251From Thomas Jefferson to John Taggert, 15 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I must trouble you again on the subject of paint & oil by asking the favor of you, to send for me to Messrs. Gibson & Jefferson at Richmond, 60 galls. linseed oil, & 100. ℔ of dry white lead, by the first vessel going to Richmond, after your river shall be open, & to note to me the amount which shall be duly remitted. I tender you my best wishes & respect. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
252From John Adams to William Cunningham, 14 February 1809 (Adams Papers)
The complaint in your favour of the 11th, of the refusal to publish your Chathams, is no suprise to me. I have seen nothing in the four federal papers of Boston, for the last year, but such another prostitution, of genius, learning, and eloquence, as We read in Madam Drapers, Fleets, and mien, and Flemmings Papers in 1773 and 1774. A blind devotion to England and a disposition to sacrifice to...
253To James Madison from George W. Erving, 14 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you by the Ship "Bourdeaux" Richard Law Mr., which left this a short time since for the port of N. York, in my dispatch No. 60 (dated Jany. 28th.) stating the amount of the intelligence then received respecting the last military operations in this country: By subsequent & more particular accounts we are now assured, that in the attack made upon the Duke of...
254To James Madison from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 14 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Some of our friends have a great anxiety that the non intercourse law should expire at the end of the next session of Congress, and that a clause shou’d be added to the bill repealing all the embargo laws at the same time. You seemed to disapprove of it, and I have given no encouragement to the idea. Mumford & Masters say if this is done all the New Yorkers will vote for the bill, and the New...
255To James Madison from Samuel Houston, 14 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Having lately read Neckar on the importance of Religious opinions I was much affected with his excellent concluding Chapter, especially the following lines, "It is a God we feel the want of, a God such as religion presents; a God powerful and good, the first source of happiness, and who only can secure it to the human race." My mind instantly thought of my Country now in the midst of straits...
256To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The pay of a Cadet in the Artillery is ten dollars per month, & he receives two rations per day. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
257To Thomas Jefferson from John Diffenderffer, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreable to your Excellence’s request of 10th. inst; I have forwarded by this day Mail, half Bushel of Spring rye (packed in Linen adres’d to you) which I hope may arrive Safe, & pleased— It’s been customary with us, previous of this Seed being sow’d, to put it in strong [Brine].— Resspectfully your Excellence’s Most Obt. Hubl. Servt Thomas Jefferson Esq. Bot. of Jno. Diffenderffer ½ bus. of...
258From Thomas Jefferson to Richard Fitzhugh, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved two days ago your favor of the 11th. and immediately applied at the War office, where the former application had been made, to know if the place were still vacant which Genl. Dearborne had proposed for your son. but he informed me that after keeping the place open as long as the necessary service of the office would admit, he had been obliged to fill it. this passed I believe...
259To Thomas Jefferson from Armistead T. Mason, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
By order of the meeting I transmit to you the enclosed duplicate of their proceedings. With sentiments of mingld admiration and gratitude I have the honor to be, most Sincerely your friend. ViW : Jefferson Papers, Tucker-Coleman Collection. At a meeting of the Republicans of Loudoun County, in the Town of Leesburg, on the 13th. day of February 1809, convened agreeably to Public notice, “for...
260To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander McRae, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I should sooner have acknowledged the receipt of your favor of the 8th. Inst. but that when I received it, and from that moment to the present, I have been unceasingly occupied in attending to Business which admitted of no delay. The unreserved manner in which you have been pleased to communicate your sentiments on topics of the highest moment, which essentially involve the prosperity honor...
261From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
In the instant of the departure of the post Genl. Dearborne calls on me to know the name of a person for whom I applied to be made a Cadet; and I have forgotten the name, & cannot find it on a review of your letters, altho’ I know it was through you that the application came. pray let me know it by return of post; and I will keep the place open a few days. Genl. Dearborne leaves us in a few...
262To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
With respect to young Drayton the midshipman—it is proper to state to you, that there are now in the Navy upwards of sixty midshipmen, who are senior to him in appointment—many of whom rank with the first young men in the country—these would all feel themselves degraded if any junior officer should be placed over them—A reversion of the order of antecedent relations, especially among military...
263To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Stoddert, 14 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Conscious that I have no unworthy motive for giving you so much trouble—I trust you will believe it—and that I shall be thought of no worse, than being too officious, & perhaps, vain. The non-intercourse bill, before Congress, will operate most unfavorably for this Country, and more favorably for England, than the Embargo has done.—for, besides other great injury as to ourselves, it will sweep...
