3001Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 21 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
In conformity to your instructions of the 19 th Aug t I directed on the 28 th a letter to you at Poplar forest near Lynchburg of which the within is a Copy— I am disappointed at not receiving a reply to it as your note falls due tomorrow and your signature is wanting for a renewal— RC ( ViU: TJP-ER ); with Dupl of Gibson to TJ, 28 Aug. 1815
3002To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 20 September 1815 (Adams Papers)
Since I have got settled here in the Country, eight miles distant, from Hyde Park Corner, I can find or make leisure about once a week to write a Letter, short or long, to you, to my mother or to my brother, and to enclose with it to you a weekly Newspaper—They will not reach you with equal regularity, for winds and waves will always be capricious—And thus after having received in three months...
3003From James Madison to Richard Rush, 20 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Not being possessed of the answer from the War Dept. referred to in the inclosed, I can not compare the grounds of it, with the opinions to which it has given rise. It would seem however that the Soldiers in question must be entitled to such a discharge as will secure to them all the recommenc [ sic ] stipulated for serving during the war. Will you be so good as to take a legal view of the...
3004To James Madison from George Graham, 20 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th. instant. You will have observed that the list of applicants forwarded to you, embraced only such as had expressly applied to fill vacancies. If the selections are to be made from the disbanded Officers generally, it might materially effect the list proposed. I do not know that any partial appointments to fill the vacancies in the...
3005To James Madison from George Graham, 20 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I enclose a communication from General Macomb respecting the allowance of double rations to the Officer commanding in the harbor of New York. I send you also, an extract from the law, and the several orders that have been issued from this Department on the subject of an allowance of double rations to the Commanding officers of Posts, and submit to your decision the propriety of renewing, at...
3006To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 20 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
By the Act of May 20, 1812, the Surveyor General, under the direction of the President of the United States, is authorised & required to designate &c the Western & Northern Boundaries of the State of Ohio. As this act contemplates the decision of the ultimate boundaries, on two sides, of an independent State, it is desirable that it should be done in such a solemn and scientific manner as to...
3007To John Adams from William Bentley, 19 September 1815 (Adams Papers)
Captain John Endicott performed yesterday his promise of the Pears. He observed that they were not quite ripe, but in some of them had made demands, from curiosity, endless. The good old man therefore, at fourscore, took a few in his hand, infact that he might give no notice, travelled to my door, & observed, that he had resolved I should not lose the pleasure of sending them to the President...
3008To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 19 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Since writing to you yesterday, I have received the inclosed letter from Mr. Baring, which will give you a distinct view of our situation with the Bankers in London. Every Mail brings me additional accounts of the rise in exchange, and, indeed, of the extreme difficulty of procuring good Bills. The importance of reinstating our credit, by payment of the advances, which have been so handsomely...
3009To James Madison from James Monroe, 19 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I returnd here on friday last, the 15., much improvd in my health, & propose setting out on monday or tuesday for your house, from whence I shall proceed by Loudoun, for Washington, at such time, as it shall appear to you adviseable for me to be there. My whole family accompany me, tho’ I fear, as mr Clay & his, form a part of it, that we shall subject mrs. Madison to some inconvinence. We...
3010From James Madison to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 18 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. yours of the 11th. I hope you will soon learn the decision of Capt: Stewart, that in the event of his refusal we may be turning our thoughts elsewhere. The peace with Algiers offers two points for decision. 1. What precautionary force ought to be continued in the Mediterranean. It will be best to leave this to the judgment of the naval Commander there. 2 What ought to be done...
3011To James Madison from William B. Adams, 18 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Lieut. Reuben Humphrys, late of the 13th. Regt. U. S. Inf. being desirous to be retained in the Service, on the peace establishment—It is with peculiar pleasure that I avail myself of the opportunity to present this open testimonial of the merits of Lieut. Humphreys. I have Known Lt. Humphreys during the greater part of the War, and have ever found him to be the vigilant and attentive officer,...
3012To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 18 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed letters from Mr. Adams shew the impracticability of selling the Stock in Europe, within the limits which were prescribed. It is indispensable, however, to provide for the reimbursement of the heavy advances of Mess: Barings in London, and for the advance of Messr. Willincks in Amsterdam. It is time, also, to make arrangements for paying the dividends on the Louisiana stock in...
3013To James Madison from George Graham, 18 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 15th Inst, was received yesterday, there can be no necessity whatever for announcing the appointment of Dr. Ellzey, in the manner proposed by Genl. Parker; and I had mentioned to him that such an annunciation could not be otherwise than unpleasant to the Doctor; who has been some time since informed of his appointment & is actually acting under it: the Genl. order therefore is not...
3014Thomas Jefferson’s Calculations of Latitudes of the Sharp Peak of Otter and Natural Bridge, 18 September–10 November … (Jefferson Papers)
1815. Sep. 18 . Sharp peak of Otter ° ′ ″ 1815. Sep. 20 . Natural bridge . ° ′
3015From James Madison to George Graham, 17 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have looked over the lists of vacancies in the Army & of the applications to fill them. To avoid precipitate selections, and the exclusion of officers who may yet apply, or of meritorious ones who may not chuse to apply, under a risk of rejection, and as the time approaches when the vacancies can be filled with more advantage at Washington, I think it best to proceed no farther at present in...
