2501Jonathan Shoemaker to Thomas Jefferson, 15 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Thy Letter of the 22 d of Last Month but very lately met me at this Place & I am Sorry to Say it is out of my power to Remit the Sum required, I have however Inclosed one hundred & twenty Dollars wich is all the Money I have by me but Expect to Receive some more before I Leave Pen y s ylvania , I Expect to be at Shadwell Early in June, in the Mean wile if thee whould call on my Son Lukens , I...
2502Jonathan Shoemaker to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Thine of the 6 th Instant duly came to hand & is now before & feel somewhat alarmed at the Contents of it but having some General knowledge of their Affairs, & as thee does not State facts from thy own knowledge Except as to the Rent not being Paid, & that circumstance I believe has arose in this way, that they took a large contract from the General Post Office Commencing the 1 t of april 1808...
2503Jonathan Shoemaker to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed thee will find 300$ it will not be Neccessary to Acknowledge the receipt of the money by Letter as I Expect to Leave the City some time next weak for Shadwell , when I wrote the last we were all in a Pannick at the Prospect of trade Supposing that our produce would be worth very little, but the alarm has now very much Subsided, Flour is now worth 5.75$ at Alex a and it is thought by...
2504Jonathan Shoemaker to Thomas Jefferson, 5 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I sometime back wrote thee I Should be at Shadwell in all May but Owing to a Variety of Untoward Sircumstances have been Prevented from coming on, I a few days ago have Sold my Mills neer this place & Shall give Possession on or about the 20 th Instant & Shortly after that time I Shall come on to Shadwell RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq”; endorsed by TJ as received 11 June...
2505William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
You will be surprized at recieving a letter from me from this place—I did not contemplate being here & still less being in Europe as late as this— My very great anxiety to be again in America to attend to some of my affairs which required something to be immediately done, as the friend with whom I left my power to represent me at Philadelphia , M r Breck , had died without naming a substitute—...
2506William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 9 June 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Rives has presented to me the letter by which you were so kind as to make us acquainted—He has been here now some days & I have been very much pleased with him. His being your friend would have insured him at any rate my attention—but I really return you my thanks for having procured me so agreeable an acquaintance. I have taken pleasure in introducing M r Rives to such of my friends here...
2507William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 31 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of writing to you on the 1 st of Nov. — & I took the liberty at the same time of inclosing a letter for Price , as being the best, if not the only certain means of getting a letter to him. I hope that was recieved by you—but it has not procured of Price the answer I had counted on. I had hoped it would have conquered his aversion to writing—After so long an interval, I no...
2508William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 19 November 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I was exploring the Jersey mountains in search of a farm when your favor of the 15 th Oct. was forwarded here, agreeably to directions left with my agent at Philadelphia , as to my letters. I did not succeed in my search but hope to be more successful next year.— Let me now express all my thanks for your kindness as to Ind. Camp —I am indeed truly obliged by it, & prefer much the plan of...
2509William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have delayed, much longer than I had intended, to answer your favor of the 21 st Sep. & to thank you for your wonted kindness in attending to the commission I took the libert e y of troubling you with— It was executed as you expected & ready for me here, whither I came after whiling away the sickly Season in the Jersey & at Morrisville , which you know is become the seat of Gen l Moreau .— I...
2510William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 28 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 20 th of August followed me in my summer’s tour & overtook me whilst on the road—I postponed therefore acknowleging it until my return to winter quarters— I have been not the less grateful for your kindness & the trouble you are taking to bring to a happy conclusion the limits disputed limits between Monroe & myself—If his presence should be really necessary, or even his...
2511William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson — Feb 7. to enclose that of M r Bott a — announc g my return—on acc t of public affair & mail— & Breck’s death—& had known it sh d
2512William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind letter of Octob: 14. was recieved here the 19 th the very day you fixed as that of your departure for Bedford to remain there until the 1 st of Dec:—I did not therefore attempt to answer it at the moment, as it would have remained at Monticello , until your return—And this I count will get there some time before you & recieve you at your debotter . I write thus early because I am...
2513William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 18 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind letter of the 9 th of Nov: was recieved here at the time. You mentioned that you were setting off for Bedford & would be absent a month— I postponed therefore acknowleging its reciept so long that I determined to wait until I should again hear from you as to Carter s affair after you had heard from him—so as to trouble you less often. But as I know my good countrymen of the Carter...
