15101Wells & Lilly to Thomas Jefferson, 13 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
We rec d this morning yours of the 3 rd inst. and a vessel being fortunately just upon the point of sailing for Richmond , we have shipped in a small box the Books desired. Of these you will find a Bill on the other side. We hope you will receive them shortly in good order. Stewart ’s 2 nd Diss n had not been published when we last heard from England . We however expect it very shortly. When...
15102Robert W. Wells to Thomas Jefferson, 12 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I am conscious, that in addressing you, I take a liberty not warranted by the rules of Etiquette; But although I have not the honor of knowing you personally ; with your character I am by no means unacquainted—presuming on which, and your known politeness, I address you on a political subject, that has excited much Interest in this State . Many of the principals principles of Goverment, that...
15103To John Adams from Samuel Adams Wells, 10 July 1819 (Adams Papers)
I intended, before this, to have done myself the honor of visiting you, personally to make my acknowledgments for the letter which you were so obliging as to furnish me to the President of the United States: but having been so much occupied since I received it, that I have not been able to do myself that pleasure. Permit me now, dear Sir, to return you my most grateful thanks for the kind and...
15104Samuel Adams Wells to Thomas Jefferson, 2 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your letter dated the 12 ultimo . The information you have given yourself the trouble therein to communicate, demands and receives my warmest acknowledgments. The observations, which I took the liberty to make in my former letter to you on the subject of committees of correspondence, related to those which were instituted in Massachusetts and Virginia , in the...
15105To John Adams from Samuel Adams Wells, 23 July 1819 (Adams Papers)
The approbation of the wise and virtuous I highly value: it was therefore with great satisfaction that I received your favor of the 22d instant. It is not difficult to excite the applause of the multitude; but this is ephemeral and oftentimes is bestowed without discrimination, and where there is no real merit. I need not cite examples to you for the truth of this position.— By accident the...
15106To John Adams from Samuel Adams Wells, 3 May 1819 (Adams Papers)
Mr Secretary Bradford has shown me a letter which you wrote him respecting the probable author of the pamphlet published by the Committee of Correspondence in 1772 and wherein you express an opinion that it was written by the “great James Otis.” Having recently been employed in collecting the materials for a biography of my late grandfather Samuel Adams in the course of my investigations, I...
15107Samuel Adams Wells to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
The motive which induces me to do myself the honor of writing to you will I hope be considered a sufficient apology for the freedom. I have heretofore endeavoured to find some gentleman, whose talents, education and principles rendered him competent to write the biography of my late grandfather Samuel Adams , to undertake the work: But not having succeeded, I have attempted it myself, more...
15108Thomas Wells to Thomas Jefferson, 2 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform you that M r G. Divers has several prime Muttons but no Veal, I shall send out this morning else where, should I succeede it will give me infinite pleasure to furnish you— Suffer me also to inform you that thire is a Machine come to this place yesterday that shaves a Side of leather with greate virility say Half a Minute which there is a patton for, the Stranger...
15109To John Adams from Harriet Welsh, 10 July 1821 (Adams Papers)
As Louisa informs me you choose to have my request addressed directly to yourself respecting a conversation between you Mr. S. Adams and others previous to the nomination of Gen Washington by you to the command of the army, during the revolution, I shall do it very briefly, by asking to have that conversation and the debate which ensued upon the nomination took place in Congress,—recorded by...
15110From Harriet Welsh to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 23 October 1818 (Adams Papers)
Your mother was pronounced so much better this morning that your father has resumed his book—or rather he is at ease enough to be read to—Mrs Greenleaf has come in to amuse him with the news of the day which gives me a few moments to write to you, Caroline, & to your children—As Mrs Adams gains a little strength she continues to interest herself in her affairs again—to day she desired I might...
15111From Harriet Welsh to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 13 July 1826 (Adams Papers)
The President, and your son, arrived last night my dear Mrs. Adams; well, and not more fatigued than was to be expected from so hasty a journey—or than he is usually—they go to Quincy this morn’g—. It is about three weeks since I passed two or three days at Quincy and then felt a conviction that it would not be possible to preserve your Fathers life much longer—without the greatest & most...
15112To John Adams from Harriet Welsh, 11 March 1822 (Adams Papers)
Having met with the answer & recantation of Campbell the poet to Mr. Everett and being pleased I have thought you too might like to have it read to you, regretting that I cannot receive the pleasure and benefit of reading it to you myself—it has suggested an inquiry which it will gratify my curiosity if you will have the goodness to answer—viz—whether you think that at any period of our...
