31Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Votre Equité, votre humanité, votre ançienne bienveillançe a mon Egard vous porteront sans doute a Excuser L’importunité a laquelle me forcent des circonstances impérieuses. … celle qui se présente aujourdhui et a laquelle vous m’avés recommandé vous même de Veiller, je veux dire LEnvoi d’un nouveau ministre en france justifiera je l’Espére la liberté que je prens de vous rapeller la promesse...
32Will of Anne Scott Marks, 26 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
In the name of God Amen. I Anne S. Marks late of the county of Louisa , now of Albemarle , being in health of body and mind, making make the following disposition of my estate real and personal after my death. First it is my will that all the debts wh with which I am chargeable either on my own account or as executrice of my late husband Hastings Marks , be paid out of my whole estate. then I...
33Thomas Jefferson’s Conveyance of Part of Shadwell to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 26 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture made on the 26 th day of March one thousand eight hundred & thirteen , between Thomas Jefferson of Monticello in the county of Albemarle on the one part, and Thomas Jefferson Randolph , his grandson of the same place and county on the other part witnesseth that the said Thomas Jefferson in consideration of the affection he bears to his said grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph , &...
34Thomas Jefferson’s Conveyance of Slaves to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 26 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Jefferson of Monticello in the county of Albemarle in consideration of my affection to my grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph of the same place & county have given to my said grandson four negro slaves to wit Thruston the son of Isabel , Bec daughter of Mine r va , Lewis
35Benjamin Waterhouse to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 9 th ins t opened to my mind such a train of interesting ideas, that I could not resist writing you this, & enclosing you one of our Boston newspapers, containing a peice under the signature of an “ Independent Whig .” It will tend to confirm your opinion of our pretended fautores of science. More than a dozen numbers have preceeded this, some of them calculated to expose...
36Samuel & James Leitch to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to your request we have at length procured you a Small pale of Fresh Butter w for which we have given 1/3 d it was more than we expected to have got it for but could not do better—we are in hopes the quality is Such as will meet your approbation P.S The Servant had better bring Something to Carry it in as the pale was reserved RC ( MHi ); in Samuel Leitch’s hand; addressed: “Tho s...
37John Waldo to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Having, with much care and under peculiar difficulties, written a grammar of the English languag e , my object is now to make the public acquainted with its real merits. But the present rage for publishing works of this kind, has rendered them so numerous as to destroy all curiosity to examine them; and the high repute in which Lindly Murray’s is held, has also removed all expectation of...
38Edward 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...
39Alexander Garrett to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer hereof M r Li Pop a native of Italy wishes some advice how to become a citizen of the United States and several gentlemen have recommended to him to see you on the subject, he can state his situation to you. I have not the late act of Congress relative to Aliens , so as to point out to him the course he ought to pursue. RC ( CSmH : JF ); endorsed by TJ.
40Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 29 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved the day before yesterday mr Edmund Randolph’s answer that he would execute any deed I should desire for mr Mazzei which should bind go to warrant only against himself & his heirs. I have thought it best to make a statement of the title which the purchaser may consider, and verify every material part of it for himself by the records at Richmond . he will see that the title is so...
41Rodolphus Dickinson to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I am not flattered with the expectation that the little work enclosed will present you with any new views that will be interesting: but feel confident, whatever may be your decision, that this effort of youth will be regarded with indulgence. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq.”; endorsed by TJ as received 15 Apr. 1813 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: Dickinson, A...
42Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 31 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Gerardin Girardin & is sorry he cannot furnish him the Early York cabbage seed. he has ceased to cultivate it because the seed cannot be raised in this country. he sends him some green curled Savoy cabbage, the only kind he has. he sends him also some Malta Kale which he recieved from that island and finds preferable to t either the Scotch or...
43David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 1 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
on the 21st of january last , I had the honor of writing to you , by Doctor Stephens , and of sending, for your acceptance, a copy of the civil, penal, and criminal codes of France . I also inclosed a letter from mr. mazzei . I have since forwarded to you, by
44Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Smith Barton, 3 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 23 d Ult. has been duly recieved, and I shall place the subject of it before the President in a letter I am to write him immediately on another subject. nothing certainly can give me greater pleasure than to be useful to you on this and every other occasion. at the same time I am satisfied no stimulus can be wanting on the mind of the President . nobody better knows your...
45Thomas Jefferson to Margaret B. Bonneville, 3 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 13. was long on the road, owing to the season and my distance from the great post roads. I thank you for your polite attention on the subject of my letters to the late mr Paine . while he lived, I thought it a duty, as well as a test of my own political principles to support him against the persecutions of an unprincipled faction. my letters to him therefore expressed the...
46Thomas Jefferson to Sarah Grotjan, 3 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 15. on the subject of mrs Julia Bradley formerly Webb, has been duly recieved. I have in vain ransacked my own memory to recall any knolege of her which I might have had: but the failure of that recollection is no proof against the fact, the multitude of those occasionally made known to me having rendered a distinct remembrance of them too much for my memory. I have...
