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...
13881To 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...
13882Nathaniel 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
13883Stephen 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
13884George 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...
13885Wilson 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...
13886Wilson 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...
13887Lyman 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 ,...
13888From 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...
13889James 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...
13890To 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...