131581Thomas Jefferson to James W. Wallace, 4 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your frdly lre of Apr. 25. was duly rec d and altho so much a cripple in both my wrists as to make writing slow & painful I cannot resist the impulse of the spirit to acknolege it’s rec t . the degeneracy of man, it’s principal interesting subject is still a moot point question , but if a fact I do not think it is on this side the Atlantic we are to seek it. were Buffon alive
131582From Thomas Jefferson to James W. Wallace, 17 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Th Jefferson returns his thanks to Doctr. Wallace for the Indian pipe he has been so kind as to send him, & which he recieved in safety. it is a handsome specimen of the Indian arts: and the stone of which it is made is also singular. he tenders him his salutations and assurances of esteem & respect. PoC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ.
131583Thomas Jefferson to William Wallace, 19 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for your attention in offering me a supply of claret, & if I were in want I should be induced by it’s ch e a p ness to try it’s quality. but importing my wines myself, I am sufficiently in stock at present, and expect in autumn a year’s supply written for some time ago . I salute you with respect PoC ( DLC ); on verso of reused address cover of Daniel Humphreys to TJ, 30 Aug. 1820...
131584Thomas Jefferson to William Wallace, 20 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson recieves with thankfulness the acceptable present of mr Wallace , as a token of that good will which he wishes to merit, and is happy to recieve from all his fellow citizens , and from mr Wallace particularly whom he salutes with esteem & respect. PoC ( DLC ); on verso of reused address cover of Jefferson Benevolent Institution of Pennsylvania to TJ, 21 Jan. 1819 ; dateline at...
131585From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Wall, 21 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
I laid before the Council the Revd. Mr. Fanning’s Letter to Mr. Tazewell together with the Letters and other Papers found on Mr. Wickham . The general Expectations of remaining in this Country with which the Enemy (and probably) this young Gentleman came into it, the political Character of the Gentleman under whose Auspices he came, his not leaving the Enemy till they were obliged to retire,...
131586From George Washington to Benjamin Waller, 2 April 1760 (Washington Papers)
⟨ mutilated ⟩th, the tedious Affair of Mr Clifton’s has come to some ⟨ mutilated ⟩ at least as depends upon the Commissioners; and ⟨ mutilated ⟩ of them as will discharge the Debts due thereon ⟨ mutilated ⟩itors are Advertisd for Sale at Fairfax May ⟨ mutilated ⟩ I understand Mr Mason right, he intends ⟨ mutilated ⟩ Sale, or in other Words (which If I ⟨ mutilated ⟩ to buy the Land let it be...
131587From Benjamin Franklin to [Benjamin Waller], 1 August 1763 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Mrs. Daniel Buckley, Broadaxe, Pennsylvania (1955) I receiv’d yesterday your Favour of June 25. relating to the Son of my dear Friend Mr. Hunter. I am sensible that the Care of the Education of young Persons, is attended with Trouble, and like other old Men I begin in most things to consult my Ease: But I shall with Pleasure undertake the Charge you propose to me, if it be, as I suppose...
131588From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Carter Waller, 21 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter of Dec. 10. as I had done in due time that of Mr. Welsh , tho’ I did not know that it had come from you. At that time it was my intention to have retired from office at the end of September, and meant to have taken the first opportunity of seeing Mr. Eppes the acting executor of Mr. Wayles, and to have acquired from him the information necessary to enable me to...
131589From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Carter Waller, 27 July 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my return to Virginia, it has not till lately been in my power to take a journey to that part of the country where Mr. Eppes resides, who has had the sole transaction of the business of Mr. Wayles’s estate. I communicated to him the object of your letter on the subject of Mr. Welsh’s account, and the purport of the answer I had written to you. The affairs of the estate being now too near...
131590From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Carter Waller, 9 October 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved in due time your favor of Aug. 2. and proposed to have had the pleasure of meeting you in Richmond on the 20th. inst. according to your appointment. But about the beginning of September, I was attacked by a violent rheumatism, which after keeping me so long in constant agony, leaves me no prospect of release from my confinement within any given term of time. And were it now to leave...
131591From Thomas Jefferson to William G. Wall, 2 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Dec. 8. was recieved on the 13 as the subject would require explanations beyond the compas of a letter, and D r Emmet one of our Professors was then to set out within a few days for New York I asked the favor of him to call on you, and after informing you of all particulars which it might be interesting to you to know, to assure you that your services would be highly acceptable....
131592James Madison to Jesse Waln, 26 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. your letter of the 22d. with the papers it refers to. Being restrained by a general rule which I have been obliged to adopt from the interposition it requests, I can only observe that it could not be needed as an addition to the names & testimonies which I find you possess. I return the papers as desired, with an offer of my friendly respects & good wishes FC (DLC) .
131593From James Madison to Jesse and Robert Waln, 12 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 January 1804, Department of State. “I have received your letter of the 7th. inst. [not found] and referred it and Mr. Bulkeley’s account to the Treasury Department, to which it belongs to adjust them and pay the balance.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. For the account of John Bulkeley and Son with the U.S., see David Humphreys to JM, 29 Mar. and 11 July 1803 , and JM to...
131594From John Adams to Robert Waln, Jr., 19 November 1822 (Adams Papers)
I have received your obliging favour of the 15th. Instant. It relates to a Subject, dear to my memory and my heart. The Honble: Roger Sherman was one of the most cordial friends which I ever had in my life. Destitute of all literary and scientifick education but such as he acquired by his own exertions, he was one of the most sensible men in the World. The clearest head and the steadiest...