47Thomas Jefferson to Samuel J. Harrison, 3 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 25. is recieved and I thank you for the offer it makes. I had desired mr Gibson on the reciept of my flour to remit 250.D. to Goodman as soon as he could make any sale. I found afterwards no sale could be made for a reasonable price, and therefore wrote the request to you to furnish that sum to Goodman . in the , and countermanded my order on mr Gibson . in the mean time...
48Thomas Jefferson to Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 3 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 26 th has been recieved, as had been that of the 5 th . the preceding ones had been complied with by applications verbal and written to the members of the government, to which I could expect no specific answers, their whole time being due to the public, & employed on their concerns. had it been my good fortune to preserve at the age of seventy all the activity of body & mind...
49Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine McMahon, 3 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 24. is recieved, and nothing could have been so pleasing to me as to have been able to comply with the request therein made, feeling especial motives to become useful to any person connected with mr M c Mahon . but I shall state to you the circumstances which controul my will, and rest on your candor their just estimate. when I retired from the government, 4. years ago, it...
50Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 3 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
As I presume you will go to court tomorrow, and I shall not, I must ask the favor of you to call on me. the perseverance and hostility of Cap t Meriwether renders Hornsby’s claim a very serious thing, and he will probably endeavor to engage the other two infant claimants to refuse their confirmation also. I wish to consult you on the best means of treating with those claimants & obtaining...
51Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 4 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of introducing to your Acquaintance Lieut Peyton of the 20 th Reg t who has just been ordered to recruit at Charlottesville —He is an amiable & deserving Young officer— The recent appointment of two Majors to our Reg t , now with the army at Niagara , will have the effect, I fear, of keeping me in the recruiting for some time to come— The appointment of Col: Randolph to the...
52Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 4 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Feb. 14. has been duly recieved, and the MS of the Commentary on Montesquieu is also safe at hand. I now forward to you the work of Tracy , which you will find a valuable supplement and corrective to those we already possess on political economy. it is a little unlucky that it’s outset is of a metaphysical character, which may damp the ardor of perusal in some readers. he has...
53Thomas Jefferson’s Promissory Note to Edmund Bacon, 7 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
1813. Apr. 7. I promise to pay to Edmund Bacon or order on or before the 1 st day of August next one three hundred and seventy Dollars for value recieved. I say 370. Dollars, witness my hand this seventh day of April eighteen hundred & thirteen the above belongs to John Bacon of the County of Botetourt to whose credit the money must be Applyed when recev d agreeable to Assignment
54Thomas Jefferson to Anthony Finley, 7 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
The paper now returned was by accident misplaced, & thus escaped the attention it was entitled to. I consider every thing as useful which will dignify & consecrate the great event of our independance in the minds of our fellow citizens, & impress them with the importance of maintaining it sanctimoniously. and it is equally desirable to place before their eyes the constitutions of the different...
55Robert Fulton to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Much business having crowded upon me since the death of the Chancellor , I have not paid so early attention to your letter as I have wished, I hope the Dynamo m eter answered your purpose; as I have no use for it and you may be making some further experiments you will pleas to keep it, until I have occasion for it, when I will let you know,— M r Quinseys soapstone Stove gives out much heat...
56Thomas Jefferson to John Clarke, 8 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I du ly recieved your favor of the 9 th ult. on the interesting subject of ou r trade, and the importance of defending it; a trade certainly of th t value to us. a country of such extent as ours, of all the varying pro ductions of the earth, capable of yielding in some of it’s parts what ever may want, will, at no distant period, under our rapid popula tion internal commerce sufficient for the...
57Thomas Jefferson to John B. Colvin, 8 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the historical work you have been so kind as to send me. but to give the precise opinion on it which you ask, is not very easy. History is one of those branches of science which different persons will pursue to greater or less extent in proportion to their views and opportunities. those of higher aims will resort to the original authors that nothing known to others may be...
58Thomas Jefferson to Robert Patterson, 8 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 15 is duly received. I think the time-piece should not be risked until our coast becomes entirely safe by an armistice, or considerably so by some remission in the vigilance of the British cruisers. In the meantime, I should be glad you could take charge of it yourself and keep it agoing. Perhaps, if Mr. Voight has prepared the apparatus for ascertaining the rod vibrating...
59Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 8 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I should not so soon have troubled you with a reply to your friendly favor of Mar. 15. but for your saying that ‘if I wish to look into your work on the diseases of the mind you will send me a copy.’ I read with delight every thing which comes from your pen, and the subject of this work is peculiarly interesting. the book by Bishop Porteous which you were so kind as to inclose me, was safely...
60Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Voigt, 9 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Doct r Patterson informs me that the time piece you have been so kind as to make for me, is now ready, and advises with me as to the sending it during the present blockade of the Delaware & Chesapeake . I have written to him that I would rather it should not be risked until the coast becomes safer; and have expressed a wish that in the mean time he would take it to his house, and with the rod...