156871To James Madison from George Luckey, 1 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
The love of country is strong in most nations; and one might expect would be so powerful in a free State that it would lead forth every citizen to strive by all means to promote the public interest. In this every one has it in his power to do something by Word or deed. We know that it is peculiarly difficult at this period for the constituted authorities to direct the Vessel of State amidst...
156872To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 1 July 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 July 1811, Maryland. “I advise you as a Friend to arouse from your Lethargy. Look at the Nation. The People are all but ready to Burst into a Flame. A Flame of Discord. This is the Hour Of Trial—it is more Dangerous than the Time that tried Men’s Soul’s.… Do not slumber at the Helm in the Storm lest Our ship may Broach too & founder. May God be your Comfort and give you Consolation in the...
156873David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inform you, that the Essex is arrived, and that we expect to sail in the course of eight, or ten days. I received, from Mr. Graham , the note which you were pleased to write, with the inclosed letter for Paris — Since that time, I took the liberty of sending you a copy of my translation of Gregoires’ work on Blacks, in which he examines your opinions concerning their capacity...
156874Enclosure: Account from Sale of Thomas Jefferson’s Flour, 2 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Sales of 54 Barrels flour made on account of Thomas Jefferson Esq r June 24 th 1811 To W m Mackenzie for Jn o Leslie s note at 60 days vz t
156875Horatio Turpin to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed you by M r W m Harris the Grandson of your Old Acquaintance Col o John Harris of the Mankin town who wishes to go on board of the Navy and if you could by a letter to the President be instrumental in Obtaining a birth for him he would be thankful to you to do so, he is a young Gentleman of good morals addicted to none of the prevalent vices & I think I can with Safety...
156876To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have seen with very great concern the late Address of mr. Smith to the public. He has been very ill advised both personally and publicly. As far as I can judge from what I hear, the impression made is entirely unfavorable to him. Every man’s own understanding readily answers all the facts and insinuations, one only excepted, and for that they look for explanations without any doubt that they...
156877Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 3 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have seen with very great concern the late Address of mr Smith to the public. he has been very ill advised both personally and publicly. as far as I can judge from what I hear, the impression made is entirely unfavorable to him. every man’s own understanding readily answers all the facts and insinuations , one only excepted, and for that they look for explanations without any doubt that they...
156878Robert Rives to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Under cover you have Invoice of Books which my Son inform’d me you wishd me to order for you from London —I am inform’d they are ¼ tos instead of Octavo’s as order’d—and should they not please on that account it will be not the least inconvenience to me to keep them myself RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 20 July 1811. Robert Rives (1764–1845), merchant and planter, was a native of...
156879To James Madison from Daniel Buck, 4 July 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 July 1811, Chelsea. Presumes on JM’s “known goodness” to make “a few quiries, and suggestions.” Asks if there is reason to suppose that any nation endowed with superior resources and imbued with the rights of man can remain in colonial subordination “and suffer her resources to be drawn from her by a remote power.” Is it possible that Spain’s American provinces might return to a dependency...
156880To James Madison from James Chamberlain, 4 July 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 July 1811, Mount Locust, Jefferson County, Mississippi Territory. “This strange app⟨licatio⟩n will I have no doubt surprize you—but dire necessity compels me to it.” Relies on JM’s “known philanthropy” to save him and his three children. Explains that he was ruined by the Embargo, although he approved of the measure. Shortly before it went into effect, he purchased property to be paid for by...
156881To James Madison from Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, 4 July 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 July 1811, Paris. Sends two manuscripts that will prove his attachment to the country which has become that of his children and where he hopes to finish his days. One manuscript is a much corrected edition of his work on American finance that was sent to Jefferson last year. The other manuscript is the second, equally corrected, edition of his plan for American national education. Cannot...
156882Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours to Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
voici le dernier Volume des Œuvres de M r Turgot . vous y verrez parce quil écrivait au docteur Price et au Sage Franklin combien il aimait votre Patrie. Je fais passer à Monsieur le Président une copie corrigée de mon Mémoire sur les Finances des Etats-unis dont je vous ai envoyé la minute l’année derniere. Et aussi une copie corrigée de l’ouvrage que vous m’aviez demandé sur l’éducation...
156883George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I only yesterday received your favor of the 24 th ultimo .—the note however was in time, but had one hour only to spare.— I suppose that your letters must have been too late for the mail, for the dft to M r Lyles dft Lyle has not yet appeared.— the one to M r Higginbotham did, in due time.
156884From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 5 July 1811 (Adams Papers)
The K. of modern Babilon, mentioned in your Letter of the 2d, who was become as a Beast, and whose Kingdom was taken from him, because of the hardness of his heart: is not so beautiful an Animal as the Taureau blanc of Voltaire and it is to be feared will never be restored from his Brutality to his Humanity like him. The Layman I think cannot disguise himself from me, unless he Studies hard to...
156885To James Madison from Bossange & Masson, 5 July 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 July 1811, Paris. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 7 Jan. 1811 mentioning receipt of their edition of Homer’s Iliad . “The favourable admission you have given it by granting a place in your Library cause us to beg the same honour for the Second work of the Illustrious translator, La Jerusalem Délivrée.” RC ( DLC ). 1 p. Jérusalem délivrée; poëme traduit de l’italien , trans. C. F. Le Brun (Paris,...
