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My object in writing, you will see by reading the enclosed print and hope it will be sufficient apology—You say in your Notes on Virginia, The toughness of the cast iron of Ross’s and Zane’s furnaces is very remarkable. &c. You will please to inform me if those works are in operation, in what town, county and by whom occupated.—Yours Respectfully N.B. Direct to—South Amenia Post-office...
I received your letter of the 5 th and should have called to see you, but for my constant unwillingness to add another to the crowd of visitors who harass & oppress you. My health is much improved, and I hope the Springs will quite restore it to me. I set out tomorrow or the next day for “Bowyers White Sulphur,” where I shall remain about three weeks. MoSHi : Francis Walker Gilmer Papers.
Your letter of the 4 th was received yesterday, and I hasten to answer it— I am glad, that we have it in our power to return to our first choice of a law professor—and very chearfully give my consent to the reappointment of M r Gilmer. You will probably find, that it will be agreeable to him, not to commence the duties of his office, for some months—His ill health since his return from Europe,...
Your Circular of the 4 th instant did not come to hand till yesterday. In the present attitude of things the reappointment of M r Gilmer to the Law Professorship seems a matter of course: though I am sorry to learn that there is some ground to apprehend that his qualifications are not as well understood & as highly estimated as they deserve to b DLC : Papers of James Madison.
I hope you ar well we have got through the 15 boxis of tin and it will take 4 boxis more to fenish the house I hope you hav got inforemathion of before by m r F Eppe s I am in hopes we shall sit the stuff fore the gutters in 2 weeks it Coms much Loosr by giting the inch stuff from him it coms at 3 dollars Pdy a hundred and four Dollars a day for to waggin to hall it he says he can hall the...
We a Committee of the Jefferson Society of the University of Virginia, appointed for that purpose, have the honour to inform you of your election as an honorary member of that Society; And in doing so, permit us to express, in the name of the Society of which we are the organ, and for ourselves individually, the sincere respect which we entertain for your character as a man, and the profound...
Your fav. of the 4 th ins t has just been rec d . I can see no impropriety in the reappointment of M r Gilmer to the Law chair of the University. He was our first choice & nothing has occurred that I know of to diminish his claims and if reappointed before our meeting in October, I will then cheerfully unite in ratifying it. Indeed I wish that it may be done, that we may get rid of the...
Agreeable to your request, hand under cover herewith, the triplicate of the bill of exchange, the first & second of which are now on their way to London & Liverpool— Your dft: favor & for fifty dollars has been presented & paid— MHi .
I have the pleasure of presenting to you my friend, M r Coswell, a of the Baptist Church, and Professor of humanity in the Columbian College at this place. He is a young man of much moral worth, and devoted to the interests of learning, and will be highly gratified with your views on this interesting object. We all look, with a deep interest, at the work of your hands, and hope that its...
I have the pleasure to inform you of the recovery of M r Hilliard’s account enclosed in your’s of 8 th Ins t . This paper was found bettween this place & CharlottesVille separately from your letter which I can hear nothing of—I have 5 or 6 cases prepared for the reception of the books, contained in this catalogue, which I suppose we may expect dayly. I have also, just recorded a present from...
Your letter of the 8 th August received and am sorry for your indisposition but hope you have recovered your accustomed good health long to regulate your usefull and important establishment for the diffusion of knowledge to the rising generation after having done so much for the spreading of the usefull and necessary information thro’ the present age—Its a cause of high congratulation to this...
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 5.th. inst. informing me of your having received (you presumed) from me a Copy of the Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones; I must apologize to you for not mentioning in a Note that it was presented to you by the Author, which I thought had been done, as I had given directions so to do . MHi .
Your favor advising, Judge Wades’s decline of the Law Chair, of the University, has this moment reached me. I had little apprehension that this difficulty would occur, having almost persuaded myself, as well from the tone of your last letter, as from I had heard through other channels, that the appointment was already accepted To remove this difficulty, by a return to the first choice, I...
