2261Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 21 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 10 th is recieved, and I have to acknolege a copious supply of the turnep seed requested . besides taking care myself, I shall endeavor again to commit it to the neighborhood depository of the neighborhood, generally found to be the best precaution against losing a good thing.— I will add a word on the political part of our letters. I believe we do not differ on either of the...
2262Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Taylor, 7 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
In the Enquirer of Nov. 29. I see an advertisement with your name to it as acting for mr Tho s Wilson & offering a place for sale called Westham . whether by this appellation Beverley town is meant to be included, I do not know, but lest it should I think it a duty to give notice that I own 4. or 5. lots in that town, one of which is the ferry lot established by act of assembly, & to which I...
2263Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Taylor, 28 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday evening your favor of the 19 th & answer it without delay, that no laches may be imputed as to notice of my right, & that of others interested in the lots & streets of the town of Beverley . I do not comprehend what mr Wilson understands by saying that ‘the right to lots in that town reverted to the original proprietors , from whom he purchased, and they having conveyed to...
2264Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 23 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
When I recieved your letter of Dec. 29. my Memoir on the case of the batture was out of my hands, and not recieved by me till within a short time past. I have now made out from that a statement of the facts of the case , and have left 3. blank columns on every page, one to the right & two to the left of the text, for you gentlemen to insert any alterations, or instructions as to the evidence...
2265Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 19 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of May 15. came to hand in due time. on the course of the suit of Livingston , I had thought with you that the question of jurisdiction might have been kept in reserve, as a dernier resort, and had suggested to the gentlemen in Richmond the pleading 1. the general issue, which would have tried the question of the public title, very interesting to the city of New Orleans ; 2....
2266Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 12 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Livingston’s suit having gone off on the plea to the jurisdiction, it’s foundation remains of course unexplained to the public. I therefore concluded to make it public thro’ the ordinary channel of the press. an earlier expectation of recieving the pamphlets, & the desire of sending you one, has delayed, from post to post, my sooner acknoleging the reciept of your letter informing me of...
2267Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 13 October 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Sep. 11. was recieved after a considerable delay on the road. on the subject of my debt to mr Welsh , if you will have the goodness to recur to my letter of June 5. 10. you will find a candid statement of the circumstances which have, of necessity, suspended my attention to it for a while. in winding up my affairs at Washington , an accumulation of outstanding accounts, which had...
2268Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 22 November 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have still to acknolege the reciept of your letter of Sep. 27 . the preceding one covering the bonds had been previously recieved. your mention of what you recollected from Herodotus put me on examining that author more particularly than I had before done, and this led again to the investigation of the case of the Nile through all the authors I possessed on the subject. the result has been a...
2269Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 13 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3 d inst. is duly recieved, and I agree to settle up the principal & interest now due to mr Welsh , and give a new bond for the whole in exchange for the former. the bonds were given in the order stated on the next leaf as agreed with mr Wickham , & I have settled the paiments by applying the first to the first bond until it was paid off, then to the 2 d in like manner & so...
2270Thomas Jefferson to Littleton W. Tazewell, 18 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Soon after the service of mr Livingston’s writ on me, I applied to the offices at Washington and obtained the letters & papers they possessed respecting our proceedings on the Batture of N. Orleans . I before possessed the printed opinions which had been given on the occasion; and having in my own mind an intimate knolege of the whole transactions, I thought it best to make a full statement of...