27351Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Magruder, 20 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Having just now made up the Exhibits to be used in the suit of mr Livingston on the subject of the batture , and finding a printed copy of the petition of the Mayor E t c of N.O. to Congress sufficient for our purpose, I return you the original one which you were so kind as to send me from your office, with my thanks & assurances of great esteem & respect PoC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “M r
27352Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 20 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Having just now made up my packet of documents to be sent to Mess rs Hay & Wirt , my counsel in the case of the Batture , I think it my duty to furnish you with a particular list of those sent me from your office, which list you will accordingly find on the next page. those marked as now returned, you will find in the packet which accompanies this letter. the rest are sowed together that they...
27353Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s List of Batture-Related State Department Documents, [ca. 20 March 1811] (Jefferson Papers)
Papers recieved from the Secretary of State’s office and now returned Derbigny’s Opinion on the case of the Batture MS. his Memoire. printed copy Livingston’s
27354From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 19 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
In proportion as the time lengthens since the receipt of your last Letter, which is also the last that I have received from any of my friends at Quincy, I find not only my anxiety to hear directly from you increasing with it, but also my desire and determination if possible to relieve you and my other friends with you from a similar anxiety respecting us, which you would feel in the case of so...
27355To James Madison from Robert Lewis Madison, 19 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 19 March 1811. Described as a two-page letter in the lists probably made by Peter Force (DLC, series 7, container 2). Robert Lewis Madison (1794–1828) was JM’s nephew, William Madison’s son. JM may have been contributing money toward his education at this time ( WMQ William and Mary Quarterly. , 1st ser., 6 [1897–98]: 116; statement of the Reverend James Laurie, 29 Apr. 1846...
27356Opie Norris to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I am informed that you wish to lease the Shadwell Mills , for another term of years, after the Shoemakers lease is out, I wish to rent them, provided, I can get the Shoemakers to give up the balance of their lease, If you will lease the Mills to me, for 4 years after their term Expires—at the same rent, that the Mills are rented to the Shoemakers , that is to say, Twelve hundred & fifty...
27357Palisot de Beauvois to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Permettéz que, pénétré des bontés avec les quelles vous m’avéz acceuilli pendant mon séjour dans les Etats unis d’Amérique , et dont je ne perdrai jamais le souvenir, je réclame les mêmes-bontés pour me faire rendre justice dans une affaire qui m’interresse et qu’une malheureuse circonstance a fait Naitre dans votre païs et dans L’Etat mëme que vous habités. mes droits et mes prétentions sont...
27358From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours inclosing two letters improperly addressed to you. A sketch in manuscript was brought by yesterday’s Mail from N. York, saying that a vessel just arrived, stated that the Prince Regent had appointed his Cabinet; that Lord Holland was prime Minister, Grenville Secretary of State, Moira Commander in Chief &c. and that a new Parliament was to be called. Whether these details be...
27359To James Madison from David Bailie Warden, 18 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your letter, of the 11th Instant, the evening before the John Adams sailed from Newport: I have returned to this City to wait your instructions concerning my departure for France. I am, Sir, with great respect, your most obedient, and very humble Servt. RC ( DLC ); letterbook copy ( MdHi : Warden Papers).
27360Theodorus Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
By the Mail of saturday, I was honored with your communication , covering a letter to M r Warden , who goes out as our Consul to Paris . That Gentleman left this City about the 11 th inst , for New Port, R. I.
27361Theodorus Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit to you herewith a copy of the Report of the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature of this state, to explore the Route of an Inland navigation, from the River Hudson to the great Lakes, Ontario and Erie .—A map of the western parts of this State; exhibiting the Route of the projected Canal , will be published in a few days=A Copy of this likewise will be...
27362Thomas Jefferson to Richard Barry, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I went to Bedford the latter part of January and returned home a few days ago only, and found here your letter of Jan. 29 . I was waiting, before I answered it, to get such a view of my crops & the getting them to market as might enable me to answer you with a certainty which I cannot do until that is effected. I trust that they are sufficient, with a continuance of the market till I can get...
27363Thomas Jefferson to George Divers, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
The ground I have prepared for grass along a branch, is, in several spots, too dry for timothy, and especially where we run a little up the foot of the hill. it is moreover a red soil; thinking it will be better to put these spots into Oat-grass if you can spare me a little seed of that, I shall be thankful for it. it will serve as a commencement to raise seed from, as I wish to go a good deal...
