61Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Voigt, 20 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from a journey after an absence of 3. weeks I found here mr Patterson’s letter of Apr. 24. covering your bill for the clock, amount 115. D 50 C, and I have this day desired mess rs Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond , my correspondents there, to remit you that sum immediately, which I hope will get safe to hand. mr Patterson writes me you will keep in mind my recommendation of...
62Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 21 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from Bedford I found here your two favors of Apr. 29. and I now return you mr Williams’s letter which was inclosed in one of them. I should think it adviseable to delay the annual remittance awhile for the expected return of the vessel from Bordeaux , by which you may learn if the General approves of the channel we proposed; in the mean d time, that there may be no delay on my...
63Thomas Jefferson to Nicolas G. Dufief, 21 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Collecting the amount of the several books you have been so kind as to send me, as nearly as I can from the letters accompanying them, I conjecture it to be about 30.D. but lest I should err I have desired my Richmond correspondents Gibson & Jefferson to remit you 40.D. which if over the amount may stand in account for further calls of books, and if less than the amount you must be so good as...
64Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 21 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter from Whit was unquestionably intended for you. the subject, the address both of title and place prove it, and the mistake of the name only shews the writer to be a very uninquisitive statesman. Doct r Waterhouse’s letter too was intended for your eye; and altho’ the immediate object fails by previous appointment, yet he seems to entertain further wishes. I inclose too the...
65Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Pleasants, 21 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I will thank you to send me the undermentioned books , the cost of which mr Gibson will be so good as to pay you on sight of this letter. if securely wrapt up they will come safely and speedily by the stage, addressed to David Higginbotham of Milton Gass’s account of Lewis & Clarke’s journey Lee’s Memoirs of the war. Arator the Supplement to the
66Thomas Jefferson to James P. Cocke, 22 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Tuesday came to hand yesterday (Friday) afternoon, and expressing the expectation that you could furnish me with a supply of chub fish for my pond if I should send on Thursday next , now past, I send off a careful man with a cart and cask this morning. I am very thankful for this kindness having been very unsuccesful in my endeavors to get a stock for my pond. I sent a boat & a...
67Thomas Jefferson to Elijah Griffiths, 22 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from a journey, after an absence of three weeks, I found here your favor of Apr. 19. but in the mean time had seen by the public papers that the office of Treasurer of the mint , had been given to the son of the late occupant , which of course precluded the application requested on your behalf. Retirement from the busy walks of life has added much to my happiness, by relieving me...
68Thomas Jefferson to Thomas H. Palmer, 22 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Palmer and returns the Prospectus of the Historical Register with his subscription, which he with pleasure subjoins to it, in the hope that he will have some agent in Richmond to whom the price may be annually paid. wishing him all the success which so useful a Repertory merits, he tenders him the assurance of his respect. PoC ( MHi ); dateline at...
69Thomas Jefferson to the Seventy-Six Association, 22 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to the standing committee of the Seventy six association, for the eloquent oration of mr Elliott delivered at Charleston on the 4 th of March last , which they have been so kind as to send him. the subject is a great one, and the composition worthy of the subject. the zeal expressed on these anniversary occasions for our republican institutions authorises a...
70Thomas Jefferson to James Walker, 22 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved your former favor stating the prices of mill work, and finding that mr Brown’s bill was considerably different, I proposed to him to refer the bill to you, and to ask the favor of you to come and see the work and settle the prices between us. this favor I have now to ask of you, and shall very gladly pay you for your time whatever you think proper. if you could name the day that...
71Thomas Jefferson to Randolph Jefferson, 25 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Supposing the shad season not to be quite over, and that in hauling for them they catch some carp, I send the bearer with a cart and cask to procure for me as many living carp as he can to stock my fishpond. I should not regard his staying a day or two extra, if it would give a reasonable hope of furnishing a supply. he is furnished with money to pay for the carp, for which I have always given...
72Thomas Jefferson to Lancelot Minor, 26 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Apr. 23. came here just as I had set out for Bedford , so that I recieved it only on my return from that place, which must apologise for the delay of the answer. that of Jan. 20. had been recieved in due time, and your order in favor of Capt Tomkins for the survey was paid. in mine of Oct. 29. I had promised, as soon as my wheat should be groun d and disposed of, that I would...
73Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 27 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Another of our friends of 76. is gone, my dear Sir, another of the Co-signers of the independance of our country. and a better man, than Rush , could not have left us, more benevolent, more learned, of finer genius, or more honest. we too must go; and that ere long. I believe we are under half a dozen at present; I mean the signers of the Declaration. yourself, Gerry , Carroll , and myself are...
74Thomas Jefferson to Richard Fitzhugh, 27 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 9 th has been safely recieved, together with the packet of Ravensworth peas . these are now in the ground, & will abundantly supply me with seed for the next year. I will not therefore give to yourself or mr Eppes the trouble of adding to my supply. I cannot promise myself ever taking a journey so far Northwardly again, but were it to happen, I should certainly take your...
75Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Stael, 28 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved, with great pleasure, my dear Madam and friend, your letter of Nov. 10. from Stockholm and am sincerely gratified by the occasion it gives me of expressing to you the sentiments of high respect and esteem which I entertain for you. it recalls to my remembrance a happy portion of my life passed in your native city , then the seat of the most amiable and polished society of the world,...
