1To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 3 February 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Excuse if you please my taking the liberty of introducing to your family & self my second Son Jerman; perhaps after the very large share of friendly attention received by his elder brother I should have been content, but that has only service to make me more anxious that the bearer of this should become acquainted with the inestimable family to whom his parents owe such a debt of Gratitude Be...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 3 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I am requested by the President of the Bank of Virginia to inform you that it affords him much pleasure to have it in his power to furnish you with Bills of Exchange on England &c for the whole amount or any portion of the Fifty Thousand Dollars due from the President & Directors of the Literary Fund to the Rector & Visitors of the University With affectionate esteem MHi .
3To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 2 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just returned from the Country and hasten to comply with your request of the 11 th Ultm o I send you a statement of the Revenue Tax of 1821 reported to the Legislature by the Auditor of public accounts; a statement also of the Tax for the same year, showing the portion paid by each of the Four Divisions of the State, and a Statement of the Revenue Tax of 1822. Any other that you may...
4Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 26 September 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I received a letter from my friend Co l Burton of North Carolina a few days since in which he requests me to inform you that he had directed a Cask of very superior Scuppernon Wine to be sent you, by way of Norfolk to this place; It will be brought up in the Steam Boat from Norfolk , with one for me, any Directions that you may give about it shall be particularly attended to. May I my dear...
5Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 21 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt on this day of your very friendly letter of the 14 Ins t & beg you, Sir, to accept my acknowledgements for your kind offer of attention to my Son Wayles of which I hope he will prove himself worthy. I am desirous that he should commence the French Language immediately & prosecute it diligently, for which purpose I furnished him with such Books I...
6Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 19 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I take pleasure in communicating to you the fate of the Bill incorporating a Company to Turnpike the Road from Rock Fish Gap to Moore’s Ford , A motion was made by M r Thweatt this morning to postpone it indefinitely which succeeded, a similar motion was made by me some days since but was lost by a small majority Be pleased Sir, to present my affectionate regards to M rs R — & family— & be...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 3 June 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
It has become very important to some of my friends to ascertain the character of the title by which the late Co l Henry Skipwith held the Estate called Indian Camp, now in the County of Powhatan, (formerly a part of Cumberland). As I presume you are acquainted with all the parts relating thereto, I beg leave to enquire whether he acquired it in right of his Wife, and if so, whether she ever...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 16 September 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 11 th In t has this moment been received, & at the same time an express arrives announcing the melancholy tidings of the Death my highly valued friend & companion M r Eppes; you, Sir, who know his Worth can well imagine the loss his friends have entertained—I am just leaving Town for Buckingham, immediately on my return I will with much pleasure attend to your request—I hope your...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 2 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you about ten Days since that I had receivd the sum of Fifty thousand Dollars from the Treasurer of the United states on account of advances made by this state for the use of the Gen: Government during the late War; and that whenever the Pr: & Dir s of the Literary Fund should direct that Sum to be paid to your draft I would give a check therefor on the Bank of Virginia, (with a claim)...
10Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 7 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Having left this place on the 17 th Ult o in consequence of a severe attack of the Influenza, I had not the pleasure of receiving your favor untill the 2 Ins t previous to which the Committee for Courts of Justice had made a favorable report on the Petition of Cap t Miller . The subject is now before the House in the shape of a bill & of its final passage I entertain no doubt—I shall take...
11Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 4 September 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 2 nd Ins t was received this morning, & it affords me much pleasure to have it in my power forthwith to furnish you with the document you wished desired ; I wish the Visitors of the University may be enabled to devise any means by which they may prevail in the Legislature to increase the annual appropriation to the object of there
12Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
When I left Cumberland last Week my friend M r Eppes was about to set out for Staunton with Francis & Wayles ; Since my arrival here I have met with M r Brockenbrough who informs me that M r
13Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
To ensure the prompt & safe receipt of the enclosed I have taken the liberty of sending it under cover to you— which I feel confident you will excuse when my Son apprises you of its contents Be pleased to present us affectionately to your household & to accept the assurance of my sincere regard & respect RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 24 Apr. 1822, but recorded in SJL as received a day...
14Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
You will find enclosed a subscription paper which was put into my hands some time last Fall; As an appology for not returning it at an earlier day I must observe that I have detained it in the expectation of encreasing the amount. You will find the Names of M r Page & M r Skipwith erased in consequence of their having recieved subscription s papers. My affectionate regards to M rs Randolph ....
15To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 22 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
It gives me much pleasure to inform you that I have this moment received a letter from M r Wagner United States Auditor, informing me that the Secretary of War had issued an acquisition in favor of the Treasurer of this Coun y for Fifty thousand Dollars on account of Interest upon Loans on Monies actually expended by the State of Virginia for the benefit of the United States during the late...
16Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 14 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
As I know that you feel considerable interest on every subject relating to the University of Virginia , I take the earliest opportunity of informing you that I have this morning received from the Treasurer of the United States a draft for Thirty thousand Dollars on the Branch of the Bank of the United States in this place;—which has been put to the credit of the President & Directors of the...
17Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 13 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have postponed a reply to yours of 14 Ult o addressed to M r Thweatt & myself untill the select Com ee to whom was refered the petition for a Turnpike Road from Rock fish Gap to Lewis’s ferry should have come to a decision thereon, which they have not yet done in consequence of the continued indisposition of M r T— Maury . however I think I may hazard the opinion that the Road will be Stoped...
18Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 26 Ult o came to hand yesterday After an absence of several weeks from my Seat in the house in consequence of indisposition, I returned on Monday last & found to my very great surprise that Co l Yancey availing himself of the absence of M r Maury M r Thweatt
19To Thomas Jefferson from Jerman Baker, 15 January 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
The liberty I am about to take with you, wou’d call for more than an ordinary appology, were it not that the subject is one which I beleive you have as much at heart as myself: the education of the youth of this Country. About three years ago, in providing a Minister for the Parish in which I live, it occurr’d to me, that his usefulness might be considerably, as well as beneficially extended,...