13621From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to George Washington Adams, 14 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
Your father has intended writing to you several days but something or other perpetually occurring he has not yet fulfilled his intention—And finding nothing to do I shall devote half an hour to your and in the first place tell you how much I am flattered by the improvement which I am informed has taken place in your appearance and manners and which your Grandmother obligingly attributes to my...
13622Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 13 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
a hand vice some German steel to be chosen by the bearer. RC ( ViHi : Preston Family Papers); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r James Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
13623Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 13 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you by M r Johnsons Boat a small Bundle of Books shipped to my care by M r Carey of Philadelphia .—They reached me only a day or two since & this is the first conveyance which has presented itself— I am always glad of an opportunity to render you service— Very respectfully sir Your assured friend & Mo: Obd: Servt: RC ( MHi ); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esq Monticello”; endorsed by...
13624From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 12 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
But once Since You left us, have I received a line from you. Twice I have written, and twenty hundred times twenty; thought of you, and Sometimes with an exclamation, what can be the reason that H. does not write? now you who have Eyes, fingers at command, and the pen of a ready writer, ought to employ them, when they are So much Sought after. I presume they are so: and that you have Some...
13625Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 12 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
You know we are engaged in the establishment of a Central college near Charlottesville , and we are sure you will have your children educated at it. on that ground we claim a right to give you occasional trouble with it’s concerns. we wish to cover our buildings with slate, and we believe all our lands on Henderson’s & B. island creeks to be full of what is excellent, we wish therefore to get...
13626Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 11 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of May 30. came to hand yesterday and I now return the two notes signed, & with them a 3 d of which my grandson is endorser, which I will pray you to date & put in at it’s proper time. In my letter of Apr. 21. I mentioned the sale of tob o to mr Robertson amounting to 887.34 out of which I should have to pay him about 500.D. and that the balance should be remitted you. when I came...
13627To James Madison from Peter S. Du Ponceau, 10 June 1818 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor in the name & by order of the Historical Committee of the American Philosophical Society, to enclose to you the prospectus of the first Volume of their Transactions, now in the press, & at the same time to solicit your valuable aid & assistance towards the important Objects of their Institution. As you live in a state where no similar Establishment yet exists, you cannot, as a...
13628François André Michaux to Thomas Jefferson, 10 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
hommage de l’Auteur, a tribute from the author, RC ( MoSHi: TJC-BC ); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “a Monsieur Th. Jefferson ex-president des Etat Unis”; endorsed by TJ as received 11 Sept. 1818 and so recorded in SJL . Translation by Dr. Genevieve Moene. Enclosure not found.
13629From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 9 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
I have promised you, hints, of the heads of Mr Otis’s Oration, Argument Speech, call it which you please, again the Acts of Trade as Revennue Laws, and against Writts of Assistants as Tyrannical Instruments to carry them into Execution.— But I enter on the performance of my promise to you not without fear and trembling; because I am in the Situation of a Lady, Whom you know first as my Client,...
13630Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 9 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor of enclosing to you the Prospectus of the first Volume of our Historical Transactions now in the press. You will see by it that your Alumni are not idle, & you will, no doubt, rejoice in the good effects of the encouragement which you have constantly given to our Society , & particularly to this Committee , who Still solicit the continuation of your patronage. RC ( DLC ); at...
13631Enclosure: Prospectus for Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society … (Jefferson Papers)
IN THE PRESS, AND WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE COURSE OF THE PRESENT YEAR, By Abraham Small , No. 112 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia , TRANSACTIONS OF THE Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society , Held at Philadelphia for promoting Useful Knowledge. VOL. I. A bout
13632From John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 8 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
Your Letter of the 25 last Month; contains some particulars relating to my property the condition of my Estate in Boston, which as you anticipated, were not altogether welcome None however that gave me so much concern, as your declining ill management of it for the future.—Yet as it is so essential to your happiness to be relieved from it I cannot insist upon your retaining it any longer; and...
13633LeRoy, Bayard & Company to Thomas Jefferson, 8 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
We have been honor’d with your valued favor of the 13 h ult o and on the 23 d ult o we valued upon M. Patrick Gibson , as directed by him, $2387.69.—@ 1 d. S t being for The principal of your bond to Mess N & J & R Van Staphorst $1000.—with Interest to the 1 day of January
13634From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 7 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
No man could have written from memory Mr Otis’s Agument of four or five hours in length, against The Acts of Trade, considered as Revenue Laws, and against Writts of Assistance, as tyrannical Engines to carry them into execution, the next day after it was Spoken. How awkward then, is an Attempt to do it, after a Lapse of fifty Seven Years? Nevertheless, Some of the heads of his discourse, are...
13635William Plumer to Thomas Jefferson, 7 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to enclose to you a copy of my message to the legislature at their present session—& to assure you that I am with much respect & esteem Sir, RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Hon Thomas Jefferson Monticello V a ”; endorsed by TJ as received 20 June 1818 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: Plumer , Message from His Excellency The Governor of New-Hampshire, To The Legislature, June 4, 1818...
13636To John Adams from Hezekiah Niles, 6 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
I had the pleasure to publish your letters to Mr. Tudor, presenting subjects for national paintings—much to my own satisfaction & to the gratification of the American people. I respectfully acknowledge the reception of your very interesting letters to Mr. Wirt—they shall have a conspicuous insertion in my next Register. Grateful for the honor conferred by those communications, / I am, sir,...
