2901George Watterston to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I have requested M r Millegan to bind one of the printed catalogues in calf & transmit it to you—There are some errors in it which could not be avoided. I trust, however, you will, on the whole, be pleased with its execution—The alphabetical arrangement under each chapter is not so correct as I wished it, but it could not without great trouble, be improved; as it would have required a new copy...
2902George Watterston to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter of the 10th ; but have not yet received the books you mention. Have you gotten the catalogue I requested M r Milligan to forward you? And if you have, will you be so good as to let me know how it pleases you? You will, no doubt discover some errors in it; but those were unavoidable in the printing of so large a work—The Library Committee are dissatisfied with me for...
2903George Watterston to Thomas Jefferson, 26 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
You will excuse the liberty I take, as a stranger, in trespassing on your attention— The President has been pleased to appoint me Librarian to Congress. & consiquently superintendent of the books now in your possession. I am solicitous to obtain your opinion, as a gentleman of literary taste, on the subject of arrangement—Your long acquaintance with books & your literary habits have,...
2904George Watterston to Thomas Jefferson, 13 October 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor to receive your letter of the 10th inst: yesterday evening, requesting the transmission of your M.S notes, contained in Bezout —& am happy to have it in my power to comply with your request, by enclosing & forwarding them to you—In the book refered to I find three half sheets carefully fastened between the printed pages, one of which (—the one I presume, you require) I have...
2905George Watterston to Thomas Jefferson, 8 March 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
So far from considering your requests troublesome, I feel no little gratification in having it in my power to comply with them. I wish you to beleive that I esteem & respect you too much to regard any little service I can render the man, who has been so instrumental in ameleorating the condition of mankind & contributing to the happiness of his country, as troublesome or unpleasant— P.S. I...
2906John Watts to Thomas Jefferson, 28 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I am about to leave home this morning and it may so happen not return untill late in the evening and not wishing to give you any further trouble in the adjustment of the business on which you write , will wait on you in the morning on my way to Lynchburg , respectfully RC ( MoSHi: TJC-BC ); dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “M r Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 28 May 1815 and...
2907Mason L. Weems to Thomas Jefferson, 31 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My Son Jesse Ewell brings you a copy of the Life of Marion which I pray you to accept. It was written for the Moral & Military Services of our Youth among whom it has taken well. I have a great favor to ask of you, viz your assistance in a little book on a Great Man, to which I believe you can contribute more than any other Gentleman in the U. States. The Great man I allude to is D r Franklin...
2908Roger C. Weightman to Thomas Jefferson, 12 October 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
M Chambers of N York put into my charge a parcel of Fiorin grass recently received from Ireland , with directions to take the earliest and safest mode of conveyance to Monticello . Since my return home I have had it boxed and directed to the care of the post master at Fredericksburg .
2909Charles F. Welles to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 11 August] 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Of the two pieces of Poetry which I have ventured to enclose N o 1. is an invective against yourself & N o 2 is a Reply, written by the youth who intrudes on your leisure— I should have taken no notice of a Slander so weakly & miserably written on any other account than the credit & station of its Author whose name is Cha s Miner (formerly Editor of the paper in which both pieces originally...
2910Enclosure: Charles F. Welles’s Poem on Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 11 August 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
talents he had, exquisitely design’d To rule the worlds of action and of mind; Talents the subtle line of right to draw, And pond’ring Senates found his judgment law. In vain fell envy gathers all her bands, In vain delusion lifts a thousand hands, Beyond their reach his measures rise sublime, Their proof experience, and their champion time. His was the fortune, in a dangerous day, To lead a...
2911Peter H. Wendover to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to apologize to you for what might by some be deemed an intrusion, while I venture to solicit your friendly reception of a small volume, the contents of which I recently heard from the pulpit, and which sentiments I consider of imp great importance to our beloved Country, particularly at this momentous Crisis— The author though an adopted Citizen , I esteem as one of the best friends...
2912Peter H. Wendover to Thomas Jefferson, 1 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
In January 1815 I had the honor to forward you from New York , a small volume of Sermons delivered in that City, by the Rev Dr M c Leod , in the preceding Summer, adapted to the then reasonable expectation that an attack would be made on that part of our beloved Country by the British—To those Sermons you were pleased to give the testimony of your high approbation. That worthy Divine having...
