27101From Thomas Jefferson to William DuVal, 4 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Nov. 21. has been duly recieved and I thank you for the offer of the profile of mr Wythe, every trace of whom will be dear to me. if you will be so good as to desire mr Jefferson to forward me either the original or the copy, as you please, it will be recieved with equal thankfulness. it should be rolled on a stick, & not folded. the original of the other profile, after taking a...
27102From Thomas Jefferson to William DuVal, 10 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 17. from Richm d was duly recieved. I had with our revered friend G. Wythe a correspondence thro’ life, but it was especially frequent during the revolution. I then kept no copies of my letters, and am very anxious to recover those particularly of that period. I do not know that mr Wythe preserved them, but possibly he may have done so, and if they are still in being and...
27103From James Madison to William P. Duval, 11 January 1827 (Madison Papers)
I recd some days ago your kind letter of Novr. 14. I had never been acquainted with the circumstances which led to my Nephew’s loss of his place; tho’ I could not but believe that they must have involved an apparent, rather than real misconduct as the cause. It is a great satisfaction to me, and of course to those Still more nearly related to him, to have your testimony in his favor, added to...
27104From James Madison to William P. Duval, 18 April 1827 (Madison Papers)
I just learn from Mr. Fs. Eppes that he is about making a visit to E Florid[a], and I feel a pleasure in the opportunity of making him known to you, well assured that you will be equally pleased with that of offering a kind hand to the son of J. W. Eppes and grandson of Thomas Jefferson. To these claims to whatever friendly offices you can render him, he adds a personal worth, which alone...
27105From James Madison to William P. Duval, 21 June 1823 (Madison Papers)
My nephew Edgar Macon having been commissioned by the President District & Territorial Attorney for Florida where he will be altogether a stranger, I take the liberty, for which an apology is perhaps due, of giving him a line of introduction to you. In obtaining his appointment he was particularly recommended by Mr. Barbour Speaker of the federal House of Reps. under whose auspices he pursued...
27106From Benjamin Franklin to Duvivier, 4 May 1780 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): American Philosophical Society J’ai montré les Epreuves de la Medaille à plusieurs Personnes, qui les ont trouvées bien, a l’exception des Lettres qui composent l’Inscription dans l’Exergue. Elles sont si irregulieres, que je vous prie de les corriger s’il est possible. J’ai l’honneur d’etre A M. du Vivier, Graveur du Roi aux Galeries du Louvre See Vote about the Medals—
27107Enclosure: Richard Harrison to Henry Williams Dwight, 10 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to your letter of the 8 th Ins t , I have the honor to inform you that the Accounts of Thomas Jefferson Esq re , as Minister to France , were finally settled and closed at the Treasury in the Month of October 1804; but they, with all the original papers & documents appertaining thereto, were destroyed in the Registers Office by the Conflagration of the public buildings in the Summer...
27108From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph H. Dwight, 4 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the fourth of october—you will immediately repair to Bennington in Vermont in order to be employed in the recruiting service—When arrived at that place you will report yourself to Major Buell and take his order— W— ( Df , in the handwriting of Thomas Y. How, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
27109From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Dwight, 3 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter but must defer giving any opinion as to the circumstance in question, untill I can be more fully informed, for which purpose I shall make the necessary enquiries. with true consideration ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress).
27110From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Dwight, 6 June 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Not knowing the State of your accounts, I have ordered the Deputy Postmaster General to advance you seventy five dollars, which you will immediately procure and proceed to Oxford reporting yourself on Your arrival to Major Buell. I desire that not a moments delay may take place in the execution of the above order I am Sir Your obed Servt. ( Df , in the handwriting of Philip Church, Hamilton...
27111From John Jay to Timothy Dwight, 16 December 1802 (Jay Papers)
I take the Liberty of addressing you on a Subject w h . is not a little interesting to me— on leaving Albany I committed to the Rev d . M r Ellison the Care & Education of a Son whom I think a good & promising Boy, and who is now ab t . 13 Years old. That ^On that^ Gentleman’s Death he returned to me— I have tried to ^As was my wish to have him^ placed here in a proper Situation near
27112From John Jay to Timothy Dwight, 11 January 1803 (Jay Papers)
I had the pleasure of recieving by the last post your obliging Letter of the 4 th . Instant— The Explanations contained in it are perfectly satisfactory, and I thank You for the Information relative to M r Davis, and the Terms on which he would take my Son into his Family and prepare him for College— my Confidence in your Judgm t . and Candor induces me to rely on your Recommendation of that...
