1To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 1 March 180[1] (Jefferson Papers)
As an old friend I cannot resist the impulse of my heart, in expressing to you its exultation on the Triumph of Republicanism—No event of a publick nature ever afforded me half the pleasure proportinate to the depression occasion’d by those base Men in Congress, who were labouring to subvert the intentions of the majority of their Country and the apprehension of an unconstitutinal Election...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 13 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor received yesterday was quite Unexpected. It was not my intention by obtruding my admonitions upon you to draw you into a corrispondence, knowing how fully (particularly at this period) you must be occupied. altho to you business of every kind wou’d be as little irksome as to any one, yet every moment of leisure you shou’d embrace to promote your health and spirits—to hear that you...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 13 June 1801 [document added in digital edition] (Jefferson Papers)
This is the first time I ever felt a disinclination to address you, as the subject on which I shall touch is one in which you must be heartily wearied. In fact my delicacy occasion’d me to postpone from Week to Week Soliciting you in favor of an old and worthy friend of ours Alexander Fowler of Pittsburg. There are two Offices at that Place one of inspector of the Revenue the other Quarter...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 13 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Among the numerous recommendations which you daily receive for appointments I beg leave to Step forward in favor of my friend Mr David Easton whose Merits are I know equal to his Misfortunes, and whose talents and integrity are fully commensurate to the duties of the Office he solicits. His necessities have been occasion’d by the late Merciless captures , but notwithstanding by Sacraficeing...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 24 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I know your goodness will pardon the trouble I am about to give you: every sentiment, and feeling of My heart justifies me in the endeavour to erase the Slanderous aspersions which has been circulated against My friend Fowler . I therefore take the liberty to send you his letter to me, as also some extracts from the papers. I can readily believe that Mr Brackinridge has been the cause of...
6To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 5 November 1801 [document added in digital edition] (Jefferson Papers)
Being desirous of Making you personally acquainted with My friend Mr David Easton I take the liberty of this mode of introduction He is a Man unused to bow at Courts or attend Drawing Rooms, & altho he has long wish’d to pay you his Respects felt an awkardness he cou’d not surmount without a recommendation of this kind With respect & Esteem Yours RC ( NcU : Nicholas Philip Trist Papers);...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 6 March 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter for Mr. Hawkins, I beg the favor of you to direct and forward. tis to be sure a liberty that few wou’d take with the President but I cannot forget or lose in that exalted Station My friend Mr. Jefferson my excuse for troubleing you, is the insecurity of conveyence to that quarter since I have been in this Country I have written twice which I have reason to think were never...
8To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 21 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
You were so kind as to offer to forward my letters to Mr Monroe I avail my self of your always friendly disposition to oblige and inclose one for that purpose. I hope you continue to enjoy your health. the family at Edge Hill I had the pleasure to hear yesterday were well The expectation that we entertaind of being on the Mississippi this winter begins to subside Browses last letter 14th Sept...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 10 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have heard from different quarters that Doct Bache wou’d certainly supercede Major Jackson in the Office of inspector of the Port of Philadelphia few things cou’d have delighted me more—for various reasons in the first place it will be a situation that wou’d enable him to provide for his family in his native City—which wou’d render Mrs Bache extremely happy as she has numerous and near...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 11 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I snatch a moment to return you my most Sincere and devout thanks, for all your acts of benevolent friendship to my self and family, to express the sensations they have occasion’d wou’d be impossible I shall therefore not attempt it. Henry Browns detention was occasion’d by his having been attack’d the day after he saw you with a Bilious fever which confined him to his bed for three days, he...
11To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 31 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
A more wretched being never address’d you two days since My Son, my support, my protector, my all in life, was wrested from me as unexpected as sudden five days Illness and as we supposed as did also the Physisian with only a bilious fever common to the country two hours before his death had we any apprehensions of his being in danger tho the Docters for a day or two before prunounced his...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 9 September 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I addressd a few lines to you by the last mail informing you of the affliction that God has visited us with, to you who know how Severe the pang that deprives a parent of a beloved Child I need not repeat the sensations which occur to all who have experienced the Sad tho natural misfortune but these operations of nature bear not equally hard, when the support of a family is taken how truly...
