13831From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, March 1818 (Adams Papers)
I beleive you thought me very imprudent to consent to the Presidents going to Town So cold a day as yesterday—but the cold increased much after the morning and I was quite anxious untill he returnd—much pleased and gratified with his days excursion there is Such a thing as Staying at Home untill it becomes wearisome to us change of place, or dear variety compose part of our happiness I enclose...
13832To James Madison from Thomas Todd, [March 1818] (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. [March] 1818, Washington. Offered for sale by William R. Benjamin in The Collector , Catalogue No. 66 (1893), 71. Described as a two-page autograph letter, signed, with the following extract: “We have been very closely and industriously employed and expect to close our labors here on the 24th inst. Several of the judges will be obliged to leave this place at that time.… All...
13833Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I forgot to leave with you, as I intended, a little book, called the Oxford & Cambridge Guide. It may be acceptable to you at the present Crisis. I will thank you for the return of it, when I come up in May, as I shall wish to look over it in the summer. I send it by the stage Driver. RC ( ViU: TJP-PC ); endorsed by TJ as received 1 Apr. 1818 and so recorded in SJL .
13834To John Adams from A. & J.W. Picket, 30 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
Considering you a patron of literature & science, & a well wisher to the general interest of education, the editors of the Academician, by this day’s mail, forward you the 1, 2 & 3 Nos. for perusal. Should you approve of the work, your signature as a subscriber & influence to make the work known would aid us very much in effecting the Object we have in view. With the greatest respect, / We...
13835From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 30 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
In my last I think I informed you that the news of this place was become so little interesting that my journal must cease added to which my health has become so unequal I am seldom well two days together—The last week we had a party of twenty at dinner consisting of Mr: & Mrs.Otis, Mr: Mason, Mr. & Mrs. Sears, Miss Perkins, Mr. & Mrs: Tucker of Virginia, Govr. & Mrs. Middleton of South...
13836From James Madison to Joseph Gales Jr., 30 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the copies of the daily Intelligencer you inclosed me, and am very sensible of the polite attention marked by it. The columns which fill them are doubtless very interesting, but I am unwilling to put you to the trouble of continuing the favor. Indeed the paper of monday is the only one which could bring any thing not arriving at the same time in the triweekly paper for which my...
13837To James Madison from Nathaniel Bowditch, 30 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
Mr Bowditch (of Salem Massachusetts) presents his most respectful compliments to Mr. Madison late President of the United States—requests the honor of his acceptance of the pamphlet which accompanies this note —wishing him health & happiness. RC ( DLC ). Addressed by Bowditch to JM “late President of the United States.” Docketed by JM. Nathaniel Bowditch (1773–1838) was a self-educated...
13838Nathaniel Bowditch to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Bowditch presents his most respectful compliments to the Honorable M r Jefferson late President of the United States —requests the honor of his acceptance of the pamphlet which accompanies this note— wishing him health & happiness. RC ( DLC ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “The Honorable M r Jefferson late President of the United States
13839Stephen Cathalan to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
by my Last Respects of the 15 th September Last, I Remited you Bill of Loading, with the Invoice of 2 Casks in D ble Casks Rivesaltes ’s Wine— 4 Boxes Containing together 200 Bottles dito Bellet- Nice I Shipped on the Brig Agent of alex ia
13840George Washington Jeffreys to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of March the 3 rd 1817 which you were So good as to write me on horizontal ploughing has proved has of great value to this section of our state—and I hope you will hear with the same pleasure which I feel in communicating the beneficial effects which have resulted from your communication to me on this subject. I received your letter in time last spring to lay off my fields...
13841Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
My first impression after receiving your letter , in answer to mine about M r Coffee , was that I wou’d not let him go; on account of your reluctance, but upon more reflection, I determined otherwise. I had experienced that he did not give much trouble, I was sure he wou’d give an excellent likeness , and was satisfied it wou’d be a great gratification to thousands of your country men to...
13842Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have this moment received your letter of the 26 th instant . I have mentioned to as many of the directors as I have seen, your wish to obtain a further accommodation at our office of $3000. It is their opinion as well as mine, that it will give the board pleasure to comply with your request. Much country paper (I mean exclusively) has been done, it is however contained . but how long this...
