7701Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 15 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you enclosed a specimen of Wild Hemp which I find in great abundance on many parts of my Land—We have collected a sufficient quantity of it for all our purposes, and find that it makes a much stronger rope than the Hemp of Virginia —the stem is generally of the size of ones finger, and from 5 to 10 feet in height—it is a perennial Plant delights in low, moist, rich land, and yields...
7702From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 21 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have recd yours of the 15th. relating to a purchase of the parcels of land offered for sale by Mr. Perry, and very cheerfully concur in your proposition for making it. The advantage of thus connecting the separate parcels of the University, and securing the sources and ducts which are to supply it with water, seems well to justify the measure on the terms & in the mode explained by you. Even...
7703To Thomas Jefferson from D’Anmours, 27 February 1782 (Jefferson Papers)
The Bearer hereof is Col. Ternan of armand’s Legion. As an intimate friend of mine, I beg leave to introduce him to the honour of your acquaintance. His hobby-horse is like mine, natural history; But speaks also very well upon Every other subjects, so as to mistake them for so many hobby-horses. I Recommend him to the fate every man of merit meets with at monte-cielo . I have been obliged to...
7704To Thomas Jefferson from Montmorin, 9 August 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai reçu, Monsieur, la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire le 30 du mois dernier, et par laquelle vous avez bien voulu m’informer que la nouvelle Constitution proposée pour les Etats-Unis, a été établie par neuf Etats. Je me suis fait un devoir de rendre compte de cet événement au Roi. Sa Majesté l’a apris avec d’autant plus de satisfaction qu’elle ne doute pas qu’il ne...
7705Craven Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I am compelled to be in Charlotesville early tomorrow, And will most certainly call, And give You the Drafts time enough, to send it by this weeks Mail, if I supposed it cou d possibly make the smallest difference with You I wou d with pleasure send it by the boy RC ( MHi ); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson esqr Monticello”; inconsistently endorsed by TJ as a letter of 7 Feb. received 6 Feb. 1817...
7706To Thomas Jefferson from the Board of Trade, 3 March 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Williamsburg ] 3 Mch. 1780 . Submits for approval a requisition from the Board of War for clothing for 60 volunteers of the S.G.R. for the expedition to Carolina; 132 non-commissioned officers and privates, viz.: 126 hats, 50 uniform coats, 50 vests, 219 shirts, 219 pairs of shoes, 264 overalls, 132 stocks, 132 knee garters. Tr in Board of Trade Journal ( Vi ); 1 p. It appears from TJ’s...
7707To Thomas Jefferson from Tench Coxe, 20 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have for some time entertained an opinion that it would be an useful Service to the United States to demonstrate to every man of Candor in the British Nation the very great errors and deviations from fact, which are to be found in Lord Sheffields pamphlet. I have also believed that it would inspire confidence in the minds of our countrymen, and of the foreign nations, who are in alliance...
7708James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not been able to learn a tittle of your health since I saw you . It has, I hope, been entirely re-established; I congratulate you on the success of the Report to the Legislature on the subject of the University . It does not yet appear what steps have been taken by the Governor towards giving effect to the law . Will you be so good as to have the inclosed forwarded when convenient to M...
7709To Thomas Jefferson from George Jefferson, 2 April 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 24th ultimo inclosing the manifest of your Tobacco I have received. I have been endeavouring to make sale of the Tobacco, but as yet have not been able to do it at your limits; the most I am offered being 40/. on a credit of 120 days.—Impressions somewhat unfavorable with respect to the quality of your crop having been made on the minds of some persons who saw the duck’d...
7710To Thomas Jefferson from the Committee of Congress at Headquarters, 19 June 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
We inclose you a copy of General Washingtons letter to us of this day (see page 214). We have in our former letters dwelt so forcibly on the several matters contained in the generals letter, that it is now become almost unnecessary for us to say any thing more on them . But when we consider the season for operation wears fast away; the small force we now have in the field, being still fed in a...
