29201To James Madison from John Tyler, 29 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Agreeable to your desire I have enclos’d a Draft on the Bank of Columbia for 257$ 22 Cts. The balance remaining in our Bank I suppose may be applied to our State Use; but as I am uninform’d on the Subject except from you, I shall for a while suspend the Application of it. Nothing new here, but that our assembly has the Palsy as well as Congress. However, this week resolutions will be mov’d on...
29202To James Madison from Charles Haumont, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Sapelo Island. Fears that the book manuscript [mentioned in his 25 Apr. 1809 letter to JM ] that he sent from Savannah on 5 July has miscarried. The president has not acknowledged it; hence his anxiety. His hope was that JM would recommend the work, for since illness and old age now plague him, he needs the benefits derived from a presidential endorsement. Refers to his...
29203To James Madison from Robert Williams, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Lenox Castle, North Carolina. Seeks appointment for his brother, Marmaduke Williams, who has moved to Madison County, Mississippi Territory. Since Congress is considering a new federal judgeship in that territory, hopes his brother can be considered. “Permit me the liberty to say that his family consists of a wife whom you know, five small children, and about 12 Slaves Clear...
29204Executive Pardon, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Washington. JM grants “a full and entire pardon” to five enlisted men court-martialed at New Orleans and Terre aux Boeufs between April and July 1809 and sentenced to be “shot to Death.” Tr ( DNA : RG 107, LSMA ). 1 p.
29205Executive Pardon, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Washington. JM grants a general pardon to all army deserters who “shall within four months from the date hereof surrender themselves to the Commanding Officer” of a military post. Tr ( DNA : RG 107, LSMA ). 1 p.
29206To James Madison from William Cushing, 29 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 29 January 1810. Described as a one-page letter in the lists probably made by Peter Force (DLC, series 7, container 2).
29207Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 29 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 25 th came to hand last night & I am quite satisfied to pay the 2. months interest delayed by my forgetting I had the certificates. you will therefore be pleased to consider the interest as beginning Apr. 1. 1809. and make your draught on Gibson & Jefferson for the year ending Apr. 1. 1810. of which I will give them advice ever Your’s affectionately PoC ( DLC : TJ Papers ,...
29208Richard Barry to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 16th Dec r only came to my hands a few Days back. the delay was occasioned by there being no letter carrier here and my not being in the practice of calling at the post office as soon as I received it I waited on M r Latrobe about the Window glass he told Me if there was as much in the publick Buildings as what your letter called for that there was nothing would afford him...
29209John H. Woodward to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I contemplate publishing, under the patronage of D r David Ramsay , a succinct biography, of all the most eminent persons; who have done honor to our national character. Should my design meet your ideas, and you feel disposed to favor my undertaking, I would thank you for a catalogue of the names of such persons, as you may think worthy of being commemorated in such publication RC ( MoSHi :...
29210To John Adams from William Cunningham, 28 January 1810 (Adams Papers)
I have received your favour of the 16th. inst. After I had distinctly named the causes of a deliberation, whether my fidelity as a Citizen must yield to my fidelity as a Friend, you might, I think, have dismissed the suspicion that they originated in any disappointment of my hopes; especially as you had recently told me of the treachery, perfidy, malice and revenge you had, in numerous...
29211To James Madison from Willie Blount, 28 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
John Walker a half breed Cherokee who resides on the eastern side of Highwassee river, in the neighbourhood of the Garrison in the Cherokee Nation, and who is an influential man in his Nation & who conducts himself well has requested me to represent to you that he and some of his friends have a wish to commence a trade to Mobile, and wishes your permission and protection to him and his...
29212To James Madison from Jared Ingersoll, 28 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
This Letter will be handed to you by my son Charles, who is already known to you by correspondence and is desirous of the honor of being personally acquainted. We are anxiously waiting the result of the deliberations of Congress, the general sentiment seems to be in favor of adopting measures to prepare for defence if necessary and then to wait for the intelligence of the temper manifested in...
29213Thomas Jefferson to David Campbell, 28 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Nov. 5. was two months on it’s passage to me. I am very thankful for all the kind expressions of friendship in it: & I consider it a great felicity, through a long and trying course of life, to have retained the esteem of my early friends unabated. I find in old age that the impressions of youth are the deepest & most indelible. some friends indeed have left me by the way,...
