29701Alexander Burot to Thomas Jefferson, 23 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Ce n’est point à M r Thomas Jefferson président des États unis , dont le nom Sera à Jamais Celebre dans les deux hémispheres, pour avoir su allier les qualités Sublimes de L’homme d’État, avec les vertus du Citoyen, que je m’adresse; c’est à M r Jefferson habitant, planteur de Virginie et pere de famille au quel j’ay L’honneur d’avoir recours dans L’infortune. par Suitte des malheurs de S t...
29702From James Madison to Caesar A. Rodney, 22 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. yours accompanied by the pamphlet of T. on the Batture. You are right I think in your ideas on the subject, and wd. do well in writing to Poydras as you suggest. Onis could not as you anticipated, be recd. Whatever noise may be made on the occasion, the thing can not admit of doubt with men who consult their judgments, not their sympathies with Spain, nor their enmities...
29703To James Madison from John P. Van Ness, 22 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 October 1809, Washington. Writes in support of David Bailie Warden’s candidacy for the position of U.S. consul at Paris. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Warden”). 1 p.
29704William W. Hening to Thomas Jefferson, 22 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have now the pleasure of presenting to you the first volume of the Statutes at Large, which was published on yesterday, only. In the execution of this work I have had to encounter many difficulties; but I have spared no pains to render it as perfect as possible. The typography is the best that could be procured in this place, where I was compelled to publish it, for the purpose of revising...
29705Thomas Jefferson to the Citizens of Richmond, 22 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The expressions of esteem & approbation with which I am a ddressed, by the meeting of the citizens of Richmond , through yourself as their org an, and the testimonies of respect with which they have been pleased to welcome my visit to the metropolis of my native state, are highly flat tering to me, and I pray you to convey to them, & to accept for yourself, the assurances of my great...
29706Enclosure: St. George Tucker’s Ode to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Ad Thomam Jefferson. Inclyte Civis! primus inter pares; patriae Sortis impigerque Custos, Dudum, et Salutis nostræ præsidium, Et dulce decus: Dum Iovis Ira Terruit Europam , Fulmina dum jam diruerunt urbes; Dumque Bellona populos extinxit, pax nobis risit: Te nec Ambitio (semper et iniqua, Semperque fallax) maxima promittens, Nec clamittantum Civium Caterva Movit ad Bella: Te neque ferox...
29707From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 21 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
THE memorial promised in my last letter was in these words High and Mighty Lords , As soon as her Majesty the Empress, was informed of the sudden departure from the Hague, of the Ambassador of his Britannic Majesty to your High Mightinesses; guided by the sentiments of friendship and benevolence which she professes towards the two powers; she did not wait, for further explanations, concerning...
29708From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 21 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
The seventy-ninth day since our departure from Boston, and not yet in Petersburg—But we are on land, within twenty miles of it, and at the end of our voyage in the ship Horace.—We have indeed had a very long passage, and it has not been without its interesting incidents, had I but the time of narrating them—But to you as well as to us, the most interesting of them is, that we are all, thanks...
29709From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 21 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
I write you my dear Madam, to announce our safe arrival at Cronstad, after a most tedious, and dangerous passage, of eleven weeks; during which I suffer’d considerably, both fear and sickness, which continued throughout the voyage. my health is however good at present, and we propose to go on to Petersberg tomorow— I entreat you my dear Madam, to remember me most affectionately, to all our...
29710To James Madison from the Indiana Territorial Legislature, 21 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 October 1809, Vincennes. Forwards resolution urging the reappointment of William Henry Harrison as territorial governor. Printed copy ( National Intelligencer , 8 Dec. 1809). Signed by Gen. Washington Johnston, Speaker of the House, and Thomas Downs, president of the council. JM reappointed Harrison for a second term of three years on 19 Dec. 1809 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings Journal of the...
29711Henry Banks to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor, herewith to send you, a publication relating to the Manufactory of Arms. Upon perusal you will find a development of a greater tissue of fraud and folly than has ever been before exhibited in this country. Altho many of the guilty persons are unmasked yet there are others, and it is with regret that I speak it, who deserve to be equally exposed. To you it must be obvious that...
29712Description of a Public Dinner held for Thomas Jefferson in Richmond, [21 October 1809] [document added in digital … (Jefferson Papers)
On Saturday, a Public Dinner was given at the Eagle , in honor of Mr. Jefferson . A large and brilliant company attended. The guests invited, were Mr. Jefferson , the three Judges of the Court of Appeals , Col. Monroe , Judge Cabell , Messrs. Jerman Baker , &
29713Alexander McRae to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
IT IS but a poor return I make for the friendship you have shewn to me, when I put you on your guard against a scoundrel. If your leisure had permitted, it was my intention this day, in the course of conversation, to have communicated the information I shall now give you, and I would yet prefer a verbal communication, because it might be more full and satisfactory, than it can now be, writing...
