1From James Madison to William Duane, 20 August 1803 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 3d. instant having arrived at Washington after I had set out for Virginia, an acknowledgment of it has been retarded to this date. I have long been sensible of the advantage taken of official silence, in propagating false reports for party purposes, and do full justice to your laudable anxiety to see a remedy applied to the evil. There are considerations however which must...
2From James Madison to William Duane, 28 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
J. M. prests. his respects to Mr. D. & in answer to his note of yesterday Evening, observes that he is not acquainted with any circumstances denoting that the A⟨r⟩;tillery Lanterns on which the Tinman is employed, may have a hostile reference to the U. States, or justifying an interposition in any form agst. the prosecution of the Job. Should the suspicions entertained by the Tinman have any...
3From James Madison to William Duane, 21 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 14th: did not come to hand till Saturday, and could not therefore be answered till today. I have caused the files to be searched without success for a communication from Dr. Davis, on the subject of what passed between the Marquis de Yrujo and Mellimelli. It is not probable that any written report to this Department, was made by Dr. Davis, nor is any verbal one sufficiently...
4From Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 23 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favor of the 10th. and shall always be thankful for any information you will favor me with, interesting to our affairs, & particularly which may enable me to understand the differences of opinion & interest which seem to be springing up in Pensva., & to be subjects of uneasiness. if that state splits it will let us down into the abyss. I hope so much from the...
5From Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 8 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
By a new arrangement of the post between Washington and Milton, Charlottesville &c it now leaves Washington Monday evening & reaches this neighborhood Thursday morning. consequently […] the Philadelphia papers of Saturday morning arrive here the Thursday morning following, [say] in 4. days exclusive of Sunday. […] they [would] before to be 9. days on the road. I recieved your paper of Saturday...
6From Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 16 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose you catalogues of the books which are to be imported for Congress and which you desired to have placed under your procurement . I have written to mr Short at Paris and mr Erving at London to superintend the purchase in order that the books & their prices may be such as they approve, and I have inclosed them copies of the catalogues; so that your correspondent will have to obtain...
7List of Books for the Library of Congress (Paris), 19 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Paris History. Annales Romaines par Macquer. 12mo Essai historique et Chronologique de l’Abbé Berlié. 2.v. 12mo. Abregé Chronologique de l’histoire ancienne avant Jesus Christ par LaCombe. 12mo. Abregé Chronologique de l’histoire des Juifs. 12mo. Abregé Chronologique de l’histoire des Empereurs Romains par Richer. 2.v. 12mo. Dictionnaire de Moreri. 10.v. fol. Dictionnaire historique et...
8List of Books for the Library of Congress (London), 19 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
London History Bossuet’s universal history. 2.v. 12mo. Newton’s chronology. 4to. Collier’s historical dictionary. 4.v. fol. Wood’s Athenae Oxonienses The American & British Chronicle of war & Politics, 1773–1783. Lond. 1783. by E.I.S. 8vo. Puffendorf’s introduction to the history of the Universe Salmon’s chronological abridgment of the history of England, in English if to be had. otherwise the...
9From Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 10 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
You know the arrangements which were communicated to you early in July for procuring books for Congress from London and Paris. unfortunately, mr Short, to whom the business was confided in Paris, was come away. I have therefore to ask information from you of the steps you have taken as to Paris that I may be able to give proper directions to mr Livingston to do what mr Short had been desired...
10From 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...