24501To Thomas Jefferson from Herman Boye, 10 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
H. Boye presents his compliments to M r Jefferson, and begs leave to introduce to his notice the bearer of this M r Hugh P. Taylor who is desirous of visiting Monticello and anxious to see its celebrated owner.—M r T is a young man of plain unassuming and modest manner who has for the last 6 or 7 years been engaged in various business for the State of Virginia. If M r T could be gratified with...
24502To Thomas Jefferson from Herman Boye, 11 January 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
M r William Short of this City, called on me this morning, in relation to those instruments which you had the kindness to lend me. I regret exceedingly that you should have had the smallest degree of trouble on account of their not been returned before this time. It was my intention, as soon as I had completed the Map of Virginia, to have returned them in person, or to have delivered them to...
24503To Benjamin Franklin from Louis-Marie Boyenval and Other Commission Seekers, with Franklin’s Notes for Replies, 13 March … (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society It is doubtful that any of the people who applied to Franklin for commissions in the American army during the spring of 1779 ever crossed the ocean. Franklin was under orders from Congress not to send over any more French officers and France, anyway, was at war. Still, some twelve candidates tried their luck. During the first weeks of his tenure as Minister...
24504To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Perrot and ——— Boyer, 3 July 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society On s’empressoit au Palais royal à vous voir et à vous témoigner la joie que Votre présence excitoit, vous vous êtes dérobé aux acclamations publiques et vous avez bien Voulu vous reposer un instant à la maison. Pouvons nous nous flatter que vous voudrez bien aussi accepter douze bouteilles de vins de Bourgogne: c’est une faible maniere de vous présenter son...
24505[To Thomas Jefferson from Gazaigner de Boyer, 9 November 1785] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Gaillac, 9 Nov. 1785 . Recorded in SJL as received 1 Dec. 1785. Not found; TJ’s Account Book for 21 Dec. 1785 contains the following entry: “Paid Mr. Andrier for le sieur Gazaigner 74₶–8–9 for a barrique of wine de Gaillac dit du Cocq which contains 215 bottles. It took bottles of Bordeaux to fill it up. Note this is the wine which Mr. Adams had bought, and which he desired me to take. I am...
24506John Goodman, Joseph Reed, Isaac Boyer, and William J. Duane to Thomas Jefferson, 6 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
After having so long and so faithfully served your country, it ought to have been the desire of its friends that you should enjoy the happiness and tranquillity, which you sought by a voluntary retirement from political life. We perceive, with regret, however, that persons, who profess to revere your character and to respect your wishes, have on a late occasion done violence to both. Enclosed...
24507To George Washington from James Boyer, 20 December 1781 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honour of transmitting to your Excellency, a general Return of the Ordnance & Military Stores on hand at the Posts of Philadelphia, Lancaster Carlisle, & Springfield, at the several periods mentioned therein; the want of Returns from the other posts within the jurisdiction of this Department, has put it out of my power to make the information more general—I have the honour to...
24508To Thomas Jefferson from Boyetet, 24 July 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Je ne Puis Refuser aux Sollicitations d’une maison honnete de St. Quentin, les démarches nécéssaires pour lui faire obtenir Justice, et Je les dirige avec d’autant plus de confiance vers vous Monsieur, que Je Suis persuadé que vous Sentirés qu’un des premiers moyens d’etablir entre les deux nations les liaisons de commerce dont leurs intéréts Respectifs les rendent Susceptibles, comme on S’en...
24509To John Adams from George Tennery, 22 August 1798 (Adams Papers)
We the officers of the Lite Infantry Company of the 2d Battallion of the 2d Ridgment of Bernads Town militia feel it incumbent on us in common with those of our Cuntry that have addressd you at this Time to Communicate to you our sentiments with regard to our Country. All though we Differ from maney of our Cityzens in this part we hope you will not be displeasd when we declare our aprobation...