13843Lyman Spalding to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
You will be pleased to permit me to enclose to your address, the circular for a national Pharmacopoeia. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “The honble. Thos. Jefferson Esqr.”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Apr. 1818 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: communication from a committee of the Medical Society of the State of New-York composed of David Hosack , John R. B. Rodgers , Samuel L. Mitchill ,...
13844From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
The day on which the first instalment for the Central College becomes due, being near at hand, I think it not amiss, as no conveyance of mine offers, to intimate, that it shall be paid on draft, or if requisite sent by a special hand. Yrs. affectionately RC ( MoHi ). Docketed by Jefferson, “recd Apr. 2.” JM subscribed $1,000 to the Central College fund (Cabell, Early History of the University...
13845James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The day on which the first instalment for the Central College becomes due, being near at hand, I think it not amiss, as no conveyance of mine offers, to intimate, that it shall be paid on draft, or if requisite sent by a special hand. Y rs affectionately RC ( MoSHi : Lewis Fields Linn Papers, autograph scrapbook of Elizabeth Linn); endorsed by TJ as received 2 Apr. 1818 and so recorded in...
13846To John Adams from James Smith, 28 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
If you will permit me to intrude upon the repose of your happy retirement I would beg leave to present you with one of the first Copies of my Prospectus of a national Vaccine Institution, to be established in the City of Washington. And if you should approve of an attempt of this kind it would confer a most distinguished honor to be directed to record your Name on the Book of the Institution...
13847From James Madison to Benjamin Silliman, 28 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the instant, annexed to your prospectus of the Scientific Journal. The Work, according to the scope allotted to it, can not fail to be interesting, both as a mode of preserving and distributing the fruits of American Science, and of animating the cultivation of it. With this view of the subject, I sincerely wish success to your undertaking; and though I generally...
13848From James Madison to St. George Tucker, 28 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
I duly recd. your favor accompanying the MSS. pamphlet for Mr. Delaplaine. He had signified his wish for my aid in such conveyances; and inattention on my part without blame on his, left him under the impression which produced his request to you. I thank you for the opportunity of perusing the biographical sketch. It was merited by the excellent patriot who is the subject of it; and you have...
13849To James Madison from James Smith, 28 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
I would be very inexcusable should I neglect to send you one of the first Copies of my Prospectus of a permanent national Vaccine Institution. Should any leisure hour permit you to examine the Plan which I have proposed, it would afford me great pleasure to learn your approval of it. And it would always be considered among the highest gratifications I would wish to enjoy, to be permited to...
13850From James Madison to an Unidentified Correspondent, 28 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 28 March 1818. Described as an autograph letter, signed, in Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 975 (8–9 April 1908), item 583.
13851Exchange of Henderson Land by Eli Alexander and Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
This Indenture tripartite of exchange, bargain and sale made on the 28 th day of March 1818 between Eli Alexander of the one part and Thomas Jefferson of the other, both of the County of Albemarle Witnesseth, that wherein the said Eli hath become seised and possessed by lawful conveyances in fee simple of certain portions of land in the said County of Albemarle , near or adjacent to the town...
13852Frank Carr to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March [1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Browse Trist ’s going to Mo ntice llo gives Frank Carr an opportunity of returning M r Tic knor ’s letter with his hearty Thanks for the pleasure M r Jefferson has afforded him in the perusal of it— Frank Carr will shortly avail himself of the kind offices of M
13853Thomas Jefferson’s Conveyance of Milton Lands to Martin Dawson, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
This Indenture made on the 28 th day of March 1818 between Thomas Jefferson of the one part and Martin Dawson of the other both of the County of Albemarle Witnesseth that the said Thomas in consideration of the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars to him in hand paid by the sd Martin hath given granted bargained and sold unto the said Martin a certain parcel of land in the same County...
13854Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Eston Randolph, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 20 th has been a week getting to my hands. I am sorry that mr Colclaser , after the pointed assurances I gave him, should still have doubts about the work at the mill. I will not suppose he doubts my intention and he could not have doubted the means had he calculated. for what is to be done? the lower broadside of the house is to be secured by from coming further out from...
13855James Smith (of Baltimore) to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope your well known philanthropy will find an excuse for a Citizen Who wishes to present you with one of the first Copies of his Plan to render Vaccination more universal and better understood in the United States . I beg you will do me the honor to peruse it, and if approved I will be much gratified to record your Name on the Books of this Institution as one of its first Founders. Any...
