26301From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Donath, 24 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night your favor of the 20th. such is the urgency for the glass for the sky lights that I must pray you to send on the box you mention without delay addressed for me to the care of messrs. Gibson & Jefferson in Richmond. the cost you will be so good as to communicate to me to be remitted hence. Accept my best wishes. RC ( ViU ); addressed: “Mr. Joseph Donath Philadelphia”;...
26302From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Donath, 2 October 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Sep. 22. came to hand two days ago, by which I observe you have laid by for me 7. boxes of 60. panes each of 12 by 18. I. glass, and 1. do. of 25. panes of 18. by 24. and wish to be informed if this was the amount of my order. My order was dated Oct. 20. 95. and was for 25. panes of 18. by 24. and 600. panes of 18. by 12 I. consequently there will be requisite in addition to the...
26303From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Donath, 4 December 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your favor of Oct. 19. and become sensible of the error in calculating the 180. panes as so many feet. It makes a difference, as I state it, of 20.D. 25c. which sum or whatever it may be Mr. Barnes will pay you on application in consequence of a letter I write him this day. With respect to the glass 14. by 12. instead of 12 I. square, I believe I must decline taking it, on...
26304From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Donath, 11 September 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I know not how it happened that your favor of Aug. 8. did not reach me till our last post. A letter by post generally comes in 9. days. I am extremely glad to hear of the arrival of my glass, and that it is of the size of 12. by 18. according to my second order. If you will be pleased to forward me the bill of cost, I will immediately replenish my funds with Mr. Barnes, and desire him to pay...
26305From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Donath, 12 August 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall have occasion about midsummer of the next year for 250. panes of Bohemian glass of 18. inches square, of the middle of the three qualities as to thickness which you noted to me as costing in Philadelphia 20. cents per square foot. If you have constantly by you of that size and quality sufficient to supply me, when called for, it will be unnecessary for you to import it on purpose....
26306From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Donath, 16 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I shall be obliged to you to import for me Bohemian glass of the kind which you deliver at 16. Dollars the hundred square feet, and of the following sizes. 100. panes 12. inches square. 150. do. 18. I. square 50. do. in form of a quarter of a circle of 18. I. radius, thus, Also to furnish me at present with 30. panes 18. I. by 24 I That which is to be imported I shall wish to receive by...
26307From John Jay to John C. Dongan, 27 February 1792 (Jay Papers)
Accept my thanks for your obliging letter of this morning, which I this moment received. My answer to the gentleman who applied to me was, that if my fellow-citizens did me the honor to elect me, I would with pleasure serve them; but that I conceived it would be improper for me to make any efforts to obtain suffrages. They approved of this line of conduct, and in conformity to it I made it a...
26308From Thomas Jefferson to Andrew Donnally, 14 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sorry to find that the Indians have begun their Hostilities so early: however I hope General Clarke will soon give them employment nearer home and that you will be thus effectually relieved. I have directed Mr. Brown the Commissary to appoint a Deputy in your County for subsisting any Militia it shall be necessary to employ, which Deputy will have a Power of using the Tax Grain and...
26309From Alexander Hamilton to William Donnison, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the sixteenth of December, and am much obliged to you for the information which it contains relative to the merits of Major Walker— W— ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
26310Thomas Jefferson to Isaac Doolittle, 18 September 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for your care of the two letters from France which you have been so kind as to forward me. the Elogique Eloge historique de François Peron from mr Barnet came safely to hand, and I am only waiting a safe conveyance for the return of my thanks to him, as also for transmission of a book which M. Dupont desires me to send him. with my thanks be pleased to accept the assurance of my...
26311[From Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Doradour, 11 February 1787] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 11 Feb. 1787 Recorded in SJL under this date. Not found.]
26312From Benjamin Franklin to Pamphili: Observations and Note on American Catholics, [before 27 August 1783] (Franklin Papers)
(I) and (II) Copy: Archives of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide M. Franklin après avoir lu la notte de M. Le Nonce et y avoir murement réflechi, croit absolument inutile d’envoyer cette notte au Congrés, qui d’après Ses Pouvoirs et Ses constitutions ne peut ni ne doit dans aucun cas Se mêler des Affaires Ecclesiastiques d’aucune Secte ni d’aucune Religion établie en Amérique. Chaque Etat...
