27101Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Smith, 11 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved your favor of Mar. 28. with the copy of the oration it covered. accept my thanks for this communication, and still more for the favorable sentiments expressed in it as well as in your letter. the approbation of those who are faithful to the interests of their country, and especially to it’s self-government & independance, is highly acceptable to me, and nothing more soothing...
27102Thomas Jefferson to Johann Severin Vater, 11 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Nov. 4. 09. did not get to my hands till a twelvemonth after it’s date. be pleased to accept my thanks for the publication you were pleased to send me. that for D r Barton I forwarded to him. his researches into the Indian languages of our continent being continued, I hope it will be in his power to make to you communications useful to the object you are pursuing. this will...
27103Thomas Jefferson to Robert Wash, 11 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved your favor of Mar. 1. with the map it covered, for which be pleased to accept my thanks. every information of that country is acceptable as we know much less of it than either our duties or interests require. mr Crofts , mentioned in your letter, probably passed on some other way, as I had not the pleasure of seeing him. not being a subscriber for the Louisiana gazette, it is...
27104From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 10 May 1811 (Adams Papers)
I received only two or three days ago your letter dated the 24th: of September of the last year; and although it had been written so many months before it came to me, it gave me and your Mama very great pleasure, and I take the first opportunity to write you this in reply to it. I was glad to see that the greatest part of your letter was written with your own hand; and I hope very soon to...
27105To James Madison from Caesar A. Rodney, 10 May 1811 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed you will perceive embraces delicate subjects. In the present posture of our affairs, it may be a question of some importance to decide whether, if indictments should be found, they should be prosecuted. The motives of those concerned in pressing them, are no doubt pure & laudable, but they may be too zealous. Any answer I can give, will be gratuitous & informal, as there exists no...
27106Thomas Jefferson to Reuben Perry, 10 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Immediately on the reciept of your letter , I desired mr Bacon to be on the lookout for Hubbard , and to apprise the Patroles of him & to inform them of the reward you had offered which I would advance for you. I moreover engaged a trusty negro man of my own, and promised him a reward on my own account if he could inform us so that he should be taken. he has not been heard of. yet I have no...
27107To James Madison from Jorge Tadeo Lozano, 9 May 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 May 1811, Santa Fe de Bogotá. Announces the repudiation of the Spanish government as a consequence of the French occupation of Spain and seizure of the person of the king. In order to preserve their independence and to provide for their security, the people have written a constitution of fundamental laws and created the state of Cundinamarca, of which he has the honor to be president....
27108To James Madison from Robert Patton, 9 May 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 May 1811, Philadelphia. Has purchased the gray horse as JM requested “& will send him forward by Wm. D H Jones, Nephew to Mr. Chester Bailey of this City.” The horse is “perfectly gentle, & well broke,” and Mrs. Madison “may place great confidence in him.” Encloses a receipt and advises JM that he can obtain a draft, when convenient, from either the Union Bank of Georgetown or the Washington...
27109George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 9 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I am duly favor’d with yours of the 30 th ultimo . The window glass was forwarded by Thomas Becks on the 27 th , and will have arrived I hope some days ere this. We have received since our last 138 Bbls of your flour, 45 of it being from Lynchburg .— Although the price is ½ $ above your limit, it is dull at that, which has prevented our making any further sale for you.—if we were to go out and...
27110Elijah Fletcher’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, [8 May 1811] (Jefferson Papers)
Wednsday 8th I started again for Monticello — Mr Kelly when I g ot t o Char. went with me. When we arrived at the foot of the hill, we wound a side way, circutous course to avoid the steapness in getting the house, which was immediately upon the top of the mountain. We rode up to the front gate of the door yard a servant took our horses— Mr. Jefferson appeared at the door. I was introduced to...
27111Thomas Newton to Thomas Jefferson, 8 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
In passing to the Western Country M r W m R. Nimmo a young man of respectability is extremely deserous of tendering personally his respects to you. To gratify a sentiment so natural and praiseworthy—I have not hesitated to comply with his request in geveng to him this letter of introduction. In your retirement—I wish that you may enjoy many years of health— With sentiments of great esteem—I...
27112Thomas Jefferson to Henry Foxall, 7 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved your favor of Apr. 19. and the check which it covered on the bank of Columbia , which I have sent on to Mess rs Conrads of Philadelphia , to whom perhaps it was due, for I think it was due to somebody. in my letter to you, I forgot to ask whether you had ever made the Swedish stoves of which I gave you the model sent me by the Earl of Buchan . I have so high an opinion of them,...