13856Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Leiper, 27 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I am subject to a Corvée of a very painful nature which I resist whenever it is possible, but in some cases cannot avoid. it is to sollicit offices for others, who through themselves or their friends, have some hold on me of friendship or of duty. it is understood that application is made for the establishment of a branch of the bank of the US. in the town of Fredericksburg ; and a mr Bernard...
13857James Leitch to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Under cover you will receive the Only Scetches of the Law required I can procure, also m r Cabel s Letter to you it being the only paper I have the others I enclosed you Some time Since RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “ Tho s Jefferson Esqr Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 26 Mar. 1818 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosures not found.
13858Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
An old balance of account between the bankers of the US. in Amsterdam and myself, believed by us both to have arisen from mistakes in the complicated matters of account of the US which, without being an Accountant, I had to direct, and to give draughts for in behalf of the various cr descriptions of public creditors, was left, under this persuasion by them & myself for further enquiry. in this...
13859William Tilghman to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour, Sir, of presenting to you, an Eulogium on the late Doctor Wistar , delivered at the Request of the American Philosophical Society . I do not flatter myself, that my performance has done Justice to the subject—Yet I thought it might not be unacceptable to you, being an honest effort to represent faithfully the character of a man, highly esteemed by all, & honoured, not...
13860Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin O. Tyler, 26 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 14 th is just now recieved, and I return you my thanks for the indulgence with which you are pleased to consider the part it has fallen to my lot to bear in the transactions of our country. the times in which I have happened to live placed the efforts of all under requisition, and mine have no claim but for a well intended zeal. the Engraving you propose to publish of the...
13861From John Adams to Henry Dearborn, 25 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
I am obliged to borrow a hand to thank you for your favour of March 11th. and for introducing to me, Mr Binon—whom I find to be a Gentleman of Sense and Letters—as well as Taste and skill—in all the fine Arts—He has been an agreeable Companion—and we have been fortunate enough to procure the best Accommodations Accommodations for him— Excuse me for I can barely write the name of your Friend,...
13862Ann C. Bankhead to Thomas Jefferson, [received 25 March 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
M r Bankhead feels a delicacy in mentioning to you the subject on which M r Lighfoot has writen to us & I am very sorry to be obliged to give you the trouble of reading his letter . but he has always been so kind & attentive to me that I should like to perform his requests as far as it is in my power and conclude that the best way that I can serve him is by sending his letter to speak for...
13863Charles Collins (of New York) to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have for sometime past thought of writing to thee and now take the liberty to take up a little of thy attention to a subject that has interested me. The crouded situation of the Chinese and the plenty of room we have in this favoured land of America . Might not the Tea plant be cultivated to advantage in the Southern or Western States. I have understood that it now grows wild in the fields...
13864To John Adams from Ward Nicholas Boylston, 24 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
That I may prove to you and my Dear Mrs Adams, the high estimation of the value I attach to the picture you have confided to my care—I sent immediately for a blacksmith, and had an Iron fender made to go round the lower part, as a protection from the careless brush, of the House maid, or the incautious foot of those who might otherwise wish to come too near it—The room is every day aird, and...
13865Thomas Jefferson to James Baker, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his respectful compliments to mr Baker , and asks the favor of him to send him a kental of good dumb fish and ½ doz. kegs of tongues and sounds, for which mr Gibson will be so kind as to make payment as before . the bearer mr Gilmore will bring them safely & immediately.
13866Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
You will find enclosed a subscription paper which was put into my hands some time last Fall; As an appology for not returning it at an earlier day I must observe that I have detained it in the expectation of encreasing the amount. You will find the Names of M r Page & M r Skipwith erased in consequence of their having recieved subscription s papers. My affectionate regards to M rs Randolph ....
13867Harrison Hall to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been recently informed that you have prepared for the press, a new and improved edition of your “Notes on Virginia .” This work s has always been in demand, and a correct edition would particularly command public attention. As I am yet young in the trade of publishing and selling books, the publication of this work would be of importance to me, and the more so, if I could obtain the...
