851IV. Table of Officeholders in the General Government, 10 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
r o f heads of deptmts. 5 Secondaries 3 1 1 Purveyor 1 Mint officers 1 1 foreign ministrs. 3 Secs. of legn 2 Consuls 34
852V. Notes on Republican Appointments, 10 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
< Offices expd & not renewed 6. restorations to office 4. Atties & marshals on principle 5. other officers.
853From Thomas Jefferson to William Thornton and Family, 11 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Madison and his family take a family dinner with Th: Jefferson tomorrow (Tuesday). Will Doctr. Thornton and his family join us? RC ( DLC : William Thornton Papers); addressed: “Dr. Thornton.”
854From Thomas Jefferson to James Wallace, 11 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of May 19. was recieved in due time, and that of the 6th . inst. came to hand last night. the duties of my present office calling for the whole of my time, and even that being insufficient, and rendering it necessary to leave unacted on whatever will admit of it, the first of your favors remained unanswered. under these circumstances I am obliged to deny myself the gratification of...
855From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 12 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The dangers on the road to Natchez are really serious, & calling for attention. mere stationary posts, as proposed by Govr. Roan, appear to me inefficient. either a small body of cavalry, or mounted infantry, to be perpetually scouring the road and hovering about the caravans of passengers, as a marechaussée, seems worthy of consideration, as also the employing Indians in the same way, or...
856From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 12 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The strengthening the revenue cutters by the addition of another mate & 2. hands is approved. while our cutters must be large enough to go safely to sea, and should be well manned for their size, we should avoid making them larger than safety will require; because many small vessels will watch the coast better than a few large ones. resistance will not be attempted probably. Genl. Muhlenberg’s...
857Memorandum to James Madison, 12 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Commissions to be made out: Thomas Rodney of Delaware to be judge of Missipi. vice S. Lewis Thomas Rodney of Delaware } to be Commnrs. &c West of Pearl river. Robert Williams of N. Carolina Ephraim Kerby of Connecticut } to be Commnrs. &c East of Pearl river. Robert Carter Nicholas of Kentucky a blank commission for the Register East of Pearl river. Tenche Coxe of Pensylvania to be Purveyor....
858From Thomas Jefferson to John Armstrong, 13 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 4. has been duly recieved. on recurring to the deed of Genl. Kosciuzko to Madame Felix I observe he guarantees to her 1st. the existence of the land , that is, that these lands were real, and not merely ideal, as many which had been sold in Europe. 2. the situation, to wit geographical situation. 3. title. 4. contents. 5. delivery of possession. the objections mentioned in...
859From Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, 13 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I lately recieved your friendly letter of 28. Vendem. an. 11. with the two volumes on the relations between the Physical & moral faculties of man. this has ever been a subject of great interest to the inquisitive mind, and it could not have got into better hands for discussion than yours. that thought may be a faculty of our material organisation, has been believed in the gross: and tho’ the...
860From Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney, 13 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 7th. is now before me. mr Mendenhall wrote to me in Feb. last, asking the communication of a paper against him which he understood had been delivered to me. I wrote him in answer Feb. 25. that I did not remember ever to have recieved such a paper: that tho’ I might ascertain the fact by a recurrence to my files, yet it was unnecessary for another reason, which was, that as it...
861From Thomas Jefferson to James Taylor, Jr., 13 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
In a letter to Colo. Newton some time ago I informed him I should take two pipes of Madeira of the Brazil quality annually, that being about my annual consumption of that kind of wine. he mentioned in reply that they should be imported annually with his own, and what he ordered for a few particular friends, and that his correspondents had assured him these should be of superior quality. having...
862From Thomas Jefferson to Tobias Lear, 14 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to Colo. Lear, and prays him to give the best conveyance he can to the inclosed letter. he wishes a pleasant voyage & happy issue of his peacemaking mission : and the rather as the purchase of Louisiana will require the aid of all our resources to pay the interest of the additional debt without laying a new tax, and of course call for the...
863From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 15 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to forward for me without delay, to the care of Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond 2½ Cwt of iron in flat bars, of the toughest quality, and 5. Cwt of a harder quality in bars ¾ I. square. Accept my salutations & best wishes. P.S. mr Barnes will remit you 309.42 D in the beginning of the ensuing month for the last supply of rod. PrC ( MHi ); in ink at foot of text: “Jones & Howell”;...