13637From William Wirt to John Quincy Adams, 6 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
The enclosed letter from Mr. Bache, the post-master at Philadelphia, ought, I think, to be communicated to the President of the U.S. As it is not improbable that an application for pardon, in the case alluded to, may follow him, on his tour. Taking it for granted that, some channel of communication between him and your department, during his absence, has been settled between you, I have...
13638From John Adams to Daniel Putnam, 5 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
I received Yesterday your kind Letter of the 23d of May with a Copy of your Letter to President Monroe of the 21. of May. Neither myself, nor my Family have been able to read either with dry Eyes. They are Letters that would do honour to the pen of Pliny. I had before been indebted to the Politeness of Mr Brinley for the Pamphlet. You ask “Whether any dissatisfaction existed in the public mind...
13639André Thoüin to Thomas Jefferson, 5 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai eu l’honneur de vous faire passer en février d er au moyen de M r Beasly , consul des Etats unis d’amerique au havre de grace , mon envoi annuel de Semences. Il était composé de 73 Espèces differentes qui m’ont parues manquer à votre collection et devoir vous être agréables. J’y ai Joint comme de coutume une liste de nos desiderata et quelques brochures que J’ai cru devoir vous...
13640To John Adams from William P. Gardner, 4 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
I have received the Letter which you did me the honor to write to me under Date the 29 ult. I am happy to find that Mr. Delaplaine has succeeded in obtaining a good Likeness of you for his national work the Heads and Lives of illustrious Persons of America.—I hope he will meet with that encouragement which the magnitude and usefulness of the work so justly merit.—I shou’d be glad to see the...
13641To John Adams from Ann Frances Bulkeley Humphreys, 4 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
It was the wish of my lamented Husband, that after his death, small tokens of his affection & remembrance should be presented to each of his dearest & most esteemed friends… this sacred request of his, must plead my apology to the most valued & most highly venerated of his friends & Patrons, for presuming to write to him this note, & offering him a little braid of General Humphrey’s Hair, with...
13642John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
lest you should not have noticed the inclosed, curious dispute at Soleure —respecting the late, venerable dec d Gen l Kosciusko , of which probably you have—or may soon expect to learn, from his Relative or Confidential friends I judge it proper to inclose it, for your Goverment most Respectfully & sincerely RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as...
13643William King (of South Carolina) to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
some time past, I ventured to write to you on a subject that may perhaps be of great utility to the commercial world; but have receiv’d no answer. It is almost with a trembling hand, that I write a second time: the dread of not being noticed by one of the first Men in the united States, intimidates my mind. But the nature of the case induces the measure. If not mistaken, I have discovered a...
13644Caleb Atwater to Thomas Jefferson, 2 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Attatched to the Philosopher whom I address from my earliest years, permit me to lay before you, a letter addressed to President Monroe concerning the antiquities in the West. Perhaps I am committing an error, by intruding on that dignified repose, which by your distinguished services in the cause of literature, your country and of the freedom and happiness of mankind you so richly merit. To...
13645From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 1 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
No Man could have written from Memory Mr Otis’s Argument of four or five hours against The Acts of Trade as Revenue Laws Writts of Assistants, as a tyrannical Engine to execute them the next day after it was spoken. How awkward then would be an attempt to do it after a lapse of fifty seven years? Nevertheless, Some of the heads of his discourse are So indellibly imprinted on my Mind, that I...
13646From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 1 June 1818 (Adams Papers)
Mrs: Cruft has arrived here and it is with much pleasure I observe she has derived benefit from her journey—Her looks are very promising but in her complaint it is difficult to ascertain her real state through so treacherous as in her a medium; as in her complaints good looks are acknowledged to be false guides and frequently delude us into hope when in reality hope ought to be the least...
13647Thomas Jefferson to William H. Fitzhugh, 31 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to the enquiries of your letter of the 18 th as to the communications between Georgetown ferry & this quarter, I must observe there are three general routes practised, the lower one by Fredericksburg , the upper one by Fauquier C.H. and a middle one by Stephensbg . this last is many miles shortest, much the levellest, and being the particular one enquired after in your letter, I...
13648From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 30 May 1818 (Adams Papers)
I think I once heard you Say—to make a thing choice it Should be rare. your kind Letter last Evening received—possesst both those qualities. The very Sight of your hand writing—addresd as formerly gave a Spring to my Spirits, and your Father Sprung from the settee to place himself by my Side, while I read it to him—I have foreborne writing to you, during the Session of Congress, being...
13649Thomas A. Digges to Thomas Jefferson, 30 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
A variety of untoward incidents, to which we are all doomd, has for the last three summers rebutted my attempts to visit You and our good friends at Montpellier , and I was peculiarly vexd in Octo r last that I could not by a proferrd seat in M r Bagot s Barouche to M r Madison s & to have partaken of the pleasurable scenes they enjoyd there and of which they yet speak in rapturous delight:—...
13650Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 30 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Our banks being still unwilling to draw upon the North on the receipt of your favor of the 13 th Ins t —I wrote to Mess rs LeRoy & Bayard to draw upon me for the amount due by you which they have done say $2387.69 which is placed to your debit . I have not received from M r Robertson the money you mentiond in your letter of the 21 st ult