26221To James Madison from the House of Representatives, 19 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 December 1811. Resolve “That the President … be requested to cause to be laid before this House, by the proper officers, a statement of the capital employed in the Indian trade; the amount of annual purchases, sales, and articles, received in payment; together with the number, names, and salaries, of agents employed, the places where stationed, and specifying, as far as practicable, the...
26222To James Madison from Stephen Kingston, 19 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 December 1811, Philadelphia. “At the present eventful moment I beg leave to offer my services as Consul & Commercial Agent at Vera Cruz, to which I am recommended by the general voice of my fellow Citizens, expressed in the most flattering manner. Above 28 years this has been my home; at intervals wherever Commercial pursuits have found me, the prosperity of the United States & the freedom...
26223Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Latitude of Willis’s Mountain, [ca. 19 December 1811] (Jefferson Papers)
Latitude of Willis’s mountain by observations of the Sun’s meridian altitude taken from the peak on the right side of the gap, & next adjacent to it, as seen from Monticello . º ′ ″ 1811. Nov. 21. Meridian alt. of ☉ by observn * ° ′ 65 –
26224Petition of Albemarle County Residents to the Virginia General Assembly, [before 19 December 1811] (Jefferson Papers)
To the General Assembly of Virginia the memorial & Petition of the subscribers Inhabitants of the county of Albemarle humbly Represents, That a spirit for the extension & improvement of domestic manufactures exists at present throughout the state of Virginia with an ardor which requires only a slight degree of Legislative encouragement to render it permanent; & place us in some respects...
26225From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, 18 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
At the arrival of the last Mail, I thought I could hear my dear Sister say, “Is there no Letters from Atkinson? I fear some of her Family are sick.”— It has been really so—I have had one of my silent Colds —& my dear Abby, was confined a week after her return from Boston—But we are now both of us much better—I believe, I have what may be called the Rheumatism, or the Creek at the pit of my...
26226From James Madison to Congress, 18 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
I lay before Congress two letters received from Governor Harrison of the Indiana Territory, reporting the particulars and the issue of the expedition under his command, of which notice was taken in my communication of November 5th. While it is deeply lamented that so many valuable lives have been lost in the action which took place on the 7th ulto., Congress will see with satisfaction the...
26227To James Madison from Charles Pinckney, 18 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
It is some time since I had the pleasure to write to you, but as I know the pleasure you will feel in finding that the spirit of our first revolutionary years still exists I take the liberty of inclosing you a report I have drawn & submitted to the House of Representatives & which has just unanimously passed without the alteration of a single word: as the Post goes out in an hour & I am now...
26228To James Madison from Washington Johnston, 18 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 December 1811, Vincennes. “By directions of the Legislative Council & House of Representatives of the Indiana Territory, I have the honor of enclosing you their Memorial, praying Congress to Admit the Territory as a Free and Independent State into the Union.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, TP , Indiana). RC 1 p.; enclosure 3 pp. RC signed by Johnston as Speaker of the House of...
26229To James Madison from Washington Johnston, 18 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 December 1811, Vincennes. Encloses a memorial from the Indiana territorial House of Representatives respecting the reappointment of William Henry Harrison. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Harrison”). RC 1 p. Signed by Johnston as Speaker of the House of Representatives. For enclosure, see n. 1. Johnston enclosed a two-page memorial, dated December 1811, addressed...
26230Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 18 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
your Servant yesterday met with me in the field where I was a little engaged & gave me your Note , I sent him to the house with the baskett & to wait till I Should return, he did not wait for me, he left the Compass & protractor, but no Chain nor Compass Staff.— the other that part of your note respecting the hearth Stones will be particularly attended to Should I see the Masons as well as any...
26231Thomas Jefferson to William or Reuben Mitchell, 18 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I did not bring with me from home the papers respecting my wheat ground at your mill of the crop of 1810. but I have, in a letter from home written from home to Doct r Callaway on that subject a very exact statement made out on a view of all the papers. I recieved (according to the accounts rendered me by Gibson & Jefferson ) 232. barrels of flour. most of them were superfine; the number of...
26232Charles Pinckney to Thomas Jefferson, 18 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
It is sometime since I had the pleasure to write to you but as I know the pleasure you will find feel in finding that the Spirit of our first revolutionary Years still exists I take the liberty of inclosing you a Report which at the request of a Committee I have drawn & submitted to this House & which has just unanimously passed without the alteration of a single word— As the Post goes out in...
26233To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 17 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
I enclose a statement of the regular force in Canada (Quebec excepted) transmitted to me yesterday by Mr Astor, which I believe may be relied upon. From another quarter the garrison at Quebec has been stated at about 3000 effective men; but this last statement is conjecture. The militia most likely to be embodied & disposed to resist is that of the settlements along the river St Lawrence from...
26234To James Madison from George Logan, 17 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
Every friend of the civilized world, must contemplate with deep regret the melancholy spectacle of discord and disorder, the present barbarous system of commercial warfare has introduced. Flourishing states in place of striving together in industry, in science and in policy; are sneakingly engaged in destroying the domestic comforts of the most destitute of mankind. It is to little purpose to...
26235To James Madison from William Pinkney, 17 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honour to receive, late last night , the Letter which you were so good as to write to me on the 12th., and at the same Time my Commission as Atty. General of the U. S. I shall not delay a moment in repairing to Washington after a few importunate Engagements here have been satisfied; and I hope to set out in a few Days. Permit me to thank you again for the great Kindness and Delicacy...
