571Thomas Jefferson to Hezekiah Niles, [23] August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of July 31. came to hand on the 18 th inst. at this place, very distant from Monticello . I learn from it with real concern that there is danger of a discontinuance of the Weekly Register, for want of due support. I have found it very valuable as a Repertory of documents, original papers & the facts of the day, and for the ease with which the Index enables us to turn to them. these...
572Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Henry Latrobe, [25] August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Our letters, crossing one another by the way, have produced some confusion. their dates are as follows, in the margin. your lres when rece d when answ d June 28. July 15. July 16 July 24 Aug. 2 Aug. 3. July 18 Aug. 7. Aug. 7. Aug. 12. Aug. 22. Aug. 24. I shall be glad to recieve your drawings; but not at this place, to which the mail is uncertain, and I shall be at Monticello
573James Pleasants to Thomas Jefferson, 25 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter covering a subscription paper to the Central college reached me at our last court. on that day also I received a letter from General Cocke on behalf of the visitors , directed to my self and several other citizens of this county , who were associated with me, empowering us to solicit subscriptions for the benefit of the institution. Five of us out of seven, were at court, and had a...
574James Rawlings to Thomas Jefferson, 25 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of 31 Ult o has remained unanswered for some time, in consequence of an absence from home— The Statement touching the mill formerly Insured by John Henderson for the legatees of Bennet Henderson , which you have given, is sufficient to shew that the Mutual Assurance Society can have no claim on you for the Insurance thereof—And as all of the demands of the society, now appearing on...
575Stephen Cathalan to Thomas Jefferson, 27 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of adressing you a Long Letter on the 8 th July ult o , it’s original & 2 ta via Havre , with Inclosures;—in this last, was also my Letter to you of the 16 th d to , with your Acc t Cur t with me, bearing a Balance in your Favor for F 102–
576Enclosure: Victor Adolphus Sasserno to Stephen Cathalan, 14 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Seeing that you have the Kindness to be concerned in my favour I take the liberty to answer to your honoured and obliging letter which m r Spreafico has communicated me. You desire of him Some informations on the commercial relations of Nice With the Unite-States of America —, and on the quantity of ships, belonging to that country, that touch at our port; to this; I’ll tell you, Sir, that its...
577Enclosure: Amant Spreafico (for Pierre Mages & Compagnie) to Stephen Cathalan, 15 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Nous sommes honorés de votre chère lettre 9 c t qui nous porte Copie de celle que Vous a écrit v/ respectable ami Monsieur Thomas Jefferson ancien Président des états unis d’Amérique , ce dont nous vous remercions sincèrement, cette Lettre nous a fait d’autant plus de plaisir que nous avons eû la satisfaction d’apprendre que les 4 C es vin que nous vous Expédiames en février 1816. ont été...
578Enclosure: Amant Spreafico to Stephen Cathalan, 19 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Permetté moi de vous remercier bien sincèrement de tout L’intérêt que vous voulé bien prendre en faveur de M. Sassernó fils de L’ ami de Monsieur Jefferson , c’est dans cette même qualité que je prends la Liberté de vous prier de vouloir bien continuer d’appuyer de votre crédit, et de v/ protection, auprès du Respectable M. Jefferson ce jeune homme pour lequel je m’interesse vivement parce...
579Absalom Townsend to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 28] August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
You will perceive, by the notice in the last Numbers of the A merican M agazine , edited by Mr. S pafford , that the Subscription to that work, has been duly assigned to me.—I must therefore earnestly request you to send Three Dollars, the amount of your subscription, to my Office, No. 84, State-street, Albany , by Mail or otherwise, without delay. ABSALOM TOWNSEND, Jr. Attorney at Law . RC (...
580John Martin Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 29 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the Honor this day to see M r Madison , who is pleased to inform me, that you were not at Monti-cello : but at your Seat in Bedford , which unhappily deprives me the Honor of paying you my respects in person, as I had proposed on my leaving George-town. D.C. where my family now reside: and who beg Sir to be Respectfully presented to you— permit me sir, to add, that unfortunately...
581Enclosure: John Martin Baker to Richard Rush, 18 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The Consulship and Agency for Seamen, and claims, at Amsterdam ; Having become vacant by the death of the late Consul of the United States , Sylvanus Bourne Esquire; I beg leave Sir, with Respect to Solicit, and pray of the President of the United States of America , His consideration and pleasure to be appointed to that office; And beg Sir, to be permitted to state: That on the first day of...
582Thomas Jefferson to Samuel L. Osborn, [29] August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of July came to hand on the 18 th instant. and I am very sensible of the favor with which you are pleased to express yourself towards me. if, in the course of my political term of service, my fellow citizens think I have effected any thing useful for our country, my reward is in their approbation. I am thankful that I have lived to see the sacrifices of the revolutionary generation,...
583Anonymous (Thomas Jefferson) to the Richmond Enquirer, [ca. 29] August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with your desire on my departure for the springs I availed myself of a short stay in Charlottesville to enquire into the plan, the progress and prospects of the Central college , which has been sometimes spoken of in your paper. I will give you the result shortly, & so much only as I get from sources to be relied on. A law , it seems, had been past, authorising a board of...
584Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ritchie, [29] August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
You have sometimes made favorable mention of our Central college , and Gen l Cocke , one of our visitors, gave me reason to believe you would still do so occasionally. many, supposing that a brief account of our views, if laid before the public, might have good effect, I have, in compliance with their requests, prepared the within, disguised however as to it’s source, because I am unwilling to...
585Daniel Brent to Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the Honor to receive yesterday your favor of the 22 nd of this month, enclosing a letter for M r Appleton , our Consul at Leghorn , with a request that I would forward it to M r Appleton by some safe, rather than early opportunity, with the Consular Despatches of this Department; and I have now the pleasure to inform you, that it will this day be sent, under an Envelope of this Office,...
586Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Yesterday morning I received your letter from “ Poplar forest ,”— enclosing M r Divers’s answer to your bill against The Rivanna company —together with your notes thereon — I have filed the answer; and in pursuance of your request, will send you office copies of the answers, as soon as they are filed—None others have yet been filed—I will endeavour, too, to effectuate your wish, of preventing...
587Thomas Jefferson to Hugh Chisholm, 31 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your letters of the 10 th & 23 d and am glad to learn that the bricks are in such forwardness. I wish you would by every week’s mail drop a line stating what has the progress then is. I am anxious to know that the cellars are dug, and their walls commenced laying. but be careful to inform me in time and exactly by what day you will have got the walls up to the surface of...
588Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 31 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Ellen tells me that a request is communicated thro’ M r Randolph & yourself from the Freemason societies of Charlottesville to be permitted to lay the first brick of the Central college . I do not know that I have authority to say either yea or nay to this proposition; but as far as I may be authorised, I consent to it freely. the inhabitants of Charlottesville deserve too well of that...