13831Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Cooper, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Our legislature has appropriated 15,000 D. a year for an University, & taken measures for fixing it’s site, which I am confident will result in adopting that of the Central College . our Visitors meet here on the 11 th of May , and I therefore press M r Correa to make his visit a few days before that, because in yours of Feb. 20.
13832Thomas Jefferson to José Corrêa da Serra, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I set out tomorrow for Bedford , to return the first week in May. I note this to you because I have been flattered with your visit in May, and D r Cooper promised me he would accept your kind offer of a seat in your carriage. I wish you could be here some days before the 11 th of May , because on that day our Visitors meet and yourself and D r Cooper may, I am sure suggest to me so
13833José Corrêa da Serra to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
As i shall most probably very soon take a northern direction, which is pointed to me by what i have to do, i will in consequence be deprived of the pleasure i promised to myself of paying you in May the annual tribute of my personal respects; my pilgrimage to Monticello i must transfer to the autumnal months. But the American born Marrons would lose the season of being sown, and i have the...
13834Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 6 th is rec e ived. I set out the day after tomorrow for Poplar Forest , and shall be there till the 1 st of May . you say you will be at home the 25 th . I really think Francis had better come on diret direct
13835Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I must ask the favor of you to send my acc t for Jan. Feb. Mar. with as little delay as convenient, this being the season of the year at which most of my engagements fall due. this renders it necessary for me to ask further that if any flour remains on hand, the quantity may be stated, as a full view of my funds is necessary to govern my draughts. my crop of wheat in Bedford , which from 400....
13836Thomas Jefferson to Francis W. Gilmer, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the letter of mr Ticknor which I have thought myself justified in communicating to his friends here on account of the pleasure it would give them, and that, I am sure, will give you pleasure. I trust you did not a moment seriously think of putting yourself behind the door of W. & M. College . a more compleat Cul de sac could not be proposed to you. no, dear Sir, you are...
13837John Hollins to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your esteemed favor of the 5 th Ins t came to hand yesterday, its contents shall not fail to have my particular attention, a vessel is daily expected from Leghorn , called the Strong , & as there is pretty frequent communication between the two ports, it is probable the stone cutters may soon arrive, that however depends upon the time your letter may have been received by M r Appleton , at all...
13838William Peck to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit a plain stranger to thank you sincerely for lending your name in countenance of the Massachusetts Peace Society . Those men opposed your election to the presidency, I hope from good motives, tho: I thought they did wrong, especially in representing you as an enemy to the Christian Religion. They are now engaged in a work I ardently approbate, and sincerely rejoice to find “the sage of...
13839Thomas Jefferson to Albert & John W. Picket, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 29 . is recieved with the first numbers of the Academician. at an earlier period of life I befriended with zeal all new publications which promised utility, as yours does. but age now admonishes me to wind up old concerns and to embark in no new ones. scarcely a week passes without recieving some new proposition for a new publication . but the desire of rest & tranquility is...
13840Joseph C. Cabell’s Memorandum on the Introduction to the “Anas,” 9 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
On 31 st March 1818 , I was drawn to Monticello by my duties as a Visitor of the Central College . M r Jefferson then put into my hands for perusal a manuscript covering four and a half sheets of letter paper, entituled Explanations of the 3 volumes in marble paper . It was a commentary written by himself on Marshall ’s life of Washington .
13841Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 9 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I avail myself as usual of the protection of your cover for my letters. that to Cathalan need only be put into the post office; but for that for Appleton I must ask the favor of you to adopt the safest court course which circumstances offer. You will have seen by the newspapers that there is a decided ascendancy of the republican party in nearly all the states. Connecticut decidedly so: it...