29214To John Adams from William Plumer, 27 January 1810 (Adams Papers)
Permit me to request you to accept my cordial thanks for the list of your works, obligingly communicated by your letter of the 9th. I hope I shall profit by the hints you give respecting the origen of the constitutions of several of the States & that of the United States, should I live to bring my history up to that period. Let me entreat you, whenever you write your son in Russia, to mention...
29215To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 26 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Mr Harrison states that the swords purchased by Mr Livingston for the State of Virginia cost 257 dollars & 22/100. In order to close the business, the easiest mode would be that you should write to Govr. Tyler to remit that sum to the Treasurer of the United States on account of Mr Livingston; which paymt. being passed to his credit will balance that item in his accounts. Govr. Tyler may, I...
29216To James Madison from Matthew Lyon, 26 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Had not Mr Brent came in & interupted our Conversation I should have mentioned some applications to me from Kentucky to Solicit the Appointment of Governor of Louisiana Territory Particularly one from John Rowan Esqr in behalf of Joseph H Davies Esqr. Mr Rowan calls Mr Davies an honest federalist, & presumes that you will have no Objection to Call forth tallents such as Mr Davies Possesses in...
29217To James Madison from David Bailie Warden, 26 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of sending you by Captain Fenwick, a copy of Mr. Bottas’ “ Storia della guerra americana [”]: this is a solid work, and is well written. The Author has been occupied with it more than three years. I had the honor of writing to you by the Ship Madison . I shall not, at present, renew the subject which so deeply interests me. I still hope that you will continue me here as...
29218To James Madison from “Mucius” [John Randolph], No. 2, 26 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 January 1810. No. 2. Asserts that France has espoused the cause of universal monarchy since the time of Louis XIV and its inherent power is dangerous to the liberties and peace of Europe. Laments that the king of England has been so stupid as “to break down every barrier which wisdom and genius could … build up against the universal despotism of the natural enemy of his country.” The...
29219Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 26 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 21 st brought to my mind Col o Bentley’s business. I immediately examined the papers, & calculated the balance due, a small one, and wrote to mr James Pleasants a statement of the account, authorising him on paiment of the balance to Gibson & Jefferson in Richmond , to convey the lands to Col o Bentley discharged of all further claims on my part. Francis
29220Thomas Jefferson to James Pleasants, 26 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
You were one of the Commissioners (and now I believe the only surviving one) for carrying into execution a decree of the court of Chancery for the sale of a tract of land in Goochland mortgaged to me by the late W m Ronald to secure a debt. you are therefore acquainted with the case without further explanation. I recieved some time ago, through mr Eppes , a request from Col o Bentley ,...
29221Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with William Bentley, 26 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Copy of the statement of paiments furnished by Col o Bentley . ‘the following paiments have been made to mr Hanson , as p r statement given by him to the Commissioners, & by one of them to me. £ s d 1797. Aug. 5 . then rec d through the hands of
29222From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 25 January 1810 (Adams Papers)
During my absence, which was nearly through the whole month of July, the following state papers were translated by the gentlemen of my family, whom I left in Holland, and transmitted to Congress, or to be kept for me to sign, according to my directions after my return. Amsterdam, 5th July, 1781—“The following is an extract from the registry of the Resolutions of their high Mightinesses the...
29223To James Madison from the Chairman of the Republican Meeting of Washington County, Maryland, 25 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
In compliance with directions from a numerous and respectable Meeting of the Citizens of this County, I have the honor to transmit the enclosed proceedings of that Meeting, and to assure you that they contain their unfeigned sentiments and feelings, and, as I believe, of all the Citizens of the County, with but few exceptions. I have much pleasure in informing you also, that the Meeting was...
29224Presidential Proclamation, 25 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 January 1810, Washington. On 2 Jan. the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, ratified and confirmed the convention concluded at Vincennes on 26 Oct. 1809 between the U.S. and the Wea Indians. Requires all officeholders and citizens “faithfully to observe and fulfill” the convention. Ms , two copies ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages; and DNA : RG 46, Executive...
29225John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 25 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
your esteemed fav r 17 th Instant , conveyed to me, the pleasure of Contemplating the happy situation—in your present and expected—improvem ts in agriculture and Other Establishments—may they exceed your most sanguine hopes—and the products thereof, find a market equal to your wishes— However disagreable the task, required of me, to adjust the Average Loss, on Gen l K— mislaid Certificates for...