76Thomas Jefferson to John Graham, 29 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your preceding kindnesses in forwarding my foreign letters encourages encourage me to send you the inclosed. Madame de Stael desired it should be put under cover to our Consul at Stockholm , but I do not know who that is. this obliges me to ask the favor of you to put it under such a cover. the letter is such an one as I should be sorry should get either into French or English hands. I will...
77Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Delaplaine, 30 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 23 d is recieved, in which you enquire whether there is an approved portrait of myself, by whom painted, & in whose possession? mr Stuart has drawn two portraits of me, at different sittings, of which he prefers the last. both are in his possession. he also drew a third in water colours, a profile in the medallion stile , which is in my possession. mr Rembrandt Peale also...
78Thomas Jefferson to John Eliason, 30 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I was sorry, on my return from a journey, to find that your visit had happened in that interval. I should have been happy to have seen you, and my family would have recieved you with pleasure in my absence. perhaps, had you seen mr Randolph , you might have obtained more satisfaction on your enquiries than I can give you. as long as he chuses to keep the mill, I should prefer him to any...
79Thomas Jefferson to Bernard McMahon, 30 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I just now recieve information from my old friend Thouïn of the national garden of Paris that he has sent me a box of seeds of 270. kinds of trees of every kind sort for either use or ornament. this box, mr Warden informs me , he sends by mr Breuil of the schooner
80Thomas Jefferson to David Michie, 30 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Judge Carr being arrived in the neighbourhood of which I have notice but this moment—I have to ask the favour of you to Attend the taking his deposition in the Case between us tomorrow at 11 Oclock at Charlottesville in Garners tavern which time & place are fixed by h i mself, as those only at which he Can attend. The shortness of my notice must appologize for that I gave give you. The object...
81Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 30 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the communication of the President’s message which has not yet reached us thro’ the public papers. it is an interesting document, always looked for with anxiety, and the late one is equally able as interesting. I hope Congress will act in conformity with it in all it’s parts. the unwarrantable ideas often expressed in the newspapers, and by persons who ought to know better,...
82Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 30 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I returned from Bedford on the 15 th inst. and have been in the hope of having the pleasure of seeing M r Correa here; but begin now to fear his visit to Washington might have been too early in the month to be protracted until the time I had noted to you for my return. should this circumstance deprive me ultimately of the pleasure of seeing him it will be a subject of lasting regret. it is so...
83Thomas Jefferson to Richard Rush, 31 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
No one has taken a more sincere part than myself in the affliction which has lately befallen your family, by the loss of your inestimable and ever to be lamented father . his virtues rendered him dear to all who knew him, and his benevolence led him to do to all men every good in his power. much he was able to do, and much therefore will he be missed. my acquaintance with him began in 1776. it...
84Thomas Jefferson to Lucy F. Smith, 31 May 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of May 13. is duly recieved, requesting my application to the government for a midshipman’s warrant for mr Walter Jones , son of the late Meriwether Jones . could I permit myself in any case to make such an application, I should surely do it in favor of the son of mr Jones , for whose character I had a just respect, and whose labors in support of the sound principles of our...
85Thomas Jefferson to Eli Alexander, 10 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Bacon had to buy 60. barrels of corn for me, and he understood that you had agreed at court to deliver that quantity. but n a note which he sent you for a waggon load this morning being returned to him without any other answer, seemed to imply a negative of the bargain. my people at Lego having been without bread yesterday, & to be so to-day till we could buy it, I was obliged to send off...
86Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 12 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of May 29. with 150.D. inclosed was duly recieved as is that also of June 5. I should not be for recieving the paiment of the monies for mr Mazzei before they are due on any other discount than of legal interest, say ½ per cent per month. I inclose you a letter I have recieved from mr Edmund Randolph , by which you will see that he executed our joint deed to mr Taylor on the 22 d of May...
87Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 15 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you a letter on the 27 th of May , which probably would reach you about the 3 d inst. and on the 9 th I recieved yours of the 29 th of May . of Lindsay’s Memoirs I had never before heard, & scarcely indeed of himself. it could not therefore but be unexpected that two letters of mine should have any thing to do with his life. the name of his
88Thomas Jefferson to Bernard McMahon, 15 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just recieved some Capsicum of the province of Techas , where it is indigenous as far Eastwardly as the Sabine river . it’s roots are perennial there, and it is believed it will stand our frosts with a little covering. it grows in great abundance there and the inhabitants are in the habit of using it as a seasoning for every thing as freely as salt, and ascribe much of their health to...
89Bill of Complaint in Jefferson v. Michie, 16 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
To the worshipful the County Court of Albemarle Setting in Chancery, the bill of Complaint of Thomas Jefferson humbly sheweth—that Bennett Henderson late of the County of Albemarle being in his lifetime seized and possessed in fee simple of a tract of Land in the same County lying on the South side of the Rivanna river and around the town of Milton died intestate leaving a widow Elizabeth...
90Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 17 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
The unexpected difficulty of getting water to my saw mill and threshing machine has made it impossible for me to leave those works a day; and the harvest is now so near as not to leave me time for a visit to Poplar forest . I must therefore put it off till the harvest is over. as soon after that as I shall suppose you may have brushed over your tobacco, I will go; because I imagine you will be...