I have received but one letter from you since I left Boston, and that was written only two days after my departure—So long an interval during which I have not heard a word from you, and neither your mother, nor any other of the families here have received a line, begins to make me uneasy; and the state of our Charles when I came away, and of Kitty’s health when you wrote tends to increase that...
265To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 13 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
A Mail from Washington, by the way of Fort Stoddart arrived on this morning, but has brought me no official Communications. Mr. Julien Poydras, (who is avowedly friendly to the General and local Administration) has been elected by the Territorial Legislature a Delegate to Congress, for the ensuing two years; Doctor Watkins, was the candidate in opposition & is understood here, to have received...
266To James Madison from Joseph Desha, 13 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to recomend to your consideration Walker Reid, as a suitable person to fill the office of Judge in the Illinois Territory, if it should not interfere with your arrangements. I can vouch for his being a man of talents and integrity, a Republican in principle, and a firm adherent, and supporter of the present administration. He origionated from Loudon County Virginia. He has been an...
267To James Madison from Henry Joseph Hutchins, 13 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
An individual, the 1/ 6,000,000th. part of the people of the United States of America, now begs leave to address a few remarks to you before you exchange the arduous office of Secretary of State for the easy and independent station of President. No one individual in the United States possesses so thoroughly as yourself a knowledge of the real situation of this Country, its rights and policy...
268JM Letters reprinted in the House of Lords Journal, 13 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Copies of the proceedings of the American government during the present session of Congress, which have been transmitted by his Majesty’s minister at Washington, respecting the intercourse and commerce of the U. S. with other nations. Printed Source--Charles O. Paullin and Frederic L. Paxson. Guide to the Materials in London Archives for the History of the United States Since 1783 (Washington,...
269To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor of proposing for your approbation the following appointments in the First Legion of the Militia of the District of Columbia viz. Joseph Cassin to be appointed Captain of Light Infantry McCauley Haynes to be appointed Lieutenant ditto William Dyson to be appointed Ensign ditto Accept, Sir, assurances of my high respect & consideration. PHi : Daniel Parker Papers.
270To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I do not recollect that any application was made by Mr Fitzhugh in behalf of his son. There is not however any vacancy in my office, nor do I think it probable that any will soon occur; for, on account of the encrease of business arising from the embargo, I engaged an additional clerk last summer; and there will be of course one more than is necessary when the embargo is repealed. You may...
271From Thomas Jefferson to Caleb Kirk, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a sample of wool of my Merino sheep, and will thank you for your opinion of it & that of the best judges you can consult. the hatters particularly can say whether it is such as they give the high prices for. my object is to know whether it is worth my while to attend to their propagation. I salute you with friendship. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
272To Thomas Jefferson from Matthew Lyon, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
When I am about to address you perhaps for the last time as chief Majistrate in favor of a friend, I will not for a moment suffer the Vulgar opinion to prevail with me, that because I have dissented from the Course you have persued with regard to our foreign affairs my wishes will be disregarded respecting the arrangements which are necessarily connected with the management of our internal...
273To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard McMahon, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your favour of the 8th. inst. and such of the articles ordered as I have, or can procure, shall be forwarded in due time, provided the weather, in the interim, will admit of taking up the plants. The Chili Strawberry is not, to my knowledge, to be procured in this part of the Union; but that called the Hudson I think I can get. The Crown Imperial roots, as well as all my hardy...
274From Thomas Jefferson to John Neilson, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
mr. Dinsmore, in his last letter to me, desired me to send you 50. Dollars; which I now inclose accordingly. I informed him a post or two ago that I had lodged 500. D. for you in the bank of Richmond, & inclosed him an order in your favor. I tender you my best wishes. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
275From Thomas Jefferson to James Ronaldson, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I must once more be troublesome to you on the subject of Wool. I inclose you a sample of the wool of a race of sheep which I have been propagating for 14. or 15. years as the Merinos of Spain. their history is stated on the back of the paper, and I ask the favor of you to be so good as to ascertain, by the opinion of the best judges, it’s quality & value, & particularly in comparison with that...
276From Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan Smith, 13 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to pay to the order of John Barnes the amount of the half year’s dividend due & payable on Genl. Thaddeus Kosciuzko’s twenty shares of Pensylvania bank stock. CtY .