13842Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Payments, Debts, and Credits, [ca. 17 April 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
1818. Apr. 9. ✓ V. Staphorsts 2083 .20 + 302. Int. to May 30. ✓ Desbures 120 } 1000. ✓ Cathalan 420 . ✓ Appleton for
13843Thomas Jefferson to Reuben G. Beasley, 8 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Sep. 29. came safely to hand, as did also the Case of books from Mess rs De Bure which you were so kind as to forward. your position at a seaport town, the threshold, as it were, of Paris , must expose you to much trouble from the numerous correspondents with that place. I am afraid I shall once in every year be obliged to ask your intermediary office between myself and my...
13844Thomas Jefferson to William Tilghman, 8 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the excellent Eulogium you have been so kind as to send me . the subject is mournful but the composition eloquent and true. the science, the morality, the benevolence and modesty of our deceased friend were worthy of all which could be said, and it has been said so as to do justice to that worth. the good he did in life will be continued after death, by the amiable...
13845Thomas Jefferson to John Vaughan, 8 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I now renew to you my annual trob trouble for supplies of books and wines from Paris , Marseilles & Leghorn . for this purpose I have requested mr Gibson to send you 1000. Dollars of which I ask the favor of you to remit 120.D. to Mess rs De Bure freres , booksellers of
13846From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 7 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
My last Note went to you by mr Marston, with two Letters enclosed—I did not write on Saturday as mr A. calld before I had leisure in the morning—it is now five weeks Since Susan was confined, and She is not able to Sit up more than half the day—She has been much weakened by an inflamation and much pain. added to that, what is calld the Miliary Eruption, which I never before Saw, but which I...
13847Answer of President and Directors of Rivanna Company to Thomas Jefferson’s Bill of Complaint, 7 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The Answer of the President & Directors of the Rivanna Company to the Bill of Complaint exhibited in this honble Court against them by Thomas Jefferson These Respondents saving to themselves now & hereafter all manner of exceptions to the various matters & things set forth in the Plaintiff’s Bill of Complaint for Answer thereto, or to so much thereof as they are advised is necessary for them...
13848John Wayles Eppes to Thomas Jefferson, 6 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been unwell during the last eight or ten days and part of the time confined to my room—This must be my apology for leaving your last so long unanswered— I have determined to remove Francis from the Catholic school at the close of the Session of Congress . I would with pleasure send him on immediately and let him join you on your trip to Bedford , but the time is so nearly arrived for...
13849From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 5 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
In Mr Wirts elegant and eloquent Panegyrick on Mr Henry.—I beg your attention to page 56 to page 67. the end of the second section. Where you will read a curious specimen of the agonies of Patriotism in the early Stages of the Revolution—“When Mr Henry could carry his Resolutions but by one Vote, and that against the influence of Randolph, Bland, Pendelton Wythe and all the Old members whose...
13850To John Adams from William Tudor, Sr., 5 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
Since my last short Conversation with you, I have read Mr. Wirt’s Biographical Romance, a singular Book indeed! Composed more with a View to display the Author’s Talents, than those of his Subject. A better attempt at flattering Virginians, than furnishing Facts for sober, future, Historians. His Materials were scanty indeed, & he has made the most of them. Henry was undoubtedly a bold &...
13851From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 5 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
The observations which you make in your Letter to me of the 29 March on the Books you have been reading are just and prove that you derive advantage from your application, and that you digest, and reflect upon the subject of your at author There is a striking similarity between that part of Scottish Chiefs which you mention and Telemachus and from both these much instruction is to be...
13852From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 5 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
You have at last much to my satisfaction, renewed a correspondence which ought never to have been interrupted, and that in the most acceptable manner to your parents, by an assurance of future attention and regularity—The accounts we receive of your conduct are very flattering, and we receive them as an earnest of what we may hope and expect as you advance in life, to reward us for the many...
13853Thomas Jefferson to Stephen Cathalan, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I will suppose you to possess my letter of Jan. 18. because I sent it by duplicates, and consequently you know every thing about your own affair. The Rivesalte & Nice wines arrived at New York about the beginning of January: but so dangerous is our coast in winter that they could not be brought round to Richmond till lately and arrived here two days ago. the Rivesalte will require time to...
