108801John H. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Correct opinions in the liberal arts being the result of more cultivation than has fallen to my lot, and having the highest confidence in your taste in Architecture, I have taken the liberty to desire M r Neilson to call on you with the plan of my Building for the purpose of consulting you upon some points which he will explain:—not doubting, that such a trespass upon your valuable time will...
108802To James Madison from Robert Montgomery, 20 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of addressing You under the 13th. Jany. a copy of which please find herewith; since that time has been brought in here and detaind by French Privateers the Ship Hibernia, Appleton of Boston for having been spoken in her passage from Tonningen by a British Frigate and the Mercury Bradford of and from Plymouth Massachusetts for having been carried into Gibraltar by a Ship of the...
108803[Diary entry: 28 May 1791] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 28th. Sett off from Crawfords by 4 Oclock and breakfasting at one Harrisons 18 Miles from it & got into Charlotte, 13 miles further, before 3 oclock. Dined with Genl. Polk and a small party invited by him, at a Table prepared for the purpose. It was not, until I had got near Barrs that I had quit the Piney & Sandy lands—nor until I had got to Crawfords before the Lands took quite a...
108804To Thomas Jefferson from George Rice, enclosing a Petition from the Inhabitants in the Vicinity of the Albemarle … (Jefferson Papers)
I Again have the Honour of waiting upon your Excellency to Solicit an Advance of money to discharge the debts that are due from the Quarter Masters Department at the Albemarle Barracks. My Creditors Understanding that Another large Emission is directed to take place, now flatter themselves with the most sanguine hopes of receiving payment, and if they should be refused, I am really...
108805Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Smith Barton, 22 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night yours of the 16 th . Persoon , being over at mr Randolph’s farm he will return it to me this evening: if not in time to go by this post, the 1 st vol. shall go by the next, & the 2 d by the one after, not to embarras too much a single mail. I would wish you not to consider yourself bound to return it at any particular period of time, and not prematurely for the...
Your Ex y s Fav r . of the 28 May & the Duplicate of it , have been come to my Hands thro those of the minister by whose Courier they were brought from Cadiz to this City. Every thing ^ w h ^ that Letter rendered proper for me to do has been done. The Issue is as yet uncertain. The Court are gone to S t . Ildefonso— I follow Tomorrow—for the Captors of the Dover Cutter I have as yet only been...
108807Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 6 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
Apr. 18. The President sends a set of Questions to be considered & calls a meeting. tho those sent me were in his own hand writing, yet it was palpable from the style, their ingenious tissu & suite that they were not the President’s, that they were raised upon a prepared chain of argument, in short that the language was Hamilton’s, and the doubts his alone. they led to a declaration of the...
108808To Thomas Jefferson from Edmund Bacon, 3 July 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received yours of 28th. June. am Astonished at Mr. Pery to right you he could not Proceed with the stable for want of Timber. I hope sir you Certainly can put as much Confidence in me as to let nothing of yours under my direction be undone of so much Importance as the Prepareing of your stable heare. I should thaught Mr. Pery aught to inform’d you in full of what was the cause of his...
108809Remarks & Occs. in Septr. [1771] (Washington Papers)
Septr. 4. The Mason’s began to work on the Mill Walls. Finish’d Sowing the Cut of Corn round the Creek at the Ferry Plantn. Permanent repairs apparently were being made because of damages that had occurred earlier in the year. The workmen were Michael Clark, Benjamin Mason, Thomas Tayler, William Bawn, and possibly Con McCarty. Clark, Mason, and Tayler were paid 16 Nov., receiving a total of...
108810To Thomas Jefferson from John Guerrant, 7 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Sensible of the honor which you have done me by my appointment of Post-Master at this place, I have as deliberately as I could weighed the advantages and disadvantages which wou’d probably result from my acceptance of it. Being entirely unacquainted with the compensation, or the duties, annexed to this office, it became necessary that I should devote a short time to the obtaining the best...