27364Thomas Jefferson to Samuel J. Harrison, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
As I understood it would be more convenient to you to make the second paiment for the land purchased of me & due the 1 st prox. in Richmond , and it is as convenient for me to recieve it there, the object of this letter is to pray you to place the money there in the hands of Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson which shall be equivalent to paiment to myself. Accept the assurance of my respect. PoC ( ViU...
27365Charles P. De Lasteyrie to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Veuillés bien être mon organe au près de la Société Philosophique que vous présidés, pour l’assurer de mon entier devouement, et pour lui offrir l’ouvrage Sur le pastel et l’ indigotier que je viens de publier. je désire que ce foible produit de mon travail puisse lui être utile agréable, et qu’il puisse être utile à votre patrie . Comme l’Amérique septentrionale Se livre aujourd’hui à tous...
27366James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d yours inclosing two letters improperly addressed to you. A sketch in manuscript was brought by yesterday’s Mail from N. York , saying that a vessel just arrived, stated that the Prince Regent had appointed his Cabinet; that Lord Holland was prime Minister ,
27367David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inform you, that, at the moment, when I was on the eve of embarking for France , at Newport, I received a note from the President directing me to suspend my departure till I received further instructions on this point. I propose to wait for them at this City; and will be glad to be the Bearer of letters which you proposed to commit to my care. General Bailey informs me that he...
27368From John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 17 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
You will recollect that some time in the year 1799—or 1800, while I was at Berlin, a Mr: Charles Engel sent you a power of Attorney, and a large claim upon a house of Mark and Company, which I believe some time before that, had failed at New-York. Very soon after my arrival here, I received from this Mr. Engel two letters, one of which had been written in January 1809, and sent to America,...
27369From Catherine Nuth Johnson to Andrew Buchanan, 17 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
I sincerely Congratulate you My Dear Sir on the Birth of your Son, and the Safety of our Dear Caroline. as soon as you inform me on a Certain Subject, I shall myself address her. it will give me great Pleasure, to have this answered immediately, as I am very desirous and anxious, to know if she, and the Babe Continue Well—Tom left Washington on Wednesday morning, for your City, since which I...
27370Thomas Jefferson to Dominick Barthe, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson acknoleges the reciept of a letter and volume from Count Potoski which mr Barthe has been so kind as to take charge of and forward to him; he returns him his thanks for this mark of attention and salutes him with respect & his best wishes PoC ( MHi ); on a small sheet; dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ.
27371George Divers to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you a Bushel & a haf of Timothy Seed which is all I have, it will not be wanted til September next— you express’d a wish some time ago for some of the monthly Rasp-berry which I now Send you. It was late last evening before I could dispatch your little boy. I therefore detain’d him ’til this morning— accept my thanks for the asparagus beans and the box for sowing clover seed which I am...
27372Thomas Jefferson to Robert Elliott, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 6 th has been duly recieved, & I now return the paper it inclosed with my subscription. I shall be glad to see in print discourses which I heard delivered with much satisfaction; and my particular thanks are due to you for the mark of respect towards myself mentioned in your letter. it will probably not add to the popularity of your volume with those professors of religion...
27373Samuel J. Harrison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d yours of the 13 th ult o in Due Course—the Installments for the Land Due the 1 st Ap l Shall be ready here, as you have requested: In the Mean time if it would suit you as well to recieve it in Richmond , it would be a Convenience to me ; which please say by return of the Mail? The Seasons not having been favorable for Prising, M r
27374Thomas Jefferson to Skeffington Selby, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 5 th has been duly recieved. of the Certificate therein stated to have been signed by me, I have not the smallest trace in my memory. I suppose, from it’s date & purport, that it is was one of the thousands of papers signed by me officially as Governor of Virginia . those certificates are still, I believe paid at our Treasury (of Virginia ) according to a scale of...
27375Mary Stith to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your letter , the subject matter of which I was an entire stranger to.—when you write of plaintiffs & defendants, you make me shudder, not having ever had any thing to do with law, but willingly to obey those of my country. the more I reflect upon it the less I like it.—there is an impropriety in my going to law at my time of life, where there is no children to be benefited by...