864From Thomas Jefferson to Ephraim Kirby, 15 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I yesterday signed a commission appointing you one of the Commissioners to recieve & determine the titles of lands held on the East side of Pearl river. the place of sessions will be Fort Stoddart. I am happy in having in that commission the name of a person already so well known to the public as to ensure their confidence. the other Commissioner will be mr Robert Carter Nicholas of Kentucky,...
865From Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, 15 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I dropped you a line on the 11th. inst. and last night recieved yours of the 8th. last night also we recieved the treaty from Paris ceding Louisiana according to the bounds to which France had a right. price 11¼ millions of Dollars besides paying certain debts of France to our citizens which will be from 1. to 4. millions. I recieved also from Mr. La Cepede at Paris, to whom I had mentioned...
866From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 15 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The arrival of the treaty of cession of Louisiana last night, and the short day given for ratification (Oct. 30.) will oblige me to call Congress about the middle of that month; & consequently to return here earlier than I had calculated; I shall therefore go home earlier. I think I shall be with you on Friday or Saturday next. my affectionate love to all of you.—the price of Louisiana...
867From Thomas Jefferson to John Strode, 15 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to mr Strode. the arrival of the treaty of cession of Louisiana, [rendering it] necessary to call Congress in October, he will leave this place earlier than he had intended. he will probably breakfast with him on Thursday or Friday morning next. he wishes him health. PrC ( DLC ); torn; endorsed by TJ in ink on verso.
868From Thomas Jefferson to Mustafa Baba, Dey of Algiers, 16 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Our Consul Mr OBrien has forwarded to me the letter you wrote me on the 17th of October last. I read in that the welcome assurances of your friendship and good will to the United States, and reciprocate them with sincerity, hoping that these sentiments will long subsist between us, and long preserve peace and intercourse between our Nations. Your interposition with the Bashaw of Tripoli on...
869Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 16 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
July 16. Present the 4. Secretaries. The cession of Louisiana being to be ratified by the 30. Oct. shall Congress be called, or only Senate, & when? answer unanimous Congress on the 17th of October. a Proclamation to issue. a copy to be enclosed to every member in a letter from the Secretary of state, mentioning that the call 3. weeks earlier than they had fixed was rendd. necessary by the...
870Proclamation to Convene Congress, 16 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS great and weighty matters, claiming the consideration of the Congress of the United States, form an extraordinary occasion for convening them; I do by these presents appoint Monday the 17th day of October next for their meeting at the City of Washington, hereby requiring the respective Senators and Representatives, then...
871From Thomas Jefferson to William C. C. Claiborne, 17 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Before you recieve this you will have heard thro’ the channel of the public papers of the cession of Louisiana by France to the US. the terms & extent of that cession, as stated in the National Intelligencer , are accurate. in order to obtain a ratification in time I have found it necessary to convene Congress on the 17th. of October. before that time it will be necessary for me to procure for...
872From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Clark, 17 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
You will be informed by a letter from the Secretary of state of the terms and the extent of the cession of Louisiana by France to the US. a cession which I hope will give as much satisfaction to the inhabitants of that province as it does to us. and the more as the title being lawfully acquired & with consent of the power conveying, can never be hereafter reclaimed under any pretence of force....
873From Thomas Jefferson to William Dunbar, 17 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Before you recieve this you will have heard thro’ the channel of the public papers, of the cession of Louisiana by France to the US. the terms as stated in the National Intelligencer are accurate. that the treaty may be ratified in time I have found it necessary to convene Congress on the 17th. of October: and it is very important for the happiness of the country that they should possess all...
874From Thomas Jefferson to William Falconer, 17 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
An old man of the name of Duncan Brown, who exhibits respectable attestations of character, complains of a robbery committed on him in North Carolina by an inhabitant of S. Carolina. he has been very illy advised, for he says he was advised to come to me to have justice done him. he shews me your opinion, which I immediately informed him was exactly what he ought to have pursued and to have...
875From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 17 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
It was agreed yesterday 1. that a copy of the proclamation should be inclosed to each member in a letter from the Secy. of state, mentioning that the meeting of Congress had been necessarily anticipated three weeks, because the ratificns of the treaty & conventions for the cession of Louisiana were to be exchanged on the 30th. day of October, & suggesting the importance of a punctual...
