having lost the model of a mould board formerly sent him Th:J. asks his acceptance of another, and offers many wishes for his better health. RC (Henry C. Davis, Columbia, South Carolina, 1947). Not recorded in SJL . John Beale Bordley (1727–1804), a native of...
421From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 1 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was of Jan. 16. since which I have recieved your two of Jan. 12. and that of Jan. 23. I inclose you one for your brother, not knowing what is his correct post office, so as to send it to him by post directly. mr T. M. Randolph states to me that he shall fall in your debt £135 at the end of the year’s account, & being at a loss to provide it has asked me to do it. I have informed...
422From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 3 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Dr. Bache having determined to remove to our neighborhood, informs me he has written to you to purchase lands for him. a day or two before I left home mrs Key sent me a message that the lands on which she lives & her son Walter’s were for sale. I therefore inclose you a letter to her, informg her that I have communicated it to the gentleman here whom I had under contemplation when I spoke to...
423From Thomas Jefferson to Dugnani, 7 May 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved, my dear Cardinal, in due time your two letters of May 17. and Sep. 30. from Rome: and it gave me infinite pleasure to learn that you were in good health. what astonishing things had then taken place! how much more astonishing what has since happened! these latter events too having been immediately in the scene where you are, I am filled with anxiety to learn how they have...
424From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 24 February 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 16th. my proposition was meant exactly as you supposed, to sell my tobo. for the highest price which shall be given before Oct. 1. on a credit not longer than the purchaser will have for mine. as to it’s being the highest price given on James river or at Richmond , I did not suppose it made a difference. I presume so high a price is given at Richmond as...
425From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 24 July 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
In hopes that Mrs. Madison and yourself and Miss Madison will favor us with a visit when Colo. Monroe calls on you, I write this to inform you that I have had the Shadwell and Secretary’s ford both well cleaned. If you come the lower road, the Shadwell ford is the proper one. It is a little deepened, but clear of stone and perfectly safe. If you come the upper road you will cross at the...
426From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 26 October 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
The day after you left us , I sat down and wrote the petition I mentioned to you. it is not yet correct enough, & I inclose you a copy to which I pray your corrections, and to return it by the next post, that it may be set in motion. on turning to the judiciary law of the US. I find they established the designation of jurors by lot or otherwise as now practiced in the several states; should...
427From Thomas Jefferson to John Harvie, 5 December 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Being [near an absence] from home of several months, I have, [among] other […]ed things, turned to the papers respecting the land [case between us]. I have thereupon made a statement of facts respecting it, […] [had] been proposed between us, & of the law on those facts according [to my con]ception of it. this I enclose you, and shall be glad to recieve [at] Philadadelphia your...
428From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 21 March 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
The public papers will present to you the almost insane message sent to both houses of Congress 2. or 3. days ago. this has added to the alarm of the sounder and most respectable part of our merchants, I mean those who are natives & are solid in their circumstances & do not need the lottery of war to get themselves to rights. the effect of the French decree on the representatives had been to...
429From Thomas Jefferson to Allen Jones, 22 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately recieved from a Mr. Giroud of St. Domingue [a] few seeds of the Bread tree, from plants growing there. [Our inform?]ation that Capt. Cook found that tree bearing fully in [New Zealand] in a colder temperature than that of London, [leaves?] little doubt it may be raised in our Southern states. Having only seven seeds, and desirous of [t]aking all the […] possible for success, I...
430From Thomas Jefferson to John Marshall, 23 June 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to General Marshall. he had the honor of calling at his lodgings twice this morning, but was so un- lucky as to find that he was out on both occasions. he wished to have expressed in person his regret that a preengagement for to-day which could not be dispensed with would prevent him the satisfaction of dining in company with Genl. Marshall, and therefore...
431From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 3 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve with due sensibility the congratulations of the Senate on being called to the first Executive office of our government, and I accept with great satisfaction their assurances of support in whatever regards the honor & interest of our country. knowing no other object in the discharge of my public duties, their confidence in my future conduct derived from past events, shall not be...
432From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Call, 23 October 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved in due time your favor inclosing the decree against the Hendersons & thank you for your advice on the mode of executing it. I shall use the cautions you recommend. the decree is upon the whole quite satisfactory. it is true I had thought that he who erected a nuisance ought to be made to abate it, & that in the present case the abatement will be considerably expensive. yet that once...
433From Thomas Jefferson to John Breckinridge, 4 July 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed you by mr Monroe , a relation of our governour who proposes to pay a visit to Kentuckey to look out for a settlement. he is a lawyer of reputation, a very honest man and good republican . having no acquaintance in your state I take the liberty of recommending him to your attentions and counsel, which the worth of his character will entirely justify. we have no particular...
434From Thomas Jefferson to James Currie, 14 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved your favor covering mr Ross’s last observations, some time before I left home. a great deal of business pressing on me at that time, as preparatory to my departure for this place, I was unable to attend to this at all. I have taken the first leisure moment I had here, to consider these last observations. we differ in a fact, no further material than as explanatory of the state of...
435From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 25 October [1797] (Jefferson Papers)
I like your second title better than the first because it [is shorter.] I should like the following better than either. ‘The Foreign affairs of the US. during the years 1794. 5. 6. laid before his fellow citizens by J.M. their late M.P. to the republic of France.’ The reason of my preference is that it implies no inculpation of the Executive. Such an implication will determine prejudiced men...