26313James Madison to Colonna d’Ornano, 19 September 1830 (Madison Papers)
Previous to the receipt of your letter of the 15. instant I had communicated to my colleagues of the Exve Committee Mr Randolph & Genl. Cocke the view of the division of duties between the Professor & the Tutor of modern languages in our University. From a comparison of these views with their own, and the required concert with the Professor, will result the explanation which is the object of...
26314From Thomas Jefferson to John Dorr, 10 March 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Dorr and his thanks for the transmission of the books from mr Levitt, which he has recieved safely. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
26315The American Commissioners to the Duke of Dorset: Résumé, 9 December 1784 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft) and copy: Massachusetts Historical Society; copy: National Archives (Passy, December 9, 1784: We received your letter of November 24, and are greatly satisfied with your ministers’ assurances. As to the previous stipulation proposed by your Court, we can only say that if by this proposition it is intended that the United States should appoint a minister to reside at your court, we,...
26316The American Commissioners to the Duke of Dorset, 28 October 1784 (Adams Papers)
While M. hartley was here as Minister from the Court of Great Britain, we had the honour of mentioning to him that we were instructed by the Congress to treat on Some points distinct from any regulations of Commerce He Communicated this to his Court & the very Satisfactory answer which he received & made to us of its good disposition & willingness to receive & consider any propositions that...
26317American Commissioners to Dorset, 28 October 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
The United States of America in Congress assembled judging that an intercourse between the subjects of his Britannic Majesty and the citizens of the said States founded on the principles of equality reciprocity and friendship may be of mutual advantage to both nations, on the 12th day of May last, issued their commission under the seal of the said States to the Subscribers as their Ministers...
26318The American Commissioners to the Duke of Dorset, 28 October 1784 (Adams Papers)
The United States of america in Congress assembled judging that an intercourse between the Subjects of his Britannic Majesty & the Citizens of the Said States founded on the Principles of equality, reciprocity & friendship may be of mutual advantage to both nations, on the 12 th. day of may last, issued their Commission under the Seal of the Said States to the Subscribers as their Ministers...
26319American Commissioners to Dorset, 9 December 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
We have received the letter which your Grace did us the honour of writing us on the 24th day of last Month, and we receive with much satisfaction the assurances on the part of His Britannic Majesty’s Ministers of their readiness to take into consideration any proposals coming from the United States of America that can tend to the establishing a system of mutual and permanent advantage to the...
26320American Commissioners to Dorset, 16 May 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
We received in due time the letter which your Grace did us the honour to write us on the 26th. day of March last, and have delayed the acknowledgment of it in expectation of the arrival of the packets, by which we hoped for further Instructions from Congress. We have now the honor to inform your Grace that Congress on the 24th. day of Feby. last, appointed a Minister Plenipotentiary to reside...
26321American Commissioners to Dorset, 28 October 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
While Mr. Hartley was here as Minister from the Court of Great Britain, we had the honour of mentioning to him, that we were instructed by the Congress to treat on some points distinct from any regulations of commerce. He communicated this to his Court and the very satisfactory answer which he received and made to us of its good disposition and willingness to receive and consider any...
26322The American Commissioners to the Duke of Dorset, 9 December 1784 (Adams Papers)
We have received the Letter which your grace did us the honour of writing us on the 24 th. day of Last month, and we received with much Satisfaction the assurances on the part of his Britannic Majesty’s Ministers of their readiness to take into consideration any proposals coming from the United States of america that Can tend to the establishing a System of mutual & permanent advantage, to the...
26323The American Commissioners to the Duke of Dorset, 16 May 1785 (Adams Papers)
We received in due time the letter which your Grace did us the honour to write us on the 26 th day of March last, and have delayed the acknowledgment of it in expectation of the arrival of the packets, by which we hoped for further Instructions from Congress. We have now the honor to inform your Grace that Congress on the 24 th day of Feb y last, appointed a Minister Plenipotentiary to reside...
26324From James Madison to Benedict Dorsey, 17 December 1818 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 17 December 1818, Montpelier. Described as a one-page autograph letter, signed, in Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc., Catalogue No. 54 (1971), item 48: “I have recd. your letter on the subject of what is called Carver’s purchase. Among other motives to give any information in my power, I should not be insensible to your reference to my acquaintance with your father. That I am...