2913Henry Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 20 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of enclosing to you an Essay on the history & means of preserving that independence you so greatly contributed to acquire; and humbly hope that however great may be the imperfections your eye will discern in the composition, that you will pardon them for the sake of the sincere attachment to those principles which made us free, the merit of which I may justly claim. It is...
2914Henry Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Having been informed by Judge Story of the Supreme Court , that you had caused to be printed for circulation among your friends the Breif which you had prepared for the use of your counsel in the case of Edward Livingston concerning the Batture at New Orleans , I am induced to request a copy for my own private use—Although I have not the honour to rank among your friends yet the sincere...
2915Henry Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg your attention to the enclosed Address, written by a friend, and which as I know you to be sensibly alive to everything which concerns the welfare of science, I flatter myself you will read not without pleasure—as it indicates the growing respectability of the healing art among us. With my prayers for the continuance of your life and health I remain sincerely with great respect your...
2916Joseph Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot refrain again to make communication to you, and in which I will thank you to take into consideration—you will please to recollect the various Statements I made to you respecting the road from Athen in Georgia to Fort Stoddert , I believed, I knew you wanted correct information, I therefore took proper means to obtain, & communicate it and set up truth against design, and Interest,...
2917Joseph Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I had once the honor of rendering to the United States Some Service in the Creek nation of Indians—( Missippie Territory ) in the establishing the mail rout to New Orleans —and in Some measure under your directions—. It was The only motive I had then, was to evince to you my zeal for the public interest, I Should have fully obtained that object—of intigrity and a proper treatment of the Indian...
2918Joseph Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I understand from M r William Johnson —that he is one of your overseers—and that he has been impressed into the Service of the united States by a M r Nicholas Nathan l Childers of Manchester Forage Master—Under Col W m Swan —Qu tr
2919Oliver Whipple to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
You will pardon me for persuing y ou i nto the Shades of retirement: I do not wish to disturb your Repose; but to bring to your recollection, that there is a person now resident here (whose signature you will remember) who, tho’ he has no demands for the fullfilment of any specific promises, during your late administration, has some claims on your Friendship, and Generosity. You will certainly...
2920Hugh White to Thomas Jefferson, 16 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
If this late production of a Neighbour, as a variorum should afford a few moments entertainment. It w would rejoice the author RC ( TU ). Recorded in SJL as received 17 Apr. 1812. Enclosure not found. Hugh White (d. 1827) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister who was ordained a Swedenborgian clergyman in 1812. He owned land in both Charlottesville and Milton (Carl Theophilus Odhner, Annals of...
2921John Campbell White to Thomas Jefferson, 13 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Two of my sons travelling in England through the favour of Sir John Sinclaire , received some Melon seed, of two species, brought from Persia by Sir Gore Ousely , it is has a high character. I have therefore much pleasure in sending a portion of it, to the first character in the United States RC ( DNAL : Thomas Jefferson Correspondence, Bixby Donation); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “
2922Benjamin F. Whitner to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Well knowing you to be an open and sincere friend and patron of literature, and presuming that it would be highly pleasant for you to hear and see the rapid growth and progression of Science, in all parts of our happy Union, I have taken the liberty of Sending you this catalougue of the Trustees, officers, &C. of the S o Ca. College . Accept this small tribute of esteem and respect for those...
2923John Wickham to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Having been called on this day, unexpectedly and without any previous Intimation, to institute an action in the Federal Court against You in Behalf of M r Edward Livingston , and being specially instructed to have the process returnable to the next Term which commences on the 22 d Inst. , I have this Day put the process into the Hands of the marshal .— From motives of respect I should have...
2924John Wickham to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Mann delivered me your Letter of the 18 th Inst. & I lost no Time in making your wishes known to Mess rs Hay and Wirt who assure me they shall be duly attended to— Circumstanced as I am my engaging as your Counsel in M r Livingstons
2925James Wilkinson to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
It is a long time since I have been inclined to write to you, but the pressure of my persecutions, the desolation of my humble fortunes, the abandonment of those who owed me support, and that inextinguis h able pride which is inseperable from conscious Honor, have prevented me.— And now I should not intrude on your time, but to repel a falsehood which has recently come to my knowledge, viz...
2926John Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
A few days since a small package of Coffee, directed to you, came into my hands; the package has been lying in this City for more than a twelvemonth—but from whence it came I am unable to ascertain —I shall be happy to follow any instructions you may give respecting it & am RC ( MoSHi : TJC-BC ); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received...
