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...
26351From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 6 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your letter of Aug. 31. and now inclose you fifty dollars according to request. I am sincerely glad that your family dispute is made up, as I am convinced it will tend to your own happiness, and particularly to the well-being of your children. the differings between man & wife, however they may affect their tranquility, can never produce such sufferings as are consequent on...
26352Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Dougherty, 6 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I sincerely congratul ate you on the appointment mentioned in your favor of Se p. 21. an d if my testimony in your behalf has contributed to procu re it, it is an additional pleasure. I am just recovering from a long indisposition, and being still unable to set up to write, but in pain, I must place here the assurance of my friendship & best wishes. PoC ( DLC ); on verso of reused address...
26353From George Washington to John Doughty, 23 September 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter, conveying to me the resolutions, agreed to by the Inhabitants of Morris County, the 10 inst: has reached my hands. Their firm & manly sentiments, declared in the resolutions, & united determination to protect & defend the honor & dignity of our Country, are such as become the freemen & citizens of the United States; & evince their firm & commendable resolution to preserve their...
26354From Benjamin Franklin to Archibald Douglas, 23 June 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received yours of the 18th. relating to the Loss of your Captain which has given me much Concern: But I hope the Application we are making to Government to have him reclaimed will Succeed and that he will be restored to his Vessel and People; But as it may be some time before this is accomplished, if you and they are disposed to be getting something by another...
26355From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Douglas, 28 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Immediately on the reciept of Dr. [ Waterhouse’s letter ] I [delivered it] together with the pamphlets & vaccine matter which accompanied it to Doctr. Gantt of this place, thinking it best not to risk it’s loss by sending it on to Virginia as he proposed. it proved in event that [it’s infection] was already lost, as not a single inoculation with it has succeeded. the letter is still in Doctr....
26356From Thomas Jefferson to George Douglas, 21 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor covering an Almanac and the Washingtoniana, was recieved in due time, and would have been immediately acknoleged, but that I had [in?] contemplation to suggest to you some additions to your almanac, which without making it dear to the purchaser, might render it useful for some higher purpose than the common almanac. we certainly want such an one. the day of the month, rising of the...
26357From Thomas Jefferson to Katherine Sprowle Douglas, 10 August 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
In your letter of June 21. you asked ‘my opinion whether yourself or your son might venture to go to Virginia to claim your possessions there’? I had the honour of writing you on the 5th. of July that you might safely go there, that your person would be sacredly safe and free from insult. I expressed my hopes too that they would in the end adopt the just and useful measure of restoring...
26358From Thomas Jefferson to Katherine Sprowle Douglas, 5 July 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 21st. of June has come safely to hand. That which you had done me the honour of writing before has not yet been received. Having gone by Dr. Witherspoon to America, which I had left before his return to it, the delay is easily accounted for. I wish you may be rightly informed that the property of Mr. Sprowle is yet unsold. It was advertized for sale so long ago as to found a...
26359Enclosure: Jean-Daniel Dumas to Alexandre d’Agneau Douville, 23 March 1756 (Washington Papers)
Dumas Capitaine d’infanterie Commandt—De la Belle Riviere Et ses dependances. Il Est Ordonnie au sieur douville Enseigne En second de partie à la tête d’un detachment de Cinquante sauvages pour aller observer les mouvemens des Ennemis sur les derrieres du fort Cumberlan. Il Satachera à harceler leurs Convois et tentera de Bruler leurs magazins de Canagiechuic si Cette Expédition Est...
26360From George Washington to Volckert Pieterse Douw, 27 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have been favd with yours of the 12th inclosing Copy of your speech to the Oneidas and Tuscarora’s. I think you were perfectly right in ordering back and detaining the three Onondagas to whom you had granted their liberty upon parole, untill they should send back the seven who had made their escape. I congratulate you and the other Commissioners upon the happy prospect of the success of Genl...
26361From George Washington to Volckert Pieterse Douw, 29 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
I last night received the favour of your letter of the 27th on the subject of the restoration of the Onondaga prisoners. It appears to me that the propriety of giving up these prisoners without an equivalent will in a great measure depend on the proportion of the Onondaga nation now on friendly terms with us. If the body of the nation is with the Oneidas, and they are admitted into our...
26362George Washington to Volkert Pieterse Douw, 29 July 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
West Point, July 29, 1779. Discusses exchange of Onondaga prisoners. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Douw was a commissioner of Indian affairs of the Northern Department.
26363George Washington to Philip Schuyler and Volkert P. Douw, 28 May 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] May 28, 1779 . Favors peace with Onondagas in order to weaken the hostile confederacy. Sets policy for exchange of Indian prisoners. Df , in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. Schuyler and Douw were commissioners of Indian affairs of the Northern Department. Schuyler had resigned his commission in the Army on April 19, 1779.
26364From Alexander Hamilton to John Dover, 29 August 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have carefully perused the different letters respecting your son, but I do not find in them any circ special circumstances that would justify me in discharging him except upon the condition of your furnishing a soldier — — fficient person in his place—The substitute must be a young man and a citizen of the United States. I am, Sir yr. obt Sevt As soon as you shall produce a such a soldier to...
26365From Benjamin Franklin to Patrick Dowlin, 9 February 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received yours of the 27th. past, I congratulate you on the success you have had against our Enemies of which I had the pleasure of hearing before, by the Copy of your Journal sent me by Mr. Diot. The Prisoners you have brought in will soon procure us the Liberty of as many of our Countrymen, Who have long been confin’d in the Goals of Great Britain. It is there...
26366From John Adams to Henry Downes, 7 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
Your Address has been presented to Me as You desired by your Representative in Congress Mr: Hindman.— The present State of our National Affairs indeed demands the Attention of every Citizen, & Uniformity of principles will be our greatest Security.—With your Sentiments of Duty & Love to your Country, if They should be general & uniform throughout the Nation, We may all have Confidence in the...
26367From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Dowse, 1 April 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I received duly the letter which you were pleased to write me on your arrival , and have been prevented acknoleging it by the constant expectation of coming on here. I have now been here about ten days, engaged in the duties of an office which fixes me here, and of course determines the place to which I must ask the favor of you to send the set of porcelaine you have been so good as to...
26368From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Dowse, 26 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I received a few days ago, by the way of Charleston, your favor dated at Ostend Mar. 4. wherein you mention your expectation of being at Boston in two months. At the same time came the two boxes of china mentioned in your letter. I am extremely sensible of your friendly attention in this business, and of the thanks I owe you for it. It has happened that being placed, on my return to America,...
26369From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Dowse, 19 April 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I now return the sermon you were so kind as to inclose me , having perused it with attention. the reprinting it by me, as you have proposed, would very readily be ascribed to hypocritical affectation, by those who, when they cannot blame our acts, have recourse to the expedient of imputing them to bad motives. this is a resource which can never fail them; because there is no act, however...
26370From James Madison to Myndert M. Dox, 21 June 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your two letters of the 16th. & 19. & return the respectable ones inclosed for my perusal in the latter. If the Post: M. Genl. shd. not have left instructions or authy. to those acting in the Dept: it will be necessary to communicate to him in his absence the arrangt. on which you wish a decision FC ( DLC ). Addressed by JM to “Mr M. Dox Esqr.” The letters have not been found,...