27113From John Jay to Timothy Dwight, 10 February 1803 (Jay Papers)
In a Letter written you the 11 Ult. by the post, in answer to the one I had the pleasure of rec g . from you, I mentioned that in pursuance of y r . advice I sh d . send my Son to M r Davis, in the course of this month— If the Weather be fair he will set out Tomorrow, & I have directed him to wait upon you with this Letter. On this subject I can express no sentiments w h . will not occur to...
27114From John Adams to Timothy Dwight, 4 April 1786 (Adams Papers)
I have received your Letter, & the Conquest of Canaan, with more pleasure than you will easily believe. before I took any measures towards the publication of this Poem, I was determined, whatever affairs might interrupt me, to read it, & I found so much pleasure, in this Employment, that it was very soon compleated. My taste as well as my Impartiallity may be disputed: but I will venture to...
27115From George Washington to Timothy Dwight, Jr., 18 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
I yesterday received your favor of the 8th Instt, accompanied by so warm a recommendation from Genl Parsons that I cannot but form favorable presages of the merit of the work you propose to honor me with the dedication of. Nothing can give me more pleasure than to patronize the essays of genius, and a laudable cultivation of the Arts & Sciences, which had begun to flourish in so eminent a...
27116From James Madison to William T. Dwight, 23 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
J. M present his respects to Mr. D, with thanks for the copy of his oration, before the Washington Benevolent Society. He has noticed with pleasure the appropriate remarks pervading the Oration and the patriotic spirit which animates it. Draft ( DLC ). William Theodore Dwight (1795–1865), son of Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College, was a graduate of Yale who went on to become a...
27117Thomas Jefferson to John D’Wolf, 30 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Th:J. returns his thanks to mr De Wolf for his excellent oration on the 4 th of July sent him either by mr De Wolf or some friend who has not named himself . he is happy to see an example set of something solid substituted for the usual froth of that day. our citizens have much need of being reminded of the doctrines of this oration, for altho’ we have are entitled to religious freedom by law,...
27118Thomas Jefferson to John D’Wolf, 26 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to mr D . Wolf fo r the disc ourse on Prejudice which he has been so kind as to send him. this great perverter of the human judgment, it is to be feared is too deeply rooted in the heart and affections of man to admit a hope that it can ever be eradicated. yet it’s influence on the happiness of society, and the general good is
27119From James Madison to John Hanbury Dwyer, 14 January 1825 (Madison Papers)
With your letter of the 23 of Decr. I have recd a copy of your “Essay on Elocution” of which you ask my opinion. I have not found it convenient to give the Work a critical examination. But a Cursory one has satisfied me that its explanations, its precepts, and its exemplifying selections, justly class it with the books useful both to Teachers & pupils, of the branch of Education on which it...
27120Instructions to Captain Charles Dyar, 20 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
You being appointed Captain and Commander of the Armed Schooner Harrison in the Service of the United Colonies are to Pay all attention and Obedience to the following Instructions. 1st you are to proceed imediately on a Cruze against Such Vessels as may be found on the high Seas or elswhere bound Inwards or outwards to or from Boston in the Service of the Ministerial Army—and to take & Seize...
27121From Thomas Jefferson to John H. Dye, 30 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 21 st was rec d yesterday, but I must pray to be excused from entering into the subjects therein proposed to my considn. age and debility have obliged me to withdraw from political speculns . leaving them, as I chearfully do, to the genern whose concern they properly are. my last efforts towds being useful are now engaged in the establmit of an institn of much promise to our...
27122From James Madison to Elisha Dyer, 13 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Elisha Dyer. 13 June 1806, Department of State. “I have received your letter of the 4th. inst. respecting the injury done to the Schooner Morning Star, by a British vessel of war off the coast, which eventuated in the loss of the Schooner on Ocracock bar. Should you be able to discover the authors of this injury, it will be necessary for you to prosecute them in the Court to which they...
27123From Thomas Jefferson to George Dyson, 16 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote by the John Adams to mr Woodhouse of Marsalla, desiring him to send me a pipe of Marsalla wine. by an arrangement with mr Smith the Secretary of the Navy, I was authorised to desire mr Woodhouse to draw on you for paiment, with an assurance that your draught on the Navy department should be placed to the credit of your account with the US. this was done, and I inclosed to mr Woodhouse...
27124From Thomas Jefferson to George Dyson, 5 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Having occasion to desire a pipe of the wine of Marsalla from mr John Woodhouse merchant of that place, mr Smith the Secretary of the Navy has authorised me to desire mr Woodhouse to draw on you for paiment, and your draught on the Navy department shall be placed to the credit of your account with the United States. mr Woodhouse will accordingly draw on you which I hope will be honored, and...
27125Thomas Jefferson to Marcus Dyson, 19 May 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 6 th is r ecieved, and I am sorry to say I am not able to answer your chemical enquiries with satisfaction. the antient chemistry was in possession of the schools when I was a student in them, and when that was reformed by the nomenclature of Morveau , and the theories of Lavoisier , I had become too much engaged in public affairs and the practical business of life, to...