26325From Thomas Jefferson to John Dorsey, 21 January 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of Dec. 20. and am much pleased to find our progress in manufactures to be so great. that of cotton is peculiarly interesting, because we raise the raw material in such abundance, and because it may to a great degree supply our deficiencies both in wool & linen. a former application on behalf of Messrs. Binney & Robertson was delivered to the...
26326From John Adams to Uriah Forrest, 4 June 1800 (Adams Papers)
I receive with much Esteem Affection and Gratitude this obliging Address. The Approbation you have the goodness to express is both a reward and an Encouragement. I congratulate you, Gentlemen on the translation of the Government to the City so near you. As the Country between the former Seat and the present is beautifull and fertile, in a high degree, I hope that all the Reluctance which...
26327Thomas Jefferson to John Dortic, 23 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 16 th inst. & by this day’s post I inclose it to the Secretary of state , for his information and that of the Secretary of the Treasury . I suppose it probable they will avail themselves of your kind offer, to get dispatches to France should they have present occasion. I avail myself of this opportunity of renewing to you the assurances of my respect PoC...
26328Thomas Jefferson to John Dortic, 4 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the care you have taken of my friend Thouin’s letter which I have safely recieved, and especially of the box of seeds. with respect to the last I am obliged to request the further trouble of putting them into one of the stages for Philadelphia addressed to mr Bernard M c Mahon , gardener of that place, who will recieve & take care of them & pay the stage transportation. no...
26329Thomas Jefferson to John Dortic, 1 October 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 14. was recieved after an unusual delay of the post. I formerly believed it was best for every country to make what it could make to best advantage, and to exchange it with others for those articles which it could not so well make. I did not then suppose that a whole quarter of the globe could within the short space of a dozen years, from being the most civilized, become the...
26330From Thomas Jefferson to Nicolas Douette-Richardot, 25 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter of the 14. May 1808. & with it the favor of two Copies of your valuable treatise on the practise of Agriculture. One of them has according to your request been deposited in the library of Congress, where it’s members will have opportunities of being benefited by your experience; the other, by your permission, will be carried with me into that state of retirement to...
26331Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 13 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return here two days ago after an absence of two months in Bedford , I found here your letter of Nov. 25. the cyder which I used to procure from Norfolk was obtained thro’ the channel of Col o Newton member of Congress from that district. he always purchased and shipped it for me. the difficulty I experienced was in getting it brought without being watered by the sailors. I have no doubt...
26332Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 25 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Davy now brings a cart for the big-tailed ram which Doct r Thornton has been so kind as to offer me. you will be so good as to apply for it, and to instruct Davy how to bring him & take care of him so that he may be in no danger of being hurt. with respect to the Merinos, I had rather put off beginning with them a year or two longer. my farms, which have been leased out d during my absence,...
26333Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 19 September 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 4 th came to hand on the 8 inst. but it was not till I could get a list of the Senate that I could do any thing in it. mr E. Coles accompanying the President in on a visit here has furnished me one, and I have immediately written to those members of the present Senate to whom I felt myself at liberty to apply. with some of the others I am not acquainted, and a recommendation...
26334From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 19 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer of this is an express hired to carry dispatches to the Secretaries of State & of the Navy at Washington. I have engaged him to bring back to me my gigg, which was carried to Washington by mr Randolph & left there. in consideration of this I have promised him lodging & subsistence for himself & horse at the President’s house while in Washington. he has nothing to detain him there but...
26335From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 19 July 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Memorandum for Joseph Dougherty. July 19. 08. a check on the bank US. is given of this date for 42.74 to be paid to Cooper 18. Henry Ingle 15. Doctr. Patterson 9.74 42.74 Aug. 7. a check of this date is given for 112.50 to be paid to
26336Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 15 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to the request in your letter of the 8 th I have this day written to mr Sam l H. Smith , recommending you to his recollection in the disposal of any suitable office which may be in his gift. when such an one occurs, you will of course bring yourself to his notice. I am sorry your porter business has failed you from the circumstances of the times; as a dependance on one’s own...
