17791Thomas Jefferson to Henry Jackson, 31 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 16 th inst. I took the liberty, thro’ the office of the Secretary of State , of asking a second time your care of a letter to mr Ticknor . ten days after that I received your favor of Nov. 9. I am very thankful for the kind dispositions it expresses towards myself, and can assure you that the approbation of the wise and worthy is truly a pillow of down to an aged head. a direct...
17792Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 31 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Immediately on the rec t of your esteem d favo’r of the 20th Current I proceeded to search for the Articles you wish d and am sorry to say I could neither meet with Bottles or Corks of the description mentioned—I was desirous to have the Bottles picked, and packed in a Hogshead to prevent their being injured by removing, but, this the gentleman (and the only one who had them in the City) would...
17793Thomas Jefferson to Marc Auguste Pictet, 31 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Dabney Terril , of the state of Kentucky , a relation of mine being desirous to go to Europe for his education, I have advised him to give to the College of Geneva the preference which I consider it as deserving over any other Seminary of Europe . he accordingly has decided to proceed thither, and will have the honor of delivering you this letter. he is about 17. years of age, perfectly...
17794Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 31 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you a long letter on the 14 th inst. and as it went by duplicates thro good channels, I am sure you will get it. but a gentleman going from hence to Paris direct, which he will probably reach before either of the other channels of conveyance I will repeat from that letter but a single article, the request to add to the catalogue I formerly troubled you with, the underwritten books....
17795To James Madison from John L. Glaser, 30 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
To his Excellency James Madison, President of the United States of America, the Memorial of the Subscriber, John L Glaser, a citizen of the said United States, respectfully represents: That your Memorialist is a native of the city of Hamburg, and having been brought up to mercantile business, he emigrated from thence to the United States upward of ten years since, that he has during that time...
17796To James Madison from Chauncey Humphrey, 30 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
The petition of Chauncey Humphrey of Winchester in the County of Litchfield Respectfully Sheweth that on or about the 8th day of December 1814 Your petitioner was at Hartford in the said State of Connecticut at the House of Eleazar Porter Tavern-Keeper in said Hartford and then had in his possession a few articles of dry Goods To the Valu of about Two Hundred Dollars, in the Chamber Occupied...
17797To James Madison from William Simmons, 30 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Secy of war informs me that the Interrogations & answers relative to the extortion practised upon the Cadets at West Point in the prices of the articles furnished to them, and the degrading manner in which they are treated for trifling offences have been referred to you, The case of my son who is one of the Cadets & who has been pricked with bayonets and other ways inflicted with degrading...
17798To James Madison from Thomas Worthington, 30 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
In complying with the request of the General Assembly of Ohio, I have the ho⟨nor⟩ to transmit to you, a copy of resolutions passed by that body. Very respectfully RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 107, LRRS , W-36:9). Docketed as received in the War Department in February 1816. The enclosed resolutions (2 pp.), plus a one-page certification by Ohio secretary of state Jeremiah McLene, noted that...
17799Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 30 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Thomas Mann Randolph , the son of a neighbor and relation of mine is desirous of entering the naval service, and I am requested by his father to sollicit a midshipman’s warrant for him. I have known the young gentleman from his birth and can assure you he is of perfectly correct morals and demeanor, and of an amiable disposition. he is about 18. years of age, and had made some proficiency...
17800Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 30 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Dabney Terril , a relation of mine (the grandson of my sister) wishing to finish his education in Europe , I have advised him to go to Geneva preferably to any other place. his foundation is a moderate progress in Latin French and Mathematics. he is 17. years of age, perfectly correct in his morals and deportment, amiable in his dispositions, and thirsty after knolege. his circumstances...
17801Gilbert J. Hunt to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The honor of your signature to the enclosed paper will confer a particular obligation on the author. The hope of this favor being granted would not have been indulged, nor this trouble intruded upon one in your dignified retirement, but for the liberality which is known to dwell in the bosoms of the friends and Supporters of Columbian Liberty . N.B. A return of the enclosed will be attended...
17802Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Eston Randolph, 30 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have this morning written to the Secretary of the navy , to sollicit a midshipman’s warrant for Mann . the bearer of this letter carries that to the post office so that it may go by tomorrow’s mail. it was more direct and certain to address it at once to the Secretary of the navy , and I have requested him to inclose the warrant to Mann , at Baltimore to the care of George Stevenson . I...
17803Resolution in the Maryland Senate, 29 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Nathaniel Williams, Esq. in the Senate of Maryland, moved the following resolution, which was read and unanimously assented to: By the Senate, Jan. 29, 1816. Resolved by the Senate of Maryland, That the wisdom, valor and patriotism, so signally manifested, during the late arduous war with Great Britain, by JAMES MADISON , President of the United States, and by those statesmen and heroes who...
17804To James Madison from [Aaron?] Ogden, 29 January 1816 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Mr. [Aaron?] Ogden. 29 January 1816. “Regrets his intended departure for New York, will deprive him of the Honor of Dining with Mr. Madison on Thursday next.” RC ( NjP : Jasper E. Crane Collection of James and Dolley Madison; filed at 29 May 1816). 1 p. Unsigned; in an unidentified hand.
17805Dabney Carr to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d last evening your letter of the 19 th ins t . Accept I pray you, my best thanks, for it’s contents—they are perfectly satisfactory— If I could ascertain with certainty, that Girardin in his continuation, of Burks history, has taken that notice of my father , which you suggested to him; I should doubt, whether it ought to be repeated, in M r Wir t’s book—in conveying to him, the...
