27001From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 21 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
I write to you by every opportunity altho I hope you will have left St Petersburgh before this can reach you, but as there admits of a possibility that you may be Still, there, I know it will be a great gratification to you to learn that your parents are Still living, and in health. your children too are well, and Good Children which is of more concequence than mere animal enjoyment. I have...
27002From James Madison to Elbridge Gerry, 21 June 1811 (Madison Papers)
I thank you for your polite communication of the Speech to your Legislature. The solid & seasonable truths so emphatically inculcated in it, can not fail to do much good. The noise & anger which it is exciting, prove that the faction is deeply stung by the exposure of its guilt, and will increase the public indignation, by rousing a more diffusive attention to the subject. The delay of Mr....
27003To James Madison from Captain Armstrong, 21 June 1811 (Madison Papers)
We your brothers and children Send this letter by our grandson and relation, having first talked with him and one of our White brothers, and now desire that you would listen, and accept the good wishes of myself and My chiefs, and of all your children at Green Town. Father & brothers You have often Wished me and my Chiefs to come and See you, as I have been told by my White brothers; We have...
27004From John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 20 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
The letters by Mr. Ewing have arrived—And among them I have to acknowledge the receipt of your numbers 1. 2. and 3. of the new series, dated 20. 22. and 31. Jany. together with your account to the close of last year—I have already acknowledged the receipt of your number 4/13 and I have within a very few days recd: your 5/14 dated 3. March. In one of my late letters I sent you an exact list of...
27005From Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Smith Adams, 20 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
I have not been unmindful of you my Dear Friend, nor of each member of your worthy family since leaving your hospitable Mansion, where christian graces adorn the possessors. My delay in writing in hopes of sending the promised Receipt has been in vain, for it has been to no purpose that I have repeatedly searched for it. However I do not regret it so much as I otherwise should do as the Root...
27006Charles L. Bankhead to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved yours of the 10 June for which both my father and myself render you our gratefull acknowledgements. he thanks you sincerely for the information you have given him of Mr: Shorts intention to sell his land & to be remember,d by you will ever impose a debt of gratitude upon me, a debt which my heart most liberally repays. I should have answe rd you before this, but for the...
27007George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose an acc t of the sales of 547 bbls of your flour, together with your acc t current to this day, the last shewing a balance against you of $:2671. ⁴⁰⁄₁₀₀ .— Deducting this sum from the 5800$ obtained from the bank, (which is partly to be paid off with Harrisons dft, and the balance to be continued) leaves $:3128. ⁶⁰⁄₁₀₀ for which you are to draw.—You can likewise if you think proper...
27008Thomas Jefferson to Peter Minor, 20 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Peter Minor and sends him a bottle of oil of the last expression, in the wooden press placed under the beam of the cyder press. it’s colour shews it preferable to the Iron press; and the ease with which this press is made is a further encoragement to the culture of the Benni. Th:J. will not make seed this year, owing to his having sowed it with a...
27009Robert Wash to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 11 th may reached me by the last mail: from which I learn with considerable regret, that M r Crafts changed the resolution he had formed, of passing by Monticello on his return to New york . That Gentleman’s politeness & intelligence would have been an excuse for the haste & apparent negligence with which I had ventured to address you. From your letter, I am led further to...
27010To James Madison from William B. Wood, 19 June 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have taken the liberty of informing You of our safe arrival in this country on the 22d of May—it being past the season for making a crop an object I thought it best to hire out our negroes and rent a House in this place which I have succeaded in beyond my utmost expectation, in consequence of this arrangement I have had an opportunity of seeing many parts of this state also the County of...
27011To James Madison from Joshua Gilpin, 19 June 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 June 1811, Philadelphia. Wrote to Barlow some weeks ago soliciting through him “the appointment to a Consular Office, Agency, or some similar object in England.” Has been informed by Barlow that JM expressed himself “in terms which command the utmost respect and gratitude which I can feel.” Hesitates to trouble JM again, but is on the eve of departing for abroad. “It was my intention at the...
27012John Martin Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Honor to Enclose herewith a packet delivered to me at Cagliary by the professor Director General of His Sardinian Majesty’s Cabinet of Natural History , at Said place, which accompanies a Box Containing Natural Petre productions of the mentioned Island — which will be forwarded to you sir, by William R Lee Esq e Collector at Salem — who will at the same time Send on One quarter Cask...
27013From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 18 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
As my object is to deposit as much about information concerning an interesting period of our history, as remains in my possession, and that they may not be scattered like the season’s leaves and like my friend Samuel Adams’ papers, I think it proper to send you some other copies which happen to be in my power.— To B Franklin, Esq. Paris, 5th June, 1782. Sir—Mr. Laurens, while under confinement...
27014To James Madison from John C. Payne, ca. 18 June 1811 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 18 June 1811. Mentioned in Dolley Madison to Anna Payne Cutts, 20 June 1811 (MHi): “This Morng. Mr. M has a short letter from John at Drummond Town near the Capes of Virga. He has been unwell there, but promises to ‘be with us in a few days, when he will explain the causes of his sudden return &. &.’”
27015John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I am without any of your favors since that of the 4 th April — Answered the 15 th — on the 25 th I had the Honor of inclosing to you M rs Beckleys letter to me , respecting her Brothers unfortunate
27016Thomas Jefferson to Hugh Chisholm, 18 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
We yesterday got up the wooden frame of our Pier-head compleat, and this morning mr Salmonds begins the stone-work. he will get to the spring of the arch this evening, or tomorrow morning before you can reach this from mr Madison’s . I must pray you therefore to be with us tomorrow forenoon, the earlier the better. on arriving at the Pier head you will find your attendants on the spot, the...
