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The bearer hereof, Joseph Antrim has been employed, as plaisterer, to do the whole plaistering of all the buildings of the University of Virginia, which he has executed with fidelity and a skill of the first order. he is moreover of perfectly correct habits and conduct, sober, industrious, faithful, and worthy of any degree of trust which may be reposed in him. Given under my hand this 25 th...
A negociation with the Literary board on behalf of the University which I expected would have been closed by the reciept of their answer on the day I last wrote to you & drew on you is still unclosed, awaiting their answer. this has obliged me to put off my journey to Bedford till after our next court which I am obliged to attend. I mention this lest you should have occn to write to me. I...
[ Monticello , 20 Oct. 1819 . SJL entry reads “thanks for care of Campeachy chair.” Letter not found.]
The person to whom the inclosed letter is addressed is about taking his passage from New York to Leghorn and promised to be the bearer of some letters inclosed to him and to call for them at your office. lest he should be gone or fail to call, the letters being important, I take the liberty to inclose them to you with a request that should he not call for them you would do me the friendly...
Mayo Fred. A. Jan 9. 24. Cicero de officiis Ciceronis opuscula Ciceronis res publica. Jus Colonianum. Brand. Aristotelis Politica Ethica Onesandri Strategicus Athes. [by miss Wright. Gr. manual as Model sent him the above books to be bound, and wrote him lre of advice Officia pa. Opuscula pref. 20 text 383–638 253 officia
I am aware that no individual ought to expect that a post office, in distributing it’s letters, will attend to any thing but their superscription. yet it would be a signal service to me if your distributor could recollect to put my letters into the Charlottesville mail, instead of that of Milton. with the former place I have daily communication, with the latter none. but if this request is out...
Th Jefferson asks the attendance of mr Ford at Monticello to take the portrait of mrs Randolph when it shall suit his convenience. ViU .
By virtue of the authority vested by law in the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, they do, by this letter appoint you the said John Patten Emmet to be Professor of the school of Natural History in the said University, with all the authorities, privileges and emoluments to the said Professorship belonging. Witness Thomas Jefferson, Rector of the said University under his hand...
a hand vice some German steel to be chosen by the bearer. RC ( ViHi : Preston Family Papers); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
My colleagues Visitors of the University now in Richmond have sent me the inclosed pamphlet as containing documents which may be useful to you in urging our claim on Congress. they join me also in pressing you to force it to a decision. we did not think it advisable to ask any thing from our legislre, and our Instn will be deeply distressed should we fail in obtaining from Congress the portion...
The bearer of this letter is mr John Carr a midshipman on board the N. Carolina ship of war of the US now about to sail on service in the Mediterranean. he is the son of Col o Sam l Carr my nephew, neighbor & particular friend. should he have occasion to visit marseilles I will ask for him your kind attentions and good offices, of which his correct character will render him worthy, and the...
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Murot and acknoleging the reciept of his favor of Sep: 29. informs him that he has never heard of any English translation of the Works of Filangieri. he prays him to accept his respectful salutations and best wishes CSmH .
I have duly recieved your favor of the 4 th covering a specimen of wheat, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. withdrawn by age from all agricultural attentions, I have made the most advantageous disposition of it by consigning it to the agricultural society of my county who will give it a fair trial. I am gratified with this occasion of adding to my thanks the assurances of my continued...
Your letter of Feb. 27. came to hand in due time; that of the 15 th inst. was recieved yesterday. I have this day directed our Proctor to have 250.D. immediately remitted to yourself for mr Willard, to hold 250.D. more ready to be called for at his convenience, & to count on paying the whole balance at the final conclusion. whenever therefore mr Willard’s convenience may make it acceptable to...
I have had no information from Dodge & Oxnard but of the time of shipping the wine, the vessel and port. the papers the collector was so kind as to send, never came to my hand, but as he ascertained the duty &c. I have this day desired Col o Peyton to remit him 18 D. and I will give you the further trouble of requesting him to ship the wines to Peyton’s address who will pay all charges. I...
I received yesterday your’s of the 16 th and by the mail which goes tomorro. morn g I have written on the subject with all my heart and soul, and have said that I would desire you in the moment of the occurrence to address a letter of informn directly to himself that no time may be lost by it’s passing thro’ me. do not wait for documents, only say that they shall follow: they will be desired...