436From Thomas Jefferson to Stevens Thomson Mason, 27 October 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor by mr Craven has been duly recieved, and I am very thankful for your attention to the subject of my former letter . it is one I have very much at heart, for I find I am not fit to be a farmer with the kind of labour we have, and also subject to such long avocation. mr Craven had thought too much of the Raspberry plains to be satisfied with our mountainous country: however, although...
437From Thomas Jefferson to William Bradford, 6 November 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
To be present at the meeting of Congress would have required me to set out on this day. But circumstances of necessity oblige me to ask of the Senate the indulgence of some time, probably of about a fortnight. Whether it be more or less I shall repair to my station the first moment it is possible for me to do so. A knolege that in the mean time it is so worthily filled, leaves me nothing to...
438From Thomas Jefferson to Harry Innes, 20 June 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of March the 2d. and to return you many thanks for it. I am very desirous to collect all the information I can relative to the murder of Logan’s family, who were the perpetrators, & how far Cresap had counselled or ordered it; for tho’ there exists a very general belief that he was present, yet the information I have recieved seems rather that he...
439From Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 19 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you Dec. 23. via Petersburg, and to Maria Jan. 4. via City point. neither seems to have reached you Jan. 12. the date of your letter which came to hand yesterday. I answer it immediately according to my promise to Maria. and if mine be acknoleged as soon as you recieve it, we may hear from each other regularly every fortnight, as a letter is but 6 days going hence to Richmond, and...
440From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 18 April 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege your several favors of Mar. 18 & 26. and Apr. 1. & 8. the contents of which have been attended to. the corks by mr Richardson are received, & the packages by the little Jim are said to have arrived at Milton last night with some of Dr. Bache’s goods. since my last 4. hhds of my tobo. from this place have gone down. we began to be under great apprehension (and there is...
441From Thomas Jefferson to Josiah Parker, 13 January 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to the several enquiries in your letter of this day, I have the honor to inform you that the marble statue of Genl. Washington in the Capitol in Richmond with it’s pedestal cost in Paris 24,000. livres or 1000 Louis d’ors. it is of the size of life, and made by Houdon, reckoned one of the first statuaries in Europe. besides this we paid Houdon’s expences coming to & returning from...
442From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 5 February 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to mr Randolph on the 30th. of Jan. having just then recieved his of the 19th. it was not till yesterday that I learned from the Post office that our post now departs on Wednesday morning from this place. my letters hitherto have been written for Thursday morning, so that you will have recieved them a week later. tell mr Randolph that the day on which I wrote to him, but after I had...
443From Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 6 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I had just recieved from New York the box containing mr Martin’s model of the hand-threshing machine, & the drill, when your favor of Mar. 25. came to hand, and I had nearly compleated a drawing to be filed in the Secretary of state’s office. I suspend further proceeding till I hear from you. in the mean time mr Bingham had communicated to me a model which he had recieved from England. I think...
444From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Norborne Nicholas, 11 August 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Having omitted for some days to turn my attention to your plan , when I reverted to it, some particulars of your desire had so escaped my memory that I could not recall them. be so good as to drop me a line stating what rooms are indispensable, & what more would be desireable. also what sizes would suit you best for a dining room & parlour, & particularly the former; for I believe you were...
445From Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 23 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I arrived here on the 4th. day of my journey without accident, & found myself better provided with lodgings than I expected. in general Congress is comfortably & conveniently lodged; dearer however than at Philadelphia; in my own case considerably so. the French treaty will meet considerable opposition in Senate. the judiciary system is again brought forward, & there is great fear will...
446From Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 26 August 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I am deeply impressed with the importance of Virginia & Kentuckey pursuing the same tract at the ensuing sessions of their legislatures. your going thither furnishes a valuable opportunity of effecting it, and as mr Madison will be at our assembly as well as yourself, I thought it important to procure a meeting between you. I therefore wrote to propose to him a ride to this place on Saturday...
447From Thomas Jefferson to St. George Tucker, 9 May 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I am much obliged by your friendly letter of the 2d. inst. and your attention to mr Martin’s libels on the subject of Logan, the first only of which I have ever read: for when I found by his stile that truth was not his object, but to gratify party passions, I determined to read no more, but to make proper enquiries into the fact he questioned, & in due time publish it. I turned to the papers...
448From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 2 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you from Monticello with a statement of my draughts on you. I have this day drawn on you in favor of James Strange agent for the Donalds for £98–5 paiable at 10. days sight. the £500. which you recieved from mr Pendleton were for mr Short. as it was wanting here, & I had money here which it suited me better to transfer to Richmond, I have been able so far to make the exchange within...
449From Thomas Jefferson to John Hoomes, 3 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your servant arrived here this afternoon with the horse , [and I] have only this moment been able to go and see him. I am quite satisfied with his first appearances, & have no doubt I shall continue [to be?] so. the servant wishing to go immediately to Georgetown to take […] passage for tomorrow morning, I give him dollars to cover your [advances] for his expences, & those of his return &...
450From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, [18] July 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
After parting with you at Philadelphia, I recollected that the box which Mr. Johnston was forwarding to you for me, went from this place and contained a large tooth and another bone of the Mammoth. I must ask the favor of you to open it and to take the tooth, have it packed in a box of exact size, to be directed to ‘the Prince of Parma,’ and delivered to the Chevalier Yrujo, Minister of Spain,...