6501To James Madison from Robert Patterson, 1 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
I have now the honour of laying before you a Report of the operations of the Mint, for the last twelve months. From the Treasurer’s statement of the coinage, herewith transmitted, it will appear, that during that period, there have been struck and issued— In gold coins, 95,428 pieces, amounting to $477,140 In silver coins, 1,241,903 pieces, amounting to 620,951 80/100 In copper coins, 418,000...
6502To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 1 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
I belong to the American Army and with the ardent feelings of the soldier I join a devout solicitude for my Countrys Interest and glory, while with Spartan disinterestedness I take the liberty of hinting to your superior judgment the outlines of a plan to reduce the Canades in one campaign, & thereby retrieve the waining honor of our Arms, I entreat you Sir, not to deem it disrespectful in me...
6503To James Madison from Mason Locke Weems, 1 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
I once had the honor to hear your Excellency express much surprise that “Leonidas” had never been reprinted in this country. If your Excellency coud favor me with a manuscript expression of this sentiment, as a motto to a Subscription paper, I wd instantly set about reprinting that Divine poem which bids so fair to revive among us the Old Spartan Love of Liberty & Country. I feel happy in the...
6504To James Madison from Nicholas Fitzhugh and Others, 1 January 1814 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Nicholas Fitzhugh and Others. 1 January 1814, Alexandria. “The office of Judge of the Orphans Court for the County of Alexandria having become vacant by the death of Coll. George Gilpin, we beg leave respectfully to recommend Coll. Francis Peyton as well qualified to fill that office.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Peyton.” 1 p.; signed by Fitzhugh, John McKinney, Robert...
6505Thomas Jefferson to John E. Hall, 1 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Nov. 15. came during a long absence of mine from this place , which has occasioned this delay of the answer. the MS. notes in my pamphlet on the Batture, were only corrections of the press, I believe; for I have not a copy of it. these I inserted in most of the copies I sent out, but not in all of them; and I have no others to add. it was printed by mr Serjeant in N. York , who...
6506Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Leiper, 1 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I had hoped, when I retired from the business of the world, that I should have been permitted to pass the evening of life in tranquility, undisturbed by the peltings and passions of which the public papers are the vehicles. I see however that I have been dragged into the newspapers by the infidelity of one with whom I was formerly intimate, but who has abandoned the American principles out of...
6507Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Thweatt, 1 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter dated Oct. 26. but I presume for Nov. 26. came here during my absence in Bedford in December, and this is the first moment I have been able to reply to it. I am sorry it is not in my power to give you any information of the account of Farrel & Jones against mr Eppes . I do not know that I ever saw it, nor had I any information ever from him respecting it. I remember only to have...
6508To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 1813 (Adams Papers)
Although I am not perfectlÿ free from head-ache a fixed oppression in the forehead which leaves a disagreable Stupor, and without whose removal I shall be unable to return to my charge with usual alacrity, I got in so far the better of it, that I take up mÿ pen and I hope, ere long it shall again be in mÿ power to expel everÿ gloomÿ thought by plunging head long in Philosophical enquiries:...
6509Exegesis of Genesis, Chapter 1, Verse 3 [c. 1813] (Jay Papers)
Men have universally and in all Ages agreed and concurred in ascribing Light to the Instrumentality of the Sun Moon and Stars, and yet Moses assures us that Light was made before any of those Luminaries were created— How is this contradictory apparent contradiction to be reconciled to Truth? I never doubted the Fact as asserted by Moses— the Difficulty was how to account for it— If a...
6510Memorandum Books, 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 5. Hhd. exp. 1. 6. Recd. a pr. of millstones 4 f. 1.I. diam. from the blue ridge. Jerem. Yancey for the stone 5.
6511To James Madison from Francis Corbin, [December 1813] (Madison Papers)
I fear you will think me obtrusive, for, in truth, I feel that I am so. Yet still I rely on your goodness to excuse my solicitations, when you know the motives with which they are urged. It is now ascertained that my unfortunate and much loved Nephew Major G. L. Corbin is rendered totally unfit for all future military service, by the patriotic wounds he received at Hampton, in his noble and...
6512To James Madison from James H. Audrain and Others, December 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From James H. Audrain and Others. December 1813. “We take the liberty of recommending to your consideration Solomon Sibbley, long a resident of this Territory as a Gentleman well qualified to discharge the duties of a Judge of the General Court of the Territory; his integrity, intelligence & ability induce us to believe that in the event of his appointment he would discharge the duties of...
6513To James Madison from Thomas Hewitt and Others, December 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Thomas Hewitt and Others. December 1813. “The subscribers, Inhabitants of the first-ward of the City of washington, respectfully represent, that much inconvenience has been experienced from the want of a Justice of the Peace in the said ward; and they take the liberty of requesting that one may be appointed, and to recommend Mr. Richard S. Briscoe as a suitable person to fill the...
6514To James Madison from John Scott and Others, December 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Scott and Others. December 1813. “Being apprised that there is a vacancy in the office of Brigadier General of the Militia in this Territory, we the undersigned members of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Missouri, beg leave to recommend to your Excellency, Henry Dodge Esqr. of St. Genevieve, as a proper person to fill the Said vacancy.” RC (...
6515To John Adams from Richard Rush, 31 December 1813 (Adams Papers)
Since writing the enclosed, which I wrote at home, I have come to the Treasury building where mr Nourse has stepped into my office to ask if I have heard any thing of the report of the morning. It seems it is, that a flag of truce arrived at Annapolis yesterday after a short passage from England with dispatches from Lord Castlereagh to our government, which came on by express from Annapolis to...