17806Thomas Eston Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The last Mail brought me a letter from my Son Mann , which has given me considerable uneasiness—he informs me, that he has ever had an aversion to Mercantile pursuits, and although he has endeavour’d to conquer it, he finds it impossible, and that his mind is possitively bent on entering the Navy— The object of this address, is to ask the favor of you to give him a letter to the President to...
17807George Watterston to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter of the 10th ; but have not yet received the books you mention. Have you gotten the catalogue I requested M r Milligan to forward you? And if you have, will you be so good as to let me know how it pleases you? You will, no doubt discover some errors in it; but those were unavoidable in the printing of so large a work—The Library Committee are dissatisfied with me for...
17808Thomas Jefferson to Noah Worcester, 29 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter bearing date Oct 18. 1815. came only to hand the day before yesterday, which is mentioned to explain the date of mine. I have to thank you for the pamphlets accompanying it, to wit, the Solemn review, the Friend of peace or Special interview, & the Friend of peace N o 2. the first of these I had received thro’ another channel some months ago. I have not read the two last steadily...
17809Thomas Jefferson’s Essay on New England Religious Intolerance (Draft), [ca. 10 January 1816] (Jefferson Papers)
you judge truly that I am not afraid of the priests. they have tried upon me all their various batteries, of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying & slandering, without being able to give me one moment of pain. I have contemplated their order from the Magi of the East to the Saints of the West, and I have found no difference of character, but of more or less caution, in proportion to the...
17810Thomas Jefferson’s Essay on New England Religious Intolerance (As Published), [27 January 1816] (Jefferson Papers)
To the Editor of the Enquirer . A pamphlet has lately been published to the North, of such a character, as ought not to be unknown, or unnoticed by the people of the United States. It is the boldest and most impudent stride New England has ever made in arrogating an ascendency over the rest of the Union. The first form of the pamphlet was an Address from the rev. Lyman Beecher, Chairman of the...
17811Joseph Fox to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 15] January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
For a number of years with much difficulty and expense I have employed myself in discovering dyes, &c. suitable to the manufacture of various articles in the United States , and finding them of advantage to many throughout our country, and having been requested by persons interested to make them public, by publishing a work containing from one to two hundred pages, as my circumstances may...
17812From William Smith Shaw to Abigal Adams Shaw Felt, 27 January 1816 (Adams Papers)
I have received your letter of the 3 Jan and should have written you an answer before but thinking that it would be more satisfactory to both of us to converse together respecting the important subject of the letter I have delayed writing, constantly flattering myself that it would be in my power to visit Atkinson but this has not been in my power. Indeed I had prepared myself to have gone on...
17813Thomas Jefferson to Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn, 27 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mrs Dearborn and his thanks for the very acceptable seeds she has been so kind as to send him and which will occupy his care & attention in the season now beginning to invite the labors of the garden. he cannot omit this first occasion of expressing to mrs Dearborn the uneasiness which the unpleasant weather in which she left Monticello gave to the...
17814Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 27 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty twice lately of addressing you, and have not been favoured with a reply.— If M r Wood cannot conveniently visit you for the purpose of painting your portrait, I shall request him to make me a copy of your picture in the possession of M r Madison . If, unfortunately this portrait is at M r Madison s’ country seat, I know not what I shall do. I want much to hear from you...
17815Thomas Jefferson to Philip Doddridge, 27 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I have no recollection when the bounty of lands was first given to the soldiers of the revolutionary war; yet I know it was so early that it cannot be a long research into the ordinances and acts to find it. I inclose you a copy of the journals and Ordinances of the Convention of 1776. and as you mention that the public offices are without a compleat copy, be so good as to deposit it in the...
17816Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 27 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
My calls for money being here, and my grandson having to transfer the monies of his collection to Richmond it is a mutual convenience to give him my draughts on you in exchange for cash here, inasmuch as it saves to us both the hazards of the road. I have accordingly this day drawn on you in his favor for 446. D 25 c which (if my tob o should not be arrived) be so good as to cover by a sale of...
17817Thomas Jefferson to Thomas W. Maury, 27 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favored with yours of the 17 th . mr Cabell had apprised me of the objections to the power of imprisonment given to the a functionary of our College; and having explained to him the reason of it I must refer you to him for a sight of my letter . the object seems to have been totally mistaken, and what was intended in tenderness to the pupil has been misconstrued into an act of severity,...
17818From John Adams to Joseph Delaplaine, 26 January 1816 (Adams Papers)
You request a Service of Some difficulty, and more delicacy. The Number of Revolutionary Patriots in Massachusetts Patriots of the Revolution was not Small; and all have left Posterity and Connections to dispute with me. But if you demand my Opinion upon honour, I will give it, as it lies in my present Recollection. Samuel Adams, James Otis Junior, Major Hawley of North Hampton, Major General...
17819From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 26 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
In compliance with the Resolution of the 24th I transmit two letters from the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain to the Secretary of State with his answer. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 14A–D1). RC in John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . For enclosures, see n. 2. The resolution, introduced in the House of Representatives by Thomas B. Robertson...
17820From James Madison to the Senate, 26 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Commissions having issued during the recess of the Senate to the following persons, I now nominate them to the Offices respectively annexed to their names. … RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, followed by a list, in a clerk’s hand, of nineteen nominees to be principal assessors of the revenue throughout the nation, signed by JM . The...