27113Thomas Jefferson to Edward Parker and Joseph Delaplaine, 7 [May] 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Mess rs Edward Parker & Joseph Delaplaine, and his thanks for the communication of their prospectus for reprinting the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. possessing already every Encyclopedia which has been published in France , Great Britain & America , & a library moreover vastly beyond his present wants, he has for some time ceased to make additions to it, &...
27114To John Adams from Samuel Miller, 6 May 1811 (Adams Papers)
Your kind favour, of April 12th. & 13th. as well as the Copy of Mr Hancock’s Sermon, sent by a preceding Mail, reached me in safety. An absence of several days from the City, together with an unusual pressure of professional avocations since my return, have prevented my making this acknowledgment at an earlier period. I feel myself much honoured by this testimony of kind and respectful...
27115From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 6 May 1811 (Adams Papers)
Instructions to the Hon. John Adams, for the treaty of peace, dated 14th August, 1779 . Sir—You will herewith receive a commission, giving you full power to negotiate a treaty of peace with Great Britain, in doing which you will conform to the following information and instructions— 1st. The United States are sincerely desirous of peace, and wish by every means consistent with their dignity...
27116Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 5 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Apr. 17. came duly to hand. nobody has regretted more sincerely than myself, the incidents which have happened at Washington . the early intimations, which I saw quoted from federal papers, were disregarded by me, because falshood is their element. the first confirmation was from the National Intelligencer, soon followed by the exultations of other papers whose havoc is on the...
27117Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 5 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor on your departure from Richmond came to hand in due time. altho’ I may not have been among the first, I am certainly with the sincerest who congratulate you on your reentrance into the public National councils. your value there has never been unduly estimated by those whom personal feelings did not misguide. the late misunderstandings at Washington have been a subject of real...
27118Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 5 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just received with great satisfaction your very friendly letter of the 30 Ult. Of the occurrence at Washington I had as little suspicion as you had. And I, at this moment, know not to what infatuation to attribute it. From one of your old & uniform friends I some days since received a letter requesting information as to the ground there was for the Opinion, that you had been privy to...
27119To James Madison from John Bullus, 4 May 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour of forwarding to you a Map of the western part of the State of New York, shewing the route of a proposed Canal from Lake Erie to Hudson’s River—together, with the report of the Commissioners appointed to explore the route of an inland navigation from Hudson’s River to Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie—which may not be altogether uninteresting. With great consideration Your Most Ob:...
27120Thomas 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...
27121Thomas Jefferson to Bernard McMahon, 4 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
My old friend Thouin , Director of the National garden of France has just sent me a fresh parcel of seeds which he thus describes . ‘they consist of about 200. species, foreign to N. America , selected from among 1. the large trees, the wood of which is useful in the arts. 2. small trees & shrubs, ornamental for shrubberies. 3. plants vivacious & picturesque. 4. flowers for parterres. 5....
27122Thomas Jefferson to Oliver Pollock, 4 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favor of Apr. 23 d & with it a certificate by which it appears that the papers of the Executive office of Virga during the first year of my administration as Governor are lost, and particularly a letter of mine to you of Nov. 6. 1779. I am really sorry it is not in my power, by memory, to say what were the contents of that letter, of which I do not retain the smallest...
27123From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 24 Apl. and return the letter inclosed in it; after having made the communication intended for Mr Gallatin. Your expostulations with Duane could not be improved; but he gives proofs of a want of candor, as well as of temperance, that will probably repel advice however rational or friendly. The great fulcrum of his attacks on Mr. Gallatin, is Erskine’s statement of his...
27124To James Madison from Paul Hamilton, 3 May 1811 (Madison Papers)
Believing it to comport with the fidelity I owe you, I offer for your perusal the enclosed. Colo Butler is a native of So. Carolina, served with credit many years in the legislature of that State, and was much respected in private life for his probity. He removed a few years since into Kentucky, and I have been informed by Gentlemen from that State, that he is there held in the highest...
27125Presidential Proclamation, 3 May 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 May 1811. Declares, under the terms of the 30 Apr. 1810 act providing for the sale of certain lands in the Indiana Territory, that the tract of land to which the Indian title was extinguished under the 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne and which adjoins the boundary line established by the Treaty of Greenville and was made part of the district of Cincinnati, “with the exception of such [lands] as...
27126Fitzwhylsonn & Potter to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
In obedience to the request contained in your polite note , of the 28’th Ultimo , with which we were favored this morning, we have put into the post Office, under your address, the 32’nd N o of the Edinburg Review. This is the last N o as yet received from New-York . As the others arrive we shall forward them agreeably to order. RC ( MHi ); in William H. Fitzwhylsonn’s hand; at foot of text:...