2927John Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 14 May 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Since I last wrote you I have ascertained that the package of coffee then mentioned, came from a M r Fellows of Havanna , to the care of Ingraham Phoenix & C o of this city—but in consequence of their embarrassments was forgotten. Supposing this information would be acceptable I have taken the liberty to communicate it to you. Agreeably to your request I have forwarded the package to Mess rs...
2928Jonathan Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
After the Society was adjourned a number of members (all your particular Friends) were conversing on various subjects when the proposed sale of your Library to Congress was mentioned. It can hardly be supposed, that in this Room surrounded by a Library consisting almost wholly of donations, with your almost animated Bust looking full in our faces, we could avoid expressing our regret that the...
2929Jonathan Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I could not deny myself showing you another Instance of the usefulness of the thermometer in navigation : When science comes in aid of humanity it must be particularly pleasing to you.— Having this occasion to write to you, I will take the liberty of intimating that a kind, although monitory Letter might be of service to young Randolph . He is a very fine youth, of very good natural talents, &...
2930George Williamson to Thomas Jefferson, 10 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
No ordinary occasion should induce me to intrude on your leisure hours. you will perceive that the prosp work, the prospectus of which I send you, has more than ordinary claims on the literati of this Country. I regreat that I have not an acquaintance in your State whom I can interest, and through whom this might have been presented to you. had my honorable friend Doctor Mitchill still...
2931Thomas Williamson to Thomas Jefferson, 19 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
The above certificate was obtained from M r Hay for the purpose of deciding a Bet between M r M c Intosh and myself but not proving satisfactory to him, I must beg the favour of you to say whether you have not been in London —or whether you have even ever seen the present King of Great Britain —If the above information could have been got here, I should not have taken the liberty (which I beg...
2932Thomas D. Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ you are retired from the noise & bustle of public business, still I presume you behold with anxious eye the laudable exertions of every class of Citizens, to render their domestic commerce & manufactures more extensive; & you look forward in anxious expectation of that glorious time when we shall be able to defy the belligerent nations of the Europe , & to declare ourselves totally...
2933Thomas H. Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 12 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I have enquired at M r Magruder’s office with respect to the Batture Pamphlet destined for M r Poydras . M r Magruder was not in the office, but the Door Keeper who was s charged with the distribution of the Pamphlets informed me that there were not enough by 20. or 30. for the members present—. so that it is clear M r Poydras
2934Matthew Wills to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Ashlin handed me your letter of the 20 th instant wherein you exp r essed a desire to get Some live Carp and I having the Seine that is halled at M r Ashlins &
2935James Jones Wilmer to Thomas Jefferson, 10 [July] 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I do myself the honor of enclosing you a paper of the “Sun,” containing some matters communicated in this place, on the 4 h Ins t and is a conclusive correspondent, to an Address also delivered in this Town, on the 4 h of last month . I did myself the honor to transmit you a copy of that work while at Baltimore ; also a Copy was forwarded to the President of the U.S. who was pleased to express...
2936John Wilson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 June 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Please to accept the enclosed, you were so good to examine the M.S., you will peruse it, I hope, with more satisfaction now it is in print. I thank you for having said the reformation would be desirable if it could prevail, because, I think, on reviewing the subject in a fairer form, you will be convinced, that admitting the custom is to change ey into ies or y preceded by a consonant, yet you...
2937John Wilson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
we learn that in Europe , however obscure an author may be, he freely addresses the highest literary adepts; and altho’ he may not possess any previous knowledge of the gentlemen, he runs no risk of incurring the imputation of obtruding.—That an indulgence so cheerfully granted in Europe , could meet in our Country with the slightest damp, is what my pen would blush to intimate. Various...
2938John Wilson to Thomas Jefferson, November 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
It is painful, to know we live in such an age, that the most laudable sentiments which can emanate from the mind of man, if they come not from the highest & as it may be called, disinterested source, lose much of the influence they would otherwise acquire. It is a knowledge of that frailty, which has determined me to lay before you, a sketch, of the doctrine & discipline, which at present...
2939William Wingate to Thomas Jefferson, 8 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The candor and Integrity of Your Heart, Manifested in Your Letter to me , has induced me for to communicate to You the enclosed volume, for Your perusal, Sincerely wishing that it may prove usefull to you, but if you Should find that it contains Sentiments different from your own, I am confident that your candor and charity will induce You for to impute my error to a fault in the Head and not...