Our letters have been very unfortunate in the length of their passage. mine of Sep. 1. appears to have been 17. days getting to you. your’s of the 17 th & 19 th were 20. days coming to me; the ordinary time of the mail from Philadelphia being 5. or 6. days only. your’s of the 30 th came to hand the 9 th inst. the two former ( 17 th &
Memms of an agreement between Tho s Jefferson & Tho s J. Randolph for the lease of the Tufton & Lego plantations of the sd Th: Jefferson with all the negroes, stock and utensils upon them. The lease is to continue five years. the negroes are to be maintained, clothed and their taxes and levies paid by the lessee,
You will recollect that I formerly troubled you on the subject of a proper course to be established in a College of general science . such an establishment in my neighborhood (near Charlottesville ), then in contemplation only, has lately advanced so favorably as to get into a course of execution. the single county in which it is located has contributed 30,000.D. and we expect the rest of the...
a list of taxable property in Albemarle county Feb. 1. 1823, for which the subscriber is responsible ? 2597. acres of land ? 56. slaves above 12. years of age 1. Landau horses and mules. MHi .
The proceedings on my lottery are too far advanced to admit the practicability of any change whatever to be made on it. I have put the whole business in to the hands of my grandson who is now on his way to Baltimore and the Northern cities, and has already disposed of tickets probably in Richmond and on the road. I have meddled so little with it that I have not even asked from him any...
Can you come and breakfast with us tomorrow morning? I have the papers ready for your inspection, but they require explanation. you can then consider them at your leisure and get them corrected on consultation with mr Garrett. I could ride to Charlottesville, but it is always followed with inconvenience and injury, or I should not ask the indulgence. respectful and friendly salutations. ViU .
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr Huntington to dine with him on Sunday the 8 th RC ( Heritage Auctions , auction 6080, Dallas, 11 Apr. 2012, lot 34094); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “ M r Huntington .” Not recorded in SJL .
of the transaction which is the subject of your lre of Jan. 25. or of any transaction whatever with either mr Sam l Martin or Rob. Sq. Taylor there is not the smallest trace in my memory. this perhaps is not strange after a lapse of 50. years. a sight of the acc t , it’s articles, it’s nature & perhaps names ment d in it m t bring something to my recollection or enable me to turn to some paper...
2. yards best bed-ticking ViCMRL .
I suspect I was mistaken in my letter of the 8 th in supposing the Report mentioned in your favor had not been recieved. I find one, said to be of mr Crownenshield on the Panama mission Mar. 25. 1826. in 13. pages which I suppose is the one alluded to. if so, be pleased to pardon the error and to accept my renewed assurances of esteem & consideration. MHi : Edward Everett Papers.
In the agreem t signed by mr Brockenbrough and inclosed to me by mr Coffee, and again returned to him, under Pavilion N o 1. the words ‘lead to be paid for extra’ and under Pavilion N o 2. the words ‘the whips of lead to be pd for extra’ are expressly inserted in the body of the description [various notes by TJ] : 3/6. N.Y. = .43¾ Coffee 413.34 Br. 382.39 pack g 13.64 396.03 lead
Your letter of Sep. 8. enquiring after the house and room in which the Declaration of independance was written has excited my curiosity to know whether my recollections were such as to enable you to find out the house. a line on the subject will oblige D r Sir DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
Your favor of Mar. 17. from Richm d was duly recieved. I had with our revered friend G. Wythe a correspondence thro’ life, but it was especially frequent during the revolution. I then kept no copies of my letters, and am very anxious to recover those particularly of that period. I do not know that mr Wythe preserved them, but possibly he may have done so, and if they are still in being and...
Farmers Bank due 15/18 March $1,400.00 do do do 5/8 April 3 200.00 United States Bank do 18/21 do 2 250.00 do do
The weather having disappointed Th: Jefferson of the pleasure of mr Hatch’s company on Tuesday he will be happy to recieve him to dinner to-day, or any day during Gen l LaFayette’s stay at Monticello which may suit the convenience of mr Hatch. NN : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
I send you a M.S. copy of the new enactments passed by the Visitors of the University at their late session, and also a printed copy of those formerly past now made conformable, by corrections with the pen, withe the amendments enacted at the same session, and request that by handing them from the one to the other of the Professors they may make them known by reading them successively to the...
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to mr Mead for the copy he has been so kind as to send him of his address to the Linnæan society at their celebration of the 24 th ult. he has read with great satisfaction the history it presents of the rise and progress of Botanical science, and of the worthies who have particularly advanced it, of whom no one can be placed in competition with him who gives...
If our last advertisement was printed in hand bills or on letter sheets, I shall be glad of a dozen to save writing letters. yours affectionately. ViU : Thomas Jefferson Papers (Proctor’s Papers).
