1John H. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 12 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty to order my Servant to call at Monticello and get (by your permission) a few plants of the scotch broom.— Yours respectfully RC ( CSmH : JF ); at foot of text: “M r Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 12 Mar. 1813 and so recorded in SJL .
2Margaret B. Bonneville to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
From the time I inherited of T. Paine’s manuscripts, papers &c. &c. my intention was to have the honor to write to you concerning your most valuable letters to him. The troublesome and dissagreeable affairs which have been suscited to me since his death: If not an excuse to negligence was the cause of my delay. Family affairs require my presance in France I am waiting only for a good...
3William A. Burwell to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
the only difficulty I can imagine with the aid of these directions is the want of correspondent marks or letters on the different parts of your machine, you may however without them soon discover them when the machine is put in motion; I have added directions for the Drawing & Roving head, because it adds so much to the value of the Carding Engine, that you should lose no time in procuring...
4Dabney Carr to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
your letter of Feb. 27 was received by the last mail. Mr Randolph , was in this place, when I came to it last fall, & had resided here for some time previous; but soon after that, he left it, & has been since, as I am to be, with his son in law, Mr B. Taylor in Jefferson County , not far from the little village of Charleston : Being informed this morning, that Doctr Grayson , of this Town, was...
5Sarah Grotjan to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Convinced that You will pardon an entire Stranger for intruding on Your time for a few minutes, when You become acquainted with the motives by which she is actuated, I solicit the favour of a few Lines in answer t to the following Inquiry. Accident has thrown in my way an unfortunate person by the name of Julia Bradley , whose maiden name as she informed me was Julia Webb , of Richmond...
6Benjamin Rush to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
soon After I became the Advocate of domestic Animals as far as related to thier diseases, in the lecture of which I sent you a copy, mr Carver applied to me to become his advocate with our Citizens for the purpose he has mentioned in his letter to you. His proposition at first struck me as humane & praise worthy, but in a short time Afterwards it appeared to me in the same light that it does...
7André Thoüin to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai remis le 11 fevrier dernier , a M. Warden , Consul des Etâts unis a Paris , mon tribut annuel, que cet homme estimable S’est chargé avec empressement de vous faire passer par une voie Sure et prompte. Il est composé cette année de 270 Especes de graines d’arbres et de Plantes de toutes les divisions economiques et de fleurs d’ornemens pour les parterres & le Jardins de plaisance. Je...
8Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favors of the 7 th & 11 th with your note for $4300. and John Harvie’s for $176.90 which Jn o Brockenbrough has promised to pay to day— I remitted on the day I last wrote to you the $97 to Alricks and the $250 to J: A: Goodman
9Charles Rogers to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 17 March 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
I am a man of no property—or hardly any name in society—I seek not the honors—nor pleasures of the world—I could wish to be rich tho’, for I could thereby have an opportunity of extending my usefulness—yet I don’t know what I might do if I were rich, for I don’t know myself, tho’ I’ve been trying to study myself this twenty years—still I do believe I should be the happiest man in the world if...
10Alrichs & Dixon to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
we have to acknowledge thy favour 11 th current— ; in our reply to thine, of 3 rd Ins t ; (which we hope thou hast receivd;) we stated, what we supposd must be the cause of thy Carder not performing to satisfaction; and the way, we hoped, to remedy it.—we regret, exceeding, that thou has found so much dificulty; with thy machine;—we had tried it before we sent it on; and fully believed it...