24831To James Madison from John Breckinridge, 24 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
I accomplished my journey home in something more than 14 days, after experiencing some difficulty in descending the Ohio, which I performed with my servant only, and in a small skiff, in which I embarked on account of the lowness of the River; & fortunately reached home just before the commencement of the late rains, with which we have been deluged. One of my county men, an acquaintance, & a...
24832To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 13 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Breckinridge now incloses to the president, the within for his Inspection.—There are two Characters there, perhaps both well known to the president; who I believe have no expectation of the office , and against either of whom, there cannot be a good exception: George Gilpin a man of fair character, a revolutionary officer, & above 60 years of age: & Colo. F. Payton , of good Character, &...
24833To James Madison from John Breckinridge, 22 March 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have examined with attention the note of Mr. Merry of the 7. of January & the accompanying papers, which I had the honor to receive from you. With respect to the 1st. point “the mode of calculating the duties collected in the northern districts of the U. States upon goods carried across the boundary line,” I can discover no other admissible construction of the 3. art. of the treaty with...
24834To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 25 July 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
Your note for the clover seed came to hand a week ago, and an opportunity which I think prefereable to that by post now offers by Colo. Quarles, of sending you a few seeds. It is not easily got in my neighbourhood, having almost intirely disappeared. Pray ought I not to send you a little of the Soil also? I fear the seed will not acknowledge that about Monticello. I sincerely wish 1000 of the...
24835Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [28 April 1806] (Madison Papers)
(Copy) At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on the 28th. day of April 1806. Present— James Madison, Secretary of State Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury John Breckenridge, Attorney General The Secretary of the Treasury laid before the Board a Report dated the 26th. of April 1806 which was read, and is as follows— “That the current payments to be made by the...
24836To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 26 November 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
J Breckinridge returns the inclosed with his thanks to the President, for the trouble he has been so obliging as to take on this interesting subject. A copy has been taken, & the caution (’tho unnecessary) shall be borne in sacred recollection.—The scheme, so far as JB has been able to consider it, appears well adapted to the object & will be submitted to such as appear disposed to take any...
24837To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 5 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I have examined the Memorial & accompanying papers of Samuel Davidson, which you were pleased to transmit to me some time since for my opinion; & have received from Mr. Davidson such explanation & elucidation of the subject, as he thought proper to give. I understand his statement & cause of complaint to be this: That a plan of the city of Washington designd by Major L’Enfant in 1791 (& which...
24838To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 13 December 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I took the Liberty the last post of inclosing to you the proceedings of our Legislature (now in Session) in support of its Resolutions of the last Session, respecting the Alien & sedition laws. It was at the opening of the session concluded on to make no reply, but on further reflection, least no improper conclusions might be drawn from our silence, we hastily drew up the paper which I...
24839Memorandum from John Brown and John Breckinridge, 3 May 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
John Rowan Daniel Weisger John Inston } of Frankfort James Morrison John A. Seitz John Bradford } of Lexington We think the above Gentn. will be proper persons to be appointed as Commrs of Bankruptcy in the State of Kentucky. May 3rd 1802. MS ( DNA : RG 59 , LAR ); in Breckinridge’s hand, signed by Breckinridge and Brown; endorsed by TJ as received 3 May and “Commrs. bkrptcy” and so recorded...
24840To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge and Buckner Thruston, 5 April 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Joshua Lewis of Jessamine County in this State having an intention of visiting Louisa., & being willing to serve as a Commr under the act of the last session of Congress for adjusting the titles to lands there; I can certify, that Mr. Lewis is a Gentn. of good Character, respectable Connections, good understanding & education, a practising Lawyer; & possesses the Confidence of his County,...
24841To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 13 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Indulge me in congratulating you, and felicitating my country, in your election to the presidential chair. Few events, if any, have given this remote, but republican portion of Amea., such real & universal pleasure. To myself, who am now consigned by my country to a six years Service in an office, many of the important duties of which are so intimately connected with this high and important...