29714St. George Tucker to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Will M r Jefferson have the goodness to accept the enclosed Attempt , from the pen of one who has not for more than thirty years thought of a composition in Latin, as a small tribute of the most sincere respect, esteem; and as a Testimony of the best wishes of his friend. RC ( DLC ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 21 Oct. 1809 and so recorded in SJL . St. George Tucker...
29715From James Madison to Nelly Conway Madison, 20 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
Dolly wrote to you by the last mail. I have the satisfaction of sayg that we continue well. I pray that you may also enjoy the same blessing. As I think you ought to enlarge your purchase of corn, & lose no time in doing it, the crop being every where alarmingly short, & the price likely of course to get very high, I inclose you one hundred dollars, and if desired, will send you another....
29716From James Madison to William Raynolds, 20 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 30th. Ult: pledging the support of the officers of the 4 Brigade, in the 3d. Division of Ohio Militia, to such measures as may be adopted by the Govt. at the present conjuncture. With every allowance for the extraordinary course of events in Europe, the violent & unprovoked conduct of the principal Belligerents towards the U. S. justifies the feelings which it...
29717From James Madison to the Secretary of the Republican Meeting of Nashville, Tennessee, 20 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have received, under cover of your letter of Sepr. 11. the resolutions of sundry Citizens of Nashville. Their determination to maintain the honor and rights of the Nation is a proof of the patriotic spirit which animates them. And it accords with the same spirit, to pledge their support, in the present conjuncture, to the constituted Authorities in such measures as may be found best adapted...
29718To James Madison from John Strode, 20 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
Nothing but the dread of unseasonably intruding Offensively on Your inestimable time has prevented me long Since from Approaching Your hand with Solicitations to favour me Some longer with that kind benevolent indulgence which I have as Yet experienced from Your goodness, I can & will when ever You Say the Word give You Ample Security for the debt I owe You, and ever remain bound under a due...
29719To James Madison from James Taylor, 20 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I hope this will find yourself & my amiable friend Mrs. Madison in good health, also her son. My family is in good health except my self. I have been much indisposed for about two Months, but have been able to go about principal part of the time. I am in hopes I shall gain strength as the weather is geting cooler. We have had a fine crop of grapes this Season for the age of my Vines. We often...
29720Thomas Jefferson to John Austin, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
After congratulating you, which I do sincerely, on your continuance in life & good health, I have to add that I am at this place, engaged in the settlement of the accounts between mr Wayles & Bathurst Skelton ’s estates. a considerable article of debet in the accounts of mr Wayles is for the rebuilding the Tob o house & quarters on the island after the great fresh. I think there is nobody now...
29721Thomas T. Hewson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The American Philosophical Society having received thro’ you communications from M r Warden , M r Lambert & M r Treat , I am directed by the
29722Description of Thomas Jefferson’s Dinner with the 19th Virginia Militia Regiment, 20 [October 1809] [document added in … (Jefferson Papers)
On Friday the 20th, the officers of the 19th Regiment were attending their Drill-Muster, on the Capitol Square . It was not known to them until about ten o’clock in the morning, that Mr. Jefferson had arrived in town on the preceding night. With one consent it was determined that a deputation of officers should wait on him, on behalf of the whole, and invite him to dine with them at four...
29723Citizens of Richmond to Thomas Jefferson, [20 October 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
A number of the citizens of Richmond , being informed of your arrival in this City, have assembled to testify their respect, and to welcome you to the metropolis of your native State. Deeply impressed with a conviction of the important and distinguished services which you have rendered to your country, this meeting would deem itself as deficient in principle as in gratitude, were it not to...
29724Augustin François Silvestre to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Je profite de l’occasion que m’offre le retour en amérique de l’aviso The happy Return , pour vous envoyer le 11 e volume des mémoires de la Société d’agriculture , que j’avais eu l’honneur de vous annoncer par ma dernière lettre du 8 juin. je desire qu’il vous offre quelque intérêt et que vous y reconnaissiez la persévérance des efforts de la Société pour le perfectionnement de l’art...
29725John Tyler to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The Governor’s respects to M r Jefferson and begs leave to inform him that the Council of State and many Gentlemen wish his Company at the Eagle Tavern to morrow 4’ OClock. If this be agreeable to him he will please to signify his inclination, and in that Case he will be good enough to dine with the Gov r the next day with his Companions RC ( DLC ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “M r...