27126From James Madison to Samuel H. Eakin, 17 November 1806 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ To Samuel H. Eakin. Letter not found. 17 November 1806. Acknowledged in Eakin to JM , 22 Nov. 1806 , as instructing Eakin to ship to JM “two cases china onboard the Schooner Rebecca. Capt Tyler for Alexandria & Georgetown.”
27127Thomas Jefferson to Elias Earle, 16 February 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have read and considered mr Holland ’s letter of Mar. 28. 1812. and Gen l Dearborn ’s statement of Mar. 29. 12 . and find them in a general correspondence with my recollection of the transactions respecting the establishment of iron works proposed to have been made by yourself on the lands of the Cherokees . I must add a qualification however as to a single fact. I retain a strong impression...
27128From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Earle, 24 September 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Aug. 28 with the pamphlet accompanying it was not recieved until the 8 th instant. That our creator made the earth for the use of the living and not of the dead; that those who exist not, can have no use nor right in it, no authority or power over it; that one generation of men cannot foreclose or burthen it’s use to another, which comes to it in it’s own right, and by the same...
27129From George Washington to the Earl of Dundonald, 9 July 1795 (Washington Papers)
By Mr Jay I had the honor to receive your Lordships favor of the 9th of April, accompanying your treatise “on the intimate connection that subsists between agriculture and chemistry.” The work must be curious and interesting, and for your goodness in sending it to me, I pray your Lordship to accept the best thanks of your most Obedient and Obliged Hble Servant ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW ;...
27130From James Madison to Peter Early, 18 December 1814 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. your letter of the 2d. instant: with the Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia expressing unanimously the sentiments inspired by the extravagant terms of peace demanded by the Enemy, and the readiness of that State to make every sacrifice necessary to a vigorous prosecution of the war, till it can be brought to an honorable termination. Resolutions of such a character are...
27131From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Early, 27 June 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved several respectable applications for the pardon of Jacob Ray now confined in the jail of this place under a conviction for forging bank notes. as the hope of his reformation would be among the weighty inducements to pardon, I wish to learn how far his former habits & course of life might justify such a hope. it is understood that he was born & raised in Lunenburg county...
27132Thomas Jefferson to James Eastburn, 28 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The republication of the antient and valuable works now out of print, will certainly be an useful undertaking. but it is time for me to withdraw from my attention from all long-winded enterprises. they belong to the generation which is to carry them through, as little would I presume to prescribe to them the proper objects of their attention. these books have by their worth established their...
27133From George Washington to the Eastern Department Navy Board, 24 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have been honoured with Your Letter of the 13th and should be exceedingly happy if it were in my power to comply with Your requisition, but so far from this being the case, on account of the scantiness of our supplies of powder, I have been obliged to apply both to your State & to Connecticut to obtain a loan. Of this application you will probably have heard before this. On recurring to our...
27134The American Commissioners to the Eastern Navy Board, 29 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; two copies: National Archives <Passy, July 29, 1778: We have received your letter of June 8 by Captain Barnes of the Dispatch , as well as the packets forwarded by the Massachusetts Council. We have given orders to Mr. Schweighauser to provide for the captain’s return voyage and have ordered our banker to give a month’s pay to him and his crew and...
27135From Benjamin Franklin to the Eastern Navy Board, 15 March 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I acquainted you in a former Letter, that there were great Misunderstandings between Capt. Landais and the other Officers of his ship. These Differences arose to such a Height, that the Captain once wrote me, he would quit the Command rather than continue with them. Some of them leaving the Ship, that Disturbance Seem’d to be quieted. But there has Since arisen...
27136From Benjamin Franklin to the Eastern Navy Board, 17 October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I received the Letters you did me the honour of writing to me the 30th of July and 18th. of August last, by the Mercury Packet Boat and by a french Cutter, the other Dispatches Capt. Samson was entrusted with, came all Safe to hand; and I Should have dipatch’d him sooner, if I had not found it necessary to detain him in order to Send by him to Congress some Advices of...
27137Thomas Jefferson to David Easton, 14 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I am truly sorry it is not within my power to give you any information on the subject of the enquiries in your letter of the 9 th . during the revolutionary war Col o Harrison ’s services were employed in the army, mine chiefly in the cabinet and very much within my own state, so that I never had an opportunity of acquaintance with Col o Harrison . at the close of the war I was sent to Europe...
27138From James Madison to Rufus Easton (Abstract), 22 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
22 March 1805, Department of State . “The President of the United States being desirous of availing the public of your services as a Judge of the Territory of Louisiana, I have the pleasure to inclose your Commission.” RC ( MoSHi ); letterbook copy of enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Permanent and Temporary Presidential Commissions). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. For...
