16101John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 4 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Letter of Oct. 14 has greatly obliged me. Tracy s A a n alysis, I have read once; and wish to read it a Second time. It Shall be returned to you. But I wish to be informed whether this Gentleman is of that Family of Tracy s with which the Marquis La Fayette is connected by intermariages.? I have read, not only the Analysis, but Eight Volumes out of 12 of The origine de tous les Cultes,...
16102To James Madison from John Jacob Astor, 3 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honnor to Rive your letter of the 29 ulto in which you are pleased To express a wish that I would Remit to Mr. Gallatin on your account A Bill on Paris for 338 Francs—which I will Do on my Return to new york and of which I will have the pleasure to Transmit to you an account. I have the Honnor to be Most Respectfully Sir your obtd Humbl Servt PS. Would you have the goodness to...
16103To James Madison from Robert M. Penoyer, 2 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to inform you, that Mr. Graham has made known to me that he has laid before you for decission, the bids which I have made for furnishing Subsistance for the use of the United States Army within the States of NYork, Vermont & New Jersey. By Public Notice from the War Dept. dated July 10th. 1816 which is as follows viz, That Seperate proposals will be recd. at the Office of the...
16104To James Madison from Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus, 1 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
Mr Antrobus presents his respects to The President and Mrs Madison and will have the honor of dining with them on Thursday next. RC ( NN : James Madison Papers). Gibbs Crawfurd Antrobus, secretary to the British legation, arrived in Washington on 6 Sept. 1816 ( Daily National Intelligencer , 7 Sept. 1816).
16105George Logan to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing your anxiety to promote the agriculture of your country, as the most stable support of the best interests of civil society I herewith send you a specimen of dressed flax, which I lately received from my friend Sir John Sinclair He says nothing respecting the mode of its preparation; but I am informed it is accomplished by beating and friction, without its being previously rotted. When...
16106Elisha Ticknor to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a letter and an Invoice of a parcel of Books, received yesterday from my son, in the Ship Cordelia from Hamburg . On receiving the Books, which will probably be in the course of eight or ten days, I will as soon as possible reship them to Messrs Gibson and Jefferson , your Correspondents in Richmond . As soon as I can get at the amount of duties, freight &c. I will forward it to...
16107Francis Adrian Van der Kemp to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Reperusing your interesting Syllabus I have recalled in my mind a train of thoughts—which I brought in writing about twenty years past and Send then—for his criticisms—to my old friend Joshua Toulmin of Taunton —father of the judge in the Missisippi Territory —which treatise has been irrecoverably lost on its passage to England . Having hurted my right leg—in my garden—by carelessness—which...
16108Enclosure: Francis Adrian Van der Kemp’s Synopsis of a Proposed Book, [ca. 1 November 1816] (Jefferson Papers)
Memoirs respecting the person and doctrine of J.C. compiled from S.S. Outlines Part. i Præliminarÿ discussions Developement of the general principles of nat: Religion. Inquirÿ in the authenticity of the S.S.—of the Jewish Religion writings — the lxx
16109From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Mary Catherine Hellen Adams, October 1816 (Adams Papers)
On the Portrait of My Husband. The painters Art would vainly seize That harmony of Nature; Where Sense and goodness joined with ease Shine forth in every feature.— That open front where wisdom sits, That eye which speaks the Soul; That brow that study gently knits That bright attempered whole, That vast variety of mind Capacious, clear and strong, Where brilliancy of wit refined Enchants the...
16110From William Smith Shaw to John Quincy Adams, October 1816 (Adams Papers)
Your letter of the 7 April last, I never had the pleasure to receive untill the 30 June. At that time, I was most severely afflicted by a violent attack of the rheumatism which confined me for nearly three months afterwards and of which I have not even now perfectly recovered. Since my convalescence from the last attack of the session of the District Court for Sept term & that of the Circuit...