7711James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 23 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you the extract which you were so kind as to give me the perusal of, with an assurance of my thorough conviction that it cannot fail to have a good effect. The sentiments expressd in favor of an American interest & policy, extended in the first instance to the preservation of order, along our coast, & in our seas, is are sound, and will in all probability ripen into a system, at no...
7712To Thomas Jefferson from John Moody, 18 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been informed you are Building or have a Merchant Mill Near Monticello, if you are not Supplyed with Burr Stones for your Mill I would be Glad to Have the Jobb. as I have Again Commenced the Mill Stone Making (of french Burr) a Bussnes I persued here with Success Previous to the year 1794. The times then Caused me to Abandon it, for Some time past it has been Verry Difficult to procure...
7713Cesario Bias (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
By M r Johnson s Boat you will receive 1 Bll: Wine in good order if delivered to you in good order please pay freight as customary Bernard Peyton ⅌ Cesario Bias RC ( MHi ); in Bias ’s hand; dateline at foot of text; addressed: “ M r Tho: Jefferson Montiselo
7714George Divers to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you a Bushel & a haf of Timothy Seed which is all I have, it will not be wanted til September next— you express’d a wish some time ago for some of the monthly Rasp-berry which I now Send you. It was late last evening before I could dispatch your little boy. I therefore detain’d him ’til this morning— accept my thanks for the asparagus beans and the box for sowing clover seed which I am...
7715Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I had an offer yesterday of 50 bar ls corn at 3$ about 9 miles distant and 90 days from the middle of may for payment. we may buy at 20/ nigher but not so neare as to get home more than one load a day. I think tharefore that we had as well take that 9 miles of f as we can get one load a day. that with what we shall get from Higginbotham will Carry us on towards harvest. it seems that the mill...
7716To Thomas Jefferson from Philip M. Topham, 3 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The Petition of Philip M. Topham of Newport in the State of Rhode Island, Mariner, most respectfully represents— That your Petitioner labours under a cruel misfortune, from which he can be no otherwise releived than by the constitutional interposition of the mercy of the executive of the United States.— That it is now more than five years since, when in early youth, ignorant of the...
7717[To Thomas Jefferson from Gouverneur Morris, 29 April 1789] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 29 Apr. 1789 . Recorded in SJL as received 30 Apr. 1789, but not found. This letter may have been concerned with the matters discussed in Henry Lee to TJ, 6 Mch. 1789, and George Washington to TJ, 13 Feb. 1789, both of which arrived on the 29th Apr. The next day TJ called on Morris, who made the following entry in his journal: “Mr. Jefferson comes in to communicate a Letter from Colo....
7718Franklin G. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 23 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
A long life devoted to the advancement of his country’s welfare induces his countrymen to beleive that Mr. Jefferson is not indifferent to any thing connected with it. It is in this confidence that a young man of 20 years takes the liberty of laying before Him a design for the improvement of the Printing Press. If to Mr. Jefferson the plan appears useless he will conclude so by His silence;...
7719From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, [26 August 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton presents his Compliments to Mr. Jefferson informs him that he has abandonned the intention of sending Mr. Little on being satisfied that the business may as well be confided to the Capt of the Sloop. The Sloops name is the Hannah. The Capts. William Culver. The letter for our Consul at Havre is all that is now wanting to complete. AL , Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress....
7720To Thomas Jefferson from Lacépède, 25 October 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
M. le Cte. de buffon, étant privé par le mauvais état de sa santé, de l’avantage de répondre à votre excellence, me charge d’avoir l’honneur de la remercier du beau présent qu’elle vient de nous faire. Ce sera pour nous une bien agréable occupation, Monsieur, que de comparer d’après vos vues, les divers bois d’animaux de l’amérique septentrionale qui étoient joints à la dépouille de l’orignal,...
