1To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 1 December 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
In the reporting to You on the manner in which the work on the public buildings of the United States has been conducted during the Year 1804, I cannot avoid expressing my regret that a sensible portion of the appropriation by Congress has necessarily been expended in pulling down or repairing what was done insufficiently, previously to the Year 1803. The application of the public money to the...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 26 November 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
This day our board & its Committees finish their business. I shall get into the Mail, if possible today. At all events tomorrow & come on without the loss of a moments’ time. I am with the sincerest respect Yrs RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 27 Nov. and so recorded in SJL .
3To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 9 November 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I arrived at this place from our works on the Canal yesterday, having daily attended at the postroad from the 3rd of Novr. to the 5th. in hopes that I should have been able to procure a passage to Washington. But the stages were so crouded with the Members going to Congress that I could not get a seat, and on the 5th. both lines were preengaged for three days to come. It was then too late to...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 15 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
The following passage is contained in a letter just received from Mr Wm Stewart, by far the most wealthy & respectable Stonecutter at Baltimore. Mr Robert Stewart ,—his father is proprietor of an acre, containing the best Stone on the Island. I have not yet received his proposals for supplying stone. “I have understood ⅌ Mr Conway who was in Baltimore some time ago, that Mr D. C. Brent expects...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 2 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I have delayed to answer your favor of the 14h. September for a few days, untill I had compleatly ascertained whether by any exertion it would be possible to procure sheet Iron sufficient to cover the public buildings & to make up the deficiency for Monticello this Autumn, and I have now the satisfaction to inform you, that all your Iron is rolled & will be sent off by the first opportunity, &...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 18 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I accept with pleasure the favor of Your invitation to dinner tomorrow, and will come to the house at such an hour, with the workmen, as to put the work you propose into immediate execution. After waiting upon you yesterday, I examined the whole of the lower part of the building with a view to a supply of water to the Washhouse by means of the proposed forcing pump, and by this means have...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 26 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
My very frequent absence from home at the Ch. & Del. Canal, occasions a great unpunctuality in my correspondence, & I have to apologise for not sooner answering Your letter of the 16th. Jany. Immediately after hearing of the passing of the appropriation law by the Senate, I will come to Washington, & in the mean time endeavor to digest a system of procedure for the next season, to be laid...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 13 March 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your favor of the 6th with the most grateful sentiments. It did not reach me till the 11th. I cannot better express the sense I have of your kindness, than by setting off for Washington as soon as I can leave my business with convenience, & safety. This will be in 2 or 3 days at furthest. I have already made my principal arrangements.—The failure of my partners Messrs. Bollmann ,...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 14 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I have for some days hoped that every day of my stay here would be the last. But I am so dependent of the exertions of others, and so unwilling to leave any thing to their neglect after I shall be gone, that I am still detained. Every however draws to a conclusion. In the mean time, on referring to the date of my letter to the Vice president on the subject of the means of warming the Senate...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin H. Latrobe, 18 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Since I last had the honor to wait upon you nothing has occurred upon which I felt myself authorized to take up your time, and though I have often been in your house, I have not found it necessary to trespass upon your leisure for directions.— In the mean time, every thing has been prepared to begin the roof as soon as the Weather promises to be fair.—The lead for the Gutters has been cast &...