108811Tuesday May 1st. 1787. (Adams Papers)
It thundered this morning from seven to nine, with some rain. I went with Barron to Mr. Hilliard’s, and gave him the petition, which we desired him to deliver to the board of overseers. He told us we should not be so likely to succeed as we might if the Senate were to attend; they are detained by Boston by public affairs, as this is the last day on which the general Court propose to sit....
108812To George Washington from Andrew Burnaby, 16 December 1761 (Washington Papers)
I received the favour of Your letter dated the 27th of July, some time ago; which would have given me much greater pleasure had it brought me a better account of Your health; I hope however You are perfectly recovered, and that if You come to England, which I can assure Dear Sir would be greatly to my wish, it will be upon some much better Errand than ill health. I am much obliged to you for...
108813Petition from Abijah Babcock, 24 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Philadelphia, 24 June 1793 . Requests a patent for a machine he has invented “for propelling Boats or Vessels and Carriages, and working Mills, which he conceives will be found of great use in Navigation, and saving of labour in the branches to which it is applied.” Tr ( DP : Scientific Library, Propulsion of Vessels, 1791–1810); 1 p.; with Enclosure No. 1 subjoined; at head of text: “To...
108814To James Madison from Wilson and Blackwell, 28 November 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 November 1803, Trenton. “Our appointment to promulgate the laws U. S. in this state, extending only to those of the Seventh Congress, we have not published those passed this session, as such publication could not be deemed official. Should it be your pleasure, signified to us, we will immediately commence the promulgation of the acts of this Congress. The True American has probably as...
108815To Benjamin Franklin from Cuming & Macarty, 31 July 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We take the Liberty again of troubling you with the papers, relating to a prize taken by the Brig General Galvés Capt. Silas Jones of Salem— We beg leave to request your Execellency will please to Order the necessary paper to be forwarded to us by post, as Soon as possible. We are most Respectfully sir your most obedt Serts. Endorsed: The Anthony, a...
108816To James Madison from Isaac Cox Barnet, 25 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Isaac Cox Barnet. 25 September 1806, Paris. “I had the honor to write to you on the 26 March, 23 & 24 April—29 May & 24 July last which I hope have been received. I have now that of transmitting a report of the Vessels of the United States which have entered and cleared at the port of Cherbourg since the 31st. December 1805 to the 1st. of July last exclusively [not found]. The account...
108817To Thomas Jefferson from David Meade Randolph, 15 June 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Presque Isle, 15 June 1790 . Encouraged by the friendly sentiments expressed by TJ to his friend T. M. Randolph, in response to his application through him for a post, he ventures to make a suggestion “under the late law appointing Commissioners of Loans.—[Colo. Heth’s situation must have been long since known to be disagreeable—the emoluments of his Office little more than equal to his...
108818From George Washington to John Lewis, 14 February 1784 (Washington Papers)
G. Washington would be obliged to Mr Lewis for delivering or causing to be deliver’d by a safe hand, the Letter accompanying this, to Mr Gilbert Simpson, & if he goes by his house to Fort Pitt; for observing the size, & condition of his Plantation:& the condition of the Mill—& for enquiring how many Tenants he has placed on the Land, for how long a term, & upon what Rents. Whether there is any...
108819From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 1 July 1819 (Adams Papers)
Just returned from Virginia about 2 hours ago, I hasten to answer your Letter which your father gave me on my arrival, and expressing to you the deep sorrow I feel at the gloomy temper which still appears throughout the above mentioned Letter—At your age my Son this habit of fretting and complaining is peculiarly particularly to be avoided, as it acquires strength hourly, and renders your days...
108820To Benjamin Franklin from Cecilia Davies, 24 September 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society No words can express the Obligations we are under to our Dear and most Worthy Friend for his truly kind Letter, ’tis so great a proof of that Friendship which you have always shewn to our family that our Gratitude can only end with our Lives. How rejoiced we shall be to see you again Dear Sir, ’tis a happiness we shall hope to enjoy, and the very...