15113From Harriet Welsh to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 18 November 1818 (Adams Papers)
Your letters dear Mrs Adams have been very much neglected apparently by me—but my confidence in your knowledge of the cause of it has prevented any uneasiness on my part on this account—My mind & heart have formed constant occupation for the last month at Quincy & it—is yet difficult for me to fall into the train of the common & ordinary occurences of life— I too have met with a loss—which...
15114From Harriet Welsh to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, July 1826 (Adams Papers)
You could not have asked my dear Mrs. Adams a happier a more glorious transition from earth to Heaven—on that day fifty years since consecrated to his blessed memory—I was not there at the moment but he left the world as I expected a tranquil calm sunset—when I had the ever to be remembered happiness of passing three days with him a short time since He could at times only give utterance to his...
15115From Harriet Welsh to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 22 October 1818 (Adams Papers)
On monday my dear Mrs. Adams I came here as was my intention when my note to you was finished on that day—Your mother was lower than I had expected—on tuesday She was better—I sat the night of that day by her side it was a restless one—Mrs. Dexter remain’d in the room till 12 o’clock after that the hours passed off more favorably & the Dr. prounced her—better but told me the struggle was great...
15116From Harriet Welsh to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 26 October 1818 (Adams Papers)
Mrs. Adams remains very much the same not worse than the two days past—we have still hopes Another letter on Wednesday— MHi : Adams Papers.
15117From Harriet Welsh to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, 1 November 1818 (Adams Papers)
The few first days after I came to Quincy namely 19th. 20th. & morning of 21st—She was very weak but we had hopes which did waver much till Dr Holbrook came on Thursday he then declared that 24 hours were very important—that if the Bark did not produce some addition to her strength she must fail very shortly after—she did gain some strength but was uniformly of opinion that she should not...
15118From Harriet Welsh to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 16 January 1819 (Adams Papers)
My negligence about writing to you has arisen not so much from the want of something to say as from the number of materials which I found in my mind for a long letter—. in despair of ever finding time to say all that I have at various times wish’d to—it is my conclusion to give you only the thoughts of the passing moment—the minister of State can scarcely number up— more daily employments than...
15119William Wertenbaker to James Madison, 13 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
By order of the Faculty, I have the honor of sending you the enclosed resolution of that body. I also send you a letter from Hilliard Gray & Co of Boston to the Librarian of the University, by which it appears that they wish to discontinue their agency in furnishing the University with periodicals. The manner in which they have furnished the Library, has been at all times a subject of...
15120To James Madison from William Wertenbaker, 22 December 1826 (Madison Papers)
I am directed by the Faculty to enclose to you a copy of their proceedings lately had, upon information given them by the Proctor that some of the Hotel keepers have been in the habit of playing at games of chance with the Students of the University, and also send you all the evidence which they have collected upon the subject. I am with profound Respect Your Obe Humbe. Servt RC and enclosures...
15121William Wertenbaker to James Madison, 24 February 1830 (Madison Papers)
By the chairman’s directions I do myself the honor of sending you the enclosed letter from John S Skinner Esq of Baltimore. It rests with the Executive Committee to say whether the books shall be returned in the Library upon the terms proposed by Mr. Skinner, or returned to him. I am very respectfully your. Obt. Servt RC (DLC) . Docketed by JM.
15122William Wertenbaker to James Madison, 25 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
It is believed that the office of Secretary to the Board of Rector & Visitors will be vacant at their next meeting by the removal of Mr. Trist to the City of Washington. I wish my name to be mentioned to the Board as an applicant for the Office; With regard to my own claims and qualifications compared with those of other applicants, I shall say nothing, but refer the Board to the Faculty of...
15123To Thomas Jefferson from John B. West, 15 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
In endeavoring to obtain information concerning Co l Birds lottery for the disposal of land in the City of Richmond, which took place some time before the Revolutionary war, and all that drew lots as far as they can be come at I know of no source more competent than yourself rendered so by superior opportun i ties, to give such information. I find it necessary with the view of recovering some...
15124To James Madison from William Whann, 15 December 1818 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. by the mail of this day a check drawn by James Monroe on this Bank for 1.200 Dolls. which, according to the endorsement I have placed to your credit in this Bank. Very Respectfully I have the Honor to be Sir Your Obt Sert RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM. This sum was probably in payment for wine; see Monroe to JM, 13 Feb. , and JM to Monroe, 18 Feb. 1818 . William Whann (d. 1822) was...
15125Jesse Wharton to Thomas Jefferson, 30 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty of enclosing to you, a report of the late Gen l Daniel Smith respecting the running of the southern boundary of Virginia , by himself and D r Thomas Walker ; both of whom, I presume, you were well acquainted with. It is probable you have some recollection of the running of that line, the extent of that line—& the order given by you, if you were then the Governor of...
