31Unidentified Author’s Short Biography of Meriwether Lewis, [before 18 August 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
M Lewis , born August 18, o f 74 in Albemarle . he at first went to common day schools, learning to read, to write & Arithmetic with ordinary facility , he was early remarkable for intrepidity, liberality & hardihood, at eight years of age going alone with his dogs at midnight in the depth of winter, hunting wading creeks where the banks were covered with ice & snow. he might be tracked...
32John Jacob Astor to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
From the corect view which you had of the Importancs of my undertaking Relative to the trade in the Indian country and Particularly our establishment near the mouth of Columbia River I am Lead to belive that it would have afortd you pleasure to have heard of our Sucess which I had hopes to have Comunicated to you & which I Should have had in my Power to have Done had we not fallen a Sacrifics...
33Contract to Purchase Corn from Craven Peyton, 13 October 1813, with Subsequent Receipts (Jefferson Papers)
M. Bacon & C. Peyton have bargained for all the corn C. Peyton may have to sell—except about Seventy barrells—that is C.P. is to let M. Bacon hav e One hundred Barrells if he makes as much to sell aftar deducting the above Seventy; the Corn to be recav d between the 1 st & tenth of Nov r On the rivar bank. at Twenty Shilling ⅌ barrell payable on the
34John Martin Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 1 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the Honor to address you frequently from the Island of Majorca , where in June 1810 I had the Satisfaction to remit you, per the American Schooner Hellen of Salem Cap William Brown , to the particular care of the Collector of that port, One Box containing an Extensive Petrel collection , p natural productions of the
35John Wayles Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I wish to see you very much I am very well I am at school at Lynchburg to A gentleman by the name of Mr. Halcomb I like him very much well he is very good to cousin and my self he and my self are going hom e very soon some of my Vacations I will come and stay some time with you
36Agreement with William Ballard, 18 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
William Ballard engages himself to serve Thomas Jefferson as an overseer at his place called Tufton during the year ensuing, to commence the 1 st day of December next and faithfully to do his duty in that capacity: and the sd Thomas Jefferson agrees to find him six hundred weight of pork, corn bread sufficient for himself & family, and a barrel of flour, and moreover to allow him sixty five...
37Charles L. Bankhead to Thomas Jefferson, [20 September 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
I must beg you for a hamper of charcoal to dry our malt. Capt Miller apologises for not comeing up befor this—his excuse is the dampness of the weather, which he does not urge on his own account, but in consideration of our malt, thinking that in his absense it might grow too fast in this weather— RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); undated; addressed: “Mr: Jefferson Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as a letter...
38James Barbour to Thomas Jefferson, 30 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
A transient visit to Orange prevented me from receiving, and by consequence of answering, the letter , you addressed me (under date the 15 th instant ) till this time. The misfortunes which have overwhelmed M r Strode are to me a Source of deep regret; to contribute to their alleviation would be highly gratifying—more especially when in So doing I could give you a proof of my anxiety to comply...
39John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
since I had the honor of Addressing you the 19 Ult —I had the pleasure of receiving the inclosed from M r Williams —to which I replied the 28 th requesting the fav r (in Case he should suceed in purchasing a Set of Ex—at New York . (if not too much trouble) he would also engage a Sett in my fav r for ƒ5000 franc’s—and that I would also wish to avail my self of the indulgence— in Case himself...
40John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your fav r 28 th Ult o I recd yesterday— The more I contemplate on the proposed plan of Remitting to Paris —viz Mess r G. W. & R & M —the more my doubts and dificulties encreases—
41John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 3 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your fav r 21 st Ult o as well that of Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson , of the 29 th —Covering $540: are duly recd. and the Amo t placed—as you directed—as more particularly Appears, from the inclosed statem t of your a/c —which, I have Ventured—(being on so near a Scale) to Balance—
42John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
since I had the pleasure of Answering your fav r of the 4 th Ins t M r Geo Williams of Balt o has fav rd me with answer to my 2 d letter to him—on the expected advices from G K
43John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 10 October 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your very Acceptable favour— tho dated, the 18 th Ult o did not reach, me before late last evening— conveying the ageeable intilligence— Gen l Kosciuskos receiving—your last years Remittance for ƒ5,500 franc’s—with order to remit his Annual Int thro same Convenint Channel— in consequence, I instantly Addressed a few lines to M r Geo Williams —at
44Enclosure: Account with John Barnes, 31 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq r In. a/c—with John Barnes . 1809 July & Aug t To Amo t of Acco t rendered 141.07— 1812 since when viz— March 24 th
45John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed you, by my friend and neighbour M r John Eliason , whom I had the Honor of introducing to you by letter the 6 th Jan y —respecting your Mills & c as to a partnership—as noticed—I presume would not be agreable to either—party—but should M r Randolph —be inclined to relinquish the business—whatever might be the condition agreed on either, with you, or M
46John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 19 October 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Notwithstand g I wrote M r George Williams the 9 th Ins t requesting a sett of exchange for same Amo t as last year—at present ex—on the same firm vz Mess r Russell & Morton —I am as yet most cruely disappointed—in not receiving any Ans r
47John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
On mature reflection I have thought, your paying for those four years passed 8 per C t Int—on Gen l K —$4,500 (transferred to your a/c with him ) —without being Allowed—on that Acco t the Amo t of an extra premium and expences the Gen l must have been at, in the purchase of some Other Public stock, that would immediately produce the like Interest, for Instance, the Bank of Col a
48John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
With Reference to the want of intelligence from Gen l Kosciusko —I inclose you herewith M r Geo: Williams of Baltimore his letter to me dated 29 Jan y for y r goverment as well, on Acco t of making a further Remittance (if advisable.) in course of the insuing Month—no Latter Acco t
49Benjamin Smith Barton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I find there is to be a “physician” general of the arm. of the U. States —I have the vanity to think, that I am not entirely unqualified for that important place, by my age, my experience in practise, & my long experience as a teacher of a “practical” branch of medicine. Perhaps, I have some claim upon the government, as a steady supporter, so far as I can go, of the measures of the executive....