876From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Austin, Jr., 18 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
This serves to acknolege the reciept of your favor of the 7th. inst. and the pleasure I derive from the expressions of approbation which it contains. we have lately recieved the treaty and conventions for the cession of Louisiana. 11¼ millions of Dollars to the government of France, the discharge of their debts to our citizens under the Convention of 1800. not to exceed 20. Millions of francs,...
877From Thomas Jefferson to William C. C. Claiborne, 18 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you yesterday, and in the evening recieved your favor of June 23. as I am just now setting out to Monticello to pass two months there, I am not able to turn to your letters; but as far as my memory can be trusted I think I have not recieved the one in which you say you had applied for my approbation of your paying a visit to Tennisee. if I had, I should certainly have answered it...
878From Thomas Jefferson to Jared Mansfield, 18 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Since the reciept of your favor of the 7th. inst. I have had a full conversation with mr Gallatin, and find that the rigorous rules of the treasury oppose insurmountable obstacles to the wishes I entertained in your favor. he shews me that by their rules, the expences of your journey here cannot be repaid, your salary cannot begin till that of your predecessor ends, which will be on your...
879From Thomas Jefferson to J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 18 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be delivered to you by mr Barnes, who being personally unknown to you, has asked of me a letter of introduction, as he proposes before I return to the seat of government, to visit Philadelphia, with a view to his removal there. he has been so long an inhabitant of that place that he can hardly live elsewhere. as he has been the subject of two former letters , I will add only that he...
880From Thomas Jefferson to Hammuda Pasha, Bey of Tunis, 16 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
As we have desired Mr Lear who has lately been appointed our Consul General to the Kingdom of Algiers to attend to several of our special concerns in the Mediterranean we have among others charged him to present himself at your Court to arrange with you certain subjects which may more and more consolidate the peace and good intelligence which prevails between us. I therefore pray you to give...
881Notes on Shipment , 23 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
July 23. 1803. wrote to G. Jefferson to send √ the cask syrop punch } by waggons cask (15. galls.) Sperm. ceti oil √ sheet iron √ 9. of 10 packages √ No. 6. } by water. √ clock fish 12 gross (1728) inch wood screws, round heads
882From Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 24 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The address of the Ward committees of Philada on the subject of removals from office was recieved at Washington on the 17th. inst. I cannot answer it, because I have given no answers to the many others I have recieved from other quarters. you are sensible what use an unfriendly party would make of such answers by putting all their expressions to the torture: and altho’ no person wishes more...
883From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 25 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
We agreed that the address of the Ward committees ought not to be formally answered. but on further reflection I think it would be better to write a private letter to one of the members, in order that he may understand the true grounds on which the subject rests, & may state them informally to his colleagues. I think these grounds so solid that they cannot fail to remove this cause of division...
884From Thomas Jefferson to William Maddox, 26 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 26th. of March I wrote you a letter informing you that after our settlement of Sep. 7. making a balance due you of 254–7–11 I had paid an order of your’s in favor of John Craven for £16–8–9 . that I went on remitting you money from time to time, and in taking an account at the last remittance, which was Feb. 8. 1803. I omitted to note this order of Craven’s, and remitted 98. D. which...
885From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 26 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
In a former letter from Washington I expressed a wish that the salubrity of our climate here, and the wishes of antient friends might make it agreeable to mrs Page and yourself to come and pass some time during my stay here which will be to about the 20th. of September. from your answer I concieved hopes it would be so. I nourish them still with fondness, and anticipate the pleasure of...
886From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Galloway, 28 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 19th is dated on the day I left Washington and finds me here, where I propose to pass our annual recess during the sickly season. the letter of which you desire a copy is among my papers at Washington, locked up, and the key here so that no copy of it can be obtained till I return, the last week in September when, if not too late for your purpose it shall be attended to. I...
887From Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney, 28 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 22d. finds me here. I have carefully perused the copy of the paper addressed to you from Wilmington in July 1801. signed by Messrs. Tilton and others and inclosed to me in your letter: and altho’ I really believe that you presented such an one to me while at Washington, yet I have had so many proofs of the little confidence I ought to place in my memory, surcharged with so...
888From Thomas Jefferson to Joshua Danforth, 29 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The Editor of the Pittsfield Sun did for a while forward me the newspaper as mentioned in your favor of the 16th inst. which I recieved [here] a day or two after my arrival from Washington. I had [found] of the character you give [it]. what has discouraged me from taking distant papers is the difficulty of making paiments at a distance of so small amount as not to be the object of a bill of...