15126Jesse Wharton to Thomas Jefferson, 25 September 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
The subject upon which I wish information, is of such an interesting nature to me, that it will serve as an apology for troubling you so often. I mean the education of the rising generation. No man in the nation, I am well convinced, has had it more at heart and few have done more than yourself, in support of literary institutions; and in exciting among the people a spirit of acquiring useful...
15127John Wharton (d. 1829) to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
As one of the trustees of the University of my native State, I assume the liberty of addressing you. I find by the Prospectus of the different professorships, that one department will be appropriated to Medicine. I beg leave to make a tender of my services for that Chair. I have receved a liberal education, and studied four years at Edinburgh , where I graduated in Sep r 1806. The most...
15128John Wharton (d. 1829) to Thomas Jefferson, 18 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
As a mark of my esteem and veneration for your character, together with my sincere thanks for the politeness with which you answered the application of a stranger, I beg your acceptance of my Inaugural Dissertation. The politeness peculiar to you will naturally pardon its many imperfections, for being but little accustomed to composing in the latin language, the reading must necessarily appear...
15129John Wharton (1771–1845) to Thomas Jefferson, 8 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Jefferson , will Oblige a Friend, in giving his Opinion upon the Subject of Oliver Evans s Pattent Rights, Particularly his Hopperboy; Whether under the act of Congress he can Claim unlimited Damages—or Whether he is the Inventer of the Hopperboy—or Whether there was a Renewal of the patent right of the Hopperboy . Your answer to those Enquireries together with any other information upon...
15130To James Madison from John A. Wharton, 27 December 1821 (Madison Papers)
Some five or six months since, I addressed a letter to you, from Nashville Tennessee: requesting any information which you might possess relative to the University established near Charlottesville. From the circumstance of your not having acknowledged the receipt of it, I am persauded [ sic ] you did not receive it: I therefore take the liberty of addressing a second letter, the object of...
15131John A. Wharton to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Relying on your generosity, I take the liberty of addressing you, not having the honor of a personal acquaintance with you. I am convinced that no man in these United States beholds with more heartfelt satisfaction, the advancement of the cause of literature in this your native country, than yourself; I am, therefore, encouraged to write you on a subject of infinite importance to myself, as...
15132To James Madison from John A. Wharton, 12 February 1821 (Madison Papers)
I am unacquainted with you; yet an unmeaning ceremony, I believe, to be as disagreeable to you, as it is foreign to the purpose. It will not therefore, I hope, be thought presumption in me to address you at present, on a subject of the first importance. But to the purpose. I am a young man in pursuit of an education, and desirous of enjoying the benefits offered by the establishment of The...
15133To James Madison from Thomas I. Wharton, 6 November 1826 (Madison Papers)
I send to you a copy of a discourse delivered by me on the 24th of October last before the Society for Commemorating the landing of William Penn, of which I ask your Acceptance. With great respect I am Yr. obt Servt RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM . Thomas I. Wharton, A Discourse, Delivered on the Twenty-Fourth of October, 1826, before the Society for the Commemoration of the Landing of William...
15134Thomas J. Wharton to James Madison, 18 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I send herewith a copy of the Report of the Commissioners Appointed by the Governor Of this state to revise the penal Code &c; of Which I beg your acceptance. It is of Course not offered as a favorable specimen of typography. Having been printed at Harrisburgh we were not able to Correct the proof sheets, And it Contains more than the usual number of errors of the press. The subject of the...
15135To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 27 February 1825 (Madison Papers)
I return you Mr Pinkney’s letters, from which I have made such Extracts as were to my purpose. I am extremely obliged by the use of them. I do not find among Mr Pinkney’s papers communicated to me by his family any of your private Letters to him. As you have doubtless kept copies of them, it would give me great satisfaction to see such of them as you have no objections should meet the public...
15136To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 29 September 1823 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of writing you for the purpose of stating that I have undertaken to give the public some Account of the professional and political Character of the late Mr. Pinkney. With this view, I have endeavoured to collect as much of his private Correspondence as might be useful to my purpose. It is probable that whilst he was minister in England he might have written you, Sir, some...
15137To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 26 July 1826 (Madison Papers)
I have been anxious to find an opportunity of sending to you a copy of my publication respecting Mr Pinkney, and have at last found one through the politeness of Mr Todd. I handed to that gentleman a copy, a few days since, which he undertook to transmit to you. I have only to regret that I had not an opportunity of embodying in the work more of the history of the times, which would have taken...
15138To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 6 March 1824 (Madison Papers)
I am extremely indebted to you for your kind attention to my wishes. The letters can be sent at any time to the President, when you may find an opportunity, & I shall be able to have them transmitted to me at N. York without confiding in the Mail. I do not, at present, any opportunity of communicating with Montpellier. But should I learn any before I leave here, I will take care to inform you....