2514William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your two favors of the 7 th & 9 th have come to my hands & I return you many thanks for them. I calculated from your letter that you would be absent until the early part of May, & therefore did not acknowlege its reciept immediately. This will be anterior to your return & will wait for you at Monticello , where I hope you will arrive at the time expected & in good health. You will find there...
2515William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 27 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 8 th of March was delivered to me by M r Coles . I write this answer by precaution, as it is not certain that I shall not return with him. It will depend on the answer which Gen l Armstrong will recieve from this Gov t on the subject of his communications to them in consequence of the despatches by M r Coles . Should the answer be such as to shew that it would be unadvisable...
2516William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
In consequence of an understanding between M r H : & myself, that I would inclose to you his bond & mortgage, when the payment was completed, I now take the liberty of inclosing his last bond & the mortgage — I have been informed by M r Gibson that he has recieved for me from the agent of M r H. at Richmond
2517William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 25 August 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind letter of June 27. was in my absence taken up by my agent at Philadelphia & sent after me. I was then on a visit to the beautiful Lake, called by the French le lac du S t Sacrament & by their successors Lake George . The French showed their good taste in having chosen this to furnish them their holy water. Nothing can be more pure than it is. The fish there are worthy of being...
2518William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 5 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
In the course of the last summer I had the pleasure of recieving a letter from you in which you were so good as to mark the progress that the land affair had made towards a final termination. You then thought it was inevitable in the course of the autumn succeeding. And although appearances so far were not favorable to me, yet I wished the point to be settled on several accounts. Having not...
2519William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind & friendly letter of Nov. 28. gave me not the less pleasure for having remained so long unacknowleged—The cause of my silence has been an aff l iction in the eyes so highly inflamatory as to preclude me from the use of my pen & my books—The disorder seems now to have left me, but I am not yet placed in the statu quo ante , & am obliged to use my eyes sparingly. I cannot however...
2520William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of May 5. is the last I have had the pleasure of recieving from you. It crossed on the road one I wrote to you of May 7. This last was to inclose to you, as agreed on with M r Higginbotham , his mortgage & last bond. I hope & take for granted they were recieved by you & that M r H. has disposed of them to his satisfaction. I am the more certain of this, as he would certainly have...
2521William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of writing to you on the 26 th ul to —& have since recieved your favor of the 23 d —for which I beg leave here to return my thanks.— Conformably with what I then announced I now send the work of Dupont which you were so good as to lend me . I despair of seeing any general system of education established during my day. I should however be much gratified if I could live to see...
2522William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
You will be surprize d to see by the date of my letter that I am still at Paris . I hope when you shall have seen how this has been gradually occasioned that you will approve it. I hope also that it will be approved by your successor to whom I wrote on the subject not long ago by an occasion which Gen l Armstrong made use of, being the first he has had since the departure of the Union . It was...
2523William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 8 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I hastily noted to you the reciept of your favor of the 18 th ul to inclosing the mortgage of Higginbotham. I sent at the same time the first volume of the Bareith memoirs—I now send the second volume—& with it my sincere thanks for the perusal of the bavardage of this Princess , which has amused me much. I explained to you formerly how she came to be dressed up here in a new covering. Correa...
2524William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 21 June 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of writing to you early in the last month & of informing you of the payment made to me here of the $10500. treasury notes— I sent you at the same time a precise statement of our account up to that time, shewing that this payment left a balance due you of $34 34/100 ; which conformably with your order I paid to M r Vaughan , of which he will, no doubt, have informed you. I...
2525Shotwell & Kinder to Thomas Jefferson, 24 December 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing the pleasure thou has in Improvements that promise Comfort to the Human Race; we have taken the liberty of sending thee a few yards of Cloth, sufficient for an over Coat which we beg thy acceptance of; it is the production of a great many Experiments, to render the Hair of Black Cattle from the Tanneries useful as Clothing, and various other Fabrics, and composed of one part common...
2526Carl L. Siegfried to Thomas Jefferson, 3 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Since the death of our former American Consul M r Jacob Muller the Americans my Countrymen arrived here more frequent, than ever they were here before and suffered very much for the want of a representative of their Nation. For that purpose I wrote twice to M r John M Forbes in Hamburg even some American Captains and Supra Cargas drew up—as I heard afterwards—a petition to this M r Forbes...
