4131From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 10 July 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
If I recieved from you a bill for the two tons of nail rod shipped (I believe) in the latter part of April, it has got mislaid, so that I cannot find it. I therefore inclose you 250. D. which must be about the sum, in a post note on the bank of the US. drawn by the branch bank here. Accept my friendly salutations. PoC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Messrs. Jones & Howell”; endorsed by TJ. Notation...
4132From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 6 November 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to send two tons of nailrod assorted from 6 d. to 20 d. sizes to Richmond addressed to messrs. Gibson & Jefferson for me, & with as little delay as possible. the suspension of intercourse by the fever has occasioned my nailery to be nearly out & it will be quite so before this supply arrives. mr Barnes will remit you immediately 45 D. 81 c the amount of the last bill now due. Accept...
4133From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 4 September 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I some time ago made enquiry of you whether iron sheets of the dimensions therein stated could be obtained, and you informed me there would be no difficulty. I have now to desire you to send me an hundred sheets 11. f. 8 I. long & 16. I. broad. they must be clear of cracks, as they are for the gutturs of a roof. forward them as usual to Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond. I salute you with...
4134From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 22 November 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
William Stewart , a smith who has lived with me at Monticello some years, is now in Philadelphia, and wishes to have some files and bars of iron and some steel of his own choice, sent on for me to Richmond. I will therefore pray you to ship for that place such as he may chuse, consigning them to Gibson & Jefferson. I must also trespass on your benevolence with respect to this man. he is one of...
4135From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Stanton, 1 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to Messrs. Stanton & Howland, & regrets that it is not consistent with the rule he lays down for his own conduct to communicate to them the papers asked for in their note of the 27th. applications to him for office, & information given him as to the character of applicants, he considers as confidential, to be used only for his own government, and never to...
4136From James Madison to Hoyt and Tom, 18 November 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 8th. inst. Whether the case of your Sloop Hiram is embraced by the Convention with France may be considered as doubtful. It would therefore be advisable for you to take the advice of Counsel upon that point, and upon the steps necessary for you to pursue in order to bring it within the purview of the Treaty, if any further proceedings are incumbent upon you;...
4137From James Madison to Hoyt & Tom and Laurence & Whitney, 26 January 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 January 1802, Department of State, Washington. Acknowledges receipt of their letter of 20 Jan. “and can only say in answer, that the subject of Spanish captures has been committed to the new Minister to Madrid, Mr. Pinckney, who is instructed to press for compensation: but as I have not heard of his arrival there, I can give you no information of his success.” RC ( DNA : RG 76, Spain,...
4138From John Adams to Bernard Hubley, Jr., 10 May 1801 (Adams Papers)
I duly received your favor of April 9 & am much gratified with that affectionate attachment, which you express for me. The mode you have adopted to mark your regard is very flattering. All that I can say to you upon this occasion is, God bless the brave boy to whom you have given the name of MHi : Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.
4139From John Adams to Bernard Hubley, Jr., 30 November 1802 (Adams Papers)
I have received our favor of 30 October & return the subscription paper for Hubly’s journal with my name to it. The journals of officers who served with reputation in the revolutionary war must be valuable and authentic original documents for history. I rejoice in the prosperity of your family and pray for blessings on your promising and deserving children—As to the dedication you may do as...
4140From Alexander Hamilton to James M. Hughes, [3 June 1802] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hughes will please to execute the above order as follows—After deducting the Costs he will pay their proportions to the respective parties except that to Joseph Caste which I will receive. ALS , Emmett Collection, MS Division, New York Public Library. Hughes, a New York City lawyer, was a master of the New York Court of Chancery. This letter concerns the case of Benjamin Taylor v Charles...
4141From James Madison to William E. Hũlings, 7 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Lewis A. Terascon, an enterprising citizen of Pennsylvania, having built and loaded two vessels at Pittsburg and intending to dispatch them for Europe, apprehends that the present or future restraints of our rights in the Mississippi may render your good offices useful to him in their passage out of the river. One of the vessels is a schooner called the Amity of 105 tons, commanded by...
4142From James Madison to William E. Hũlings, 29 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 18th Ult, has duly come to hand, with the extract from the decree of the Intendant prohibiting the deposit of American merchandize at New Orleans without assigning any other on the Banks of the Mississippi. This proceeding can be viewed in no other light than as a direct and palpable infraction of the Treaty of 1795, and a heavy aggression on the immediate interests of the...