2940William Wingate to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you on the third instant — I now have enclosed one Sheet of The American Olive Branch, which I wish you for to put into the Book I Sent you—firstly, it will be necessary that we arrange and complete the Book—and when you Shew the Book to any Person, it will be necessary that Such Person Should at the Same time give His approbation in writing , in order that each new Member may Se for...
2941William Wingate to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I consider you as my Safest confidential Friend, I have taken the liberty for to Send to you a Book, Title—The American Olive Branch In Perpetual Blow, Founded on Wisdom, Justice, and Equity, God and Truth its only Director—Perpetual Union and Perfect Harmony, Between Each Individual Inhabitant, of the United States of America, The only object— I wish you carefully to examine its contents, and...
2942William Wingate to Thomas Jefferson, 3 April 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I was at Boston on march 31. I then wrote you in Great haste, Also Sent to you the Book I mentioned in my Letter, I hope you will receive them all Safe—I now find it necessary for to write you more particular on the Subject—Firstly Shall observe, that it was God that compelled me for to write the Book, and as He directed me, all the Praise must be given to God, I am confident that God will...
2943William Wingate to Thomas Jefferson, 14 August 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I duely received the volume &c you returned to me—I Sincerely thank you for your candid letter Sent me, on the occasion— I have Sent the Same volume &c to m r Maddison , and directed Him to forward it to Gov. Snyder — Gov. Tompkins and return it to me— I wrote to General Ripley as He passed on His Tour to the Eastward, to come and Se me on the Same Subject, but I have not Seen nor heard from...
2944Charles Wingfield to Thomas Jefferson, 12 September 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I received yours of the twelfth instant , shall attend agreeably to request, tomorrow at 12 OClock, unless the rain should be very excessive. with the assurance of my esteem & respect. RC ( MHi ); addressed: “M r Thomas Jefferson Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 13 Sept. 1811. TJ’s note to Wingfield of the twelfth instant is not recorded in SJL and has not been found. On 13 Sept. 1811...
2945Charles Wingfield to Thomas Jefferson, 8 September 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I received yours , of the date abovementioned, have observed the contents; shall attend at Monticello on wednesday the eleventh, at 12 OClock, to officiate on the occasion of the funeral Solemnities. Accept the assurance of my great esteem & respect. RC ( MHi ); addressed: “M r Thomas Jefferson Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 8 Sept. 1811 and so recorded in SJL .
2946John Winn to Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I am in want of about 3 pounds of white Lead which is not to be had in this place at present, y if you have it & Can spare that quantity I will be very much Obliged to you & will either pay you for it or return it as you may wish, I am Sir RC ( MHi ); edge trimmed; addressed (one word illegible): “Thomas Jefferson esqr Monticello ⅌ M r Buney ”; endorsed by TJ as received 16 May 1813 and so...
2947John Winn to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I am in want of some lime for whitwasheing. M r Chisholem informs me you have some, if so and you can spare me about half a Bushell of that which is unslacked I shall be much Obliged if you have none unslacked that which is slacked will answer — I am RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Tho Jefferson Esqr Montecello”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Feb. 1810 and so recorded in SJL ....
2948William Wirt to Thomas Jefferson, 9 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have perused, with equal pleasure and conviction, your view of the question touching the batture at New Orleans : the copy is now returned. With such aid, I think it must be the fault of your counsel if they leave any room for candor to doubt or even for sophistry to cavil, with any hope of success. I had noted a few slight omissions which it will be necessary to supply in order to clear the...
2949William Wirt to Thomas Jefferson, 19 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3 rd covering a copy of your letter to Colo. D. arrived at a time when I was absent on an excursion to the superior court of Powhatan from which I have just returned. If the bulwark of vanity which surrounds D. be not impregnable, or the spirit of faction which rules him, as wild and deaf as the winds of winter, I think your letter must touch him—but I much fear that he is...
2950William Wirt to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 15 in reply to mine of the 10 th inst. has been brought to me from the office this instant. The copy of your letter to D. has been shewn to one person only— W m H. Cabell . The effect of it was to dispose him to lend D. $500. And I wrote my letter in a persuasion produced by that incident, as well as by its effect on my own feelings, that with the use of that letter, something...