7721To Thomas Jefferson from Caesar A. Rodney, 9 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I received with great pleasure & satisfaction your friendly & affectionate communication enclosing the paper we have so anxiously sought after, as it will effectually seal the lips of slander itself. We have not much news with us or much of local importance. Burr’s pamphlet has been republished here, at the Federal press. What madness or folly prompted to this I am at a loss to conceive. It...
7722To Thomas Jefferson from Columbia, South Carolina, Citizens, 6 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
We rejoice in common, with the rest of our republican fellow Citizens, that the Clouds which lately overshadowed our Country, are happily dispelled, and our political horison again exhibits a serene aspect, in consequence of your accession to the Presidential Chair—It is with difficulty that we can refrain from expressing our indignation, at the nefarious efforts, which have been made, to...
7723To Thomas Jefferson from Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 28 August 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
We have before us your very esteemed favors of 30 April and 1 May. You have greatly obliged us by your explanation of the paragraph in a former letter, concerning Land Speculators. We are entirely of your opinion on that Subject. With Mr. Greenleaf We never had any the least dealings. We close your account Current with us, by the Bond You have forwarded for ƒ2800.— payable the 25 December 1802...
7724To Thomas Jefferson from Madame de Marmontel, [13 October 1786?] (Jefferson Papers)
Md. de Marmontel a l’honneur de faire mille compliments à Monsieur De Gefferson et de le prevenir qu’on donne aujourdhui aux variettés amusantes Ruse contre Ruse; quelle y a une Loge et une place a lui offrir. Md. de Marmontel seroit ravie que cela put amuser Monsieur de Gefferson et lui procurer le plaisir de passer quelques moments avec lui. Si Monsieur Gefferson accepte la proposition de Md...
7725Statement of Account with Thomas Carpenter, 20 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Washington— Thomas Jefferson Esq. 1802 June 14th. To Thomas Carpenter— Dr.— To Making a Coat &c of Superfine Cloth with Silk Sleeve Lynings, Velvet Collar & Steele Butts. } $ 23.— To Making a Waistcoat & materials 3.— 2 yds Silk Nankeen @ 11/3 & 18 pearl Buttons 25/ 4— Making Breeches & materials 2.75 2½ yds Silk Nankeen @ 9/6 3.17 14 small 3 Coat Pearl Buttons 1— To a pr...
7726From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 16 August 1824 (Madison Papers)
I acknowledged in my last yours of the 8th. and now return the letters of Mr. Gilmer & Mr. Rush inclosed in it. It would be matter of much regret if insanity should befall such a man as Ivory; but it is to ⟨be⟩ hoped his condition will be fixed before he leaves Engd. or rather before any engagement of him. I hope Mr. Gilmer will be able to avoid also men much advanced in life. After a certain...
7727To Thomas Jefferson from Patrick Henry, 30 March 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
You will see by the inclosed Advice of Council the nature of the business which I have committed to Mr. Barclay. I could have wished that the Sum to be laid out had been more adequate to our Want of arms. But the pressure of our Debts and the Circumstances of our Country seem to forbid for the present its encrease. However I am to hope that the great Business of laying up arms and military...
7728To Thomas Jefferson from William Lambert, 29 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Since the close of the last session of Congress, I have turned my attention to a strict examination of such parts of my astronomical calculations, given in abstract, as relate to solar eclipses and occultations of fixed Stars by the Moon, by various methods and rules, referring to the equator, as well as to the Ecliptic, that the results contained in the report made in November, 1821, might be...
7729Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 14 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I hand herewith ℀ sales your 7 Hhds: Tobacco & the balance your Flour on hand, say 98 Blls:, all of which hope will be satisfactory. I send by Woods Thom 4 Blls: Herrings 1 Bll: best family Shad , & the 6 Blls: Herrings for Lynchburg are also on the way. These are Fresh Herrings & Shad just arrived & inspected this morning. The Books mentioned in my last will be forwarded to=day either to...