Your very Kind letter was sent to me yesterday Morning from Quincy and h as added to the anxiety of my mind from a conviction that the rappidity with which you travel’d has contributed very much Towards encreasing your cold of which I hope you will now take every possible care for my sake if not for your own— Our family are still invalids and Kitty does not recover as fast as I could wish your...
278To James Madison from Cole Digges, 12 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Permit Me to state my case to You & to ask your assistance to procure for Me an appointment, to a publick office, under the general government, that may be in some degree lucrative; if you think my pretentions are founded upon merit. The following is a true & correct statement of my services, rendered to my Country, in the revolutionary War, & the patriotic Zeal which urged Me to sacrafice my...
279To James Madison from Valentin de Foronda, 12 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Siento mucho verme en la precisíon de hacer presente a S. E. el Señor Presidente pr. Medio de V.S. que he leído con la mayor sorpresa en la Gazeta de ayer 11. de Mr. Relf que Mr. Macon presentó en la Sala de los Representantes un memoríal de varios Habítantes del Territorio del Míssisipi, suplícando se dén algunos pasos para asegurarles la Navegacíon de la Mobila. La Gazeta de Bradford del...
280To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Collins, 12 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I had been inflicted with the disentary piles and Sore legs for five years in the year 1808 local business Called me to Kentucky I was rideing on Cumberland exploreing land my legs pained to to that degree that I was obliged to alight from my horse to See if it would not ease them for awhile while I was Sitting on the road Side an Indian Trader Came past and askd. me what was the matter I told...
281To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Leiper, 12 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
You set higher and their is no doubt but you most see further but we who most judge from what we see cannot be reconciled to the proceeding at Washington a month ago and those of the present day indeed it is impossible in the nature of things both can be right— Wilson C Nicholas resolutions and the Inforsing Act I cannot concieve Two things more opposite to each other and both adopted by the...
282From John Adams to William Cunningham, 11 February 1809 (Adams Papers)
I have your favour of 14 ult. The Mirror was never read—and if it ever should be it will be willfully misunderstood—Seventeen Wheels within one wheel. Seventeen Empires within one empire Seventeen sovereignties within one sovereignty. Seventeen Imperia in one Emperio will tell in time we have had a Chaise’s disturbance: a Gallatin’s disturbance a Fries’s disturbance; and why may we not have a...
283To John Adams from William Cunningham, 11 February 1809 (Adams Papers)
The last Letter which I had the honour to receive from you, dated Jan. 3d. I have before acknowledged. Permit me to remind you, that, I have in expectation something farther from you concerning the misnamed Aristides. I am perfectly ashamed to speak to you again of my Chathams, but it is unavoidable. The three concluding numbers the printers refuse to publish. In two of them, I embodied the...
284To James Madison from H. Potter, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
I am just informed that Mr. Francis X Martin has been named to the President as a proper character to fill a vacancy on the bench of the Orleans Territory, and am desired to commmunicate to Our Senators in Congress such knowledge as I Possess of his Character. He is a frenchman, as you know, but I think him a correct Lawyer & a man of honesty & integrity. His standing at the bar has been very...
285To James Madison from Jesse B. Thomas, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
In a recent conversation with Mr. John Boyle of Kentucky I took Occasion to solicit him to suffer me to name him to the President of the United States as a suitable Person to fill the Office of Governor of the Illinois Territory; He has since signified to me his willingness to Accept that Office Should he be Appointed. If it does not interfere with Your Arrangements and should you think proper...
286To James Madison from Vincent Gray, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
A British vessel being upon the point of Departure, I embrace the opportunity of forwarding to you herewith the last papers which contains information which may be useful. No late news from Spain, nor from South America, since my last worthy of notice. I have already forwarded to you Some papers by the Same opportunity. I have the Honor to be, Sir, very respectfully, Your Mo. Ob Servt. DNA :...
287To James Madison from Benjamin Howard, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
The Confidence we have in the Fitness of Mr. Nathaniel Pope of Upper Louisiana to fill the Office of Secretary in the newly created Territory of Illinois induces us to propose him to you for that Appointment. Mr. Pope has resided for some years at St. Geneviève, within a few Miles of Kaskaskia the Seat of Government of the new Territory; he has been well educated, and his Character stands fair...
288To James Madison from Andrew Moore, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
I am Requested by Mr Joseph Grigsby of Rockbridge Cy. Va. To offer his Services as Secretary in the Ilinoise Territory. Mr. Grigsby is a Very Respectable Character Has been for some years past A Representative in the State Legislature, A Good Clerk, Possesses Information & an Accuracy in doing Business fully equal (In my Opinion to the faithfull Discharge of the Trust. Should He obtain the...
