11Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas, 10 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
Ebenezer Otis, late Keeper of the whitehead Light House, having died, Charles Haskell appears, from the enclosed letter, to be properly qualified as his successor. I am, very respectfully RC ( DNA : RG 26, Light House Service Correspondence). Docketed by Dallas: “Respectfully submitted to the President” on 13 July 1816; and by JM : “The appt. of Chs. Haskell approvd.” Enclosure not found.
12Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas, 17 October 1816 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Samuel Harrison Smith to Alexander J. Dallas. 17 October 1816, Treasury Department, Revenue Office. “A keeper being requisite for a new Light House erected on Race Point, the name of Joshua Dyer, with the accompanying recommendations, are respectfully submitted for the consideration of the President. It is also requisite that the salary of the keeper be fixed, which, it is proposed, shall be...
13Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 11 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with the request of D r Barton , I have caused to be inserted in the Nat. Intel r his letter to you , which you were good enough to transmit to me on the 8 th ult. However disputable some of the Doctor’s opinions may be, the subject is highly interesting, and is one on w ch a mind of his vigor can scarcely fail to throw much light. M rs Smith unites with me in an expression of...
14Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I was this day invited by the Library Com e to a conference with them. They represented that in consequence of the amendment to their report, it became necessary to ascertain the value of the library & to obtain an authority from the two Houses to pay it, to enable them to do w ch they enquired of me whether I could specify the sum that would be received for it. I replied that I was unable to...
15Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 15 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I tender you my cordial felicitations on the returning blessings of peace, the value of w ch will be more sensibly realised by a people who have borne with fortitude the privations and met with courage the perils of war,—blessings to w ch they have always had a moral right, and w ch they now hold by the tenure of physical power. How inestimable the benefits that have flowed from the possession...
16Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the satisfaction of advising you of our having reached home in perfect health and safety after one of the most charming excursions we have ever taken. To crown the whole with pleasure we found our little girls as hearty and happy as when we left them, and can, therefore, with full fellow feeling congratulate you and your family on the complete disappearance of indisposition of which M r...
17Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I am happy to advise You that the bill authorisi n g the purchase of Your Library has passed the two houses of Congress . I enclose for Your satisfaction a copy of the bill. It now rests with the Library committee to make the final agreement. The sum stipulated is precisely that estimated by M r Milligan . I shall, doubtless, in a few days hear from the Committee , when I will again write You....
18Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 29 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of the 15th & 23 d Inst. afford me unfeigned satisfaction from that natural feeling of the human heart that is always gratified at living in the recollection & esteem of those we respect, & by the opportunity they furnish of reciprocating with earnestness the liveliest wishes for your fell felicity . The world will have it, particularly that portion of it who see things thro’ the...
19Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of acknowledgi n g the receipt of your favor of the 27 th ult. Congress having on the last day of their sitting modified the pending bill for the transportation of the Library so to leave the necessary dispositions to the President of the U.S. I yesterday consulted with him on the subject. He considers it advisable to postpone its transportation until some time in May, and...
20Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 19 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform You that the H. of R. this day concurred by a great majority in the resolution of the Senate authorising the Library Com e to contract for the purchase of Your Library, after so amending it as to reserve to Congress the definitive ratification of the contract. That they will ratify the agreement that shall be made by the Com e there can be no doubt. As I calculate...