1Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 14 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to thank you for your letter of June 16. it presents those special views of the state of things in Europe , for which we look in vain into newspapers. they tell us only of the downfall of Bonaparte , but nothing of the temper, the views, and secret workings of the high agents in these transactions. altho’ we neither expected, nor wished any act of friendship from Bonaparte , and always...
2Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed you by my friend D r Barton , one of the Vice-presidents of the American Philosophical society , a professor in the University of Philadelphia and distinguished by his writings in the Physical sciences. he proposes for the benefit of his health to take a voyage across the Atlantic and to try the air of Europe for a while—if not personally known to you, I am sure he is...
3Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of quoting to you the passage of a letter I have recieved from a mr John Bradbury of New York , as follows. ‘I notice in the reports of the proceedings of Congress that a road is in contemplation from S t Louis to the Northern boundary of Louisiana ; for the laying out of which Comm rs are to be appointed. I am well acquainted with a considerable portion of the country from...
4Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 20 June 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I am about to sin against all discretion, and knowingly, by adding to the drudgery of your letter-reading, this acknolegement of the reciept of your favor of May 31. with the papers it covered. I cannot however deny my self the gratification of expressing the satisfaction I have recieved, not only from the general statement of affairs at Paris , in your’s of Dec. 12. 14. (as a matter of...
5Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 27 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
You will percieve that the inclosed papers of Jacob Koontz , are from a very ignorant man, who supposes I am still at Washington , and the proper person to be addressed. under this supposition he has even forwarded his original papers on which his all depends. in rigor I ought to return them to him, but on so distant a transmission by mail they would run risks, and I would rather at once place...
6Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 9 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I rebut as steadily as is in my power applications to join in sollicitations for appointment. but circumstances sometimes render it impossible. a mr Armistead of this state who married a neice of our governor, has a family, and is reduced to extreme want by unsuccesful commerce wishes to be appointed a clerk in some of the offices at Washington . he is represented as a very worthy man, and...
7Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 11 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve here, where I pass much of my time, your favor of Oct. 28. and thank you for it’s kindness. the object of my adding this to the mass of your labors in letter-reading, is lest I should have been misunderstood in my application on behalf of mr Minor I proposed him as successor to Tho s J. Randolph , our collector who has resigned, or will immediately, and not as successor to mr...
8Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 24 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return after a long absence I learned that you had been so kind as to send the Collector’s commission to mr Minor , and that he had declined it. it seems he had in the mean time engaged in a business from which he could not withdraw, a circumstance unknown to me when I troubled you on the subject. my thankfulness to you however is not the less. I mentioned at the same time mr Southall ’s...