7730To Thomas Jefferson from Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 4 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
This Letter will Be presented By Mm. Armand de Leller and Casimir Rham two Swits Gentlemen, Near Relations to My Excellent friends Mm. de Leller. Permit me to ReCommend them to You, and as they will Be Long on their Way I only Add the Expression of My Grateful Affection and Respect DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
7731To Thomas Jefferson from John Mason, 11 July 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Bordeaux, 11 July 1789 . On Cutting’s information, he informs TJ that the Washington , Capt. Bond, is there, destined in 10 days for Potomac river but can touch at Norfolk: “a fine fast sailing ship of 250 to 300 Tons with excellent accomodations and a very clever Man as Captain.” If TJ wishes to take her it will give him pleasure to detain her. “She goes out in ballast and being an american...
7732To Thomas Jefferson from Riedesel, 19 March 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I send by permission and with proper passports of General Washington Captain Gerlach, Deputy Quartermaster General of his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswic troops, to Lieutenant Colonel de Mengen with Money, great and small Uniforms, and refreshments for the said Troops together with some baggage for the Officers: He has my orders to deliver himself the money into the hands of Lieutenant...
7733To Thomas Jefferson from James Jackson, 28 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
A circumstance has occurred, which I deem it proper you should be informed of—General Bradley, of Vermont, left this City yesterday Morning, having received the alarming intelligence of the near approach of Mrs Bradleys death , and her last request to see him before the event took place— He has assured me that he will return, the moment propriety will admit of it—and that should he receive the...
7734To Thomas Jefferson from Edmund Randolph, 26 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The 14th. article of our treaty with France has shut out all general reasoning from the law of nations, on the memorial of Benjamin Holland and Peter Mackie. The flour and meal were actually shipped after the declaration of war, made by France on the 1st. of february 1793. If the inquiry was to depend on their knowledge of the declaration, their relief would be very doubtful at least. But as...
7735To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 28 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you Doctor Emmets statement of the value of his apparatus ($500) which he wishes the University to take, he is anxious to have it ex amined by competent persons immediately, and before it is much used—if it’s your wish and intention that it should be purchased for the University you will please say who shall examine it, & if found to be worth the ($500) asked for it am I to pay him out...
7736To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll Brent, 23 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Enclosed are the papers, you requested me to lay before the Judges—Judge Cranch did not sit in this case—When Judge Fitzhugh returned them to me, I informed him that I shoud send them to Mr. Kilty, he replied that this wou’d be unnecessary, as he exspected his communication to you wou’d be satisfactory, in consequence of the Judges observation I have not forwarded them to Mr. Kilty—If however...
7737To Thomas Jefferson from John Churchman, 2 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Notwithstanding the report of the committee on my late memorial to Congress , it does not appear very likely that any money will be granted the present session for the proposed voyage; yet as this is a pleasing pursuit, I am led to consider the next step in order if possible to bring the Magnetic principles to the test, as these may be proved by having a sufficient number of observations at...
7738Benjamin W. Crowninshield to Thomas Jefferson, 9 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I am honoured by your letter of the 30 th ultimo , in behalf of M r Thomas M. Randolph , who is desirous of engaging in the Naval Service of the United States. The application is filed and recorded, and his Appointment will be attended to, with deference to your request in his favour, so soon as a Resignation, or what may be considered a vacancy, shall permit. I appreciate, with grateful...
7739Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just closed the eyes of our worthy, good friend M r W. A. Burwell . for mildness and genuine affection he may have left an equal—but his superior is not to be found. RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 22 Feb. 1821 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to James Madison, 12 May 1822, on verso; addressed (one word editorially corrected): “ Tho s Jefferson
7740To Thomas Jefferson from William Deblois, 29 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I am induced to this freedom by the desire of Thomas Paine Esqr. who is shortly to embark from hence for America; He very deservedly merits my friendship and esteem, and from his observations on his long tryed acquaintance with you, I am induced to entertain a hope you will look with an indulgent eye, on the liberty I now take, and when you know the cause I wish it may plead a further excuse;...