The undersigned being Deputed by the Committee of Arrangement to Invite you, to partake of a Dinner, to be given to Gen l La Fayette by the Citizens of Culpeper County at the Courthouse of said County on the 22 d day of this present Month do themselves the pleasure of Soliciting the Honor of your Company on that day Phil, Slaughter Gabriel Long MHi .
Permit me to say that I am now taken pen in hand to write to tho’, so that I may Receive an answer with thy name subscribed by thy ne own hand writing so that I make store it up as a Relic—I am a poor man but I hope an honest one. and have little or no Education yet have Imbibed the strong notion of liberty. Ah! me the poor Enslaved Africans curtails our liberty. yes we are in a Labyrinth of...
I have written Gen l Lafayette On the subject of an exchange of Land and have refered him to You, I did wish much to of asked Your advice, but it has appeared to me for some time past that You did not appear to possess that degree of cordiality as formerly & my fealings cou d not bare a Change from You, who I have for such a great length of time imbraced every Opportunity of rendering You...
Your favor of 4 th ins t reached me by the mail of last week. Shortly after it came to hand I was called to Bremo on business, where I authorised Gen l Cocke, if he should reach Monticello before my regular written reply, to inform you that I should vote for the immediate appointment of M r Gilmer, as the Professor of Law. I am confident he would be appointed at the meeting in October, and the...
Some time ago, M r Antrim The Plastorer for the University, called on me with Drawings for ornaments to decorate the in side of the Rotondo, and requested that I would state to M r Brockingbrow the terms on which I would execute them, this I did in as plain a manner as I could, but owing to something I have not receved any reply to those terms so long sent in, or to a letter since sent to M r...
The circumstances of my being without friends or even acquaintances in the United States likely to assist me in my present enquiry added to that of my knowledge of your unprecedinted Kindness to my poor Father. and the high character I have ever heard attributed to you of all that is just & good emboldens me tho’ an entire Stranger to you to ask your advice & assistance.—By a letter dated...
Within is a statement of my Account with Mrs Marks. The unimproved state of her land has, and will present any a nd I have never had any offer in the way of purchase—I will beg leave (if it is your wish to sell) to suggest selling it on a Credit of 5 or 7 years the bonds to carry Interest from the date I suppose the land to be worth at this time from 4 to $5 ⅌ acre. with my best wishes for...
J W Ford returns by the bearer the two portraits that M r Jefferson had the goodness to Loan him a few days since and is extremely Oblidg—to him for the use of them MHi .
There came sa t morning 3 boxes of books: I have not opened them yet, but in reading over the catalogue of their contents I find, a copy of, ✓ Pinkertons’ Geography ✓ Leland’s Demosthenes ✓ Northern Antiquities (of Europe) translated from Mallet, by Percy— Cleaveland’s Mineralogy—all of which we already have. If you do not wish to retain a duplicate of the same work, am I authorised to deliver...
I herewith transmit a letter for you which I received enclosed in one to me from M r Appleton our Consul at Leghorn—The thirty seven cases of marble per the Ship Caroline without Invoice I will cause to be forwarded by the first opportunity after they are landed from the Ship.— of which I will advise you, will thank you to forward me the Invoice that the duties may be accurately charged— MHi .
I send you an acc t of Gowan & Marx of London handed in by M r Gilmer where in you will see there is a Balance due the U. V a £41.1.6 sterling—& their letter to M r Gilmer—I also send you a letter from D r Boswell informing us of his having forward’d the 2 Boxes of Minerals the receipt of which you have been informed of—I have replied to his letter acknowledging the receipt of the minerals &...
I am unwilling that my enthusiasm in favour of your university should not be effectively known to you, I therefore take occasion, even at the risk of tasking your condescension & patience, to mention that in addition to M r Wallace who is now at the university, the two Browns, Richard & Frederick, are removed from the college here, & are to be sent at my instance, from to the University. I...
