1From James Madison to George Ticknor, 2 December 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favour of Novr. 21. inclosing a copy of your “Remarks concerning Harvard University.” I have found in them much edifying to other Institutions, as well as a triumphant vindication of reforms & improvements in that one. With my thanks for your polite attention, I send, as you request, a Copy of the Code enacted for the University of Virginia; praying you at the same time to be...
2Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 19 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 6 th is recieved. mine of the 4 th 3 rd had gone on and will probably be in Boston as soon as you will. in addition to the letters then inclosed, I put another under your cover a day or two after, addressed to mr Say , author of the ablest work which has ever been written on Political Economy. I did not then know of the appointment of mr Gallatin
3Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 24 October 1821 (first letter) (Jefferson Papers)
I write this from an occasional residence very distant from Monticello . it will be handed you by mr Jesse B. Harrison , and mr William Beverley Towles , two young gentlemen of this neighborhood who are going on to Cambridge to finish there the education begun here. with them I am not personally acquainted, but much so with their fathers, residents here, and worthy of entire respect. they...
4Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 25 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 14. was delivered to me as I was setting out for the distant possession, from which I now write, & to which I pay frequent & long visits. on my arrival here I make it my first duty to write the letter you request to mr Erving , and to inclose it in this under cover to your father, that you may get it in time. my letters are always letters of thanks because you are always...
5Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 4 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Availing myself of the kind offer of your aid in replacing some of the literary treasures which I furnished to Congress , I have made out a catalogue which I now inclose. it is confined principally to those books of which the edition adds sensibly to the value of the matter. this, as to translations, notes E t c other accompaniments, chiefly respects the classics: but size and type respect...
6From Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 8 November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Gen l La Fayette was here when I rec d your favor of Oct. 26. I communicated to him the respectful mention made of him in your letter which he rec d with very kind expressions towds yourself. the professional occupns which prevented the meeting here which he had proposed to you he considered as a suff t justfn. to us it will give the pleasure of prolonged enjoyment and a more quiet one also in...
7From James Madison to George Ticknor, 2 May 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. the copy of the “Life of General Lafayette” kindly supplying the miscarriage of that first sent, of which nothing has been heard. I return my thanks, Sir, for this valuable and seasonable tribute to illustrious merit. I have read it with great pleasure, & with a wish that it could be universally read by our fellow Citizens. It could not but strengthen by enlightening their...
8Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 31 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you a long letter on the 14 th inst. and as it went by duplicates thro good channels, I am sure you will get it. but a gentleman going from hence to Paris direct, which he will probably reach before either of the other channels of conveyance I will repeat from that letter but a single article, the request to add to the catalogue I formerly troubled you with, the underwritten books....
9From Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 15 August 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor fo July 26. has been recieved, and with it the prospectus of the Northampton school. this will certainly prove a great blessing to the individuals who can obtain access to it. the only ground of regret is the small extent of it’s scale, in the few who can share it’s advantages it will lay a solid foundn of virtue as well of learning. but leaving it at the age of 13. they will still...
10From Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 7 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I give you many thanks for your German catalogue, which is exactly such as I wished, that is to say, a collection only of their best books. Our Univ ty opened under considerable discoragemts. the nonarrival of 3. of our Professors prevented our open g on the 1 st of Feby as we had announced, and the belief the that they were lost from the length of time since their embaren occasioned many who...