889From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 29 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a letter from E. I. Dupont who has established a gunpowder manufactory at Wilmington. if the public can with advantage avail themselves of his improvements in that art, it would be to encourage improvement in one of the most essential manufactures. I should be the more gratified by it as it would gratify his father who has been a faithful & useful friend to this country. during...
890From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 31 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you the petition of Samuel Miller with the pardon signed. mr Kelty had spoke to me on this subject and told me that he and mr Craunch should join in a recommendation . I wish mr Wagner would obtain this before he delivers the pardon. I return also mr King’s letter which has really important matter, especially what respects the Mare clausum , the abandonment of the colonial system , &...
891From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 8 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
It is suggested to me (indirectly from the person himself) that Jerome Bonaparte is at Baltimore under the name of Monsr. Dalbarton , with a son of Rewbell, and that they mean to ask a passage to France in one of our frigates. if this be the fact, he will have satisfied thereof the minister of his nation, thro’ whom we shall be apprised of it, and relieved from all trouble in deciding on it....
892From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 8 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
It is suggested to me (indirectly from the person himself) that Jerome Bonaparte is at Baltimore under the name of Monsr. Dalbarton, with a son of Rewbell, and that they mean to ask a passage to France in one of our frigates. if this be the fact, he will have satisfied thereof the minister of his nation, thro’ whom we shall be apprised of it, & relieved from all trouble in deciding on it. this...
893From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 8 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
If M. Dalbarton be really Jerome Bonaparte, he will have satisfied thereof the minister of his nation, thro’ whom we shall be apprised of the fact, and relieved from all trouble in deciding on it. this may yet be done, perhaps just as a frigate is ready to sail, and accompanied with a request of a passage in her; when no time will be left for consultation. our duty to our constituents would...
894From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 8 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
It is suggested to me (indirectly from the person himself) that Jerome Bonaparte is at Baltimore, under the name of Monsr. Dalbarton, with a son of Rewbell, [&] that they mean to ask a passage to France in one of our frigates. if this be the fact, he will have satisfied thereof the minister of his nation, thro’ whom we shall be apprised of it, & relieved from all trouble in deciding on it....
895From Thomas Jefferson to John Dickinson, 9 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your friendly favor of the 1st. inst. is recieved with that welcome which always accompanies the approbation of the wise & good. the acquisition of New Orleans would of itself have been a great thing, as it would have ensured to our Western brethren the means of exporting their produce: but that of Louisiana is inappreciable, because, giving us the sole dominion of the Missisipi, it excludes...
896From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine, 10 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 2d. came to hand on the 8th. I shall willingly communicate to you all I know on the subject of Louisania. it is new, and therefore profitable to interchange ideas on it, that we may form correct opinions before we are to act on them. The unquestioned extent of Louisania on the sea is from the Iberville to the Mexicana river, or perhaps the high lands dividing that from the...
897From Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Briggs, 11 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Fitch proposes to set out from hence for the Missisipi about the 1st. of October, and to go by Knoxville & Nashville along the post road. as there is still time enough to recieve an answer from you by post before his departure, the object of this letter is merely to ask if you have any thing to advise him of before his journey which may be useful to him either on the road or preparatory to...
898From Thomas Jefferson to David Jackson, Jr., 11 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments & thanks to mr Jackson for the pamphlet sent him . the [with which] he has been monarchists and ecclesiastics on the subject of religion he has ever consid ered as the most honourable testimony he could expect from them. they [acknowlege] their apprehension that he would be an obstacle to the alliance between [church] & State which some of them avowedly...
899From Thomas Jefferson to Étienne Lemaire, 11 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yours of the 6th. yesterday and am happy to hear of your recovery. mr Barnes had informed me of your illness. I freely consent to the absence you desire for the reestablishment of your health, & have no doubt you will make such arrangements as will keep every thing safe at the President’s house during your absence. I shall not be there myself till the 25th. of September, unless any...
900From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Wagner, 11 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 29th. ult. I recieved from mr Madison a petition on behalf of Saml. Miller under sentence of death and a pardon ready drawn, which I signed and returned on the 31st. with a request that before it should be used the recommendation of the judges should be obtained. that I recieved yesterday, & now re-inclose to be filed. I take for granted the pardon got to hand and has been delivered....