6516To John Adams from Richard Rush, 31 December 1813 (Adams Papers)
On Sunday last I saw the President, and he mentioned to me that not a single line had been received from our commissioners in Russia since they left the U. States. He spoke of it with surprise, and seemed at a loss to account for it, unless some dispatches from them had miscarried, as it is near eight months since they went away. Yesterday he mentioned to me in conversation, that, by the late...
6517From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 31 December 1813 (Adams Papers)
“That old Vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he’s dead” was Said of Dr Swift. I say, that “malignant Dæmon” will never cease to haunt you, till you learn more temperance in reading, writing and thinking. I am glad you mentioned this Dæmon, because it gives me an Opportunity of enquiring into the natural history of that Species, or Genus of Beings. Have you read Farmers Treatise of...
6518To John Adams from William Stephens Smith, 31 December 1813 (Adams Papers)
It is here a profound secreet of the Cabinet, known only to seven— You may rely upon it a negotiation will be promptly entered into to restore peace between the united States and Great Britain The British Administration, decline the mediation of Russia, but will appoint ministers to negotiate with the American ministers, and express their confidence that all matters, between the two nations,...
6519To James Madison from Dugald Macfie and Others, 31 December 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Dugald Macfie and Others. 31 December 1813, Charleston. “The Memorial of the President and Officers of Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in the City of Charleston, and State of South-Carolina. “Respectfully sheweth, That actuated by a sincere desire to promote the Interests of Religion, and warmly interested in the personal Welfare of the Revd. Dr. John Buchan, who came to this Country...
6520To James Madison from William McClure and Others, 31 December 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From William McClure and Others. 31 December 1813, Chillicothe. “We the subscribers, members of the Legislature of Ohio, confiding in the integrity, ability and patriotism of our fellow citizen Doctor John Hamm, of Zanesville, do beg leave to recommend him to your excellency’s approbation, as a suitable person for the office of Marshal of the United States, for the district of Ohio, now...
6521James H. Blake to James Monroe, 31 December 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ James H. Blake to James Monroe. 31 December 1813, Washington. “In consequence of the Death of Col. George Gilpin, the office of Judge of the Orphans Court in the County of Alexandria—has become vacant. “I have been requested to communicate to you, for the information of the President, that Col. Francis Peyton of that place would accept the appointment. “Col. Peytons high & respectable...
6522Thomas Jefferson’s Account with William & Reuben Mitchell, [ca. 31 December 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
M. Thomas Jefferson In a/c with W. & R. Mitchell Dr 1813 May To Flour over drawn equeal 6¾ bus. Wheat 7/6 $8.43 J 〃 To Extra on 141 Barrels Flour 3/. 70.50 Dec r 31 To Carriage 44
6523From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 30 December 1813 (Adams Papers)
As the time is approaching for the departure of Mr Gallatin and Mr Bayard, and as the Month and year are drawing to a close, I avail myself now of the opportunity of writing to you by them, although it is yet uncertain when they will go, and still more uncertain how long it will be before they reach he United States. The British Government peremptorily refused negotiating for Peace with...
6524To James Madison from Charles Atherton, 30 December 1813 (Madison Papers)
The undersigned your petitioner begs leave most respectfully to represent to your Excellency; That on or about the 20th. of March in the Year 1812 he sailed from the port of Portland in the American Brig called the Stranger whereof he was the Super Cargo and part owner of the Cargo, being laden with various Articles of Merchandise, and bound to the port of Sisal on the Spanish Main; where he...
6525To James Madison from William Neely and Others, ca. 30 December 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From William Neely and Others. Ca. 30 December 1813. “We the undersigned members of the legislative Council & House of Representatives of the Territory of Missouri expecting that an additional Judge will be appointed for this Territory for the District of Arkansas beg leave to recommend to your notice George Bullitt Esqr. of St. Genevieve as a proper person to be appointed to the said...
6526David A. Leonard to Thomas Jefferson, 30 December 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Shall I, with out apology, intrude so far upon your attention, as to state to you the object of this letter? I, with several brothers as well as other friends, are now resolved on what, for two or three years passed, we have had in serious contemplation—that is, to remove into the Western Country. The They look to me to make the necesary inquiries. But very few of us, if any, are personally...
6527From John Adams to Horatio Gates Spafford, 29 December 1813 (Adams Papers)
I have delivered the Copy of your Gazetteer of New York, intended for the American Accademy of Arts and Sciences, into the hand of The Hon. Josiah Quincy, their corresponding Secretary; and the Volume for The Emperor of Russia and that for J. Q. Adams to Mr Geyer to be taken to St Petersburg by Mr Ingraham who Sails from New York in a Cartel for England and thence to Russia. My Letters and...
6528From James Madison to John Armstrong, [29 December] 1813 (Madison Papers)
Besides the answer to Genl. McClure, it may be proper to instruct Genl. Wilkinson to say frankly to Prevost that the burning of Newark was the effect of misapprehension in the officer, not an order from the Govt. This may be done in terms neither authorizing an inference that the measure exceeds a just retaliation, nor precluding a reflection on the facility with which a perseverance of the...
6529To James Madison from Thomas Newton Jr., 29 December 1813 (Madison Papers)
Having heard that Mr. Corbin was in view for the office of Collector of the Customs at Norfolk—I feel myself in duty bound to those whom I represent, to state that Mr. Corbin is a federalist. I am persuaded you had no information of this fact at the time he was thought of, this letter bears to you the earliest Knowledge of it. On the score of merit many republicans have an equal, if not a...
6530Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 29 December 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Y our two favors of the 24 th are received and agreeably to your desire I send you inclosed $75 in notes— no sale whatever for flour, the little wheat brought to market is purchased by the millers at 3/.— With great respect I am RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq re ”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from Gibson & Jefferson received 3 Jan. 1814 and so recorded in SJL .