Wishing to partake of the advantages arising from the University of Virginia; and having no personal acquaintance from whom I could derive the necessary information; I have taken the liberty of applying to you; under the gratifying thought, that you will not consider it unworthy either of your time or talents to devote a few moments to the instruction of the young men of this country. The...
About twenty four years ago I wrote two national Songs that were set to Music—the first entitled “Jefferson and Liberty”—the second “The Acquisition of Louisiana.”— I had the pleasure of transmitting to you, two copies of the same for which I received your kind thanks and Salutations, by Letter dated Washington June 26 th 1801.— These Songs, long since, attracted public attention, and continue...
I received at Cheltenham on the 17 th Ins t your Packet, containing among other letters and Papers, a letter from you to me covering a draft for £1350 Stg; accompanied with a request that I would consent to become the Depository of this sum for the purpose proposed. I accept with pleasure this trust, and have accordingly sent the Draft to Mess rs Baring Brothers and C o Bankers of the United...
I am distres d that my absence from Town a day or two should have delay d the forwarding the Catheter’s ordered, one Mail, they will go by the same with this, & being carefully packed, hope they will reach you safely—I sincerely regret to hear that your discard is unabated, I hope the approach of cool weather will be beneficial— MHi .
I submitted your proposition to the Faculty the day it was made, and it seemed to be the opinion of nearly all the gentlemen that altho’ we might give a license to teach dancing here, we had no right to dispose of the rooms in the buildings, but that such a power rested with the Procter or perhaps the Rector—I believe I can say there was every disposition on the part of the Faculty to further...
The profound respect that I entertain for your person, would ever have prevented me from interrupting a moment of your valuable time, to speak to you on the subject of my profession, but, the enclosed note of M r Tucker, by informing me that you are Rector of the University, gives me the hope that you will not disdain to grant me a moment’s attention. Under the recommendation of Judge Carr, I...
Yours of the 7 th inst. was duly received. In some instances the Books we have procured here vary from the precise editions ordered, from the circumstance, that we considered those sent, best & cheapest; but in our orders to Europe, we have been very particular, in specifying the size and editions. We find those, which You have mentioned as not ordered, the following on your catalogue:— 49...
I wrote to you some time previous to the 4th of July and desired and expressed that you would give me answer to my leter I stated to you that it was me that put the card in both Greens paper Annapolis paper in 1800 that it is now a quarter of a century since I went electioneering for you—I stated to a customer of this place yesterday that I had given you a letter requesting you to assist me...
By the last mail I rec d your of the 29 th & send by this days mail, well packed, the articles you wrote for, which I hope will reach you safely, & prove beneficial as well as those already sent. no apology is necessary, I assure you, my dear sir, for calling on me to perform any kind of service for you, as it is a source of real happiness to me to have it in my power to be useful to you. I...
Permis me to offer you, in the name of young and very distinguished friend M. Thierry, an intimate friend also to m r de Tracy a Work which is much approved in france, and may seem to you not unworthy of your Historical selection for the University. The author is on the point of loosing His sight. it is a great pity We leave Here for the Brandywine on the 7 th . My Heart is too full to write...
(Duplicate) I duly received on the 2 d Instant your packet of the 28 th July, covering a letter from you to M r Callaway, and also one from you to me, containing a duplicate of a former Bill for £1350, of whose receipt and disposition I have already advised you: and also a Bill of Exchange for £675. Sterling by Kerr & Caskie on James Dunlop of London in favor of Thomas Tredway. I immediately...
By the Brig Jamesworth just arrived from Leghorn, I received a letter from Mr Appleton Esq r U. S. Consul, & a bill of lading of twenty four cases for marble capitals, which are on board the Jamesworth, for the college at Charlotsville, made by your order. I shall ship them by the first vessel, bound to Richmond, to the care of Col. B. Payton & will inform him by mail of the name of the vessel...