2527Augustin François Silvestre to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Je profite de l’occasion que m’offre le retour en amérique de l’aviso The happy Return , pour vous envoyer le 11 e volume des mémoires de la Société d’agriculture , que j’avais eu l’honneur de vous annoncer par ma dernière lettre du 8 juin. je desire qu’il vous offre quelque intérêt et que vous y reconnaissiez la persévérance des efforts de la Société pour le perfectionnement de l’art...
2528Augustin François Silvestre to Thomas Jefferson, 8 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai reçu et communiqué à la Société d’agriculture de Paris la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire en date du 11 fevrier dernier. La Société a vu, dans l’empressement avec lequel vous avez daigné vous occuper de la demande, que j’avais pris la liberté de vous faire en Son nom, d’une certaine quantité de graine de coton, un nouveau témoignage de l’intérêt que vous voulez bien...
2529Joshua Simmons to Thomas Jefferson, 7 August 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I am about to request a favor that will appear verry extraordinary from an entire stranger but I am under the necesity of doing it to some person who is not acquainted with me for I know of o no one with whom I am personally acquainted that is in a situation to do me the favor I am in absolute need of which is the lone of one hundred dollars for the term of one year—And then I will be punctual...
2530Charles Simms to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Stephen Cathalan commercial and navy agent of the United States at Marseilles , has consigned to my care, four Cases of red wine, which her he requests to have forwarded to you by the first opportunity. I have put them in store where they will be carefully preserved, to wait your further order , as to the mode of conveying them to Monticello . RC (
2531Charles Simms to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I have at length met with an opportunity of shipping in a vessel from this Port to Richmond a quarter Cask of wine, a bag of almonds, a box of olives and a box of marble, which I received for you from Salem —and which I have consigned to the care of Mess rs Gibson and Jefferson of Richmond the charges for duties Freight & drayage on those articles amount to $15 ⁹³⁄₁₀₀ , which I have requested...
2532William D. Simms to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
In the absence of the Collector I have the honour to inform you, that I have this day laden on board, the Sloop Fair play , Charles Brown , master, & consigned to Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson , Richmond four Cases of wine received from M r Cathalan at Marseilles .—The present is the only opportunity that has occurred to forward the wines, since the receipt of
2533Sir John Sinclair to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
After a long interruption, I am happy to renew our correspondence, and to have another opportunity of expressing my sincere wishes for your health and happiness. I have of late been engaged in a work which I hope will be of use both to my own country, and to America; and the circulation of which, I am persuaded you will be happy to promote on the other side of the atlantic. The inclosed paper,...
2534Henry Skipwith to Thomas Jefferson, 22 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Some days since, in looking over the papers of the late M r Dunbar , I came upon a letter of yours to him, soliciting paiment for a sum of money (£100) which you had advanced young John Banister in his life time, and which sum (by an entry in Dunbars Cash Book) was paid Thomas Pleasant for you.—As I have an unliquidated Acc t of some importance with the representatives of John Banister , and...
2535Henry Skipwith to Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
After congratulating you on your happy return to the shades of retirement, and wishing you from my soul every sublunary happiness.— I beg leave to mention a suit in Richmond chancery court in which you, M r Eppes & myself are comprehended, among others; and which I am totally unacquainted with,—It is the old claim of Gilliam revived, and a Notice served on me some five days since,—As my total...
2536Joseph Slaughter to Thomas Jefferson, 2 September 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I am willing to attend on Monday next at Aney Place you will name for the purpose of Taking depositions I have Some Business at your Smiths Shop Tomorow and will Call and se you Capt William Irvine is near new London Joel Leftwich David Sanders & Jabas Leftwich if notice is given to take the dep o sitions in new London that will be out of this County I am RC (
2537Abraham Small to Thomas Jefferson, 30 April 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Perhaps it would best become me to apologise, for the liberty I take in requesting your acceptance of the Book which accompanies this—My heart tells me it is but a poor expression of my veneration for you If you should have leisure to look through it, I hope it will indicate the bias of the Compilers mind, & those principles to which your life has been devoted The little time it has been...