24510To James Madison from William Boylan, 12 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From William Boylan. 12 January 1806, Raleigh, North Carolina. “Please to pay to the Hon Thomas Kenan the Balance due Mr Abraham Hodge, printer, late of Halifax—for publishing the Laws of Congress of the last Session, and this shall be a discharge.” RC ( DNA : RG 217, First Auditor’s Accounts, no. 17,716). 1 p.; signed by Boylan as Hodge’s executor; certified by Wagner; enclosed in Boylan to...
24511To Thomas Jefferson from E. M. Boyle, 29 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Excuse the temerity of a person utterly unknown to you, in thus addressing you, but dire necessity compels me to it.—I am a young Man that has underwent many turns of fortune, & have been labouring for these two years, to pay debts which an imprudent Partner brought upon me. Which has involved me in the City of Washington from 150 to 160 dollars which at present I am unable to pay, as I cannot...
24512To James Madison from James H. Boyle, 16 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
The late appointments and promotions made in the 2nd. and 3rd. Regiments of Artillery are viewed and felt, with feelings of the most lively kind—so much so, that a remonstrance has been sent on, to the Honle. Secretary of War, signed by Col. Macomb and every officer here present of his regiment, complaining of the injustice done them—of promoting citizens and officers of other Regiments over...
24513To Thomas Jefferson from John Boyle, 27 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr James Priestly of Kentucky has signifyed his willingness to acept of the office of judge in the Illinois Territory—I have not an intimate personal acquaintance with Mr Priestly but from his character & the little I know of him personally I have no hesitation in saying that he would fill the office with propriety & would be a great acquisition to the territory—As to his literary & scientific...
24514To Thomas Jefferson from John Boyle, 5 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Since I had the pleasure of seeing you I have received the inclosed letter together with several others from respectable characters in Kentucky recommending in strong terms Mr Wickliff as a fit person to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr Bibb—I present Mr Clays letter to you because you are acquainted with him personally & know his capacity to judge of the fitness of Mr...
24515To James Madison from John Boyle, 6 April 1809 (Madison Papers)
I owe to you an apology for the resignation of the office of Governor of the Illinois Territory which you so lately had honoured me with & I had agreed to accept —When I reached this State a vacancy had taken place in the court of appeals the spring term of which was immediately to commence—Owing to the unexpected absence of another of the judges an apprehension was entertained unless the...
24516To Thomas Jefferson from John Boyle, 27 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to your request I send the inclosed note for the information of the Executive in relation to the appointments in the Illinois Territory—Besides Mr Priestly I could have named other gentlemen in Kentucky who would accept of the appointment of judge & discharge the duties of the office with great propriety but I have forborn to do so from the consideration that it would perhaps be...
24517To Thomas Jefferson from John Boyle, 20 March 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my arrival at home I have been informed that Joshua Lewis Esqe of this State is desirous of receiving an appointment as a commissioner in the District of Louisiana under the law for ascertaining & adjusting the titles to land in that country—The difficulty of procuring men who to the other requisite quallifications add that of a knowledge of the French Language has induced me to name to...
24518To George Washington from John Boyle, 6 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
Boston, 6 October 1790. Transmits at his earliest opportunity a bundle that “came in a Trunk of Books address’d to me by Mr Charles Dilly of London.” ALS , DLC:GW . Marblehead, Mass., native John Boyle (c.1746–1819) served an apprenticeship under Boston printers Green & Russell before opening his own printing office and bookshop on Marlborough Street in Boston in 1771. In May 1774 he...
24519To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Howard, 15 January 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Understanding that Mr. Benjamin Parks has been recommended to fill the office of Judge in Indiana, rendered vacant by the death of Thomas Davis: we take the liberty of uniting with those gentlemen who have already addressed you, in recommending Mr. Parks as a man of Character: with regard to Mr. Parks legal acquirements we are induced from his Standing at the Bar, to believe them to be such as...
24520To George Washington from John Boyle, Jr., 4 March 1785 (Washington Papers)
I have now the honour to forward your Excellency a Letter from my good friend Sir Edwd Newhenham, as also four small Packages for you, which were entrusted to my care by the same Gentleman—Upon my Arrival here I was inform’d you was gone with Le Marquis de Fayette to Annapolis, & I could not learn with any certainty how soon you might return to Mount Vernon, as it was my intention immediately...
