8431From Thomas Jefferson to Jean Baptiste Say, 1 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your obliging letter , and, with it, of two very interesting volumes on Political economy. these found me engaged in giving the [leisure moments I rarely find] to the perusal of Malthus’s work on population, a work of [sound] logic, in which some of the opinions of Adam Smith, as well as of the [economists], are ably examined. I was pleased, on turning to...
8432From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 27 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Albert Gallatin. 27 June 1806, Department of State. “Be pleased to issue your warrant on the appropriation for the Contingent expences of the Territory of Michigan for five hundred & twenty five dollars, in favor of Christopher S. Thom as assignee of William Hull Esqr. Governor of the said Territory; the said Wm. Hull to be held accountable for the same.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL...
8433From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Beale Ewell, 15 July 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 13th. is recieved. in the paper which your partiality for me proposes to prefix to your work I have ventured to make an alteration in the first paragraph because it contained an unnecessary & perhaps injurious reflection on foreign characters. Certainly it must be to every man the greatest of gratifications to enjoy the good opinion of his fellow citizens, & especially of the...
8434To James Madison from Hodijah Baylies, 31 August 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 August 1804, Collector’s Office, District of Dighton. “Enclosed is the deposition of Preserved Read, master of the Sloop Polly of Somerset in this District, which arrived here on the 25th. inst. from Turks Islands. “On his outward bound passage from this port for Turks Islands, he was plundered by a French Privateer. He could obtain no information of the name of the privateer or of the...
8435From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 29 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
My letter to Ellen will explain why I must be brief. a negociation between France & England is I believe certainly begun under the mediation of Austria. the Moniteur (a government paper) says France will not require from England to renounce her maritime principles. nothing need be said about them in the treaty, and each will retain their own. this stumbling block being removed, I suspect they...
8436To Thomas Jefferson from Peter Frailey, 31 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Understanding that Col. William McKennan of Washington county, Pennsylvania, is an applicant for the office of Receiver of the Land office to be established, in virtue of an Act of Congress passed at their last session, for the sale of the tract of United States lands lying between the Connecticut reserve & the United States military tract, in the State of Ohio we take the liberty of adding...
8437To Thomas Jefferson from David Parmelee, 26 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
In the year 1801, there were in the County of Washington, in the Mississippi Territory, 756 white persons, and 494 slaves. In the year 1805, a census of the souls in that County was taken, but I disremember the aggregate. I regret that I have not with me the documents necessary to furnish the information you requested. But I beleive I am correct in Saying, that the number of families, in that...
8438To John Adams from John Morton, 29 November 1802 (Adams Papers)
Having furnished the respectable Editon of the Medl. Repository with a summary Accot. of the City of Hava. I beg a presumption to request your acceptance of a Copy of that article from their last number. You will perceive Sir that, as there stated, it is but a summary; but as I intend collecting all my Notes into one View, I shall at a future day beg your acceptance, also, of that collection....
8439To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Patterson, 24 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to the directions in your favour of the 17th I am getting a stand made for the sextant , and the whole will be carefully packed up, and, by Mr. Roberts, sent on, by water, in the course of a few days. With respect to the cypher, when applied to a single word or line, I would observe, that in strict conformity with the general system, each letter must, in this case, be considered as a...
8440To Thomas Jefferson from Granbery & Hancock, 8 May 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
By Capt. Palmer I hand you rects. for 3 Hhds. & one barrel Bacon Shipd by order of Messr. Granbery & Hancock of Richmond which I hope you will receive in good order. Very Respectfully I have the honor to be Your Ob St for John Granbery MHi : Coolidge Collection.