2201Robert Saunders to Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Having made an Examination and Settlement with M r Bracken as the Admor of the late Charles Bellini under the Authority granted to me by your Letter of Attorney of the 25 th of december last , I now cover to you a statement of the account , an exact Copy of that left in M r Bracken ’s possession, annexing thereto my account shewing the balance to be received by your Constituent, together with...
2202David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The object of this note is to inform you, that I have recieved from mr. Ticknor of Boston , now at Gottingen , a list of Books, which he wishes me to purchase for you, with a draft on the house of Perregaux for the amount. It will give me great pleasure to execute this Commission; and I shall have them forwarded as soon as possible by the way of Havre . mr. Tracy has this day presented me a...
2203Thomas Jefferson to Joel Yancey, 20 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
A letter of the 14 th from mr Gibson informs me my tob o was not then down. this occasions me to send the bearer express, our cross mail being too dilatory to be depended on. my anxiety on this subject is occasioned by my having money engagements due at our last and next court which depend for fulfilment on the tob o getting to mr Gibson ’s hands, until which I cannot draw on him. I imagine...
2204To John Jay from Maria Jay Banyer, 19 February 1816 (Jay Papers)
Allow me to congratulate you on the manner in which Brother Peter has distinguished himself, I hear of him in all companies with pride & pleasure. He would have been Candidate for the Office of Governor if his consent could have been obtained— his declining I think does him great honor, few Men situated as he is could have resisted the temptation. I am truly thankful that he did resist it,...
2205To James Madison from Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, 19 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Convinced that you, who have devoted so large a portion of your life to the promotion of the welfare & Independence of our Country, will not look with indifference upon the progress she is making in Arts & Manufactures, we take the liberty of sending you a pair of decanters made & cut at our Manufactory, & of which we request the favour of your acceptance. When it is recollected that all the...
2206To James Madison from the Chevalier de Dagepan, 19 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Ayant peut-être commis une indiscrétion, en faveur de mon oppinion, Contre les englois, dans le court espace que j’ai resté à boston, Ce qui à occassioné je crois, un embargo envers ma correspondance; voyant Ce, me Suis décidé, de faire route, pour New-york; a cet éffet le courrier fut ma Voiture; poursuivi par des Englois, qui avoient projette, de me mettre au rang des morts; j’ai été forcé...
2207To James Madison from John Lowrey, 19 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
We beg leave to state that a considerable number of our warriors fell and a larger number were wounded Some are utterly disabled from gaining a living by labour, Wives have lost their husbands, Mothers their Sons on whom they depended for Support and Orphans are multiplied. We beg leave to ask whether our people cannot be put on the Same footing as our White Brothers. We respectfully Suggest...
2208To James Madison from Robert Porterfield, 19 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Ro Porterfield has this moment rec’d The Presidents polite invitation of the 17th. He will do himself the honor of Waiting on the President Tomorrow. RC ( CSmH ). A veteran of the Revolutionary War, Robert Porterfield (1752–1843) held the rank of brigadier general in the Virginia militia during the War of 1812 and was responsible for the defense of Richmond (Butler, Defending the Old Dominion,...
2209To James Madison from James Ross, 19 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Lieutenant Stewart when delivering to you this letter, will at the same time present for your acceptance, a specimen of the cloth made at the Steubenville Woolen factory lately established by Mr. Wells, Mr. Baldwin & myself, and managed entirely by Mr. Orth an excellent Artist from Aix-la-Chapelle. We flatter ourselves, that the texture, colour, & dressing of this cloth, will justify the good...
2210To James Madison from William I, 19 February 1816 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From William I. 19 February 1816. Annouces that his daughter, the Princess of Orange, has just given birth to a son. RC ( DNA : RG 59, Communications from Heads of Foreign States, Netherlands). 1 p.; in French.
2211To James Madison from Murdoch, Yuille, Wardrop & Co., 18 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
By desire of our friend Anthony Charles Cazenove Esq of Alexandria we have shipped for you by the Schooner Mary & Francis. N Cushing Master Two pipes of our finest, old wine, which we hope you may receive safely, as we flatter ourselves it will prove superior. They are addressed to the care of that Gentleman, in whose favor we draw upon you for the Cost, as ⅌ annexed statement. £157.18....
2212To James Madison from Erastus Roberts, 18 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I take it upon myself to communicate to you my wish to be re-appointed in the service if a suitable vacancy should present itself. I take this method because I presume it to be the one most acceptable to government, and also, from your known wish to do justice to the late Army as far as it lays in your power—taking it for granted that every mans’ character, who has served four years and a half...
2213William Gaston to James Monroe, 18 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I am informed by a letter received from a respectable friend that under the Proclamation of the President of the U. S. ordering Intruders on the Public Lands to be removed, the Marshal for the District of Tennessee has given notice to the Tenants settled upon a Tract within the Congressional reservation, claimed under a Grant issued by the State of No. Carolina, that unless they remove...
2214Thomas Jefferson to Isaac A. Coles, 18 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
At our last court it was settled with the county surveyor that he should attend to make the survey in the case of Col o Monroe & mr Short on Wednesday next the 21 st inst. he will come here the overnight, so as to be ready to begin it early the next day, that he may finish it in the day. I must ask the favor of you to come and let us make a close of this business. I wish you could come the...
2215Thomas Jefferson to James L. Jefferson, 18 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
My sister Marks tells me you are in want of clothes and other necessaries, and are living at the tavern at the ferry until the question is decided about my brother ’s will. I wish you would come and stay with us. I have proposed this on one or two former occasions, and would now press it. you shall employ your time as you please, and as usefully to yourself as you please, in which, and in any...