24521To John Adams from John Boylston, 6 February 1779 (Adams Papers)
Least it might possibly have escap’d the joynt notice of you and your Most worthy Colleague Doctr. Fr——k——d I tho’t it most needful to inform you that from publick reports as also private opinions the Friends of A——m——a have but too much reason to fear that you have about you insidious and dangerous Parricides in the Persons of Freres Lee Men who readily adopt any Measures which may promote...
24522To Benjamin Franklin from John Boylston, 24 June 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society It is [ with ] much pleasure I embrace this Opportunity of inquiring how you do on this Stormy and Tempestuous Ocean of existence where I think I see you continually at the helm, the Thunder ever rattling around your head, while you sit securely shrouded under your own intellectual rod of Fortitude and Truth and equally defy its impotence and rage. As the...
24523To John Adams from John Boylston, 5 January 1779 (Adams Papers)
When I wrote you Per G. Tailer requesting the favour of your Advice and Assistance in procuring him a speedy return to America I did not thereby mean your assistance in any pecuniary Advance but only your recommendation to him of the first good oppertunity for his return to his Native home, as I suspect many Such Juvenile, Volatile, and capricious Subjects, have been and may be to you and your...
24524John Boylston to John Adams, 31 August 1781 (Adams Papers)
You may possibly wonder at my Silence in not writing you during so long a period and which might yet have continu’d from the danger which attends it did not the cruelty and injustice of this Govt. impel me to sollicit you and Doctor F ran k li n to use your utmost interest with the Court of V e rs ail les to take the American Prisoners under its immediate Protection by insisting on a Cartel...
24525John Boylston to John Adams, 28 June 1782 (Adams Papers)
I am now most happy to felicitate you and our Parent Country on the fortunate Event which has attended your unwearied efforts for obtaining the Dutch accession to the American Independency and that you are accepted by them as fully empowered for the final accomplishment of this glorious Aera. Indeed when I reflect on the injustice and savage cruelty of the late Administration I much wonder...
24526To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Boylston, [1] March 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
The business of my Ship now draws to a narrow. I hope to have all the Cargo on board in two or three days more, and to be in readiness to embark, in the first packet that goes for England which I expect will be in five or six days. I should be glad to be favor’d with a line before I leave Havre, advising of the progress you have made in Adjusting the remission of the duties, and whether any...
24527To John Adams from Thomas Boylston, 9 November 1785 (Adams Papers)
This address you from Paris. on my arrival my first care was, without loss of time to deliever your several favors— I then went immediately on business, and soon found I was engaged in a much more arduous and difficult undertaking, than I had conceived; instead of being received with open Arms, which I thought the business I had Come to promote would have entitled me too, the contrary was the...
24528To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Boylston, 18 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Having just received Advice of an Edict being publishd in France, forbiding the importation of foreign Sparmacitæ Oil I beg leave to apply to you for your Assistance respecting the American Ship Diana Capt. from Boston, with a Cargo of Sparmacitæ Oil purchasd there, and Ship’d for Have de Grace, to the Address of Mess. Homberg & Homberg freres of that City. This Cargo, was purchased, by Vertue...
24529To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Boylston, May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeable to your request , I here inclose you the premiums at present given on Vessells, sailing under American Colours, own’d by Subjects of the United States From America to England or Ireland 4 Guineas From ditto to Bilboa 5 Guineas From do. to Lisbon 6 Gs.
24530To John Adams from Thomas Boylston, 23 December 1782 (Adams Papers)
The happy moment is now arrived, the strugle is at an end. America is recognizsed free & independent States: I congratulate you on this important period— I feel myself riseing from that state of dejection, w ch always attends uncertain prospects, of great & very interesting events—so far, so well—but all is not completed, tho’ all in a fair way— Its with pleasure I feel myself unshackel’d, &...