13854Enclosure: List of Wine and Food Ordered from Stephen Cathalan by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [ca. 5 … (Jefferson Papers)
64. gallons of Rivesalte 300. bottles of Nice wine. 5. gallons of the best olive oil of Aix 12. bottles of Anchovies 50. ℔ raisins of Smyrna , sans pepins . 100. ℔ of Maccaroni. the above are for myself to be marked T.I. the following are for Thomas Jefferson Randolph to be marked
13855Thomas Jefferson to William Dandridge, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 14 th of Feb. 1816. mr Saunders deposited in your bank 635.48 D for John Baptist Fancelli of Italy , subject to my order. M r Fancelli having now drawn on me for the deposit I have given to mr Thomas Perkins of Boston , holder of the bill, an order on you, written on the back of your certificate of the deposit which be pleased to honor at sight. PoC
13856Thomas Jefferson to de Bure Frères, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Oct. 23. was recieved on the 1 st of January together with the books last furnished, which arrived in good order, altho, when getting on our coast so late as that, they are very liable to the ordinary damage of the winter storms. I did not know, till your letter informed me that the envoi of the former year had amounted to more than the bill of exchange netted. I now therefore...
13857Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s List of Books to be Acquired by de Bure Frères, [ca. 5 April 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
The Greek Septuagint by Grabe . 10. v. 8 vo Hexapla Origenis à Bahrat . 2. v. 8 vo Lipsiae et Lubec . apud Donatium . 1769. Gassendi Syntagma philosophiae Epicuri
13858Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
We are building a College near Charlottesville , and have occasion for two stone cutters, for whom I have written to mr Appleton our Consul at Leghorn , where I know they can be had of the first degree of skill, and for one third of what ours ask. I have taken the liberty of saying to mr Appleton that if he will ship them to Baltimore consigned to you, you will be so kind as to pay his draught...
13859Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Account with Philip Mazzei’s Estate, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Dollars 1808. Oct. 7. paid M c Graw attorney in the suit for the lot 50. 1813. July 14. recieved the price of the lot on sale 6342. 6292 1817. July 14. Interest on 6292. D @ 6. p r cent. 4. years 1510.
13860Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 30. is at hand, and I so far avail myself of your friendship as to inclose you a note for 3000.D. meaning to trouble you only with the first negociation, as the renewals shall be attended to thro mr Gibson hereafter. I can by no means consent to your name being put on it, because in the place you are such a practice would overwhelm you with embarrasments. Jefferson is my...
13861Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Perkins, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 3. is recieved with the bill of Exchange of Sign r Fancelli , endorsed by mr Appleton & yourself. the bill is good. the sum for which drawn was recovered by me for mr Bellini ’s representatives, & deposited by the Attorney recieving it in the Richmond bank of Virginia on the 14 th of Feb. 1816. where it has lain unprofitably ever since.
13862Thomas Jefferson to Victor Adolphus Sasserno, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I am in hopes you recieved in due time my letter of Feb. 22. and with it your Consular commission. two days ago came to hand the 200. bottles of wine you were so kind as to furnish me last through mr Cathalan . it is an excellent & well-flavored wine, and would give unmixed satisfaction could we forget that furnished the preceding year, which pleased here beyond any wine I have ever seen. the...
13863Francis Adrian Van der Kemp to Thomas Jefferson, 5 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
was I to answer a letter—So gratifying to my feelings, as interesting in itself, dated 9 Febr —to another man as mr. Jefferson , who honoured me with his courtesy—and So kindly condescended, to give me proof upon proof of his confidential regards, I should feel myself obliged, to make an apology for my long Silence. Now I am dispensed of this task, and communite communicate to you my Sincere...