4143From James Madison to William Hull and Others, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
We are ready according to the terms of our Commission to enquire into the claims which may be made to any part of the lands containd within the conditional cession of Georgia & for that purpose we invite you to communicate to us with precision the nature & extent of the claims made by yourselves & other persons whose agents you are. Transcripts of the several deeds company Articles & other...
4144From James Madison to William Hull (Abstract), 22 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
22 March 1805, Department of State . “The President of the United States being desirous of availing the public of your Services as Governor of the Territory of Michigan, I have the pleasure to inclose your Commission.” RC ( MH ); letterbook copy of enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Permanent and Temporary Presidential Commissions). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM; docketed by...
4145From James Madison to William Hull, 10 June 1807 (Madison Papers)
Having asked and obtained the opinion of the Attorney General on certain points stated by the Secretary of the Michigan Territory, and as the opinion may be of use to you as well as to him, I enclose a copy of it, and am, Sir, with great respect, Your Very Obt. Servt. DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
4146From James Madison to William Hull (Abstract), 11 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
11 June 1805, Department of State. “As no specific appropriation was made by Congress for the support of the Government of Michegan, it has been arranged, that the Salaries are to be paid out of the Contingent fund of Government; and the Governor Judges and Secretary may receive a quarters advance at the Treasury, reimbursable by the first salary which accrues to them respectively. It will be...
4147From James Madison to William Hull, 17 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To William Hull. 17 January 1806, Department of State. “As the seals & seal-presses necessary for the Territory of Michegan may be more conveniently procured under your immediate direction, I shall be obliged by your taking it upon yourself. It is believed that hitherto a seal & seal-press, of a suitable nature for the territories, have not cost together more than 30 dollars. The expense...
4148From James Madison to William Hull, 28 November 1806 (Madison Papers)
I inclose herewith a number of printed copies of a proclamation issued yesterday by the President, in order to arrest an enterprize represented to be in preparation against the possessions of Spain. You will be pleased to make the disposition of them which you may judge the most suitable for the occasion. I have the honor to be with very great respect Sir, your most obt Sert. MH .
4149From James Madison to William Hull, 17 March 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To William Hull. 17 March 1806, Department of State. “I have received your letter of the 26th. ult. [not found] and to observe, in answer, that the President foreseeing no inconvenience from the delay, which will be occasioned by your returning to Detroit, by the way of Lake Erie, instead of a journey through the woods, does not object to the mode you propose.” RC ( MH-H ); letterbook copy (...
4150From James Madison to William Hull, 16 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
The President having thought proper to revoke the Commission of Stanley Griswold Esqr. as Secretary of the Michigan Territory, you will receive from that Gentleman the Records and other articles belonging to the Secretarys Office. I have written a Letter to Mr. Griswold by this Mail desiring that he would deliver these things to you and I presume of course that there will be neither difficulty...
4151From James Madison to William Hull, 8 December 1806 (Madison Papers)
I enclose a pardon of the homicide committed by Mechosee, mentioned in your letter of the 18th. ult: and some of the documents printed by order of Congress. Having occasion to use the laws of the Michigan Territory, passed since the reassembling of the Governor and Judges this Summer, and particularly the law respecting the creation of a bank, I request you to be pleased to cause copies to be...
4152From James Madison to William Hull, 24 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 8th. instant. The qualification of a freehold in land being required of the Governor by law, no power exists in the hands of the Executive to dispense with it: and an allowance for travelling expences in proceeding to the Territory, being also unauthorized by any existing law is equally beyound the purview of the Executive; whatever may be the...
4153From James Madison to William Hull, 1 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
I enclose an extract of a letter from the Postmaster General to the President containing information that trespasses are committing on a certain species of timber, growing on the public lands near lake Erie. It is the President’s direction that you warn by proclamation all persons from committing such trespass, and that you be afterwards watchful to cause the trespassers to suffer proper legal...
4154From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 9 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Thos: Jefferson asks leave to observe to Baron de Humboldt that the question of limits of Louisiana between Spain & the US is this. they claim to hold to the river Mexicana or Sabine & from the head of that Northwardly along the heads of the waters of the Missipi to the head of the Red river & so on. we claim to the North river from it’s mouth to the source either of it’s Eastern or Western...
4155From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander von Humboldt, 28 May 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 24th. and offer you my congratulations on your arrival here in good health after a tour in the course of which you have been exposed to so many hardships and hazards. the countries you have visited are of those least known, and most interesting, and a lively desire will be felt generally to recieve the information you will be able to give. no one will...