26337From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 21 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. McMahon of Philadelphia writes me that mr Duane having put off his journey, he should the next day (Apr. 14) send forward the larger box by the stage, & the smaller one by the mail. whether the one you got from the stage office is one of these, or a different one I do not know, but I wish them all to be forwarded by the stage. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
26338Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 26 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 18 th came to hand on the 24 th . altho’ three posts a week leave Washington for this place Milton , & perform the rout in 2. or 3. days, yet from a negligence somewhere our letters are often a week coming to hand. with respect to the best mode of proceeding with your Merinos, I have no doubt, if you were able that it would be best for you to purchase as many ewes as the rams...
26339From James Madison to Joseph Dougherty, 16 February 1819 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 4th. I am sorry for the misfortunes of Shorter; but am not surprized at them. His habits during the latter period of his service in my family, which my repeated counsels & warnings did not controul, acct. for the ruin he has brought on himself. I wish his sad experience, with your friendly interpositions may have all the good effects you think they promise. I inclose...
26340Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 24 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Davy sets off tomorrow with a cart for the bigtailed ram D r Thornton was so kind as to promise me. as the post will be with you a day or two earlier I drop you this line to give you earlier notice. I write you more fully by Davy PoC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “M r Joseph Dougherty”; endorsed by TJ. davy : David Hern (1784–after 1829), the son of David Hern
26341Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 15 th I have recieved, and am thankful to you for the information as to the broadtailed ram, & shall be particularly so to D r Thornton if he can spare me one, as I have no chance of getting one in this state. mr Howard was mistaken in supposing I was sending for one. there is no such animal nearer than Washington . will you be so good as to inform me whether the one D r Thornton...
26342From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 12 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
When forwarding the other day the memorandum for Capt. or mrs Andrews, I omitted to send the one now inclosed. mr Dougherty will therefore be pleased to deliver it immediately with a request that it be prepared & put in the same box with the other. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
26343Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 23 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
your letter of the 10 th did not come to hand until the 20 th instant. on examining my files I find that the letter to mr Lambert was an exact copy of that to Gen l Varnum and all the others to whom I wrote on that occasion. I have therefore recopied it and addressed it to mr Lambert , which I now inclose, and return you the copy of that to Gen l Varnum . wishing you success in your...
26344Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 25 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return, after an absence of 5. or 6. weeks in Bedford , I find here your letter of Nov. 13 . being still engaged in considerable mill works, Et roads E t c. I have occasion for the blowing of a great deal of rock, and get my supplies of gunpowder from M r Dupont’s powder mills at Wilmington . this has been the subject of my remittances to him. the Merino fever has so entirely subsided in...
26345Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved yours of the 1 st . Doct r Thornton desired me to send the pair of dogs to the president’s in Orange to the care of mr Gooch his overseer when I send there for my sheep, & that either mr Barry would carry them when he returned to Washington or the President’s waggon. besides this there will be a rider coming weekly from
26346Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 24 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your two letters of the 5 th & 14 th and am thankful for your aid in the safe delivery of our Merinos. the President , on their arrival, had notified me of it and that he would recieve & forward mine to Orange with his own. from thence I can get them here in a day. as soon as I heard of their arrival, I made up my mind, instead of recieving thousands of Dollars a piece for...
26347Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 24 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved yours of the 19 th just in time by the return of this day’s post, to inform you that the dove coloured silk, with down in it, is mine. it is an Eider-down coverlet which I bought in Philadelphia in 1793. when I lived there. as it can be rolled into a compass not bigger than a man’s leg, I would wish it to be packed in as small a box as it can be got into, & forwarded by the...
26348From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 31 July 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
In the first place say not a word on the subject of this letter but to mr Perry, the person who delivers it to you. he comes in pursuit of a young mulatto man, called Joe, 26. years of age, who ran away from here the night of the 29th. inst. without the least word of difference with any body, & indeed having never in his life recieved a blow from any one. he has been about 12. years working at...
26349Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 13 December [1810] (Jefferson Papers)
I have just recieved your letter of the 6 h inst , and would most gladly comply with your request of the loan of 130.D. were it in my power. but my expenditures at Washington occasioned me to leave that place 12,500. Dollars in debt. for these I was obliged to have recourse to the banks, and am now pressing all my resources to discharge that debt, and liberate my endorsers. it will still take...
26350Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 27 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 15 th was eight days on the road, and I answer it by the first return of our mail. I had prepared for mr Smith some notes on the transportation of the library , and as they give exactly all the information you desire, I send you a copy of them on the next leaf. they will inform you of the price of waggonage here, the number which will be requisite, the distance, and best...