156886From James Madison to James Jay, 5 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 5 July 1811. Mentioned in Jay to JM, 11 July 1811 . States that it would be agreeable to him if Jay’s request for permission to travel to Europe in a U.S. vessel could be granted but the secretary of the navy has made arrangements that will not allow private passengers.
156887William Duane to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
By the Mail of this day, I forward you a single copy of the Review of Montesquieu , I hope you will find it executed in a style of neatness not discreditable to the work nor to the American press. By printing it on a larger type and a smaller page, it might have been made a large volume, but I believe it will be considered as preferable in its present form by those who prefer a book for its...
156888Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with James Lyle, 6 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq r on acct of Rich d Harvie In acct. with James Lyle To This sum, ⅌ Col: Jefferson’s letter, due with interest from the 19 th of April 1783 at 5 ⅌C t ⅌ Ann:—Sterling Money } £132.12.0 To Interest on the same till July the 6 th 1811
156889From Alexander Hill Everett to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 6 July 1811 to 18 July 1811 (Adams Papers)
I reached this place, Madam, after a ride of 22 hours. I cannot refuse myself the satisfaction of sending you a few lines; not only because I suppose, it will be the first letter you ever received from here and perhaps the last you ever will, but because I think it the most effectual remedy against being forgotten at the first post. It cannot be supposed that I have in an absence of 22 hours...
156890To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 6 July 1811 (Adams Papers)
Yrs. of June 21st. came safe to hand. I shall reply to it give you the echo of it in a few days. Not knowing to whom it is proper to send the enclosed packet from Lord Bircham, I have taken the liberty to address it to you. It contains (I suppose) a curious, heterogeneous oration by his Lordship delivered before some Americans in Edingh: on the Anniverrsary of General Washington’s birth day.—...
156891John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your esteemed fav r 29 th Ult o inclosed Order on Bank of Pensyl a —as well 3 d Bill of Ex— on Acco t of Gen l Kosciusko —respecting the latter— on paying my respects on the Memorable 4 th
156892From William Cranch to Abigail Smith Adams, 7 July 1811 (Adams Papers)
Upon receipt of your kind letter of the 17th. ulto. I was too deeply afflicted by the information it contained even to thank you for it, as I aught to have done. I inferr’d from it that my dear mother had gone to join the departed spirits of her mother, her father and those other friends from whom she had been so long separated by death. It was A day or two pass’d before I was undeceived; so...
156893To James Madison from James Taylor, 7 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed I send you a letter I lately recieved from my friend Judge Coburn. It was intended for my sight alone; but as it explains the cause why he did not attend his Court in Louisiana last Spring, I had a wish that you should see it from under his own hand. This letter contains some expressions which so well comports with my own sentiments & feelings, as to our political & foreign relations,...
156894To John Adams from Benjamin Waterhouse, 8 July 1811 (Adams Papers)
I recvd. your letter of the 5th, with pleasure & read it with satisfaction, as I always do, because I understand your politics, and because I see in them one uniform & everlasting principle that does not bend to the fashions & caprices of the day—Foolish people have cried out—“Mr Adams has changed his politics; he is no longer a federalist, but is changed to a republican.” I have as constantly...
156895From James Madison to Thomas Cooper, 8 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
By the return of the Frigate Essex, I have received from Mr. McRae on whom the Consulate at Paris provisionally devolved, an answer to my letter addressed to Mr. Warden on the subject of the Chemical books you wished to procure. I subjoin the requisite extract “A stranger & almost entirely ignorant of the language even of the Country, I have been obliged to avail myself of the aid of Doctr....
156896From James Madison to the Heads of Departments, 8 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison requests the favor of a consultation with the heads of Departments tomorrow (tuesday) at 12 oClock and that they remain to dinner with him. RC ( NHi : Gallatin Papers). Addressed to the secretary of the treasury. In a clerk’s hand. Another copy ( NjP : Crane Collection) is addressed to the attorney general.
156897From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 8 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 3d. came duly to hand. You will have noticed in the Nat: Intelligencer that the wicked publication of Mr Smith is not to escape with impunity. It is impossible however that the whole turpitude of his conduct can be understood without disclosures to be made by myself alone, and of course, as he knows, not to be made at all. Without these his infamy is daily fastening itself...
156898To James Madison from Henry Dearborn, 8 July 1811 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of presenting you a copy of an Oration pronounced on the 4th inst. by my Son, as to its merit, I can only say, that I hope the imperfections & defects may be in some measure ballanced by the honest zeal of the author. The two Mrs. Coles were with us at our festival. They set out this morning for the District of Maine. Please to ask Mrs. Madison to accept the tender of my...
156899To James Madison from Jonas Humbert, 8 July 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 July 1811, New York. Apologizes for writing a long letter, but as one who supported the Jefferson administration, JM’s nomination, and the Embargo, he was “ marked two years ago as a victim , and lately sacrificed to gratify the Clinton faction in this City.” Has been prevented from acting in his job as an inspector of flour and meal, which has deprived him of the means to support his...
156900To James Madison from William Lambert, 8 July 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 July 1811, Washington. “A letter lately received from bishop Madison, inclosing a statement to him from Mr. Blackburn, professor of mathematics at William and Mary College, relative to a supposed error in the calculation of the longitude of that college, transmitted by you some weeks ago, has made it necessary for me to explain the objectionable part of the computation, by demonstrating to...