26236To James Madison from Anthony Charles Cazenove, 17 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 December 1811, Alexandria. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 16 Dec. enclosing a check for $385.55, “which exactly balances Messrs. Murdochs & Co.’s. dft on you & the act. rendered you of charges on your pipe of wine & the qr. cask of Lisbon.” “Expecting when you accepted Messrs. Murdoch’s bill that your intention was to have paid it at Washington, I had it sent there for that purpose; but have...
26237John Crawford to Thomas Jefferson, 17 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
In 1808 I did myself the honourr honour to forward to you a periodical paper, the Observer, then published here, in which I made some communications on the cause and seat of diseases. I have been engaged with that subject ever since, in composing Lectures which I hope to deliver this winter. I presume to think I have brought it to a considerable degree of perfection and trust I shall be able...
26238Benjamin Rush to Thomas Jefferson, 17 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of Decem r 5 th came to hand yesterday. I was charmed with the Subject of it. In order to hasten the object you have suggested I sat down last evening, and selected such passages from your letter as contained the kindest expressions of regard for m r Adams and transmitted them to him. my letter to him which contained them , was concluded as nearly as I can recollect, for I kept no Copy...
26239To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 16 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
Mr Jefferson and I exchange letters Once in six, nine or twelve Months. This day I received a few lines from him in which he introduces your Name in the following Words. After mentioning the Visit paid to you by his two neighbours—the Messrs Coles last summer he adds, “Among Other things he [Mr Adams] adverted to the unprincipled licenciousness of the press against myself—adding— I always...
26240From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 16 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
The Journal proceeds—1783, May 22, Thursday. This morning I drew the following letters too be laid before the ministers this evening. Paris, May 22, 1783. Sir—We have received the letter you did us the honor to write us on the day of this month, containing a brief state of the of the United States in your hands. We see the difficulties you are in, and are sorry to say that it is not in our...
26241To James Madison from David Meade Randolph, 16 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
Notwithstanding my communications may be deemed unworthy your notice, yet since my conscience assures me that I am stimulated by patriotic motives, you will have the goodness to pardon the present repetition. Among the variety of practical improvements to which my enquiries have extended, there has nothing fallen within my reach so vastly important in a National point of view a[s] a subject...
26242From James Madison to Anthony Charles Cazenove, 16 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 16 December 1811. Acknowledged in Cazenove to JM, 17 Dec. 1811 . Encloses a check for $385.55 to pay both the account of Murdoch, Yuille, Wardrop, & Company and that of Cazenove. Forwards a letter for Cathcart at Madeira.
26243John Low to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
About 2 weeks ago I sent you p r mail a Sett of the Encyclopædia, accompanied with a letter , which I hope you have received. Being doubtful however whither they might have arrived I have thought proper to write you a few more lines, on the subject.—As I shall return in a few days, for newyork , by way of Baltimore , I would be extremely glad if the amount, (which is 75$) could be forwarded on...
26244From Abigail Smith Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 14 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your kind inquiries after my Daughter Smith. She is, and has been as well, the Physicians Say, as any one could expect, after Such an Operation, as She has endured—to me it was agonizing—She Sustaind it with firmness, and fortitude The wound has been intirely healed for this month, but the mussels from the Arm, which communicate with the part affected, were necessarily laid So...
26245To James Madison from William Tatham, 14 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed offer to the people of Norfolk, in whom I have not yet found those boasted patriotic virtues which I have too often felt their deficiency in, will shew you how my time has been occupied since I had last the pleasure of seeing you in Washington. Twelve months ago I left Harbour Island with a view to be with you before the meeting of Congress (I mean the last of October 1810), but...
26246To James Madison from Anthony Charles Cazenove, 14 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 December 1811, Alexandria. “I have the honor to inform you that, to my great astonishment your messenger Ths. McGraw called on me this afternoon to inform me that owing to being disappointed by the Skipper of the packet, who promised him to go up yesterday afternoon, & again today,… he was still here. As it realy appears that the blame lays entirely with the packet man, who it seems has no...
26247To James Madison from the Union Volunteers of Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania, ca. 14 December 1811 … (Madison Papers)
Ca. 14 December 1811. The officers of the light infantry company called the Union Volunteers, attached to the Seventy-second Regiment, Second Brigade, of the Thirteenth Division of the Pennsylvania militia, are anxious to serve their country “in the field of Mars.” At a full meeting of the company in Uniontown, Fayette County, they resolved to offer their services to the president in order to...
26248From John Adams to Samuel Smith, 13 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
I have received your letter of the first of this month, in answer to mine of the twenty fifth of November—It is not less frank and candid, than prompt and punctual. I have only to remark that you were certainly mistaken when you thought that I “was personlly hostile to you.” Your brother Robert I never saw in my life, nor had any communication with him of any kind while I had any share in...
26249To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 13 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
The extract contained in one of your last Winter’s letters to me from the Astronomics of Manilius, excited my attention to that writer, of whom I had previously known nothing more than the name—I have not been able to purchase it here, but General Pardo da Figueroa the Spanish Minister at this Court, one of the most learned classical scholars in Europe has had the goodness to lend me this...
26250To James Madison from Anthony Charles Cazenove, 13 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 December 1811, Alexandria. States that he delivered JM’s wine “this day” to Thomas McGraw. Encloses an account of the charges on it as well as the cost of the “quarter cask of Lisbon,” for a total of $118.88, which JM can remit at his convenience. Advises that “an opportunity from hence for Madeira will offer in a few days” and offers to transmit any order JM wishes. Asks him to mention,...