4156From James Madison to Clement Humphreys, 19 July 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 July 1802, Department of State. “I have duly received your letter of the 12th. Inst. [not found] enclosing one from Mr. Pinckney and another from the Consul of the United States at Madrid, for which I return you my thanks.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. Probably Charles Pinckney to JM, 20 Apr. 1802 , and Moses Young to JM, 26 Apr. 1802 (not found) (see JM to Pinckney,...
4157From Thomas Jefferson to David Humphreys, with Levi Lincoln, [17] March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Madison the Secretary of State being not yet arrived at this place, and a favorable apportunity of addressing you, offering itself by a government vessel going to France with our late convention with that country, I avail myself of it being authorized by the President of the United States to perform the duties of this department per interim. The Country in which you reside having as well...
4158From James Madison to David Humphreys, 22 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
The letter of the day of March last from Mr. Lincoln, then acting Secretary of State will have made you acquainted with the grounds on which the President has permitted your return. A duplicate of that letter and a letter under a flying seal to His Catholic Majesty communicating the permission, are herewith forwarded. You will derive from them the sentiments which it will be proper for you to...
4159From Thomas Jefferson to David Humphreys, 20 January 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of Dec. 12. and to return you my thanks for the cloth furnished me. it came in good time, & does honour to your manufactory, being as good as any one would wish to wear in any country. amidst the pressure of evils with which the belligerent edicts have afflicted us, some permanent good will arise. the spring given to manufactures will have durable...
4160From James Madison to David Humphreys, 28 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 20th. inst. I have the honor to inform you, that the diamonds, which were the subjects of Mrs. Humphrey’s letter of the 20th. April last, were placed, several weeks ago, in the charge of Mr. Cathcart, who will arrive in Boston, about the time of your receiving this, and will deliver them to you with a letter. Mrs. H’s request was not received in time to admit of...
4161From Thomas Jefferson to David Humphreys, 15 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of June 28. and sincerely congratulate you on your safe return to your native country. you will doubtless be sensible of an inconcievable change in manners and opinions since you left it; tho’ less perhaps in Connecticut than some other places. After eleven years absence I imagine you will find it more difficult to return from European to American...
4162From James Madison to David Humphreys, 5 January 1803 (Madison Papers)
The President has received the letter you addressed to him on the 1st. Inst. As the constitution of the United States has left with Congress the exclusive authority to permit the acceptance of presents from foreign Governments by persons holding Offices under the United States, the President has thought it most proper that the ornaments addressed to Mrs. Humphreys by the Queen of Spain should...
4163From James Madison to David Humphreys, 14 April 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letters of the 29th. Ult and 4th. Inst. and the letters and accounts of Messrs. John Bulkeley & Son, which it enclosed. The latter have been adjusted at the Treasury, and 37.841 Milrees found due which will be remitted thro’ London to those Gentlemen of which in due time, they may expect to hear from the Bankers of the Treasury Department at that place. From a change,...
4164From John Adams to David Humphreys, 1 December 1802 (Adams Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 28 from Boston has remained through a multiplicity of agricultural occupations unacknowledged to this hour and notwithstanding the lively sensibility it excited both in Mrs. Adams & myself, we sincerely regretted that we were not to have the pleasure of receiving you and Mrs Humphreys at Quincy as we had hoped & expected. If in the course of your affairs you should again...
4165From James Madison to David Humphreys, 1 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
The letter for Mr. Young enclosed in yours of the 20th. April was sent after him to Philadelphia, but as he had sailed for Spain before it reached him, it will be forwarded to him there. With the point contended by Mr. Young this Department has no official connection, and the general subject of your accounts belongs to the Treasury Department. The diamonds presented to Mrs. Humphreys remain...
4166From Thomas Jefferson to James Humphreys, 9 June 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his compliments to mr Humphreys incloses him an order of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia for 12. D. for Edwards’s history of the W. Indies, according to the note recieved from him. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
4167From Thomas Jefferson to George Hunter, 14 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 4th. inst. was recieved a few days ago. you have been greatly decieved by the information that I had never paid the debt to William Hunter & that the bond is lost. I paid it to Joseph Royle’s executor & have a perfect recollection of the fact, and I have no doubt that at Monticello I can produce satisfactory evidence of it; probably the bond itself. I am not willing to...
4168From James Madison to the Governor of Upper Canada, 5 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 May 1801, Department of State. Encloses certified copies of murder indictment and depositions against British soldier Levy Cole; requests extradition as provided for in article 27 of Jay treaty. RC and enclosures (Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario); letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, IC , vol. 1). RC 2 pp.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM; docketed by a clerk: “Recd. at York 28h Augt.”...