3016From James Madison to Richard Rush, 17 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I cannot do better with the inclosed communication than to put it into your hands, with a request that you will give effect to the ideas of Mr. Dallas if you concur in them, by a few lines to Mr. Dick, who appears to be well disposed to sustain the interests of the U.S. I see by the newspapers that J. B. had passed thro’ Baltimore for Washington. I have recd yours acknowleging the rect. of...
3017To James Madison from Barnett Boling, 17 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
My Sittuation compels me to troble your honer with a few lines hombley beging your atention there unto. Sir I hope your goodness will forgave me if there be any impropriety in making application to you in a case of this Sort. Sir I am So unhapy & have been treated with Such injustice that I am abligd to look up to you for protection—in time of the war on the fifth of May 1814—I went forward...
3018To James Madison from Richard Rush, 17 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Mr Duvall returned yesterday, but too late to drop a line by the mail. He brings however nothing material in addition to what my last letter stated. The party after returning to Baltimore, all went off by the way of York and Lancaster, and Commodore Lewis speaks of this as in part their first intention. The return from the mills he ascribed to having there first learned with certainty that not...
3019Bill for Food to Thomas Jefferson at a Tavern in Liberty, Virginia, [17 September 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
M r Jefersons Bill To 2 horsefeeds 2– 〃 Dinner 2– Servants Dinner 1–6 5 6 MS ( MHi ); written on a small scrap in an unidentified hand; undated; endorsed by TJ at foot of text: “1815. Sep. 17. Liberty ”; with unidentified map in pencil by TJ on verso.
3020Christopher Clark to Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
your favor of the 14 (instant) was delivered to me as I was walking near the gate and could not prevail on the bearer to wait for an answer and observe now what I then intended to state to you that the satisfaction to us from your Visit will be encreased by the pleasure of Seeing your two friends mr Correa and Gilmer (the latter I think I have seen) they may as well as yourself be assured that...
3021Thomas Jefferson to Thaddeus Norris, 17 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Two persons of the name of Millar have offered themselves to me as overseers at farms which I have in Bedford , where we cultivate both wheat and tobacco. they say they are from the neighborhood of Fauquier C. H. & have been brought up there. but they are provided with no recommendations. their appearance bespeaks labor and industry, and their conversation intelligence. I have agreed with...
3022Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Distances between Poplar Forest and Natural Bridge, [ca. 17–21 September 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
Roads Poplar Forest Callaway ’s mill bridge . 5. } soon after passing Callaw ’s mill a right hand is a better road, and saves 3. mi. to Clarke ’s. 4 { Leftwich’s mill Liberty . 12
3023To James Madison from George Graham, 16 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Since I wrote to you on the subject of the appointments, another vacancy in the 6th. Infantry has been occasioned by the death of Capt. Murdock. As this is a vacancy by casualty, it is a question to be decided, whether it ought to filled up by promotion, or by reinstating one of the old Officers. If the decision is in favor of the latter mode, General Parker has strongly urged the claim of...
3024To James Madison from Thomas Rowland, 16 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the appointment, of Marshal, of the United States in and for the Territory of Michigan, which is thankfully accepted. I have the honour to be sir with high respect Your Obt. Svt. Printed copy ( Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections 36 [1908]: 339).
3025From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, 15 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 11th. has just come to hand. I return the papers from the Comr. of the Gen: L. office, with an acquiescence in the survey ordered in Missouri. I think the condition attached to it the least that will suffice to justify the measure. I have recd. a letter from Mr. Gallatin, from which as well as from his reserve to you, I infer that he has not made up his mind on his appt. to...
3026From James Madison to George Graham, 15 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 12th. and from Genl. Parker a copy of his proposed order announcing the Medical appts. I have requested him not to publish it, till he learns from you that the form of the article respecting Dr. Elzey is such as he would not dislike. Perhaps it wd. be more agreeable to him to omit any reference to his being a Garrison S. M. either because he does not wish to remain...
3027To James Madison from Louis Bache, William Watts, and John Fox, 15 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
By the enclosed resolutions you will perceive that we are a committee appointed by the officers of the Volunteers & Militia residing within the County of Bucks & State of Pennsylvania who served in the campaign of 1814, to state to you wherein the troops believe that they are aggrieved. Whilst they believed that inability from want of funds was the reason for not paying them, the troops...
3028To James Madison from David Clendenin, 15 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
As to the known integrity of the subscribing Gentlemen to the inclosed letter I need say nothing more than recognize them to you as receiver and register of the Canton land office. Many of the facts stated in said letter respecting Major Thos. Rowland, I am personally acquainted with, & in addition have to observe; that I believe him to be a man of integrity, and quallifycations suitable for...
3029To James Madison from William Lee, 15 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have shipped for you on board the Schooner Manlius Capt. Young one barrel of Vinegar and one box of Sweet oil both of the first quality. Wines & Brandy are at a price never known in this country such brandy as I sent you last year which cost only 200 fr. is now at 600 fs the pipe & such wine as I sent you by the Blooming Rose is at 6 fr. the bottle. I am sure both articles can be had much...
3030To James Madison from Richard Rush, 15 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
Owing to the weather Mr Duvall did not reach Baltimore until a very late hour on wednesday night. He found that the party had all gone out in hacks to Ellicotts-mills early in the evening, with a view to join the stage yesterday morning and come on here. He followed and fell in with them there. He delivered my letter, no doubt, to Commodore Lewis, who perceiving that the ulterior purpose in...