131581From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Freneau, 20 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night from Paris the inclosed small parcel of Egyptian rice. I am not informed of it’s merit: but your’s being the state where that can be best tried, I take the liberty of consigning it to your care, that we may be availed of whatever good it may offer. The New York election no doubt attracted your attention from the inflated hopes of the Federalists. from a concurrence of...
131582From Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger, 20 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night yours of the 13th. and rejoice that in some forms, tho’ not in all, republicanism shows progress in Connecticut. as Clerical bondage is the root of the evil, I have more hopes, from the petition you inclosed me, of seeing that loosened, than from any other agency. the lawyers, the other pillar of federalism, are from the nature of their calling so ready to take either...
131583From Thomas Jefferson to Josiah Meigs, 20 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your friendly letter of April 11. was not recieved till the 11th. of this month. the approbation which you are pleased to express of my efforts in the public cause are highly acceptable. the concurrence of our fellow citizens of understanding & good principles being more than a countervail with me for all the dirty ribaldry & falsehoods with which the tory papers are constantly filled. we are...
131584From Thomas Jefferson to Anne Cary Randolph, 20 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
It is very long, my dear Anne, since I have recieved a letter from you. when was it ? in the mean time verses have been accumulating till I find it necessary to get them off my hands without further waiting. with them I send an A.B.C. for miss Cornelia, & she must pay you a kiss for it on my account. the little recipe about charcoal is worth your Mama’s notice. we had peas here on Tuesday the...
131585To James Madison from John Gavino, 21 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 May 1803, Gibraltar . No. 121. Has received nothing from JM since writing on 5 May , nor has he heard anything of Commodore Morris or any U.S. frigates. Encloses a dispatch from Simpson [not found] and a copy of one from O’Brien dated 20 Apr. Received a letter from Sir Peter Wyk announcing that he had “returnd from seeing the Emperour” and that “his mission has ended to his entire...
131586To James Madison from John Mitchell, 21 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 May 1803, Le Havre . Wrote JM on 15 May via Boston that Livingston and Monroe had ordered him to arrange passage for a “Special Messenger with Dispatches.” Has engaged the brig Enterprize , Captain Wilcox, bound for New York, to carry Hughes and the dispatches. Feels “particular pleasure” that his first official act is “to transmitt a Treaty of so great importance” which “will afford so...
131587To James Madison from Robert Montgomery, 21 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 May 1803, Alicante . Wrote on 27 Apr. enclosing a copy of a letter from O’Brien. Has since received the enclosed for JM and hopes O’Brien “may be able to weather out the squall he so much dreads.” “No Tripolin Corsairs have appeared on this Coast since the Capture of the Francklin … and tho our merchantmen continue to navigate here with some dread they have since that time been entirely...
131588To James Madison from John Gavino, 21 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
Not having been honord with any of yours, I crave refference to my last dispatch No. 120 under 5h: Inst. Since then have heard nothing of Commodor Morris or our frigates. I herewith Inclose you a dispatch from Consul Simpson of Tanger, & Copy of one recieved from Consul OBrion of Algier dated 20h: Ulto. to which please be referrd. I have a letter from Sir Peter Wyk the Swedish Consul at...
131589To James Madison from John Mitchell, 21 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of Writeing You the 15 instant via Boston informing You that by order of Our Ministers at Paris I was about to engage a Vessel to carry out a Special Messenger with Dispatches. I accordingly engaged the Brig Enterprize Bound for New York—ownd & Commanded by Captn. Wilcox—with Whom Mr. Hughes Who has charge of the Dispatches, proceeds. I feel particular pleasure that My first...
131590To James Madison from Robert Montgomery, 21 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of addressing you on the 27th. Ultimo, forwarding Copy of a Letter received from Mr. OBrien at Algiers, Since which the enclosed has been handed me for you, sincerly hoping he may be able to weather out the squall he so much dreads No Tripolin Corsairs have appeared on this Coast since the Capture of the Francklin Capn. Morris and tho our merchantmen continue to navigate here...