27127James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d yours of the 24 Ap l and return the letter inclosed in it ; after having made the communication intended for M r Gallatin . Your expostulations with Duane could not be improved; but he gives proofs of a want of candor, as well as of temperance, that will probably repel advice however rational or friendly. The great fulcrum of his attacks on M r Gallatin , is Erskine’s
27128Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 3 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rejoiced to see Ritchie declare himself in favor of the President on the late attack against him, and wish he may do the same as to mr Gallatin . I am sure he would if his information was full. I have not an intimacy with him which might justify my writing to him directly, but the inclosed letter to you is put into such a form as might be shewn to him, if you think proper to do so....
27129Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, 3 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
The interest you were so kind as to take, at my request, in the case of Duane , and the communication to you of my first letter to him, entitles you to a communication of the 2 d which will probably be the last. I have ventured to quote your letter in it, without giving your name, & even softening some of it’s expressions respecting him. it is possible Duane may be reclaimed as to mr Madison ....
27130From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 2 May 1811 (Adams Papers)
The religious ceremony of which in my last Letter I gave you an account, began at Midnight and terminated between three and four in the morning.—It was accompanied by a Salute of 21. Guns fired from the Fortress, two or three times, at particular stages of the performance—This was conformable to the customary practice; which always ushers in Easter day at St: Petersburg with an expence of...
27131Theodorus Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 2 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I now do myself the honor to inclose to you, a Map of the western Part of the State of New York , on which is delineated the Route of A projected Canal from Lake Erie to Hudson’s River ; which has been completed within the current Week: I some time since transmitted to you, the Report of the Commissioners (appointed by the Legislature of this State) on the subject. RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ...
27132Joel Barlow to Thomas Jefferson, 2 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have delayed a few days my answer to your very kind letter of the 16 th wishing first to ascertain whether the mission in question would really take effect or not. The equivocal accounts hitherto recieved of the present disposition of the French government relative to the its obnoxious decrees have rendered it doubtful whether the dignity & interest of the U.S. would be best consulted by...
27133From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 1 May 1811 (Adams Papers)
The information given me by Mr. Ridley upon my arrival in Paris, that Dr. Franklin had written to Mr. Jay at Madrid to obtain his vote for Mr. William Temple Franklin to be secretary of legation to the commission for peace, was a mistake; as appears by the following documents: To all to whom these presents shall come, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, send greeting. Whereas the United States of...
27134To James Madison from William S. Dallam, 1 May 1811 (Madison Papers)
William S. Dallam altho an humble Citizen of Kentuckey One of the constituent members of the Great American Republic offers the incense of his most grateful Respects to President Madison for the appointment of Gove[r]nor Monroe as Secretary of State. Will S. Dallam knew Gove[r]nor Monroe in Europe. His friendly attention and parental counsel to all Americans there, has created in him an...
27135Benjamin Smith Barton to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Oemler , of Georgia , a very intelligent gentleman, who has devoted much attention to the study of Entomology, has very particularly requested me to give him a few lines to you. I could not deny him this favor. He appears to be a man of much merit; and has, indeed, been mentioned to me, by some of my friends, in terms of great praise. I fear you are very anxious to get back Persoon . I...
27136Thomas Jefferson to Jones & Howell, 1 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your favor of the 15 th . you are right as to my omission of the supply of iron in 1810. I must explain this for my own justification. when I sat down to make a statement, by memory, of the paiments to which my produce now getting to market was to be applied, I noted your debt as about 600.D. which was the general impression of it on my mind. turning afterwards to our letters,...
27137From Abigail Smith Adams to Lucy Cranch Greenleaf, April 1811 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your kind inquiries. I am better to day. I had the Rheumatism in my head, and was quite Sick yesterday. I took a little medicine last night and find it has releived me, tho I am not very smart to day. mrs Smith thanks You and will call and see you. She is engaged to her Brothers to day—She has walked out twice into the Neighbours—your Brother wrote me Sometime Since that altho...
27138To James Madison from William Rogers, 30 April 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 April 1811, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “Being in London in 1797 I entere’d into the Brittish Military Service in a Battalion of Infantry, and obtained some promotion therein during Ten Years Service. In 1807 I was induced to retire and come to my Friends at Philadelphia, and I now keep a Store in Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania.” On the basis of his familiarity with military discipline “and the...