27017Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Extracts from Palisot de Beauvois’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March 1811, with … (Jefferson Papers)
Extract of a letter from M. Palisot de Beauvois to Th: Jefferson dated Paris Mar. 19. 1811. ‘ Mons r and Mad e Ruelle in 1789. purchased a plantation in the county of New Kent , and lived on it about 10. years. returning then to France , they conveyed their rights to Peter Piernetz , the brother of Madame Ruelle
27018Thomas Jefferson to Burwell Bassett, 17 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately recieved a letter from Mons r Beauvois of Paris , a literary friend & acquaintance of mine, who passed several years in the US. of which letter I give an extract on the next leaf. I am anxious to serve him in the case there stated, but find it necessary first to obtain correct information of the facts and transactions which have taken place in the case in this country, and the...
27019From James Madison to Richard Cutts, 16 June 1811 (Madison Papers)
If I mistake not I have already acknowledged your favor of May 29. which brought the first information of the republican ascendancy in your Legislature. It was little to have been supposed that at this date I should be obliged to repeat that we remain without authentic information of a decisive character from both F. & G. B. This is the fact nevertheless; and it is very questionable whether...
27020From John Quincy Adams to John Adams, 15 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
I have received your letter dated the sixth of February last, and was very much delighted to see it so well written; because I know that it was written by yourself.—I have marked it down, number one, and put it upon my file—When your next letter comes, and I hope that will be soon, I shall compare the hand-writing with that of number one, and shall see what progress you make in writing. I...
27021Resolution of the Court of the District of Columbia, 15 June 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 June 1811. “The Grand Jury state to the Court that they have received representations on the oaths of credible persons that Nancy Gerry a free mulatto girl about Eight years old, was during the month of May last Sold as a slave by Samuel Askum, to Oliphant of Georgia, to which state she is presumed to have been carried, said Oliphant being an Inhabitant of Georgia. The Jury request the...
27022Osborn Sprigg to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I would take the liberty to recommend to your attention & friendliness the bearer of this note M r Cephus Shekell —He resided for Eight or ten years immediately in my neighbourhood & one of my f nearest neighbours, and there never lived a more industrious, good manager—or a more worthy, honest character— I hope you are well and enjoying all the pleasures of an a happy and honorable retirement—...
27023To James Madison from the Tammany Society of Chillicothe, 14 June 1811 (Madison Papers)
The Tammany Society, Or Columbian Order of Wigwam No. 1, whence the other four branches in the state of Ohio have originated, Unanimously requests leave to address you, at the present momentous Crisis of our public affairs. They have not been indifferent spectators of the trying and difficult scenes, which you have had to pass through, as Executive of the National Government. The unjust and...
27024To James Madison from David Meade Randolph, 14 June 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 June 1811, London. Asks that JM consider this letter “with mingled feelings of justice and friendship”; however, if his official conduct has been weighed and found unworthy, asks that JM “treat this essay with silent contempt.” The reasons for his departure were known to few, but “the interruptions of commerce” have disappointed his hopes, and he is now engaged in enterprises requiring...
27025To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 13 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
Act I. Scene I. Mr: Adams’s Study Mr A: Who is there? Dr: R—a friend— A—Walk in.—Ah! Rush is that you? Where have been these two Months—? You seem to have forgotten your old friend Adams. R. Forgotten my Old friend Adams!—No Sir—that is impossible. I owe more to your friendship than I ever owed to any human Being, except to my excellent mother, and to my beloved and faithful Wife. A. What is...
27026From John Quincy Adams to Walter Hellen, 13 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
I received a few days since, your kind letter of 11. January, containing the distressful intelligence of the heavy misfortune which had them just befallen you, in the loss of your nearest and dearest friend. Sympathizing with you sincerely in this severe dispensation of Providence, my concern is much aggravated, by the account you give me of your own state of health, and the anticipations...
27027George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 13 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I yesterday received inclosed in a letter from M r Griffin , S. J: Harrison’s dft on G. & J. at 25 days sight for $:2731. 99 100 , which at maturity will appear at your credit.— No more of your flour has arrived.—I rather suppose if you have time to look over our letters, that you will find you have been advised of the sale of the whole of it. As the amount will lie useless in our hands, we...
27028William D. Meriwether to Thomas Jefferson, 13 June 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of recommending to you M r Veltenair , who wishes to take likenesses from some of your busts, he is an ingenious artist, an excellent musician, and a person who I think merits attention RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 14 June 1811 and so recorded (with notation: “by Veltenair ”) in SJL . Christian veltenair was an itinerant artist, inventor,...
27029To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 12 June 1811 (Adams Papers)
I Shall now make an experiment, if I can dispell a malignant Spirit of gloom, which hovers about me, without any other incantation besides acknowledging your both Favours of the 4th and the 9th of april with which I was So kindly honoured by you. Indeed—Sir! this intercourse is nearly the only pastime left me in my deep retreat and then mÿ Situation imperiously often forbids me to indulge...
27030To James Madison from Alexander Hamilton Jr., 12 June 1811 (Madison Papers)
If I have not already, too much trespassed upon your attention, permit me to observe, that the commercial Interests of the United States, are now unrepresented in Portugal. The consulate office, in consequence of the absence of Mr Jarvis, has become vacant. If it comports with your feelings & does not interfer, with the arrangements of Government, I should be happy, through your personal...