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Thomas Jefferson Esqr To N. G. Dufief 1812 nov. 4 th Simpsons
Can you, my dear Sir, forgive the apparent neglect of one, who so highly respects and esteems you as I do, in not having addressed you immediately on his arrival in the U. States , after so long an absence?—Trusting in that benevolence which so strongly marks your character, I pronounce that you will; and therefore write to you as if I were already assured of your forgiveness. The ten years...
M r J Thomas Jefferson In account with R. Perry To 330 feet Double Jambs & face grounds @ 1/ £16. 10. 44 feet Single grounds @ 4 d . 14.8 9 Chimney grounds @ 4/6
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
The Publisher of the Sketches of the Naval History of the United States , having determined on printing a second edition of that work, I take the liberty to request of you, if convenient, a detailed account of the Naval Engagements and Expeditions, by vessels of the United States , in which you have been personally concerned, or the accounts of which you have received from persons of veracity,...
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—
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
I have taken the liberty to transmit You by mail, & request your acceptance of, a copy of “Sketches of the Naval History of the U. States ,” which, due allowance being made for the haste in which it was prepared, will I hope be found not uninteresting. RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “Hon Thomas Jefferson, Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 9 June 1813 and so recorded...
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
M r Taylor informs me that being about to leave town and expecting to be absent when his notes will fall due, he would prefer taking them up now provided a liberal discount were allowed and requested that I would propose it to you—his offer is $6250 in money—I am induced to mention it to you under an impression that it might be to the interest of M r Mazzei to take advantage of the present low...