29226Thomas Jefferson to John Garland Jefferson, 25 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Dec. 12. was long coming to hand. I am much concerned to learn that any disagreeable impression was made on your mind by the circumstances which are the subject of your letter. permit me first to explain the principles which I had laid down for my own observance. in a government like ours it is the duty of the Chief-magistrate, in order to enable himself to do all the good which...
29227To James Madison from George Logan, 24 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
By the mail of yesterday I received your obliging Letter of the 17th. Your sentiments in favor of preserving our country in peace, at this momentous crisis, do honour to you as a statesman, and afforded me the most lively satisfaction. The political and commercial interest of Great Britain, and the UStates, demands, that laying aside mutual jealousy and distrust; we should renew our...
29228Thomas Jefferson to Joel Barlow, 24 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 15 th is recieved & I am disconsolate on learning my mistake as to your having a dynamometer. my object being to bring a plough to be made here to the same standard of comparison by which Guillaume’s has been proved, t nothing less would be satisfactory than an instrument made by the same standard. I must import one therefore, but how, in the present state of non-intercourse is...
29229William C. C. Claiborne to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose you a paper containing a late Report of the Adjutant General of this Territory upon the subject of the militia ; It will shew you the great difficulty which will attend the rendering of that force efficient.— Assured as I am, that in your retirement the welfare of your Country will be most dear to you, I shall do myself the pleasure from time to time, to acquaint...
29230Thomas Jefferson to Gideon Granger, 24 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I was sorry, by a letter from mr Barlow the other day, to learn the ill state of your health, and I sincerely wish that this may find you better. young, temperate, & prudent as you are, great confidence may be reposed in the provision nature has made for the restoration of order in our system when it has become deranged; she effects her object by strengthening the whole system, towards which...
29231James Lyle to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I was happy to see you so well, when I had the Honor of your last visit at Manchester , I went to Richmond the next day to have waited on you, but found you were engaged in business of importance. I expected you would have made me a further payment as I had every reason to expect it as I had informed you I was in distress for money. I am sorry you should make me the last. I want the money for...
29232Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan & Thomas Foster, 23 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Mess rs J. & Thomas Foster for the Prospectus of their paper. he would willingly have become a subscriber, but that, attached to reading of a very different kind, & to other pursuits, he has ceased to read newspapers & consequently to subscribe for them. he prays them therefore to recieve this apology, with his best wishes for the success of their paper &...
29233Thomas Jefferson to Erastus Granger, 23 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Granger with his thanks for the two specimens of Indian eloquence which he was pleased to send him, & are safely recieved. they are both of a very high order of merit, & especially that of Red Jackett . he is very sensible of this mark of attention from mr Granger & of the kind sentiments expressed in his letter & prays him to accept the assurances...
29234Thomas Jefferson to Paul Hamilton, 23 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter would have been more properly addressed to yourself, or perhaps to the Secretary at War . I have no knolege at all of the writer; but suppose the best use I can make of his letter, as to himself or the public, is to inclose it to you for such notice only as the public utility may entitle it to. perhaps I should ask the favor of you to communicate it, with the samples, &...
29235From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, [ca. 22 January] 1810 (Madison Papers)
A letter from Govr. Tyler answering an enquiry as to the $300 deposited in my hands to pay for the Sword purchased by Chan: Livingston, informs me, that the money was returned to Virga. & lies ready to be applied to its object. That item of course in Mr. L.’s accts. may be struck out, and the charge pd. by a remittance from Va. I do not recollect the cost of the Sword; but if more than $300,...
29236From James Madison to Congress, 22 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 January 1810. Transmits “an account of the Contingent expenditures of the Government for the year 1809.” RC and enclosure, two copies ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages; and DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E4). Each RC 1 p. Enclosure (1 p.) is an account signed by Joseph Nourse, register of the treasury, 16 Jan. 1810, showing $2,900 spent for chartering a schooner to return six...
29237From James Madison to the Senate, 22 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 January 1810. Transmits a report of the secretary of the treasury “on the subject of Disbursements in the intercourse with the Barbary Powers” in response to the Senate resolution of 27 Dec. 1809. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E4). RC 1 p. Enclosures are Gallatin to JM, 16 Jan. 1810 (1 p.), transmitting accounts of expenditures, 1805–9 (153 pp.). Printed in...
29238Samuel Knox to Thomas Jefferson, 22 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Having for some time past contemplated the publication of a translation of Buchanan’s Dialogue “ De Jure Regni apud Scotos ,” my principal object in taking the Liberty of addressing you on the subject, is for the purpose of Obtain ing the Honour of your assent to it’s being dedicated to you. The first idea of attempting a translation of that Dialogue, Originated from Reading the Earl of...