2538Bernard Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Taught, at an early period of my life, to revere your character, and having been employed in the Department of State, during a great part of your Administration, I had an opportunity of witnessing your exertions to promote the happiness and prosperity of our Country. Impressed with these sentiments, I take the liberty of forwarding to You a paper containing an Oration , which I delivered on the...
2539Larkin Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
A small package of Garden seed was this day delivered to me, with your address; by a very safe conveyance to Richmond I have committed it to the care of M r James Barbour , with a request that he would transmit it to you without loss of time, as the season for sowing the seed has commenced. Permit me to avail myself of this occurrence to express to you my unabated devotion, and high respect...
2540Larkin Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot suppress the gratification which I feel, in expressing to you my sentiments of exalted respect, and veneration, for your eminent public services and private virtues. and altho’ the latter part of your Administration, was attended with circumstances, that must have been wounding to your feelings, and which I consider as eminating directly from a widely extended British influence, in...
2541Larkin Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 4 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Believing that the importance of the information brought by a British sloop of war which arrived yesterday in Hampton Roads will be acceptable to you, I take much pleasure in communicating it. she brings a secretary of Legation to M r Erskine with dispatches, and an account of the arrival of the remnant of the British army from Spain . they were attacked by the French when in the act of...
2542Smith & Riddle to Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
In Compliance with your request, we have transmitted to the manager of the Boston Glass manufactory , the order you favor’d us with, under date the 9 th Inst, for One Hundred and ten panes of best quality Window Glass, which we have requested to be pack’d with special Care, in order to ensure its safe transportation— On its arrival here, we shall deliver it to your Correspondent M r Gibson ,...
2543Francis Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have Applye d to M r L. Minor for the Ballance due me from M r H. Markes estate being Ten Dollers 65 Cents— my Overlooker tells me he refere d us to you.—I will take it as a favour to Send me the above ballance by the Bearer Peter — M rs
2544J. H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
A conative of the Old Dom ain begs leave to address you, and solicit your advice on the following subject. It appears that a M r Neef , now resident in the vicinity of Philadelphia of the U.S. , as an instructor of youth, has published a system of education, which being radically different from any thing literary that has heretofore been offered to the public, and being in a great measure...
2545Margaret Bayard Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 21 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you allow me to recall to your y m ind one, whom a long absence may have almost obliterated from your reccollection,—One, who never had any claim to your kind regard, but what she derived from a sensibility to that worth, which once to know, is never to forget.—Yes dear Sir, for the enthusiasm inspired by great talents, or the veneration from g awaken’d by the union of great virtue, to...
2546Margaret Bayard Smith to Thomas Jefferson, [by 6 March 1809] [document added in digital edition] (Jefferson Papers)
I have seen in your Cabinet, a Geranium , which I understood you cultivated with your own hands. If you do not take it home with you, I entreat you to leave it with me. I cannot tell you how inexpressibly precious it will be to my heart. It shall be attended with the assiduity of affection & watered, with tears of regret; & each day as I attend it, will I invoke the best blessings of Heaven,...
2547Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 19 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing the interest, you take in the state of our foreign relations and the solicitude, you feel for your old and sincere friends, I hasten to transmit to you a copy of the documents, which accompanied the late message of the President . They shew the Course, we have been steering in a sea of difficulties. As the principles, which I have feebly endeavoured to maintain, are, in truth, but a...
2548Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 6 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the Honor to forward to you by the last Mail, most of the Papers belonging to this Department, which relate to the Batture . I now send the residue and should add to them a copy of the Instructions under which the Marshal took possession of that Property, were they to be found on our Records. RC ( DLC ); in John Graham’s hand, signed by Smith; at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r...
2549Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 5 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just received with great satisfaction your very friendly letter of the 30 Ult. Of the occurrence at Washington I had as little suspicion as you had. And I, at this moment, know not to what infatuation to attribute it. From one of your old & uniform friends I some days since received a letter requesting information as to the ground there was for the Opinion, that you had been privy to...
2550Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 30 th Ult. and in compliance with the request it contains I have now the pleasure to send you such of the Papers in this Office relative to the Batture , as can be prepared in time for the Mail of today. The residue shall be forwarded by the next Mail. RC ( DLC ); in John Graham’s hand, signed by Smith; at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r...