27376Thomas Jefferson to John Threlkeld, 17 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 7 th is duly recieved covering a letter from Miss Threlkeld to mrs Eppes . it shall be safely forwarded. mr Eppes’s son is now here, and will return in a few days to his father . I avail myself with pleasure of the occasion it has presented of renewing to yourself & family the assurances of my continued esteem, and salute them and yourself with attachment & respect. RC...
27377Presidential Proclamation, 16 March 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 March 1811. Declares and makes known, in conformity with the provisions of section 12 of “An Act regulating the grants of land and providing for the disposal of the Lands of the United States, South of the State of Tennessee” (3 Mar. 1803), of the act attaching lands ceded by the Choctaw Nation in 1805 to the land district east of the Pearl River (31 Mar. 1808), and section 1 of “An Act...
27378Presidential Proclamation, 16 March 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 March 1811, Washington. “Whereas by an Act of the Congress of the United States, passed on the second day of March 1811, it has among other things been declared, ‘That the Office of the Collector of the Customs for the District of Buffaloe Creek, shall be kept at such place or places in the Town of Buffaloe as the President of the United States shall designate.’ “Now Know ye, that I James...
27379Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Carr, 16 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I send the horse by the bearer. if he is to be had for 100 D I will take him without further hesitation or reserve. if 120.D are required, they must agree to take him back if his lameness does not go off in one month, during which he shall be little used, merely to see if he gets better. I shall be glad to be decided as soon as convenient. I send you some Benni seed, and more asparagus beans...
27380Samuel Carr to Thomas Jefferson, 16 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I will See Mr Clarkson tomorrow and endeavor to purchase the Horse upon the best terms I can for you. Shall not exceed the sum mentioned and will inform you of the result of my visit to him without delay. For the beans and Benni be pleasd to accept my thanks and believe me RC ( ViU : TJP-CC ); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esquire Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 17 Mar. 1811 and so...
27381Thomas Jefferson to George Divers, 16 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I send the bearer for a bushel and a half of timothy seed, which I will replace in your hands as soon as it can be purchased the ensuing hands season . I send you a larger supply of Asparagus beans. PoC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “M r Divers”; endorsed by TJ.
27382Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Monticello Plantings, 16 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
almonds apples Taliafer d o apricots cherries
27383From James Madison to Richard Peters, 15 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 12th. and will not fail to put the one for Mr. Parker into the hands of Mr. Barlow who I am sure will take an interest in the object of it. I shall follow your good advice also, to engage his attention to the procuring a little outfit of the Rye for myself & my neighbors. As you may not possess the variety of Maize from India, called Sackatosh, or sweet corn, I...
27384To James Madison from Nathaniel Irwin, 15 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
Not having the honour of being known to Mr Granger, I have presumed to transmit the inclosed through your hands; & to beg you will let him know how far the writer is entitled to credit. In such a case, I know, that simple justice is all that even a friend could expect of you. Happily, in the present instance, I have no occasion to draw on your friendship, having no more interest in the object,...
27385William Duane to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just received the last packet of the Manuscript—but it appears as if I was doomed to be the sport and the victim of my faithful adherence to those principles which that work so admirably illustrates. I should not invade your merited repose and happiness, with any complaints of mine, were it not necessary to account to you for the suspension of the work even after it had been begun. I...
27386George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Your plaister has been here about 10 or 12 days only, having been upwards of a month in coming round from Baltimore .— I informed Harry when he was last down that he could take as much of it as he pleased, and understood from him that he intended to load up with it, but he afterwards informed our Clerk that he had other back loading & could not take any. I cannot find any oil of turpentine,...
27387From Hannah Phillips Cushing to Abigail Smith Adams, 14 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
I will without delay thank you for the ind letter of the 5th, which was not received till yesterday. It has been my intention to ask after your health for some time, & that of your dear Sisters; My heart feels much for her sore bereavement, as her day is so may her strength be. To that great being in whom she confides I commend her, with her afflicted Husband. May he be more to them than sons...
27388To James Madison from Harry Toulmin, 14 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
On monday last a report was brought to this place from Pensacola; that a fleet of 30 sail of British were off the Barancas, at the mouth of the bay. I felt extremely anxious to ascertain both the fact, and the sentiments with which such an event would be viewed by Govr. Folch: for altho’ it might prima facie, be presumed that it would be very grateful to him as a Spaniard, yet without a minute...