50Regnault de Bécourt to Thomas Jefferson, 26 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Conformement à la lettre que Votre Seigneurie prit la peine de m’écrire en date du 6 février, de cette année-ci , je prends la liberté de lui adresser, ci-joint, un exemplaire de mon ouvrage intitulé: La Création du monde, &c, le quel vient de paraître. Si Votre Seigneurie souhaitait Se procurer quelques autres exemplaires du même ouvrage, en m’honorant d’un mot à cet égard, adressé, soit à M...
51Regnault de Bécourt to Thomas Jefferson, 9 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Une maladie très grâve dont j’étais accablé depuis six mois, et laquelle vient de me quitter presque subitement, est cause que la lettre que Votre Excellence eût la bonté de m’écrire à la date, du 20 Juin dernier , est, jusqu’à ce jour, restée sans réponse. A vue de la dite lettre M r Dufief a payé à mon Imprimeur, deux gourdes pour prix de l’exemplaire du livre intitulé: la Création du monde...
52Seventy-Six Association to Thomas Jefferson, 26 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Pursuant to a Resolution of the Seventy Six Association, we have the honor to enclose a Copy of an Oration delivered before that Society on the 4 th of March last —In discharging this pleasing duty, we would not do justice to our Individual feelings, did we omit to express our good wishes for your health & happiness. James Jervey. Standing Committee. Tho: Bennett Jun r Charles Elliott P Cohen...
53Nicholas Biddle to Thomas Jefferson, 28 September 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
My residence in the country during the Summer has prevented me from answering sooner your very polite note of the 20 th of August covering a communication to M r Allen which was immediately transmitted to him. It is now a long time since I was tempted by the request of Gen l Clark & other friends as well as by the natural interest of the subject to undertake the composition of the narrative...
54Edmund M. Blunt to Thomas Jefferson, 2 October 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
May I beg your acceptance of a copy of the Nautical Almanac for 1814? RC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ as received 10 Oct. 1813 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: Blunt, Blunt’s Edition of the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, for the year 1814 (New York, 1813; Sowerby, E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson , 1952–59, 5 vols. no. 3810).
55Edward Bolling to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter will be handed you by M r Tho s Roberts , who is anxious to obtain a commision in any of the military establishments now organizing, and in order to attain his wh wish , has solicited me to address you uppon that subject, and give you my opinion Respecting his qualifications &.c. I shou’d be false to true friendship, was I to neglect him, where there was the smalest probability of...
56Margaret 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...
57Henry M. Brackenridge to Thomas Jefferson, 25 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
From a knowledge that research into the history of the primitive inhabitants of America , is one of your favorite amusements, I take the liberty of making this communication. my attention to the subject, was first awakened on reading when a boy, the observations contained in the “Notes on Virginia ” and it has become, with me, a favorite theme of speculation. I often visited the mound, and...
58Brown & Robertson to Thomas Jefferson, 28 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of yesterday we have received, covering a draft upon Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson for Six hundred Dollars which will be passed to your order— The whole of the articles ordered are sent except the Molasses which the servant could not carry B. & Robertson ⅌ . Garland . RC ( ViU : TJP ); entirely in Garland’s
59Account with the Mutual Assurance Society, [ca. 2 August 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq. o To Mutual A. Society D r 389 For Quota due 1811 12. 84
60Samuel Brown to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letters of the 17 th & 24 th ult. arrived by the last mail & having just obtained a large supply of the Capsicum, it gives me great pleasure to transmit some of it, to you, in time for planting—That which I planted this spring is just coming up—the plants of last season are loaded with pods & will continue to bear both blossoms & fruit until December or january if protected from the...