7741To Thomas Jefferson from Stanley Griswold, 3 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I am collecting materials for a natural, or rather miscellaneous history of this section of our country. In the travels, which have been published, I find great deficiencies and some errors.—Many things worthy of description, have never been given to the public, in relation to the aboriginal inhabitants particularly, as well as the natural and artificial phenomena, generally, existing here. I...
7742To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Morse, 12 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Since the death of capt. Webley , whose appointment to the command of the revenue cutter gave great satisfaction, I have reflected but little on the subject of a successor, not knowing whether it was the intention of government to repair her; or whether the gun boats were to supercede the necessity of again sending her to sea. Observing that she is nearly ready for launching, and hearing...
7743To Thomas Jefferson from Gideon Granger, 8 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of 31st. Ultimo arrived last Evening In Conformity to Your Wishes within Ten days I will sett off for Washington and tarry with you untill such time as I can return without Injury to the Public on any ground—you being Judge. when that period arrives I must claim the priviledge of returning to arange my private concerns, which are very numerous and extensive. evry Exertion in my power...
7744To Thomas Jefferson from Alexander Donald, 4 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
My last respects to you were under date of the 10th. Ultimo, to which I beg you to refer. On the 14th. there was a meeting of D. & B.’s Creditors, when it appeared to be the general opinion that they should be allowed time to wind up their business, to collect their debts, and to pay off the Creditors as quickly as possible. An Instrument for this purpose has been drawn out, and is now in the...
7745To Thomas Jefferson from Matthew Pope, 2 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Without place, 2 Apr. 1781 . Is at a loss to know how to make out his account to present to the auditors “owing to the several different Orders he has had the Honour to receive from the Board.” As things now stand, he would be justified in charging 350 ℔s. of tobacco a day for his services, but that is “more than he expects or desires.” “He begs leave to repeat or rather explain his meaning in...
7746To Thomas Jefferson from John Gassaway, 13 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The death of Mr. Purviance the late Collector of the Port of Baltimore having created a Vacancy in a very important Office, I am led by a Variety of considerations to solicit the appointment from You,— Of my Capacity to discharge the duties of that Office, It will be unnecessary for me to state; as I will refer You to Gabriel Duvall Esqr. with whom I have been long personally acquainted, and...
7747To Thomas Jefferson from John Page, 5 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you many thanks for your favor of the 25th. ultmo. The Account of Louisiana is highly interesting; & the information you are pleased to communicate respecting your prospect of getting quiet possession of New Orleans, is truely agreable; & the more acceptable after reading the malignant Tales fabricated by the Enemies of our peace. I had hoped that Mr. Short, to whom I had confided a...
7748To Thomas Jefferson from Charles L. Lewis, 29 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
At the request of my mother I have purchased for her in this place a few articles, and knowing the uncertainty of their being safely convey’d in the mail, I have taken the liberty, (for which I hope you will pardon me) to send them to Washington by Colo. Benbeck, with a request that you will let your servant carry them to Monticello, to which place I imagine you will shortly go. Uninteresting...
7749To Thomas Jefferson from John Hook, 12 May 1774 (Jefferson Papers)
I sent a Message to you by Mr. Steptoe offering you a small tract of Land laying between your Old and new tracts in this County, it was formerly the property of Saml. Brown, at £100 payable as follows, £40 to be paid [at the?] ensuing June or July Meeting of the Merchants in [Wil]lmsbg. and the Remainder by XMass or Aprl. 1775. Since then I have determined to write you by Mr. Ross , that I may...
7750To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 14 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose the report of the persons appointed to survey the sound together with some other papers connected with the same subject, and the rough draught of a letter intended for the Commr. of the revenue, for the purpose of carrying the law into effect — Respectfully Your obt. Servt. RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “The President”; endorsed by TJ as received from the Treasury Department on 14...