27389From Andrew Buchanan to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 13 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
I hasten to relieve the anxiety of our Friends in Washington by informing you that your Daughter Carolina gave birth to a Son this Morning about 10 OClock—All that I can say of him at present is that he is a fine, fat, plump Boy with excellent lungs— C. is doing charmingly her trial was about two doubtful hours before Doctor White’s arrival, and two real ones after— Yours Very Affectionately...
27390Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of sending my servant for a few more Aspin trees, & for some cuttings of the Detroit Apple, and of the Spitsenburg — The season is I fear, almost too much advanced, but as I did not get back from the lower country until the day before yesterday, the evil has been unavoidable— I send a few of the Tuckahoe cherry which may possibly succeed— next spring I will send others, with...
27391To John Adams from Benjamin Waterhouse, 12 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
I here send for your Perusal The Preface to the Botanist. The Publisher has printed off a few Copies dozen by Way of Sample of type, and to give Some general Idea of the Work, as well as a Short History of its origin. I thought there might be another Service in it, viz, if any thing appeared to egotistical, or too assuming in it, my Friends would probably give me the hint. I mean it as an...
27392To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 12 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
Although I have so lately written, I will not, as mÿ restored health can be no pretext, delaÿ for one single daÿ, to send you a few lines more; now I have seen the confirmation of the good news from Washington—and, certainlÿ, if we maÿ claim a friend’s comfort in distress, then he too must be entitled to share our joys. I do so indeed, and congratulate you and your Excellent consort most...
27393From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 12 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
The Hague, October 8th; 1782—Wrote to Secretary Livingston—“At 12 o’clock to-day I proceeded, according to appointment, to the state house, where I was received with the usual formalities at the head of the stairs, by Mr. Santheuvel, a deputy from the province of Holland and Mr. Van Linden, the first noble of Zealand, and a deputy from that province, and by them conducted into the chamber of...
27394To James Madison from Lafayette, 12 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
I Gratefully thank You for Your Letter Novr the 1st., and for the incessant Attention You are pleased to give, Amidst Your public Avocations, to My private Concerns. It is a Misfortune Attached to the Vicissitudes of My Life that the Munificence of Congress and the Exertions of My friends, intended to Make me Rich again, Must Be Employed to prevent My Being Utterly Ruined. But Here also I find...
27395To James Madison from Bernard Smith, 12 March 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 March 1811, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Transmits a paper containing an oration he delivered on 4 Mar. RC ( DLC ). 1 p. Enclosure not found.
27396Lafayette to Thomas Jefferson, 12 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I Hope You Have Received my Letter of the 16 h Novem ber Complaining of Your silence—far I am from withdrawing the Complaint—Not one Line of Answer from You, Since You are at Monticelo , Has Reached me—I was Anxious to Hear Every particulars Relative to Your Retirement—the minute detaïls I Had presumed to pour upon You, with Respect to my private Concerns, needed to Be Countenanced By Your...
27397Robert Patterson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your desire I send herewith Garnetts’ Nautical Almanacs for the years 11. & 12—& shall not fail, life remaining, to forward those for succeeding years as soon as published. I have lately added to the common artificial horizon, (the polished plane surface adjusted by a spirit-level) a very simple appendage, by the aid of which any altitude of the sun &c may be taken, on land, from...
27398From James Madison to David Bailie Warden, 11 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
Circumstances have occurred which make it proper that you should suspend your departure for France; till you receive further instructions on that point. Accept my respects. RC ( MdHi : Warden Papers). Addressed by JM to Warden at Newport, Rhode Island, “care of G. W. Erving Minister to Denmark.” Docketed by Warden.
27399To James Madison from Benjamin Hawkins, 11 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
General Mathews and the gentleman with him arrived here on the 9th. spent yesterday with me and set out this morning for Fort stoddert. They are in good health and well fixed for traveling. He revealed to me the object of his mission, and seems pretty confident of success. I told him to call on me, and all under my authority, to aid and assist him if necessary. He was sincerely impressed with...
27400To James Madison from the Inhabitants of New Haven, 11 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
The petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of New Haven in Connecticut, in legal Town meeting convened. Respectfully sheweth That your petitioners are in general, either directly engaged in mercantile pursuits, or in the occupations connected with them; in those pursuits, they have embarked their fortunes, and from them, they have not only derived a subsistence for themselves, and their...