Th: Jefferson asks from mr Brockenbrough the favor of 1200. bricks, all clinkers, and if he can place them to the account of Cap t Perry it will be an accomodation perhaps all round. ViU : Thomas Jefferson Papers (Proctor’s Papers).
In answer to your letter of Oct. 29. I have only to say that I have no thought of parting with my property at the Natural bridge, on the contrary I mean, as soon as I can make it convenient to improve it by such buildings, as may accomodate the great numbers of it’s visitants, I believe that at this time it recieves as many visitants, taking the year thro’ as any of the medicinal springs and...
The letter of Col o Taylor to Judge Roane recieved from you thro’ Martha , I now return in a letter to the judge, which I leave open for your perusal, after which be so good as to stick a wafer in it and deliver it to him. We have had a tremendous hail. it extended from about half down this mountain to Mechunk , tore corn to peices, beat off the heads of wheat & destroyed the rye. I suffered...
3. yds flannel, crimson or scarlet this being intended for a saddle-cloth, I should be glad of a bit of buff cloth for binding. I guess that ½ yard of ¾ cloth would be enough Th:J Aug. 16. 24 ViCMRL .
I rec d yesterday from mr Dearborne Collector of Boston information of the arrival of the residue of my wines from mess rs Dodge & Oxnard at that port consigned to him, and the invoice for them also amounting to 277 fr–80 C mes and I have this day desired my Correspdt of Richmond to remit you 52. D 10 c the equivalent at par. any incorrectness on acc t of exchange is open to correction. I...
It is not in my power to give you any certain information of the issue of Commodore Jones’s claim on Denmark. my impression is that that government persevered in refusing the claim. I salute you with respect DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
I transcribe for your information a resolution of the Visitors of the University entered into at their late meeting, to which they recommend your early attention. also a copy of an advertisement to be published in the Enquirer and Central gazette. accept the assurance of my friendship and respect. ViU .
Your favor of Mar. 27. was duly recieved. the Visitors of our University will not make their final appointment of Professors until October next, when your application will be under their consideration. I am glad to find a son of my late friend Doct r Bache qualified to take a stand in so honorable a line of competition, and beg leave to assure you of my respect and good wishes for your...
2. canteens of best spirits RC (Mrs. N. H. R. Dawson, Selma, Ala., 1961; photocopy in ViU: TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “ M r James Leitch .” Not recorded in SJL . This document, located after the pertinent chronological volume was published, will appear in the concluding supplement to the print edition.
I have just recieved from mr Gelston of N. York the inclosed head and grains of wheat of a particular kind. his letter will inform you of it’s character so far as known to him. I cannot better dispose of it than by confiding it to the agricultural society of our county, to whom therefore I wish to consign it thro’ the medium of your kindness, with the assurance of my great esteem and respect ViU .
I am very thankful to you, Dear Sir, for the kindness with which you have attended to my late request. I did not mean to give you so much trouble as you have been so good as to take, altho’ it’s fruits are most acceptable and valuable. I make my acknolegements also for the pamphlets you have been so kind as to send me. your letter to Professor Silliman, proposing an easy method of imitating...
A death-bed Adieu. Life’s visions are vanished, it’s dreams are no more. Dear friends of my bosom, why bathed in tears? I go to my fathers; I welcome the shore, which crowns all my hopes, or which buries my cares. Then farewell my dear, my lov’d daughter, Adieu! The last pang of life is in parting from you! Two Seraphs await me, long shrouded in death: I will bear them your love on my last...
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr Hatch to dine at Monticello tomorrow (Saturday) Privately owned.
leather back Roscoe Penal jurispr. This slip was in the work of which the above is the title, viz the direction to the binder, written by Tho s Jefferson, for the lettering on the back.— See over Luke .1–7.(1.) 21.(1.) 39.40.42–48.(2.) 51.52.48. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
I have duly recieved, my dear friend and General, your letter of the 1 st from Philada, giving us the welcome assurance that you will visit the neighborhood which, during the march of our enemy near it, was covered by your shield from his robberies and ravages. in passing the line of your former march you will experience pleasing recollections of the good you have done. my neighbors too of our...
Th: Jeffe r son asks the favor of mr H u ntington to dine with hi m on Sunday ensuing. RC ( DNDAR ); dateline at foot of text; damaged at crease. Not recorded in SJL . William Huntington (b. ca. 1794), merchant, educator, and Episcopal lay preacher, was a native of Connecticut who moved to