131591To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 21 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose Govr. Claiborns letter on the subject of a Brigadier Genl. may it not be prudent to consult Govr. Claiborn on the effect which the appointment of his brother as Majr. Genl. would probably have in the Territory, previous to making any appointment of Genl. officers. RC ( DLC ); undated; endorsed by TJ as received from the War Department on 21 May 1803 and “Brigadr. Genl. for Missipi”...
131592Report from John Lenthall, 21 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Rough Stone & Brick work done to the south wing of The Capitol from May 16 to 21st Stone work on the West front, and the return Racks, North end of do, and in the Arches up to the Cellar window sills, on the south front, about 2314 Cubic feet or 93 perches Brick Work 7 Beds or soffeits of Reversed Arches, on the South front, prepared with strong Gravel cement, and the Arches turned to support...
131593From Thomas Jefferson to Jared Mansfield, 21 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
You will be sensible of the reasons why the subject of this letter is desired to be entirely confidential for a time. Mr. Putnam the present Surveyor General in the Northern quarter is totally incompetent to the office he holds. the errors which he has committed in laying off the townships, not having been able to run parallel East & West lines, so that those of the several townships do not...
131594To Thomas Jefferson from John Mitchell, 21 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of addressing You the 9h. instant solisiting to be Confirmed in Appointment of Commercial Agent for this place.—Which I beg leave to repeat. It affords Me great pleasure that My first official Act should be the sending on Mr. Hughes charged with despatches of such importance to My Country;—and am very happy that Under your Administration so great an Aquisition has been Made to...
131595To Thomas Jefferson from H. B. Scudamore, 21 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
In the Infant state of a Country like yours, it is the duty of every well disposed person to promote its welfare, and prosperity.—Impressed with every good wish for the happiness of America, I herewith transmit you a plan of my own, (among many others,) which the Government of this Country have in contemplation to adopt, and which appears to me to be of great importance to a nation like yours,...
131596Plan for a National Registry Office, 21 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Plan for establishing an Office in the City of Washington, for Registering Real and personal property. To secure public and private property, it is submited warrants its adoption. Plan. That there be established a Register office for the Inrollment (by Memorial and Affidavit) of all Real and Personal property, the latter above a limited Sum, stating its real and annual value or not as may be...
131597From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Harrison Smith, 21 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Can mr Smith furnish Th:J. with a copy of the laws of the last session as far as they are printed? the difficulty of collecting them from the newspapers endangers omissions & errors in their execution. Mr. Granger informs me that the election in Connecticut in 1802. gave Trumbull 11,000 some odd votes & Kirby 4,523. and that of the present year has given Trumbull 14,300. & Kirby 7848. then in...
131598To James Madison from William Croghan, 22 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
Upward of a year ago I Wrote you by the bearer Mr. Denis Fitzhugh, when I enclosed two Decrees of the Court of Quarter Session of Jefferson County in this State, both of which were for Land purchased by Richard Taylor & Myself from your Brother Ambrose in March 1792, which Land he Sold us as your & his property, When I wrote you I enclosed a Copy of the receipt for the Money paid by me for the...
131599To Thomas Jefferson from Lafayette, 22 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ the Affair for Which I presume to Adress You Has Been Recommended and Elucidated by the Governement of this Country, and altho’ My friends the Heirs Beaumarchais Are Giving an Account of the Business, Which to Mr Munroe Has Appeared Satisfactory, and Will, I think, Equally Satisfy Mr Livingston, I feel Myself, on two Accounts, Impelled to Unite My private Voice to those public...
131600To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Mann Randolph, 22 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I suspect I omitted to acknowledge your letter preceding that of 5th. inst. I received it on my return from Amherst and did with it, & in regard to Martha as you directed. With respect to others no occasion of any kind has occurred since, for me to do any thing; & perhaps never may, that subject having ceased I believe to afford discourse to the malignant, as well as the idle and inquisitive....