D r Francis and M r Ward of NewYork intend visiting you—the former is a respectable physician and a man of science—the latter—an opulent Banker—and both are very worthy & excellent Citizens. I am in hopes that you will be able to receive them and I feel certain that you will find them worthy of your favorable notice. MHi .
I am not aware whether this will be considered a sufficient acknowledgment of my perfect agreement with the terms above mentioned: if not I shall be happy to subscribe any document of the kind that may meet your approbation— DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
As I have, with the Proctor’s permission, made use of Pavilion N o 1. as a place of study , for the last two or three months, I was not a little surprised. To receive from him , a note requesting my immediate removal—He stated that he had incurred your displeasure by granting me permission to use a Room in the same, and that unless I obtained special leave from you I could not remain in it...
I am aware of the delicate state of your health, and of the fatigue imposed upon you, by Correspondence, and I should Certainly not add to it, for any private Concern of my own. The nature of my present application, will I hope plead my apology, for the trouble I may put you to.— As I view every circumstance connected with the glorious instrument composed by you, which told the world we were...
Your note was handed me on Yesterday by your Servant & he went away without an answer, I will attend to the Commission for you with much pleasure you will please send the Box containing the Machine to my store, & when I go I will take charge of it, I do not know the charges of Stage carriage &c, but whatever that may be, you can settle when I return CSmH .
I received your letter of the 30 th ultimo, with two Invoices enclosed, for the Marble by the Ship Caroline from Leghorn. The Invoices are returned herewith agreeably to your request. The marks do not agree with the Invoices & bill of lading received. I have entered the Marble and paid the duly thereon copies of the entries are enclosed, & have shipped the same on board the Sloop Eliza Allen,...
I have not lately had the pleasure of hearing from you, altho’ I frequently hear of you from those of my friends who can gratify themselves by visiting you in your retirement—some of them think that you do not spare yourself sufficiently; I trust however that you know & feel what is proper for you—& will not go beyond what is right—The University must now have got itself embarked and arranged...
It has for some time past that I have promised myself the pleasure of paying you a Visit, yet the situation of my family and the interests of the Museum has not allowed me that indulgence. My Son Titian has not only great skill in preserving all kinds of Animals, but also he has acquired an abundance of knowledge in Natural history, I mean of animated nature. And my Son Franklin is possessed...
It is with some degree of hesitancy that I venture to enclose, for your perusal, the numbers of Publins. I am aware that your distinguished public services, and deservedly high standing, in the opinions of your fellow citizens, has been the cause of heavy contributions being levied upon your time , and domestic repose , by numerous correspondents. It was the fear of increasing your burthens,...
The American People desirous of evidencing the acme of their Love four our venerable Friend and Benefactor General Lafayette, applied, through the Hon. the Common Council of the City of New York, to our Beloved Hero , that he would condescend to sit to my New, & perfect mode of taking the human form. He acquiesced; & the result, has been most satisfactory to my countrymen. Public report says...
Enclosed you will receive a letter from Judge Cocke, who requested me to hand you, but not having an opportunity, I have adopted this course; should you determine to answer by me please address to my care, “Warren, Va”, by the return mail and I will do myself the pleasure of presenting to him on my return to “Columbus Mississippi”. MHi .
Your kind letter was left at my Store in my absence, or I would have answered it by the Boy who brought it. At the time the Acc ts were opened one for yourself & one for Co l Randolph I did not know all the goods purchased were to be charged to you alone, consequently I kept the Acct s separately, for the future I shall keep it in your name according to request. You need not put yourself to...
Capt Garrett having informed me that It will be necessary for me to make out a statement of the Corrections made by me on account of the University against the next meeting of the Visitors I hope it would now Suit your Convenience to Pay the other Fifty Dollars on a/c of your assumpsit to Eppes. MHi .