16081To James Madison from William Lee, 17 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
Some circumstances having occurred, since I had the honor to write you on the subject of the appointment, you had the goodness to offer me; I have thought it best after mature reflection, to accept the same, if you have not Sir before this gets to hand, selected another person. It will take me from ten, to fifteen days, to close all my concerns here and at the farthest, I can be in Washington...
16082John Prout to Thomas Jefferson, 17 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Memoir. On a new invention for fertilizing the various products of the soil. Inscribed to the Honorable Thomas Jefferson , Imitate the Gods: say the priests of all nations. Imitate Nature: say the Enlightened, not interested in deceiving, nor disposed to live on the labor of others further than their services may merit. As a few precepts faithfully instilled by the Moral Teacher into the minds...
16083From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 16 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of the 11th. has conjured up, in my Imagination so many Ghosts that I am in danger of being frightened as much as the Old Lady of Endor was at the Light of Samuel.— Many are the Years, in which I have Seriously endeavoured to Strip from my Mind every prejudice, and from my heart every Feeling, unfavourable to Mr Hutchinson. The subject is so familiar to my thoughts that I could...
16084William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind letter of Octob: 14. was recieved here the 19 th the very day you fixed as that of your departure for Bedford to remain there until the 1 st of Dec:—I did not therefore attempt to answer it at the moment, as it would have remained at Monticello , until your return—And this I count will get there some time before you & recieve you at your debotter . I write thus early because I am...
16085Elisha Ticknor to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
A few days ago I forwarded to you a second letter from my Son , and now have the pleasure to inclose to you another copy of the Invoice of your Books as received from him, with the amount of freight and duties, paid by me in this port, viz. D c Homerus 8 8vo th. 20,16/ =15. 50 Juvenalis 2 8vo 〃 6,04. 4. 50 Virgilius 4 8vo 〃
16086To James Madison from Jean François Étienne de Laroque, 15 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
Jean françois Etienne de Laroque a l’honner d’Apeler á vôtre Excellence, que N’Etant aux Etats unis qu’En passant pour S’En Retourner En france Sa patrie, N’ayant ni Etat ni profession, Sans fortune N’ayant Eté toute Sa vie que Militair d’ailleur[s] Sans domicile dans cette Ville—S’Est vu malgré toute ce Exemption porté Sur le livre de taxes des imposition. Le Soussigné Nayant jamais leur...
16087To James Madison from Richard Ward, 15 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Sentiments you have uniformly expressed in your Messages to the house of Congress favorable to Manufactures, encourages us again to address you on that Subject. It has been found by experience the aid given by Government to be altogether insufficient, and viewing the interest of the Manufacturer coincident with the great interest of Agriculture and the Nation—We beg leave to state That...
16088From John Quincy Adams to John Adams Smith, 14 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
Under the circumstances stated in Coll Aspinwalls certificate (which I return) and in your Letter, I cannot reccommend John McIntosh to relief as a destitute American Seaman. I enclose the Power of Attorney with the certificate concerning the Mayor of Leeds to which the Legation Seal must be affixed. truly yours MHi : Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.
16089To James Madison from Alexander J. Dallas, 14 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have just received your favor of the 11t. inst. It has given me great pleasure; and in the course of two or three days, you will receive the note you request. If you should decide upon sending the Report of September last to Congress, I think it would be best to send it, in the shape of an explanatory Extract , relative to business, which was transacted before Mr. Crawford’s responsibility...
16090To James Madison from George Graham, 14 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
The disposition evinced by Congress at the last session in relation to the defences of the United States, by an appropriation which was founded on an estimate, that contemplates an expenditure on fortifications of about four millions of dollars within the next four years; and the great importance of the judicious expenditure of that sum on adequate works, erected on properly selected sites;...
16091James Freeman to Thomas Jefferson, 14 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately returned to Boston , where I had the pleasure of finding the note of October the 10th , which you did me the honour to address to me. I still regret, as do all my friends here, that I had not the opportunity of hearing you speak. But I shall always remember with gratitude the hospitality of those members of your family, whom I had the satisfaction of seeing; and I rejoice in...
16092From John Adams to Richard Rush, 13 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
I Shall certainly comply with your Wishes, expressed in your favour of 31st Octr. The Correspondence between your Father and me has been for forty years together too intimate and too free, to See the Light at present. I have Letters from Dr Rush that would demonstrate his Patriotism, his Virtue, his Piety his Genius his Learning his Benevolenc his Generosity his Charity and at the Same time...
16093From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 13 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
I perceive you are growing Old, by the Curiosity you express to your Mother, to know Something of your Origin . My Fathers Mother was Hannah Bass; My Mothers Mother was Ann White a Daughter of Benjamin White, the Proprietor of Whites Hill in Brookline, a proud Son of Massachusetts Liberty, though an intimate Freind of Governor Dudley, as I have been informed by Richard Dana the Father of Chief...
16094From Thomas Boylston Adams to Thomas Cadwalader, 13 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
I am now two thirds of my journey homeward having left Philadelphia on the 8th: instant, and travelled with great expedition. Having written thus far, and finding the tremulous motion of the Steam-boat, in concert with my nervous system, too unstable for a friendly communication, I broke off and surrendered my tools into the hands of a friend, who was very impatient to write to his wife, he...
