1From Anonymous to Abigail Brown Brooks Adams, 20 November 1825 (Adams Papers)
Sonnet. to Miss Brooks by a friend What shall I, maiden, to thee Say, Thou Art, so full of life;...
2To John Adams from Anonymous, 21 April 1826 (Adams Papers)
a Bostonian who reveres the “Sage of Quincy” takes the liberty of transmitting him this newspaper...
3“Zed” (“Franklin”) to Thomas Jefferson, 3 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
As the publck has gave you the credit of Drafting the Declaration of Independance, and as you...
4Anonymous to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Excuse me of taking the liberty to send you one of the papers inclosed within concerning the...
5Anonymous Republicans in Charleston, South Carolina, to Thomas Jefferson, 16 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing it will give you great pleasure to hear that your old and valued friend M r Charles...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Anonymous, 4 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
I write to you by a special influence while standing at my Desk, I was looking around the world...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Anonymous, 31 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Chemical Apparatus essential to a well furnished Labratory & Lecture Room. Knights improved table...
8“Laban Stringfellow” to Thomas Jefferson, [by 19 April 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
This circular which I take the Liberty of addressing to you is the effusion of an old fellow who...
9Anonymous (Henry Whiting) to Thomas Jefferson, 7 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
There is scarcely a young man in the United States , who is not desirous of having among his...
10“Common Sense & Co.” to Thomas Jefferson, 12 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
What can be your thoughts on the distracted Country by your Philosophical arts & intrigues (...
11“X.Y.Z Cosmopolite” (Christian Schultz) to Thomas Jefferson, [30 December 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
My apology for addressing to you the inclosed extract from a manuscript volume of 300 pages and...
12Anonymous to Thomas Jefferson, 18 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I rejoice to find you engaged in your latter days, in so laudable an undertaking as that of...
13“D.W.” to Thomas Jefferson, 22 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Are not the best regulated universities in this Country deficient in not embracing the Elements...
14From Anonymous (Eunice Huntington Stanley) to Thomas Jefferson, 3 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Do I presume to far in placing implicit reliance on the well known generosity and philanthrophy...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Anonymous, 7 December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
By your report to the Legislature I gladly learn the success of your agent in obtaining...
16Anonymous to Thomas Jefferson, 19 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Observing in the Enquirer, a Letter from yourself , addressed to “ Charles Pinckney Esqr. ” I...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Anonymous, 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Une lettre toute de sa main et signée addressée de Monticello à M. de Lormerie. Monticello est le...
18“B.” to Thomas Jefferson, [by 1 August 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
The maker of the enclosed speech, accompanied Lewis & Clark , when he was an uneducated boy, over...
19“A Native Born Virginian” to Thomas Jefferson, [received 10 January 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
Without pretensions to the weight of character, that would justify the appearance of my...
20“Publick Good” to Thomas Jefferson, 21 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Probably you are not aprised of the unparalleled conduct of certain men in this city in...
21Anonymous to Thomas Jefferson, [19 January 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed Report of a committee of the Senate , is respectfully sent to Mr Jefferson by a...
22To Thomas Jefferson from Anonymous, 24 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The University of Virginia Bo t of J Bohn (Books omitted in former Shipment or order’d...
23“James Otway Crump” to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with much reluctance that I take the liberty of addressing you, particularly upon such a...
24“The Querist” to Thomas Jefferson, 7 September 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Having had my curiosity excited on a few questions which I consider may be explained by those who...
25Roberts to James Madison, 1 September 1822, with Postscript to Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson Papers)
[ Ed. Note : “ Roberts ,” who wrote under an apparent pseudonym and claimed to be a Revolutionary...
26“The Ghost of Franklin” to Thomas Jefferson, 25 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Jefferson —will be happy to learn that great progress is making here in gett g suitable (not...
27“A Republican of 98” to Thomas Jefferson, 6 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho you are advanced in life—yet your Vision is clear—& Judgment sound—therefore justice must...
28To Thomas Jefferson from Anonymous, 26 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
of my Respects Persented to you This Coms Calling on you for your in fermation in Regard who Shd...
29Anonymous to Thomas Jefferson, [between 19 December 1818 and 7 January 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
I feel an increasing concern for your happiness and salvation. Since the enclosed was sealed, the...
30Enclosure: “Detector” to Editor of the New York National Advocate, [ca. 20 October 1818], enclosure no. 1 in John … (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately seen the painting by colonel Trumbull , “ representing the Declaration of...
31Anonymous (Thomas Jefferson) to the Richmond Enquirer, [ca. 29] August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with your desire on my departure for the springs I availed myself of a short stay...
32Enclosure: “A Native Born Virginian” to the People of Virginia, [before 10 January 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
To the PEOPLE of VIRGINIA , WHO ARE BOUND TO PAY TAXES! WORK ON THE HIGHWAYS!! AND FIGHT FOR A...
33Funeral Solemnities, Order of Religious Service, 31 July 1826 (Adams Papers)
FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ORDER OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES. 1st. ANTHEM.—“ Child of Mortality. ” 2d. Select...
34Enclosure: Anonymous Notes on the Alleged 20 May 1775 “Declaration of Independence” of Mecklenburg County, North … (Jefferson Papers)
N. Carolina , Mecklenburg county , } May 20, 1775. In the spring of 1775, the leading characters...
35Account of a Visit to Monticello and Montpellier by “W.” (possibly George Watterston), [before 15 August 1820] (Jefferson Papers)
You request me to give you some account of my late excursion to Virginia . I comply with the...
36Faneuil Hall commemoration services at death of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 2 August 1826 (Adams Papers)
FUNERAL SYMPHONY. PRAYER. ANTHEM. How are the mighty fallen! They that were great among the...
37Abigail Smith Adams, Obituary Notice, 28 October 1818 (Adams Papers)
This lady was not more elevated by rank, than eminent by her virtues. Of her sex, she was an...
38Enclosure: Anonymous Description of “Celebration of Freedom” by African Americans in Boston, 16 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
ON Monday the Africans, and descendants of Africans, in this town , held their annual...
39Broadside: A Plea for Financial Assistance by Subscription for Thomas Jefferson, 1825, 31 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Ingratitude has been called the vice of Republics. On a late occasion we have seen the Government...
40Enclosure: Poem by “Laban Stringfellow” on a Footrace between William Darby and Joseph Aborn, [by 19 April 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
F or your edification and amusement, I send the following poem , in which my feeble muse...
41John Adams, A Dirge, 25 July 1826 (Adams Papers)
A DIRGE. Praise to the virtuous dead the Heathen owed, And funeral game, and urn, and chant...