131595Franklin’s Ostensible Withdrawal from the Walpole Company: Two Letters, [on or after 24 January 1774] (Franklin Papers)
I. AL : Library of Congress II. ALS : New York Public Library; draft: Library of Congress Franklin had for some time been playing a minor role in the affairs of the Walpole Company. The greater his unpopularity in Whitehall, the less the promoters of the grant wanted to emphasize his connection with them. He was well aware that he was a liability, according to William Strahan, and as early as...
131596[From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Walpole, 24 May 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 24 May 1786 . Entry in SJL reads: “T. Walpole. extract from Limozin’s letter.” Letter not found, but see Limozin to TJ, 21 May 1786 .]
131597Lord Pitt to Thomas Walpole, 6 March 1775 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Franklin was deeply concerned with Chatham’s conciliatory plan, presented to the House of Lords on February 1, just as he had been with the motion in January to withdraw the troops from Boston. Between these Parliamentary manoeuvers the two men had collaborated closely, but the American had not reached the point where he could express directly his admiration...
131598From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Walpole, 12 January 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : David Holland, London (1955) This letter, the first in a brief correspondence with Walpole during the next two months about the affairs of the Walpole or Grand Ohio Company, touches an important question: to what extent, if any, did Franklin’s connection with the Company affect his conduct as a diplomat? He seems here to be severing the connection, but in fact he retained it; and it...
131599From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Walpole, 11 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : David Holland, London (1955) I ought long since to have acknowledg’d the Receipt of the Bills you sent me, in full Discharge of the Ballance of our Account. For which I thank you. I am sorry Lord Chatham’s Motion for a Cessation of Arms, was not agreed to. Every thing seems to be rejected by your mad Politicians that would lead to Healing the Breach; and every thing done that can tend to...
131600From Benjamin Franklin to John Walsh, 6 September 1772 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (letterbook draft): American Philosophical Society I am glad to find by your Favour of the 27th past, that you are return’d safe and well to Paris after your Expedition to the Sea Coast, and that you intend to publish an Account of your Experiments. Your doing it as you propose in a Letter to me I shall esteem a very great Honour. Nothing new in the philosophic way has occur’d here since...
131601From Benjamin Franklin to John Walsh et al., 2 March 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I am sorry to understand by your Memorial of the 16. Past, which came to hand but Yesterday, that you are still in that uncomfortable Situation on board the Brigantine in Brest Road, having understood that Orders had been long since given for taking you on Shore. I write again this Day to the Minister of the Marine, to obtain a Renewal of those Orders; and I hope in...
131602Thomas Jefferson to Peter Walsh, 27 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ not personally known to you, I am probably so by name and character, & therefore take the liberty of addressing you directly— mr Warden , now going as our Consul general to Paris , will be the bearer of this letter, and as you may have official relations with him, I shall take a pleasure, in the letter to him which covers this, to make you known to him. I some time ago recieved from you...
131603James Madison to Robert Walsh, 22 August 1831 (Madison Papers)
I inclose the answer of Mr. Scott on the subject of Bishop Madison, as just received that you may extract the materials suited to your object. The intellectual power and diversified learning of the Bishop may justly be spoken of in strong terms; and few men have equally deserved the praise due to a model of all the virtues social, domestic, and personal which adorn and endear the human...
131604Thomas Jefferson to Robert Walsh, 6 February 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Continual ill health for 18. months past has nearly ended the business of letter-writing with me. I cannot however but make an effort to thank you for your vindicae vindiciae Americanæ against Gr. Britain . the malevolence and impertinence of her critics & writers really called for the rod, and I rejoiced when I heard it was in hands so able to wield it with strength and correctness. your work...
131605James Madison to Robert Walsh, 15 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of was duly recd. Finding that I did not possess the means of complying with its request, I communicated it to Mr. Scott at Richmond who married the daughter of Bishop Madison, and was a Student at Wm. & Mary whilst he was President. Mr. Scott happening to be absent at the time, I have but just recd. his answer. He says that he will be under the necessity of consulting documents &c...
131606Thomas Jefferson to Robert Walsh, 5 April 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 18 has been duly recieved. I have had several applications, within a few years past, from different persons, to furnish them with materials for writing my life, and have uniformly declined it on the ground of the decay of my memory, the decline of the powers of body & mind, the heaviness of age, and the crippled state of both my hands, which renders writing the most painful...
131607John C. Payne (for JM) to Robert Walsh, 19 May 1836 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison being entirely disqualified by present indisposition to reply to your letter of the 22d ulto., he desires me to do it for him. I therefore enclose a brief note of the characteristic events of his life, and a list of his printed works now recollected. The list does not of course include his share in the printed proceedings of the old and new Congress & the Convention & Legislature...
131608Thomas Jefferson to Robert Walsh, 21 December 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 10 th was rec d yesterday. is just now rec d having loitered by the way, and I shall with pleasure second your wishes with the Exve of our state our board of public works for the appmt of your friend to the office of civil engineer. our Governor , who is
131609Thomas Jefferson to Robert Walsh, 9 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I returned a few days ago only from a long visit to my other home, the Poplar Forest . this must apologise for my long detention of your book. I have read it with great delight. Montucla is so voluminous that we can read him but once. but Playfair has brought into a small compass the leading facts in Mathematical history, and presented them so philosophically to our view, as that the memory...
131610James Madison to Robert Walsh, 25 January 1831 (Madison Papers)
Confidential The publication which gave rise to the inclosed observations, having first appeared in the National Gazettes, I ask the favor of you, to allow them the advantage of issuing from the same source & of circulating thro the same channel. I have thought it best to leave them without a name, that no feelings of any sort towards the writer may mingle themselves with the impressions made...