16095To James Madison from Perrin Willis, 13 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
Having heard that Mr Lee has declined accepting the appointment of accountant to the War Department; I beg leave to renew my application for that situation. And to assure you, Sir, that my zeal for the publick good will in case of your pleasure to appoint me, prompt me to discharge with punctuality and fidelity the duties of the station. I have recently discovered that the vacancy supposed to...
16096To James Madison from Charles Ridgely, 13 November 1816 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Charles Ridgely. 13 November 1816, “In Council” Annapolis. “I have the honor to transmit to you the enclosed Certificate of the Election of Members of Congress for this State.” Letterbook copy ( MdAA : Executive Letter Book). 1 p.; signed “Charles Ridgely of Ham.” Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760–1829) served in the Maryland legislature and was governor of Maryland from 1815–17 ( The...
16097Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 13 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Upwards of a week ago your R N o of the Repository was sent by the Mail. I shall be glad to hear, if it is not giving you too much trouble, whether You have received it in a perfect state of preservation .— I am happy to inform you that the President has given me his opinion of the work. He also has done me the honour to send, in his own hand writing, the facts of his life .— My work is not,...
16098Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 13 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to the Secretary of State on the subject of mr Arm i stead , and have recieved his assurance that if there is a vacancy, or should be one in any of the departments, he will exert himself to procure it. I wrote to him of preference, because more intimate with him than with any other of the heads of departments, and for a reason still more interesting, which I will explain to you as I...
16099Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture to Thomas Jefferson, 13 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
AT a Special Meeting of “ The Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture ,” held October (10th mo.) 30th, 1816, It was resolved, unanimously, T hat the Curators, with the assistance of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary, and any other Member or Members of the Society, who will procure and give information, collect facts relating to Agriculture and Horticulture, and of all circumstances...
16100Richard Rush to Thomas Jefferson, 13 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to offer many apologies for detaining so long the letters you were kind enough to put into my hands , and which I now return. When I got back from my short, though most pleasant and gratifying excursion as far as Monticello , I sent them on to Philadelphia . Intending to go there in the course of the autumn, I did not ask that they should be transmitted back to me, preferring to bring...
16101Thomas Jefferson to George Logan, 12 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved your favor of Oct. 16. at this place, where I pass much of my time, very distant from Monticello . I am quite astonished at the idea which seems to have got abroad; that I propose publishing something on the subject of religion. and this is said to have arisen from a letter of mine to my friend Charles Thompson , in which certainly there is no trace of such an idea. when we see...
16102Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 12 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of Oct. 23. was recieved here on the 31 st with the last sheets of your work. they found me engaged in a business which could not be postponed and have therefore been detained longer than I wished. on the subject of our antient aristocracy, I believe I have said nothing which all who knew them will not confirm, and which their reasonable descendants may not learn from every quarter. it...
16103To John Adams from William Tudor, Sr., 11 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
From your Letter of the 7th. I find some Misconception has arisen between you & the Editor of the N.A. Review. Your note of the 5th. I handed to that gentleman, & told him how fully I agreed with you in the Sentiment that the Hutchinsonian Controversy & the Impeachment of the Judges, if not the Pivots upon which the Revolution turned they certainly urged on & hastened, those Measures which...
16104From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 11 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Adams brought me your very kind Letter from Town the day before yesterday dated in Septbr: and was very happy to find that you enjoyed your health so well throughout the Season which is generally so trying to you and I hope that you will pass the fast approaching Winter equally well. you must be careful of yourself and not expose yourself by taking the whole charge of the family as you are...
16105From Richard Rush to Abigail Smith Adams, 11 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
I find, from a conversation with Mr Monroe, that it is not the intention of government to send dispatches to Spain by the Chippewa, or to employ her, in any other way, as a dispatch vessel. Hence the rumour adverted to in your favor of the 28th ulto. must, it would seem, have originated in some mistake. I ought to have transmitted this information some days earlier, and beg leave to apologize...
16106From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, 11 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
The approaching meeting of Congress requires that I should be making preparation for the event. The paragraph relating to the Finances will be a very important, and happily a very pleasing one. Persuaded that your peculiar familiarity with the subject is as yet little impaired, I am tempted by your experienced kindness, to intrude so far on moments belonging to other objects, as to request...
16107Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 11 [November] 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve here (where I pass a good deal of my time) your favor of Oct. 22. covering a Prospectus of a new edition of your Olive branch : I subscribe to it with pleasure, because I believe it has done & will do much good, in holding up the mirror to both parties, and exhibiting to both their political errors. that I have had my share of them, I am not vain enough to doubt, and some indeed I...
16108Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 11 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve here, where I pass much of my time, your favor of Oct. 28. and thank you for it’s kindness. the object of my adding this to the mass of your labors in letter-reading, is lest I should have been misunderstood in my application on behalf of mr Minor I proposed him as successor to Tho s J. Randolph , our collector who has resigned, or will immediately, and not as successor to mr...
16109Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Delaplaine, 11 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve here your favor of Oct. 26. the half volume of the Repository is probably recieved at Monticello where it will await my return. the objections to your work appear to be perfectly answered in the pamphlet you have been so kind as to inclose me. you had a right certainly to chuse your own scale of biography more or less extended, and the shorter as merely an Appendix to your main...
16110Thomas Jefferson to Maximilian Godefroy, 11 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve here your favor of Oct. 12. written from the Natural bridge , and am not at all surprised at the sensations expressed by you as produced by that great object, and the attachment excited. as a place of retirement and contemplation I know none in the world which would be so delightful, were not it’s solitude so incessantly interrupted by the curiosity of the world, and constant...