15139To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 17 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I am extremely obliged by your kind letter, & the Pamphlet enclosed, which I have read with very great interest. You will see by the Newspapers that I have been named to Denmark. Should I conclude to accept , it will not in the least interfere with my plan of giving a more extended view of Mr Pinkney’s Life, in connection with the transactions of his Times. It may, indeed, delay the execution...
15140To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 3 July 1824 (Madison Papers)
I ought long since to have acknowledged having received, through the President, the file of Mr Pinkney’s letters which you were so kind as to send me. This correspondence is highly interesting & throws great light upon the history of the times. I see it stated by you, in a pencil Note, that the substance of the British Orders in Council of Nov. 18th, was not only known by the Gov’t when the...
15141To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 1 January 1824 (Madison Papers)
I was extremely obliged by your letter of October 15th, & by the kind offer of the use of the letters of Mr. Pinkney. Singular as it may seem, there is not among the Papers of that gentleman confided by his family to me, a single copy of a letter from him to you. Whether he kept any copies, or not, I have been unable to learn. May I therefore ask of you to entrust the whole of his letters to...
15142To James Madison from Joseph Wheaton, 1 July 1820 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed copy of a Statement (correctly made,) is some evidence of the truth of the memorial presented to the House of Representatives United States in N. York when you was a member of it, and which with your aid gave me the appointment of Sergeant at Arms to that Honorable Body, with that memorial and the enclosed Statement, and your personal knowledge of me for thirty years past, with...
15143Joseph Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I approach your exalted character with great diffidence; but contemplating as I often do your labours, and how much good those labours have bestowed on the present & will on future Generations, (our decendants), I the more, admire and adore that Providence which continues your invaluable life to So long a period; an example and blessing to the present age—that I may be permitted to evince to...
15144To James Madison from Joseph Wheaton, 16 November 1824 (Madison Papers)
Will you have the goodness to forward the enclosed with Such remarks as you may feel yourself authorised to make in my favor—and my gratitude Shall be equal to the obligation, and accept the assurance of My continued & unremitting regard RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM . The enclosure has not been identified, but it most likely related to Wheaton’s attempts to solicit the office of sergeant at arms...
15145To John Adams from Joseph Wheaton, 10 February 1825 (Adams Papers)
It hath pleased Almighty God in his Goodness and Mercy to give to this great & favored people yesterday, about half past four oclock P.M., your Son John Quincy Adams, as the President elect, to rule over this nation four years from the 4th. day of March next; I rejoice with you & with those dear to you on this happy event, I rejoice the more because it must be a balm to your heretofore wounded...
15146To James Madison from Joseph Wheaton, [9 October 1824] (Madison Papers)
By the above you will See I am making an humble effort to get into the Sun Shine of the House of Representatives a Situation I was dr[i]ven from by the intreagues & false representations of Gideon Granger opperating on certain minds. Will you have the goodness to afford me your influence with your friend Mr. Barber. I am very poor, and it is not an error to say by the injustice of the 3d...
15147To John Adams from Joseph Wheaton, 15 November 1820 (Adams Papers)
Language fails me in attempting to express to you my Gratitude for your kind and favourable expressions towards me, and your Sense of my Character and merits as stated in your letter 7th: october 1818, but when I contemplate your early and long continued exertion to an unusual advanced period, I the more admire & adore that beneficence which Still preserves your invaluable life a blessing to...
15148To James Madison from Joseph Wheaton, 20 October 1821 (Madison Papers)
Last autumn I had the honor to enclose to your address, my pamphlet, “an appeal to Congress from the decision of the accounting officers of the War Department for compensation while detained by their orders in the Settlement of my public accounts, and for Extra Service,[”] Which so far as respected myself could have been Settled much earlier, but was prolonged unnecessarily, by the accounting...
15149To John Adams from Joseph Wheaton, 11 July 1818 (Adams Papers)
I can no longer restrain an inclination which has for Some month urged me to write to you, and to give you a Short narritive of myself and the part I have taken in the late contest with our ancient enemy the English Nation—rather government—After the war was declared in June 1812, a peice was published in the National intelligencer dated 5.th. June—respecting the affair at Machias in taking...
15150D. E. Wheeler to James Madison, 15 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
Through the liberality of two of our Citizens "The American Peace Society" is about to offer five hundred dollars for the best dissertation on the subject of "A Congress of Nations for the amicable adjustment of national disputes and for the promotion of universal peace without recourse to arms," and one hundred for the next best. The following Gentlemen have been appointed to judge of the...