13864Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Administration of Charles Bellini’s Estate, 4 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
1818. Apr. 4. having recieved mr Fancelli ’s Excha. of Nov. 11. 1817 in fav r of T. Appleton ass d to Tho s Perkins , I inclosed the certificate of the Cash r of the bank (which had been given
13865From John Adams to Nathaniel Bowditch, 4 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
I have recceived with Pride and Pleasure a Volume of Mathematical Papers from a Fellow Citizen and Native of Massachusetts who alredy ranks among the greatest Masters of the Sublimest Sciences which Human Understanding is capable of comprehending. If it is true, as it is reported that you have made a Translation of the Méchanique Céleste, I pray you to admit my name into the List of...
13866From John Adams to Alexander Townsend, 4 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
John Adams was Born at Quincy on the 19th. of October 1735. of John and Susana Boylston Adams. he entered College 1751. took his first degree in 1755. kept the Latin School in Worcester.—Studied Law with Coll James Putnam till 1758. when he took his Second degree at College, and was admitted to the Practice of the Law in Boston.—in 1761. he was admitted Barrister in the Supreme Judicial Court...
13867Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Appleton, 4 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of Dec. 20. was recieved on the 13 th Ult. & covered the acceptable letter of Madame Pini , which gave me infinit e satisfaction, as it rendered legitimate a delay which is of much con v enience to me, and shall not injure her. be so good as to present to her & to M. Pini my acknolegements for this indulgence, & the assurance that their trust shall not be abused, that the interest shall...
13868Thomas Jefferson to Harrison Hall, 3 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Hall , acknoleges the reciept of his letter of Mar. 24. & assures him he has never had an idea of publishing a new edition of the Notes on Virginia . he has occasionally made some little memorandums and perhaps may continue to do so, which he may leave to be added should it be thought worthy of a posthumous edition . He prays mr Hall to remind him...
13869Thomas Jefferson to James Smith (of Baltimore), 3 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Th Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Smith and his thanks for the papers he has been so kind as to send him on the subject of vaccination. were he 20. or 30 years younger he should join with zeal in so good a work as that proposed by mr Smith , but time tells him he has nothing to do with new undertakings, and nature calls for tranquility and repose. he salutes mr Smith with respect....
13870To John Adams from Alexander Townsend, 2 April 1818 (Adams Papers)
I take the liberty to request, that you wd. at your leisure favour me wh. the chronology of the events of your life . Unless your own hand does this, I fear it will be done but imperfectly. Me it wd. cost some research. Many who have them in memory, have not your ability to put them on paper. I am aware, you never can become your own biographer. A life spent in forming materials for history,...
13871Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Delaplaine, 1 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Mar. 11. was rec d on the 24 th but it is not in my power to give you any information as to mr Samuel Adams . I knew him only as serving with him in the old Congress . the disparity of our ages prevented any particular intimacy being myself the youngest but one in Congress and he I believe the oldest . he was a very operative member a sensible speaker but entirely without...
13872Thomas Jefferson to Amos Hamlin, 1 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I am indebted for your letter of Jan. 12. which was exactly 2 ½ months in getting to my hands, & brought me the favor of your meteorological observations which bear the marks of great care and accuracy. I believe there is not a single person in this part of our country who attends to this subject, so that I am not able to offer you any thing from others. I kept pretty exact tables for a space...
13873Thomas Jefferson to Wells & Lilly, 1 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
You must have thought me very tardy in acknoleging the reciept of your letter of Jan. 13. and in returning my thanks which I now do for the very handsome copy of Cicero ’s works from your press, which you have been so kind as to present me. I waited first the reciept of that & the books accompanying it, but I happened at the time of their arrival to be reading the 5 th book of Cicero ’s...
13874To John Adams from William Tudor, Sr., March 1818 (Adams Papers)
At the Request of General Welles I write this Letter to introduce Mr. Binon the Artist we yesterday mentioned in the Committee’s Address & whose Services you so kindly condescended to encourage, for the Public Purpose of gratifying the Citizens of this Town, & Posterity. From the Specimen of his Abilities as an Artist of which We have a satisfying Proof in a Bust of General Dearbo r n, we...
13875From 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...
13876To 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...
13877Joseph 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 .
13878To 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...
13879From 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...
13880From 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...