27139From Thomas Jefferson to Rufus Easton, 22 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Your commission as judge of Louisiana, according to it’s own terms, & those of the constitution was to expire at the end of the present session of the Senate. the nomination of a successor is then, by the constitution, as free, as it originally was. in exercising the duty of nomination to office, it has never been, nor can be admitted, that after a selection made of one of the competitors, all...
27140From James Madison to William Eaton, 10 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your several letters not heretofore acknowledged have been received down to that of the 22d. day of february last. Your Bills amounting to Sixteen thousand Dollars in favor of Stephen Kingston and John Shaw, will be paid; but it is regretted that the draughts were made, particularly that for future contingencies, without the statement of your accounts, which had been enjoined. I hope you will...
27141From Thomas Jefferson to William Eaton, 8 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I find, on conversation with the Secretary of state that your papers are before the Auditor , not the Comptroller as I had believed, that the Auditor has asked the opinion of the Secretary of State on certain points, which opinion being unfavorable to you, you wish a revisal of it. altho’ it be as yet interlocutory only yet as it will direct the final decision, I have proceeded to consider it....
27142From Thomas Jefferson to William Eaton, enclosing Warrants for Impressing Cattle, 7 September 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
You are hereby appointed a Commissioner of the provision Law in all the counties on the south side of James river, but restrained specially to the procuring houses for storing them, waggons, carts, horses, gear, drivers, boats and other vessels and their crew for transporting provisions, materials for making such barrels or other proper casks or boxes for containing the same, and pastures for...
27143From James Madison to William Eaton, 1 March 1806 (Madison Papers)
In answer to the letter in which you bring the subject of your claims, arising whilst you were the Consul at Tunis, again before this department, I have to observe, that no new evidence has been received, since the letter to the Committee of claims, of which a copy is enclosed, was written; except the statements of Doctor Davis. These, as you will perceive, tend to prove the actual extortion...
27144From James Madison to William Eaton, 20 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
Your letters of 2 & 18 Septr. 6 Octr. 1. 9. 10. 15. 16. 13. 25, 19, & 21 Novr. and 8th. Decr. have been received since the date of Mr. Lincoln’s letter by the Grand Turk, which sailed from New York in March last, with the third cargo of Regalia for Tunis. The proofs, which have been given by the Bashaw of Tripoli, of hostile designs against the United States, have, as you will learn from...
27145From James Madison to William Eaton, 17 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
Enclosed is the invoice of the ship Peace and Plenty, which carries out the last cargo of the stores, stipulated to be delivered to the Bey of Tunis. We hope they will be favorably received, and that the business of the present of jewells has been arranged at as small a sacrifice as possible. By the last advices from Mr. King it is probable, that they have before now arrived at Tunis. If you...
27146From James Madison to William Eaton, 12 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
Capt. Jercovich of the Ragusan Brigantine Benevenuto having executed a release of his charter-party, I enclose a certified copy of the instrument for your information. I have delivered to him on your behalf a mutual release. The money paid to him on account of this transaction has been duly charged against you in the Treasury books. I am very respectfully, sir, Your most obed. servt. RC ( TxU...
27147From James Madison to William Eaton, 14 April 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have received your several letters of the 5. 7 & 9th. August 12th. September 9. 13 & 22d. October, 9 & 12th Novr. 13 & 20th. Decr. 1802. The Dey of Algiers having urged several objections to receiving Mr. Cathcart as Consul in the room of Mr. OBrien, the President has determined to appoint another; thus yielding to the usage, which admits of the refusal of a Consul for reasons peculiar to...
27148From James Madison to William Eaton, 7 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 January 1805, Department of State. “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th. Septr. last , and to inform you that no Act of this Government, has been passed to release the Chevalier Antonio Parcile [Porcile] from the demand you have against him for payments made as his surety on loans obtained by him at Tunis in 1798,9 for the purposes of ransoming from Slavery...
27149From John Adams to William Eaton, 10 July 1797 (Adams Papers)
Know Ye, That reposing special Trust and Confidence in the Abilities and Integrity of William Eaton a Citizen of the United States, I have nominated and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate do appoint him Consul of the United States of America for the City and Kingdon of Tunis, and do authorize and empower him to have and to hold the said office according to Law, and to exercise...
27150From James Madison to William Eaton, 22 August 1802 (Madison Papers)
Not having your last letters by me I cannot refer to their dates, nor particularly to their contents. The most important part of them communicated the plan concerted with the brother of the Bashaw of Tripoli for making use of him against the latter, in favour of the U. States. Altho’ it does not accord with the general sentiments or views of the United States to intermeddle in the domestic...