2216James L. Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 18 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your letter by Guilley you advic e in respect to my situation I thank you kindly for your advice. I went to Buckingham C. H on monday last and spoke to the Curator in respect to my situation and he refused to let me have money out of the estate; I then appealed to the Court for justice the court would not authorise the Curator to let me have money out of the estate unless I would...
2217Enclosure: Destutt de Tracy to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 30 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
je ne vous ai pas ecrit plutôt parceque je croyais toujours que vous alliez nous revenir; mais aujourd’hui quoique j’espere vous revoir bientôt, je Suis obligé de m’adresser à vous et je le fais avec confiance, vous connaissant trop pour ne pas espérer de vous trouver toujours le même pour moi et pour le Sujet de mes etudes Comme vous êtes dans un autre monde il doit etre celui des lumieres et...
2218To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 17 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to transmit, with this Note, a Letter received this day, recommending (as Receiver of Public Monies in the Land-Office about to be opened for the Sale of the Public Lands ceded by the late Treaty with General Jackson) Israel Pickens, Esq; now a Member of Congress from the State of North-Carolina. It is, I presume, not improper to say, that I have no doubt of the capacity and...
2219Thomas Jefferson’s Notes for a Settlement with William D. Fitch, 17 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Notes for a settlement with mr Fitz . Feb. 17. 16. There are 3. subjects of account between us. 1. the Warehouse 2. Rent for his tenemt. 3. firewood. The Warehouse. this account was settled with Craven Peyton to the end of the year 1808. 1809. I settled the account for this year on the 6 th Aug. 1813 £ thus. 1810. Aug. 6.
2220Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 17 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I Have not, Since a very Long while, Received An Answer from You. a Letter of Mine will probably Go By the opportunity which Carries these Lines. I shall Therefore only inclose a Copy of the Letter writen to our friend dupont de Nemours By Another friend of ours . it Relates more to you than to Him and if you Can Give Him the informations and Send the Books Herein Requested You will greatly...
2221Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Miller, 17 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to announce to you that your bill is passed; so that you may now take possession of your property, and sell and do with it what you please. I recieved the information last night in a letter of the 14 th from mr Cabell , our Senator, who undertook the care of the bill. you would do well to write to the clerk of the House of Representatives for a copy of the law, paying the...
2222Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 17 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
It is impossible for you to note and preserve every thing as it passes in newspapers. I have therefore cut out of the Virginia Argus of Feb. 14. the inclosed paper . have it filed with the papers on the Louisiana title, and when you have to take up that subject it will suggest to you facts for enquiry. it is from some hand acquainted well with the subject, it & contains some facts not in the...
2223To James Madison from Lafayette, 16 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I Have Had the pleasure to write to You By Several opportunities and took the Liberty to Recommend Some of the Numerous french Citizens Whom the proscription Laws Under the Name of Amnesty Have obliged or induced to leave this Country. This Letter goes By the frigat Which Carries over the Representative of the King M. Hyde de Neuville Whose Speeches in the Chambre des deputés Have probably...
2224To James Madison from William Lee, 16 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have been honored within these few days, by your letter of the 21st. December, to which I shall pay due attention. The confidence you have reposed in me, by continuing me for so many years in this Office, has been highly flattering, and has proved my greatest consolation, in all the painful occurrences, I have of late experienced in this city, which has now become peculiarly disagreeable,...
2225To James Madison from John Lowrey, 16 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I am directed by the highest authority of the Cherokee Nation to express to their Father the President of the United States that they rejoice at the successful termination of the late war in which the young Cherokee Warriors had the honor to participate with the young Warriors of the republic. The local situation of my nation made the events of the war highly interesting to the Cherokees as...
2226Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
May I intrude on that retirement where from a dignified elevation the mind looks over the extensive scene of a well spent life, and nothing meets the vision but the placid images of an approving conscience? Yes, there the voice of friendship will be heard—the incidents of former days will be remembered—and the faultering tongue of humility will not plead in vain. I have again petitioned...
2227Alexander J. Dallas to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
At the request of M r Isaac Briggs , I take the liberty of asking you to state your reccollection of the facts represented by that gentleman in the inclosed letter, relative to the subject of his Petition, referred by the Senate to this Department. I have the honor to be, with every Sentiment of respect and attachment, Sir, Y r mo. obed Sev t RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “The Honble Thomas...
2228Francis W. Gilmer to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
During the sickness which has confined me to my room a great part of the winter, and from which I am still but slowly convalescent, I have occasionally turned my mind to the Florida question which the late demand of the Chevalier Onis has revived. When in Philadelphia last winter, I obtained from his secretary Mr. Heredia , the whole strength of their cause, which I found so weak, that I...
2229Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Large appropriations have been made for internal p improvements & I expect the literary fund will be increased several hundred thousand dollars. I am sure the application of public money to these objects will meet your approbation. You are made one of the Directors of public works . I took the liberty (thinking it cou’d not be agreeable to you to serve) to suggest it was unreasonable to impose...
2230Dabney C. Terrell to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I arrived here two days ago and have seen M r Stevenson . No vessel is sailing at this time to any French port; indeed there are very few departures at all. The basin has been frozen for six weeks. I have procured a passage to Amsterdam in a vessel which is to sail on the 22 nd . I hope to hear from you before that time. M r Gallatin ’s letters have not yet arrived; they will probably arr come...