13To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 26 November 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I am convinced that your benevolent heart has sympathized in our deep affliction—no new sources of sorrow have taken place in the family altho Death has been the inevitable lot of almost every stranger that remaind in the City—Henry Brown and my self had an attack his was violent mine not dangerous but it reduced me very much. the rest of the family escaped Our habitation is half a mile below...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 1 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The Gentleman who will have the pleasure to deliver you this is a particular friend of this family, and wou’d have been a member of it had Fate not deprived us of our dear and much respected Lucy Mr Jones is obliged by Ill health to visit his native place New York in hopes that the voyage may restore him. I fear that unless a change of Air operates in his favor he will not long Remain a...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 19 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Secretary Graham has solicited of me a letter as an introduction to you, he has so great a desire to be personally known to you that he contemplates a visit to Monticello to obtain that honor: his Amability and Prudence has gaind him Universal esteem he is of no party here and appears to be divested of all manner of prejudice and I believe that you may depend upon him for correct...
16To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 27 October 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have long been desireous of writing to you but the insecurity of the mail made me afraid to attempt it, as not half of my letters are received, friendship alone induces me to obtrude on your time, for I am sensible that you have too much at this moment to occupy and perplex you, I have heard with much surprise of Burrs acquital, I am nevertheless satisfed in my own mind that the finesse of...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Elizabeth House Trist, 18 April 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Evan Jones the Bearer of this is Uncle to the Husband of my Daughter. he is an old and respectable inhabitant of this country and I have a great desire that he shou’d be personally known to you, his politicks I believe do not accord with ours but he is much of a Gentleman and I shall be much flatterd by any mark of attention you shew him. a melancholy circumstance takes him to the States...
18Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
In the number of gratulations on your return to private life I present mine with assurences that no one, is more sincerely gratified at the honorable termination of your Political career than I am, or derives greater happiness from the additional lustre reflected on your character, which has even impressd your enemies with sentiments of respect and admiration May Heaven spare you long to your...
19Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your note made me very happy as I began to entertain doubts of the safety of the letter in question I will take it as a favor when you write to the President to tell him I am not insensible to his very polite attention and return him many thanks any time when convenient to you will answer my purposes either sunday or any later day I am with Sincerity your ever obliged and affectionate friend...
20Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 7 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I gratefully thank you My Dear Sir for your kind and friendly letter which I received by yesterdays mail—it was a pleasure that I had not contemplated I had not written to you fearing it might fearing it might lay your politeness under contribution when I was well aware that your time wou’d be more usefully and Satisfactorily employ’d than it cou’d by replying to my details of unhappiness...
21Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
The only hope I have of your remembrance of me, is that you are not apt, to forget those whom you have once honor’d with the Appellation of friend, under that impression I can not deny my self the pleasure of once more addressing a few lines to you, not to trouble you with unavi unavailing regrets for the misfortunes and sorrows of those whoese welfare my heart takes the deepest interest in,...
22Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 7 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind favor with the pamphlet I rec d with great pleasure and have perused it with attention as I do every publication that bears your signiture in this instance I felt a desire to be convinced as it was the only circumstance that ever occurd in which my weak Judgment had been so operated upon as t not to subscribe implicitly to your opinions but the Analysis of your Work which was...
23Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I shou’d have made my acknowledgements ere now for your kind favor accompanying The History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan, but I was on a visit to M rs Tucker in Pittsylvania when it arrived, and just as I got home M r Burwells carriage came to take me to Franklin , tho prevented from setting off for three days in consiquence of two days heavy rain swelling the water courses your letter...
24Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 17 December 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind favor by last weeks mail, accompanied by one from my daughter now Madame S t Julian de Tourneillon occasiond my heart to glow with feelings that it has been long a stranger to, a reiteration of your continued friendship and good wishes, and assurences of her happiness in consiquence of the change in her condition were calculated to animate my mind to an enthusiastic degree of...
25Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your kind favor of the 1 st of last month with my usual feelings of gratitude for the many kind and friendly attentions I have experienced from you, my having obtruded M r Davèzac letter upon you for translation was inexcuseable for you mention’d in your last , from poplar Forest the little leisure you had for writing while at Monticello but that consideration never came into my...
26Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 29 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Nothing is more grateful to my heart than assurances of friendship and remembrance from those I love and esteem. your favor therefore with the Book you may be assured was most joyfully received to hear that M r Randolph had resign’d his Military Commissi on and that the family were all well gave a Zest to the pleasure, God grant that every blessing may be extended to them, that your health and...
27Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 17 November 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have long wish’d to address you but have been deter’d, from a fear of being troublesome, I want to know what you think of the state of our Country at present, The disasters at Washington has been a mortifying and distressing event, but when I had Reason to think that it woud be productive of good in the end, by rousing the people from the torpid State which they were beguiled into, by the...
28Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 28 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I can not deny my self the pleasure of addressing you on this joyful occasion tho I expect you will be borne down with congratulations, mine may mingle with the more important as no one can feel more than I do the happy termination of the war, and the victory we obtaind at New Orleans one of the most singular and Glorious that the Annals of our country can furnish, and will establishs our...
29Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have heard with much concern that you were very Ill, so much so, that your life was despaird of, and your being so far from your dear connections fills my mind with Sorrow least you may not be properly attended, often have I wish’d that it was in my power to administer to your comfort— but alas it is my fate to be of little servise to my friends, severely hath my immagination figur’d that...
30Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 11 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
If I had obey’d the impulse of my heart I shou’d long ere now have express’d my thanks for your favor of the 28 th of April but the fear of being troublesome to my friends often deters me from writing, altho the last Winter and Spring almost incapasatated me from making the attempt my Spirits flag’d and I retain’d only the remembrance of what had occasion’d me unhappiness, and constantly in a...
31Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 10 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
In consiquence of a letter I received from my Daughter of 28 th August, in which She mentions that in the calamitous State of Orleans in consiquence of the inundation She had sent for the Boys home. and they do not wish to return to that place again which detirmines M r Tournillon to make every exertion in his power to send them to this section of the US in the Spring to finnish their...
32Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 20 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
My ever esteem’d friend I return you many thanks for your favor from Bedford , be assured it gives me great pleasure that your opinion with coinsides with all I have consulted on the subject s and be assured that it is very interesting to me, as it will give me an opportunity of seeing them every summer, the very Idea has renovated my health and sperits. Francis Gilmer mention’d to his Brother...
33Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 19 February [1821] (Jefferson Papers)
Miss Polly Marks has procured from her Aunt, some of the Mountain Raspberry which she heard you express a wish to have they were brought this morning and shall be coverd till it is convenient for you to send for them— and I enclose a few beautiful flowering beans which John Marks brought from the M ississippi some time since— as the Spring advances I feel some hope of seeing you at Farmington...
34Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 21 February [1821] (Jefferson Papers)
I participate in your sorrow for the critical Situation of our worthy Friend but while there is life there is hope, tho mine is not very sanguine that we shall ever see him again, His friendly and kind attention not only to my self but my Grand Sons has made an indelable impression on my mind and the Idea of losing such a friend is a severe pang to my heart—I shall always remember him with...
35Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
In a letter I recd last evening from Nicholas he sent the enclosed extract from some french work on Chimistry which reminded him of a want he thought he heard you express, of some good lining for your Cisterns, and also a work which he supposes you and M r Randolph will take pleasure in reading , It was with my letters commited to the care of M r A, P, Maury a relation of M r