29239From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 21 January 1810 (Adams Papers)
Thanks for “the light and Truth” as I used to call the Aurora, which you sent me. You may descend in a Calm, but I have lived fifty years in a storm, and shall certainly die in one. I never asked my son any questions about the Motives, Designs or Objects of his Mission to Petersbourg. If I had been weak enough to ask, He would have been wise enough to be silent; for although a more dutiful or...
29240To James Madison from John Stark, 21 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
I had the pleasure yesterday of receiving an address from the first magistrate of the only Republic on earth. This letter compliments me highly upon my services as a soldier, and praises my patriotism. It is true I love the country of my birth, for it is not only the country I should choose above all others; but it is the only spot where I could were out the remnant of my days with any...
29241John Wayles Eppes to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose to you a letter from Colo: Bently of Virginia —You will find among your papers another letter from him previous to your leaving the city of Washington last spring—You mentioned I think when I presented the former letter to you, “that the papers by which the release must be drawn were at Monticello —that you would execute it and forward it to Colo: Bently ” — His post office is...
29242Thomas Jefferson to Thomas T. Hewson, 21 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favor of the 8 th inst. informing me that the American Philosophical society had been pleased again unanimously to re-elect me their President. for these continued testimonies of their favor, I can but renew the expressions of my continued gratitude, and the assurances of my entire devotion to their service. if in my present situation, I can, in any wise, forward...
29243John Wood to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your obliging favour of the 11 th instant . It would afford me real satisfaction, could I myself be impressed with the same favourable opinion as you are pleased to express in regard to the publication which I sent you. The daily duties which I am obliged to perform, would not have permitted the execution had I been adequate to the task of a work which required much mathematical...
29244From James Madison to William Pinkney, 20 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
I received some days ago a letter of the 10th inst. from Doctor Logan, containing observations on the posture & prospect of our foreign relations. Before the answer was out of my hands, I received another dated four days after, in which he merely informed me that he should embark for England in about eight days with an offer to take charge of any communications for you. As his first letter did...
29245To James Madison from Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, 20 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
J’ai reçu avec une vive reconnaissance la lettre dont Votre Excellence m’a honoré le 3 décembre dernier, les marques de bienveillance qu’Elle me donne, et Surtout celle de permettre que je profite d’un des Vaisseaux des Etats Unis que Vous envoyez dans nos Ports pour effectuer mon retour en Amérique quand j’en aurai la possibilité. Vous rendez justice à mon attachement pour votre Sage nation,...
29246To James Madison from William Jarvis, 20 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Having lately, with some pains, been able to obtain a few Merino Sheep, warranted of the best breed in Spain, I hope that you will allow me the honor of presenting you with a Ram & a Ewe. I shall also take the liberty of sending a pair to Mr Jefferson. There are now two or three large vessels bound to Alexandria, in one of which I am in hopes of being able to provide them a passage. As the...
29247Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours to Thomas Jefferson, 20 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai reçu vos deux lettres du 16 may et du 28 juin , la premiere longtems après la derniere qui pourtant êtait venue tard. Quant à cette premiere je me suis empressé d’y faire honneur en procurant à M r Paterson l’entrée aux Séances de la premiere classe de l’Institut , en le mettant en rapport avec quelques uns de nos Savans les plus distingués, et en l’engageant à se trouver chez moi en...
29248William Jarvis to Thomas Jefferson, 20 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
It is so often suspected that marks of attention, in the way of trifling presents, to persons in high Official stations, have some sinister intention, that I have always hesitated to shew these marks of regard least, from these motives, they should be received with reluctance; but when presented to persons out of Office, from whom no advancement of personal interest is expected, it must...
29249Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Main, 20 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 10 th inst. has been duly recieved & I now return you the paper it inclosed with some subscriptions to it. I go rarely from home, & therefore have little opportunity of promoting subscriptions. these are of the friends who visit me, and if you will send their copies, when ready, to me, I will distribute them, and take on myself the immediate remittance of the price to you. I...
29250Thomas Jefferson to Jesse Perry, 20 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Watkins , who superintended & worked with my out-carpenters, has left me this year. he was employed in such carpenter’s work as the plantations required, and I gave him 150. Dollars a year, his provisions & a house to live in. I do not know on what footing you are at present employed with your brother , & certainly do not mean to break in on any arrangement of his with you. but if it...