108821To James Madison from John Gavino, 18 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 December 1801, Gibraltar. No. 77. Reports that “the Essex continues cruising in this Neighbourhood, and no movement made by the Tripolin Ship. The Commander is now again at Tetuan.” Encloses a copy of a circular letter received from Kirkpatrick on 15 Dec. with news of a Tripolitan cruiser fitting out at Smyrna. Notes that Admiral Saumarez and his fleet are still at Gibraltar and that the...
108822To Thomas Jefferson from William Stephens Smith, 22 February 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Calculation and Business only I have received your favour of the 2d. inst. and will attempt to explain the two articles with which I credited you in my account Current of the 3d. of Decr. ulto. The first article ammounting to Liv. 113.₶ is stated by Mr. Short in his letter of the 21. of Novr. 1787 and is composed as follows, viz. 8 ells of double florence at 4.₶15. = 38.₶ 0 6 ditto of White...
108823To George Washington from Lund Washington, 23 July 1783 (Washington Papers)
Gibsons Deases of Horses The Compleat Horseman or Perfect Farrier by Sir Wm Hope The Sportsman Dictionary or Country Gentlemans Companion Langly on Gardening Millers Gardenars Dictionary Quinsys Dispensatory Advice to the people in general by Doctr Tissot Virginia Laws or Acts of Assembly Do Do by John Mercer Justice of the Peace in 4 Vol: by Richd Burn The Attorneys Pocket Book 2 Vol:...
108824Elijah Rosson to Thomas Jefferson, 14 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Having had the great Pleasure of being acquainted with Your Excellency, and although brought to this place of Misery, I hope you will grant me the favour of trubling your hon r with a few lines. It is true, and I shall confess my faults to your hon r I possed possesed a great Love for that fair Sex the Women, and what young man would not, should I therefore be deprived of Liberty? had it not...
108825To John Adams from William Cunningham, 2 December 1803 (Adams Papers)
I duly received your esteemed favor of the 28 ult. More valuably as I know your time is employed, yet I cannot restrain the wish that you would have "Patience and leisure to make the friendly remarks" which arose on the perusal of my performance. I am sufficiently sensible of inaccuracies to be admonished, for the future, against too much confidence in my own information—a friendly eye to...
108826To Alexander Hamilton from William Green, 26 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I will endeavour as briefly as possible to give you the outline of the transactions which have taken place with Mr. Pollock since my return to this City on the 19. Instt. My first proposition was that the nature and extent of his demand should be left to an Arbitration here, and that without reference to the National basis, on which so much of my property or right to it rests, as well as the...
108827To James Madison from Phineas Bond, 16 October 1807 (Madison Papers)
As Mr. Erskine is not in Town, & will not have an Opportunity of writing to You by tomorrow’s Post, I take the earliest means to inform You, of a Circumstance which has just come to my Knowledge of a very serious Sort. A Pilot, plying off the Capes of Delaware, received, 3 or 4 days ago, from on Board one of his Majesty’s Ships of War, a Dispatch from the Hon: Vice Admiral Berkeley, fo r the...
108828George Washington to Colonel Oliver Spencer, 9 April 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] April 9, 1779 . Orders that Edward Hicks, a spy, be tried in a civil court. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
10882926th. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Begun the fifth volume of Mrs. Macaulay’s history. Finished the third oration of Cicero against Catiline. Stay’d at home all day. Mr. Artaud supp’d out. Our German master gave us a lesson.
108830To George Washington from Nathanael Greene, 29 September 1781 (Washington Papers)
I wrote your Excellency by Captain Pierce, on the 17th inst. since which I am informed the Maryland troops which were expected to reinforce this Army, have been Ordered to join the Army in Virginia. our situation is truly distressing, and the want of a reinforcement very pressing; but if it will interfere with more important concerns, I am very willing to struggle with every difficulty &...