1To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Bartlett, 4 March 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty—to inclose the with in-prospectus to you—Will you allow me to ask your permission—to dedicate the work to you—to shew you—that I am what I profess—I inclose the with in— to shew you what I —am— I have been—& am now—& will ever be NB.—I am yet overshadowed—by Poverty—Please write me by next Mail— DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
2To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Bartlett, 7 January 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
The writer of this has not the honor of your acquaintance—Yet I have ever bowed to your mind & Talents. & was ever an advocate for your disinterestness & love of Country.—should you ask who I am—I should answer a descentent from the Old Plymouth Pilgrims—I was educated at Harvard University—have been for forty years a counseller at Law—frequently a member of both Houses of the Legislature of...
3Joseph Bartlett: Prospectus for autobiography, 7 Jan. 1824, 7 January 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
“ Tempora mutantur .” PROSPECTUS. THE SUBSCRIBER PROPOSES TO PUBLISH HIS ADVENTUROUS AND CHEQUERED LIFE, CONTAINING HIS TRAVELS IN EUROPE; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF FOX, PITT, AND OTHER GREAT MEN. Also his Life, from the time he lived on the Pilgrims’ Rock, in Old Plymouth to the present date, including Biographical Sketches of the first men in our country :—Such as JUDGE PARSONS, FISHER...
4To John Adams from Joseph Bartlett, 17 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
The Most severe sickness has prevented Me, since last Novr. I was confined to a small bed in my Office without any attendant except My faithful Dog—or any Medical Aid— Alas! poor Yorick —I was too Much like Lazarus to take private lodgings—this has delayed my small Vol: to this late period, & which has caust caused—Many errors to creep into its pages—which a Gentleman of Your Head & heart will...
5To John Adams from Joseph Bartlett, 2 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
It gives me the most heart-felt pain—to address you another line on the subject of my little Vol: —My only apology Must be—”et necessitate rei .”—to a mind like yours, it will be Sufficent—: My old friend Doctor Danforth—advised me, to remove for a few Weeks into the Country—My State of health, imperiously demands it—I wish to go this Week—if I can gain a trifle for the purpose —I am now out...