289To James Madison from Andrew Moore, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
We are told that Governor Williams of the Mississippi Territory has resigned. The Divisions which we have heard to have subsisted during Governor Williams’s Administration, between that Gentleman and his Friends, and many of the Citizens and which we have Reason to believe had produced much Heat & Animosity, makes it desireable that his Successor should be of a Character not only calculated to...
290From James Madison to William Pinkney, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
My official letter by this conveyance leaves little of importance to be added to its contents. You will see with regret the difficulty experienced in collecting the mind of Congress to some proper focus. On no occasion were the ideas so mutable and so scattered. The most to be hoped for at present is that a respectable majority will finally concur in taking a course not essentially dishonoring...
291To James Madison from Henry Lee, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
You will soon be placed in a station first in honor as first in responsibility & at a period full of difficulty & danger. On yr. magnanimity yr. wisdom & your pure patriotism the good Americans of all political partys look for releif & comfort. They confidently expect this boon from your long tried character. I am one among those who must wish, as well as most expect it. It is in yr. power to...
292To James Madison from George Poindexter, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Having been informed that Governor Williams of the Mississippi territory, has transmitted to the President of the United States his resignation, to take effect on the 4th: day of March next, I feel it incumbent on me to offer you my opinion in relation to the appointment of a successor, to the office which he has vacated. The political ferment which existed in the territory under the...
293To James Madison from John Pope, 11 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
Having Reason to believe that Mr. John Boyle of Kentucky would accept the Office of Governor of the new Territory of Illinois, We take the Liberty of proposing him to you for that Place. Mr. Boyle is too well known, to require any attestation from us either to his Virtue or Talents. If however we were to say any Thing in Regard to them, we might with great Confidence & Justice speak in Terms...
294To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Branagan, 11 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Confiding in the native generosity of your heart I once more take the liberty to send you a few lines with a copy of one of my recent publications (in boards) Which I most humbly present to your excllency as a Small token of my accumulating admiration Veneration & esteem. The omnicient is my witness that of all great Men in the World none do I esteem (nor none did I ever venerate) More & Whose...
295To Thomas Jefferson from William Armistead Burwell, 11 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The resignation of Robt Williams in the Missisippi Territory—& Judge Bruin, have made vacancies to be supplied with some man of character & intergrity— we take the liberty of naming for one of those offices David Holmes of (va) the honesty & talents of Mr H. are well known to you—& we beg leave to assure you that while we believe the public good would be promoted by his appointment we should...
296To Thomas Jefferson from Eleuthère Irenée Du Pont, 11 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The Establishment of manufactories upon Which every eye almost seem To be Turned In the present moment is and must certainly be considered as a matter of the first magnitude for the prosperity and for the Independence of this country; but those manufactories cannot Improve or Even Subsist unless proper means are resorted To for the purpose of procuring here a never failing Source of prime...
297To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Fitzhugh, 11 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I neglected when in the City the other day—to make inquiery whether my second son, who at present resides in Baltimore, could be got in Mr. Gallatin’s office; would you be so friendly as to make application for me—your compliance will ever be acknowledged by your Respectfull Friend MHi : Coolidge Collection.
298To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Hempstead, 11 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
At a time when you are about retiring from an office the most dignified and respectable, as also the most arduous and engaging; we in obedience to our feelings & sentiments take the liberty to express to you our confidence & approbation in your past administration— While the foes to our Republican Government particularly in this part of the Union have employed every means in their power to...
299From Thomas Jefferson to United States Senate, 11 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate Peter Gansevoort junr. of New York to be a Brigadier General in the troops raised by virtue of an act entitled ‘An act to raise for a limited time an Additional military force’ Wade Hampton of South Carolina to be a Brigadier General in the same. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
300From Thomas Jefferson to United States Senate, 11 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate Humphrey Magrath, now sailing master, Charles C. B. Thompson James P. Wilmer. Francis Mitchell Robert M. Gamble John Nevitt Jacquelin B. Harvie now midshipmen to be Lieutenants in the Navy William Winthrop, now a 2d. Lieutenant of Marines to be a 1st. Lieutenant in the Marine corps in the place of Lt. Johnson resigned. Matthew Boyle of Kentucky to be a 2d. Lieutenant in the...