27139Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 30 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
When I wrote you my letter of Mar. 28. I had great confidence that as much at least could have been done for you as I therein supposed. the friend to whom I confided the business here, and who was and is zealous, had found such readiness, in those to whom he spoke, as left no other difficulty than to find the bank responsible. but the Auroras which came on while this was in transaction,...
27140Bennett H. Henderson to Craven Peyton, 30 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have Contemplated writing this letter for a considerable time and hope that you will think propper to answer me According to my request as I deem you the most propper person to apply to for Certain information, if I recollect right about four or five years ago I gave you my deed for one hundred and two acres of Land back of the town of town of milton Milton by the hand of my brother James...
27141Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 30 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have learnt, with sincere concern, the circumstances which have taken place at Washington . some intimations had been quoted from federal papers, which I had supposed false, as usual. their first confirmation to me was from the National Intelligencer. still my hopes and confidence were that your retirement was purely a matter of choice on your part. a letter I have recieved from mr Hollins...
27142From John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 29 April 1811 (Adams Papers)
I am informed that a vessel belong to Mr: W. R. Gray, called the Washington, which sailed from Boston the 20th. or 28th: of February last has arrived at Baltic-Port, not more than two hundred miles distant from this place, and is expected at Cronstadt as soon as the Navigation of the gulph will be entirely clear—We had heard a week or ten days since the arrival of this vessel at Elseneur, and...
27143To James Madison from Samuel Hanson of Samuel, 29 April 1811 (Madison Papers)
S Hanson of Saml. respectfully begs leave of the President to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, dated 27th. instant, “requesting him, by the direction of the President, to exhibit, specifically, the charges against the Accountant of the Navy, contained in his Memorial to the President, accompanied by documents to prove those charges.” He begs leave to refer...
27144To James Madison from Robert S. Marache, 29 April 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 April 1811, Philadelphia. Has resided the last six years in Trinidad where he has a “respectable Commercial Establishment.” As the commerce with the U.S. is “rapidly increasing,” solicits position of commercial agent for the U.S. “should it appear to you expedient to have an agent there.” Encloses a recommendation. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Marache”). RC 1...
27145Edward Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
When I had the pleasure of seeing you last summer at my Mothers , I informed you, that M r Latrobe had sent round to Rich d some time in the Month of May last, your prints to the Care of Gibson & Jefferson . I was led to this conclusion from M r Latrobes having taken the Prints that you left in the setting room to his House, for the purpose of packing them up with one he had there; and from my...
27146From Abigail Smith Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 28 April 1811 (Adams Papers)
Scarcly a week has past, for these two Months in which I have not written either to my Son, or to you, but our Letters are not only committed to the Chance, of winds and waves, which may Scatter them like the leaves of the Sibyls, but they have many other hazards to run, through the Dens of Cyclopes, and the fangs of the Harpies. I write this to Send you by the Ship Hugh Johnston, Captain...
27147From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 28 April 1811 (Adams Papers)
This Line will go by the Ship Hugh Johnston William Johnston Master bound for St. Petersbourg. She belongs to the House of Loring and Curtis and is consigned to Mr Joseph Austin, all Citizens of Boston: So that I presume if Neutral Ships Neutral owners Neutral Cargoes and Neutral Consignees can in any case Sail Securely , this Letter will reach you with safety. I have Mementos enough. Fryday...
27148“A Friend to the Christian Religion” (“Goodwill”) to Thomas Jefferson, 28 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Being now indulged with leisure to investigate any subject, a privilege which you did not once enjoy, permit a friend, who sincerely wishes your present peace & eternal happiness, to ask you to re e xamine the evidences in favor of the christian religion. If, Sir, you will have the goodness to peruse with candor Bishop Porteus’ evidences in favor of the Christan religion, Leslies short method...
27149To John Adams from Samuel Denny, Jr., 27 April 1811 (Adams Papers)
As the object of that Society over which you have the honor of presiding is for the promotion of the Agricultural interest in this Commonwealth, I am much gratified in seeing useful knowledge diffused, and shall esteem the privilege of contributing, throu’ your assistance, an honor and happiness, of which I am anxious to partake. If a proposal should be made, apparently extravagant, the...
27150To James Madison from Jesse Jones and Others, 27 April 1811 (Madison Papers)
The Baptist Church on Neels Creek in Cumberland County in the State of North Carolina having Received intelligence Respecting the Affair of the Baptist Church at Salem meeting house in the mississippi Territorry Considering the said affair as proceeding from Some of our Religious Connections and that the Same is not Consistent with the Spiritual Interest of Religion and that the tendency of...