24842To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 18 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The papers containing the examination of William S. Smith, Saml. G. Ogden and John Fink which you were pleased to direct should be laid before me, I have duly considered. From the facts disclosed in that examination, there remains no doubt, but that the laws of the U. States have been flagrantly violated. The attorney for the U States for the District of N. York is now proceeding in a course...
24843To Thomas Jefferson from John Breckinridge, 10 September 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of the 12. & 18. ulto. came safe to hand three days ago, for which be pleased to accept my best thanks.—Never came any information more welcome. The scanty information I had been able to collect respecting the cession, & of your ultimate views, added to a report in circulation here, that an exhange of Louisa. for the Floridas was projected, had created in me a distressing anxiety....
24844Joseph Cabell Breckinridge to Thomas Jefferson, 14 May 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
The freedom I take in obtruding this letter upon you, needs an apology. I hope a sufficient one will be found in the following statement. Doctor Buchanan , a native of this state—a gentleman of unusual talents—for several years past, distinguished as a metaphysician— and now the Editor of a patriotic Newspaper, in Frankfort , called the “Palladium”—is engaged in collecting materials for a...
24845Joseph Cabell Breckinridge to Thomas Jefferson, 19 November 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
If I had not experienced the effects of your candour and obliging indulgence on a former occasion , and on a subject connected with the memory of my father , I should feel an insuperable reluctance to trouble you with this letter.—A very brief narrative will explain its object. In the Richmond Enquirer of Septr. 4 . in an editorial stricture on certain articles that had appeared in the...
24846Joseph Cabell Breckinridge to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sure that no apology will be necessary for troubling you with a letter on a subject which concerns the community at large. M r Baxter , I believe, is now pretty well known in the United States, as an ingenious & successful improver of several machines used in the manufacture of cotton, hemp, & flax. He has invented a machine for spinning cotton—which, by reason of its cheapness,...
24847To George Washington from Robert Breck, 20 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
Northampton [Mass.] 20 May 1776. “In Obeidiance to your Warrant dated Janry 24th ⟨ mutilated ha⟩ve attended the Service of Mustering the Regiment raised ⟨in the⟩ Counties of Hampshire & Berkshire, & have inclosed the Muster-⟨roll.⟩ Colo. Porter’s leaving an Officer to recruit till this Time, is the Reason why this Return has been delay’d—I have likewise inclo⟨se⟩d an Accompt of my Services...
24848Articles of Agreement between Alexander Hamilton and Samuel Breck, 1 January 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department , January 1, 1795 . “Articles of agreement between Alexander Hamilton … And Samuel Breck Esquire of the City of Philadelphia in behalf of the Proprietors of the Canvas or Sail cloth Manufactory at Boston…. First That the United States agree to purchase of the said company of Manufacturers … One thousand five hundred and fifty four bolts of Sail canvas or sail cloth…....
24849To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel Breck, 3 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
In conformity with your wishes it wou’d afford me great pleasure to make you acquainted with the exact State of the Duck & Glass manufactories in this Town, but an Account of the former having already been communicated, by our Agent, to Mr Gorham to be forwarded to you will render any observations on that branch unnecessary except that the demand for our Sail Cloth far exceeds the quantity...
24850Thomas Cushing, Francis Dana, and Samuel Breck to Alexander Hamilton and Egbert Benson, 10 September 1786 (Hamilton Papers)
Understanding on our arrival in this City last Fryday evening, that you had gone on for the Convention at Annapolis the week past, we take the Liberty to acquaint you and beg you to communicate to the Convention if it should be opened before we arrive there, that we shall set off from this Place to morrow to join them, as Commissioners from the State of Massachusetts, which we hope to do in...