131601Description of a Cipher, [23 May 1803] (Hamilton Papers)
Pour se servir de l’Echiquier cy inclus, en place d’un Chiffre, afin d’empecher la decouverte de votre correspondance; employer la maniere suivante. Ayant ecris votre lettre comme de coutume; vous prepárerez le papier sur lequel vous ētes intentioné a coucher votre copie secrete de la meme grandeur que le carré en Echiquier, lequel ētant placé sur le dit papier, vous l’y fixerez par les quatre...
131602To James Madison from James Monroe, 23 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
You will receive herewith a copy of the treaty and conventions which we have concluded with the French republick for the cession of Louisiana, the original of which was sent by Mr Hughes, and a copy lately by the way of England. This will be forwarded by Mr. Derieux respecting whom I wrote you in my last communication. Mr. Derieux is the person who was engaged to take our first dispatch to the...
131603To James Madison from Thomas Appleton, 23 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 May 1803, Leghorn . Encloses a duplicate list of American ships that arrived during 1802. The Adams convoyed several American merchantmen “into these roads,” then left immediately for Malta to avoid the usual fourteen-day quarantine. Has “long in vain endeavoured to diminish the quarantine” for U.S. ships, “but the dread of Contagion countervails all reasoning on the subject,” though...
131604To James Madison from William Jarvis, 23 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 May 1803, Lisbon . Wrote on 11 May enclosing a copy of a letter to Almeida regarding the Aurora and Four Sisters and a letter from O’Brien. Spoke with “a Portugueze Gentleman” who “observ’d that a considerable extent of territory” on the Río de la Plata “which had been a subject of much contention” between Spain and Portugal had been “made neutral Ground” at Spain’s insistence, in the...
131605To James Madison from John Mitchell, 23 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 May 1803, Le Havre . “The Enterprize not being able to sail yesterday, I have to inform You that My letters from Paris assures Me Ld Hawksbury Mentioned in the House of Commons that Letters of Marc & reprisals had been issued against france—I think on the 17h. inst.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Havre, vol. 1). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner. On 16 May Lord Hawkesbury told the House of Commons that...
131606To James Madison from John Mitchell, 23 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 May 1803, Le Havre . Informs JM that Hughes of Baltimore, carrying the treaty and dispatches from “our Ministers at Paris … saild this Morng on board of the Brig Enterprize … bound for New York.” Hopes Hughes will be with JM “ere this gets to hand.” Congratulates JM on the cession of Louisiana to the U.S. Adds in a postscript that the London Gazette of 17 May contains an order to “Burn &...
131607Court Decree in the Case of JM and William Madison v. John Allbright and Others, 23 May 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 May 1803. Decision in favor of JM and William Madison, executors for the estate of James Madison, Sr., deceased, and against John Allbright, Bastien Dimbell, and Mathias Harner for nonpayment of a debt in the amount of £45 5 s . Judgment to be discharged by the payment of £22 12 s . 6 d . with interest to be computed from 12 Jan. 1803 until payment. Letterbook copy ( Vi : Orange County...
131608To James Madison from John Patrick, 23 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 23 May 1803 . Acknowledged in Wagner to Patrick, 1 June 1803 (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). Requests information about the claims convention with Spain.
131609To James Madison from Thomas Appleton, 23 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose you a d uplicate list of the Ships Arrived in this port during the year 1802. On the came in to these roads the U:States frigate the adams having under her Convoy a number of american m erchantmen. The former however immediately s ett sail for malta, as an intercourse with the ve ssels from america subjected her to the usual quarantine of 14 days. I have long in...
131610To James Madison from William Jarvis, 23 May 1803 (Madison Papers)
By the Brig Samuel Capn. Job West via Baltimore I had the honor to address you on the 11th. inst. inclosing a copy of my Letter to the Minister for an entire copy of the Papers relative to the Aurora and Four Sisters and a letter from Mr. OBrien. In a conversation I recently had with a Portugueze Gentleman concerning to the Brazils; he observ’d that a considerable extent of territory on the...