1241From Thomas Jefferson to Marc Auguste Pictet, 5 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
It is long since I ought to have acknoleged your favor of May 20. 1801 which however I did not recieve till January 1802. my incessant occupations on matters which will not bear delay occasion those which can be put off to lie often for a considerable time. I rejoice that the opinion which I gave you on the removal hither proved useful. I knew it was not safe for you to take such a step until...
1242From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Pougens, 5 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of several letters from yourself and mr Short making a friendly tender of your services as a bookseller. but the fact is that my collection of books is now so extensive, & myself so far advanced in life that I have little occasion to add to it. being charged with procuring some books for Congress, and observing you had established a correspondence with mr Duane...
1243Jefferson’s Volumes of the Encyclopédie Méthodique, 5 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
the following are the Dictionaries of the Encyclopedie Methodique which I possess, and the last article to which each . the sequel to that article is wanting. to be unbound, that is to say in boards. Agriculture. Ceteree. Amusemens des Sciences . Geometrie page 583 Antiquités. Ogulnia. Architecture. Coloris des fleurs. Art Militaire. Zigs Zags. Arts et Metiers. Zinc. Discours. Table...
1244From Thomas Jefferson to Justus Erich Bollmann, 6 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Olsen, the Danish minister here, was so kind as to send me some specimens of Hungarian wines for [trial?]. among these were two kinds in long necked quart bottles, one of which was quite a sweet wine; the other he called a dry wine, but I considered it as rather sweetish, or what we call silky. the bottle in which this was is stamped he informed me he recieved them from you, and that you...
1245From Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 6 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased by the first conveyance to Richmond to forward to the address of Messrs. Gibson & Jefferson of that place for me the bar iron below stated, on account of Your very humble servt 2½ Cwt of iron of the highest quality in flat bars, for making hinges. 5 Cwt in ¾ I. square bars of a harder quality. PrC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ in ink on verso. Recorded in SJL with notation “7½ Cwt bar iron.”
1246List of Groceries for Monticello, 6 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Coffee 50 lb. 100. lb white powdered sugar 6. loaves loaf do. single refined 6. lb. young hyson. 10. lb pearl barley 25. lb rice 25. lb crackers 2. gross of porter. Feb. 6. 1803. desired mr Barnes to forward the above to Monticello MS ( ViU : Edgehill-Randolph Papers); in TJ’s hand; on scrap of paper, with miscellaneous calculations by TJ.
1247From Thomas Jefferson to Louis Sébastien Mercier, 6 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved by mr Paine the letter of 12th. Fructidor which you were so kind as to write me. I some time ago testified, in a letter to the President of the National institute , my grateful sense of the honor done me by that society: and in reply to your obliging expressions on the same subject, I can only reiterate assurances of my thankfulness for the partial light in which they have been...
1248From Thomas Jefferson to J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 6 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Monsr. d’Yrujo, the Spanish minister here, has been so kind as to spare me 200. bottles of Champagne , part of a larger parcel imported for his own use, & consequently privileged from duty. but it would be improper for me to take the benefit of that. I must therefore ask the favor of you to take the proper measures for paying the duty, for which purpose I inclose you a bank check for 22½...
1249From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Newton, 6 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Colo. Monroe informs me you have not more than two or three pipes of your Brazil Madeira left. I must therefore pray you to send me two pipes of it, recieving paiment at 90. days if that will suit. for my demands here are such as to keep me in that predicament. if you import this wine annually, it is probable I shall annually call for two or three pipes. I have recieved 6. barrels of Crab...
1250From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Trump, 6 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Two or three years ago I informed you that mr Divers , a neighbor of mine, who was building a good house, would want his windows from you. he is much later about his building than was expected: however he is now ready for the windows. I must pray you therefore to have them executed according to the memorandum subjoined, and to forward them to Messrs. Picket, Pollard & Johnson Richmond for mr...