24851To Thomas Jefferson from H. Bredaugh, 24 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Jefferson I thing that you are not acting wright about Orleans the Cittizens would certainly all love & esteam you much more If you wold only give them leave to take that place because if the French Comes there and takes possesion the will always be sparing with us but only give us leave and we will take it without the least Hesitation only think the Back Countries will become fit for...
24852To Thomas Jefferson from Maurice Bredin, 28 December 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I write these few lines unto your Excellency, with hope, when they arrive at Your Hands, that you will be kind enough to return an Answer, unto Me, my situation is such after, Arriving to the Age of Maturity of not getting into any Business, worth attention to support an, Aged Family, which by the ties of Nature I, am bound to do, Your general, Character being, that of Humbleness, to your...
24853To John Adams from Ebenezer Breed, 24 September 1800 (Adams Papers)
The Subscriber Ebenezer Breed humbly represents, that he is proprietor of about half the Land lying in the Town of Charlestown, which has lately been fixed upon by the Government of the United States, as the most eligible & convenient place within this Commonwealth for the purpose of a Dock & Navy Yard. That on the representation of Aaron Putnam Esquire, as agent for the United States, in that...
24854To John Adams from Ebenezer Breed, 1 October 1800 (Adams Papers)
Having understood from the Messinger charg’d with the presentation of our address the other day, that your Excellency entertain’d certain sentiments unfavorable, not only to our pretensions, in relation to the particular object in question, but also highly injurious to our Characters, as men of honor, & honnesty, we conceive it not only our priviledge, but our duty to solicit a further...
24855To James Madison from Ebenezer Breed, August 1814 (Madison Papers)
With a claw of an American Eagle taken on Nahant and presented by, and as a token of the high consideration and esteem with which I am their sincere friend RC ( ViU : Madison Family Papers, 1768–1866, Special Collections). Ebenezer Breed (1766–1839) was born into a Quaker family in Lynn, Massachusetts. As a young man he became a central figure in the fledgling Lynn shoe manufacturing industry,...
24856Berriman B. Breedin to Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The interest, for the new College in Virg a ; which has been ascribed to you, induces me to take this liberty; and my anxiety for the education of a Son , who I have every desire to see at school in my native state , must be my appology So little is said in the news papers on the subject of that establishment, that we, in this Country, are in total ignorance as to the period at which a...
24857To James Madison from Arthur Breese, 11 April 1794 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 22d. Ultimo. I Recd. a few days since. I live on the Sadaqueda Patent, three Miles from Lot No. 2. and am perfectly well acquainted with its general, situation, quality &ca. It is situated on the Mohawk river, near the confluence of two large Creeks, The Oriskany, & The Nine Mile Creeks—at the Distance of Nine Miles from Fort Stanwix, at which place a Canal, will be cut, so...
24858To James Madison from Arthur Breese, 17 December 1796 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 13h. May last, was handed me some time since by Mr. Vanwyck. He informed me that since he had seen you, Mr. Bailey & himself had agreed to take the Lot you sold them at the Estimated quantity 900. acres, Declining a Resurvey . I am inclined to believe that the Lot would more than hold out, Nine hundred Acres. I have the honor to be Sir with much Respect Your Very Obt. Sert....
24859To James Madison from Arthur Breese, 16 April 1794 (Madison Papers)
Some time since by the Mail I recd. a letter from you respecting Lot No. 2. Sadaqueda Patent I forwarded my answer immediately. By the last Mail I Recd. a letter from Mr. Wm. Morris, inclosing one from you to me. For fear that my first letter should get lost, I now inform you that I am perfectly well acquainted, with the general situation, & Quality of your Lot; and that it is worth four...
24860To James Madison from Arthur Breese, 28 January 1795 (Madison Papers)
You must pardon me, for not answering your letter, before this time. My opinion is that if you could sell one half of your Lot in the rear, for something near its Value, It would be advisable for you so to do. Since the receipt of your letter, I have used every exertion to sell the rear part of the Lot, or rather 200 acres of the same. But the term for payment expiring so soon was unable to...