1From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Tornquist, 5 January 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
It is not in my power to give a definite answer to the offer in your favor of the 27 th from Boston, of a physical, chemical and astronomical apparatus. Dollond’s name would sfft ly recommend the articles made by him. but we are not yet in possn of funds for those objects. a sum has been voted instead for a library and apparatus but when it will be recieved is quite uncertain; and when rec d...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Tornquist, 5 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the printed Catalogues of your philosophical apparatus. I believe however that the course we adopted was best for us. as for a sum of 6300.D. we shall get exactly every thing we think material without paying for any thing we think not so. I do not know whether we might not have taken some particular articles of yours , (which you say might be done) were the price affixed to...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Tornquist, 30 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 23 d is just now rec d that of Dec. 27 th was laid before the Visitors at their meeting in March, with other similar offers. they determined that having a compleat apparatus to buy it would be neither convenient nor advantageous to depend on occasional offers from particular individuals. that this would multiply transactions and trouble, accumulate duplicates, give them often...