13868Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham, 24 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his friendly salutations to Cap t Oldham and asks the favor of him to select for him 4. good mortise doorlocks, of brass & plain for doors 1 ⅜ & 1 16 thick, that is to say 1 ½ I. wanting 1 16 mr Gibson will be so kind as usual to pay for them, and the bearer mr Gilmore
13869From John Quincy Adams to Alexander Contee Hanson, 23 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
According to your request, I return the plat, which you had the goodness to send me with many thanks.—Your letter of 6th. Feby. had remained unanswered, not only from the pressure of public business, but from an inability to answer specifically in the name of all Mr. Johnson’s heirs—His affairs were left at his decease in 1802 in a state of great embarrassment, chiefly owing to a suit in...
13870From Charles Thomas Clark to Sarah Smith Adams, 23 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
It has been much longer since I wrote to you than I intended. The opportunities by which I have sent letters to dear Susan have been unexpected and sometimes I have scarcely had time to write to her; and I know that she would always inform you and my other friends of my situation. I wrote to her the other day by a vessel going to the rock of Gibralter. My health has very much improved...
13871Thomas Perkins to Thomas Jefferson, 23 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of forwarding to you for acceptance the 3 d of a sett of Exchange dated Leghorn November 11th 1817 @ 10 dsst for Six hundred and thirty five & 48 100 Dollars, drawn by Sig r Fancelli upon yourself in favour of Thomas Appleton Esq. and endorsed by him & myself, likewise, letter of advise received with same. Should the bill meet acceptance, I have to request of you to hold the...
13872Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I was favor’d this morning with your esteem d letter of the 20th: current & observe contents— M r Johnston come down himself last friday & took your Wine from M r Gibson s on Saturday on board his Boat, I fear tho’ from the great rise in the River that it will be a considerable time before it reaches you. I will attend to your instructions for the future on the subject of forwarding...
13873From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, 22 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
“Delightful praise, like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows.” They were sweet drops which flowed from the heart to the eyes both of your grandfather and grandmother, when I read to him the two letters you had transcribed to your uncle and to your father, in commendation of your brother. You could not have offered a sweeter incense to your grandfather; and flowing from the pen of...
13874From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 22 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
Your two last Letters have come safely to hand and I am much pleased at your steadiness and punctuality in writing—I suppose that John’s approaching wedding takes so much of his time in necessary preparation, that he has not been able to pay due attention to his correspondents—Give my Love to him however and tell him I hope he is going to give me a dutiful and amiable Daughter who will make up...
13875To John Adams from LeRay de Chaumont, 21 March 1818 (Adams Papers)
I noticed with great disappointment in the Letters you honored me with the 12 of last month, that you had not then received the Letter which I had the pleasure to write to you at the same time that I sent you the address, which you received with so much kindness and indulgence. I could not help however feeling grateful for the Neglect of some of the Post Offices since it was the cause that...
13876To James Madison from Armistead T. Mason, 21 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
I hope you will pardon my delay in answering your last letter, and ascribe it to any other cause than intentional neglect. I regret that my anticipation of the subscriptions in this County to the Central College of Va. has so far been realized: but I must in candor say that I have not had it in my power to apply to many Gentlemen on the subject. Perhaps I may yet be more successful. I have it...
13877James Rawlings to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of annexing a statement of your Account with the Mutual Assurance Society , And request that you will remit to me the amount thereof, by draft or otherwise, as early as may be convenient.— James Rawlings P Ag t M A Sy RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 2 Apr. 1818 and so recorded in SJL ; with MS of enclosure subjoined. RC (
13878Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with the Mutual Assurance Society, [ca. 21 March 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq r To The Mutual Assurance Society &c D r To Quotas of the years 1814. 1815 1816. 1817 & 1818 on Buildings in Albemarle Insured by Declaration N o 389 . $12 84 100 ea y r
13879Thomas Jefferson to John Armstrong, 20 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
A M. Jullien , one of the literati of France proposes to write the history of Gen l Kosciuzko , and requests me to obtain for him the materials for that part of it which he passed in the service of the US. of this I know nothing myself, for I believe I hardly knew Kosciuzko personally during the revolutionary war. our intimacy began on his last visit to America . I imagine you knew more of him...
13880Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 20 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 16 th and am thankful for your attention to my wants. I saw William Johnson the evening before his boat started last. he told me that he should not go down himself, but that his brother would, and he would be answerable for every thing trusted to him as if to himself. I was on horseback and at the river side, so could not give him a written order, but...