4169From James Madison to Jedediah Huntington, 15 January 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letters which I yesterday received from the American Consul at Havana announce that the ports of the Island of Cuba were on the 25th Ult. closed against the admission of American and other foreign vessels. In an interview however, which the Consul had with the Governor, the latter unequivocally assured him, “that every possible indulgence and relief will still be extended to those vessels...
4170From Alexander Hamilton to Jedediah Huntington, 12 November 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
I take the liberty to ask the favour of your aid in respect to the inclosed notice from the Supreme Court of the UStates in the affair of the Schooner Peggy. It is to be delivered to the Agents of the Ship Trumball, who are Messieurs Howland and Allen and upon a copy of it an affidavit must be made before the District Judge of the UStates (who I am told resides at New London) that the original...
4171From James Madison to Samuel Huntington (Abstract), 22 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
22 March 1805, Department of State . “The President of the United States being desirous of availing the public of your services as a Judge of the Territory of Michigan, I have the pleasure to inclose your Commission.” RC (http://rrauction.com, Catalogue 242, item 114, October 2000); letterbook copy of enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Permanent and Temporary Presidential Commissions). RC...
4172From Thomas Jefferson to Major Hunt, 9 October 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has recieved Major Hunt’s letter of Sep. 30. and also the Stylograph forwarded by mr Gelston, & returns his thanks to mr Hunt for his care of it, & his respectful salutations. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
4173From Thomas Jefferson to Major Hunt, 20 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Major Hunt whose note of the 14th. he has recieved, and thanks him for his care of the package from Genl. Lyman. he proposes to be at Washington on the 3d. of the next month, & should Major Hunt be coming there by that time or find any gentleman coming that far in the stage who would take care of it, Major Hunt’s attention to the conveyance in that way...
4174II. Henry Dearborn’s Second Draft, with Jefferson’s Revisions, [20 April 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
having examined the proceedings of a Genl. Court Martial, of which Majr. Thos. Hunt was President, holden at Detroit on the eighteenth day of July last, for the trial of John Spence a private soldier in Captain John Whistlers Company, of the first Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States, charged with seditious conduct at Fort Wayne on the third day of May 1801, by assailing...
4175I. Henry Dearborn’s Preliminary Draft, [10 March 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
Having examined the proceedings of the Genl. Court Martial of which Majr. Thos. Hunt was President, holden at Detroit in the Month of July last past, in the trial of John Spence a private soldier in Capt. John Whislers Company of the first Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States, charged with seditious conduct at Fort Wayne on the third day of May in the year 1801, by...
4176From Thomas Jefferson to Abraham Husted, Jr., 10 September 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Being unwilling to become the depository of secrets valuable to their author I will not give you the trouble of a meeting proposed in your letter of Aug. 23. nevertheless as I should not be justifiable in shutting the door to any benefit which your patriotism might intend for your country, I will observe to you that the Secretary of the Navy, mr Robert Smith is the person to whom such a...
4177From Thomas Jefferson to Jean-Guillaume, Baron Hyde de Neuville, 17 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 13th. inst. I had the pleasure of recieving your favor of Dec. 22. covering one from Madame D’Houdetot, of whom I had not recieved information for several years. I am happy to learn that she is living and enjoying a retirement in comfort. the proofs of friendship which I recieved from her in France were such as to make a lasting impression on my mind, and to inspire me with sincere...
4178From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Hyde, 12 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
To Capt. Thomas Hyde, and the officers & privates of the first volunteer company for the counties of Jackson, Clark and Franklin in the state of Georgia. The offer of your service in support of the rights of your country merits and meets the highest praise; and I tender you for your country the thanks you so justly deserve. Having directed the Governor of the state to carry the acts concerning...
4179From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 23 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I called yesterday at the Patent office to enquire respecting Macomb’s mill according to the request in your letter of the 15th. inst. there is a drawing of it, but no model; and no copy can be permitted to be taken from the office till the patent expires, which will be on the 28th. of August next. it is really nothing more than a bad edition of Barker’s mill, which no mode hitherto devised...
4180From Thomas Jefferson to William Hylton, [5 June 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favors of Mar. 27. & June 1. the former had come during my absence and when I returned, which was a month after it’s date, I presumed you had already proceeded on your voyage. I thank you for it’s kind congratulations on my appointment to the first Executive office, and am sensible how much my powers are overrated. I have two important objects before me, to reduce the...