29726To James Madison from the Merchants and Underwriters of Philadelphia, ca. 19 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Ca. 19 October 1809. After the Embargo law expired, the memorialists outfitted and dispatched several ships with valuable cargoes to European ports. Neutral character of ships was established by adequate documentary evidence, but “in every instance in which they have been met with by Danish cruizers, they have been captured … and with their cargos have been condemned (with very few...
29727To James Madison from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 19 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 October 1809, Warren. Introduces Maj. James Morrison of Kentucky, “one of the most respectable of the revolutionary Officers, and one of the most amiable men I am acquainted with.” RC ( DLC ). 1 p. Nicholas was nearing the end of his service as a Virginia congressman (he resigned on 27 Nov.).
29728To James Madison from Jonathan Robinson and Samuel Shaw, 19 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 October 1809, Montpelier, Vermont. Recommends Cornelius P. Vann Ness for the office of U.S. attorney in Vermont. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Vann Ness”). 1 p. Jonathan Robinson and Samuel Shaw were, respectively, a Republican senator and a Republican representative from Vermont during the Eleventh Congress. On 19 Dec. 1809 JM nominated Vann Ness to be U.S. attorney for...
29729Robert Smith to Francis James Jackson, 19 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 October 1809, Department of State. Answers Jackson’s letter of 11 Oct. by explaining the purpose for requesting that communications be in written form. Jackson’s interpretation of the request has “converted an intimation of the expediency [of written exchanges] into a general prohibition of all verbal communications whatever.” The point was to avoid misunderstandings. Requests Jackson to...
29730To James Madison from David Bailie Warden, 18 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I am almost ashamed to address you again on the subject of my continuance here as Consul and agent of Prize Causes, but my anxiety prompts me to it. With General Armstrongs’ advice, I had proposed to embark for Washington, on board the vessel which carries this, charged with his dispatches and communications, but the arrival of the Wasp has destroyed my project, and prevented me from having...
29731John Brahan to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with painful Sensations that I Announce to You the death of His Excellency Meriwether Lewis Governor of Upper Louisiana which took place on the morning of the 11 th Instant ; The following Circumstances attending this unhappy affair I have obtained from Major James Neelly Agent to the Chickasaw nation—he informs me that he left the Chickasaw Bluffs in Company with the Governor the last...
29732Valentín de Foronda to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Vm me ha escrito una carta deliciosa. La aprobacion de mi papelito por un Sabio, por un Philantropo, por un verdadero Philosofo como el Gran Jefferson hace empabonar mi sensibilidad, de modo que parece un Pabo Real. Vuelvo à remitir à Vm el mismo folleto bastante mejorado aunque trabaxado en pocas horas: Vm. conocerà que no digo todo lo que podria decir: Confieso à un philosofo, que no me...
29733James Neelly to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with extreme pain that I have to inform you of the death of His Excellency Meriwether Lewis , Governor of upper Louisiana who died on the Morning of the 11 th Instant and I am Sorry to Say by Suicide; I arrived at the Chickasaw Bluffs on or about the 18 th of September , where I found the Governor (who had reached there two days before me from S t Louis
29734To John Adams from William Cunningham, 17 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of the 27th. ult. arrived when I was at Worcester attending a session of the Supreme Court to get some redress for a most gross and injurious Fraud. Immediately on my return, I set out for Boston, from whence I returned last evening. These jaunts have occasioned this delay in the acknowledgment of your Letter. “Poor Democrats, Republicans, and still poorer Americans, are,” you say,...
29735To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 17 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
Who were the ancestors and posterity of Homer, Demosthenes, Plato and Aristotle? who were the ancestors and posterity of Cicero, Horace and Virgil? Were any of them philosophers, orators or poets? who were the ancestors and posterity of Walsingham Sully, Malborough and Wolfe? Were any of them statesmen generals, or heroes? I do not ask whether they were descended from gentlemen, or whether...
29736From James Madison to the Secretary of the Republican Meeting of Columbia, South Carolina, 17 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the Resolns. unanimously entered into by the Citizens of Columbia, & covered by your letter of the 20th. of Sepr. The very unexpected & inauspicious turn given to our relations with G. B. by the disavowal of the friendly Arrangt. concluded by her accredited Minister, cd. not fail to excite a lively sensibility among a people conscious of their own just purposes, and satisfied of...
29737To James Madison from Caesar A. Rodney, 17 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Poydras declined the printing of Mr. Lisley’s able & argumentative work, which had been translated at the Secretary of States office, & which only required to be corrected previously to publication. The enclosed pamphlet was transmitted to me, by Mr. Poydras (& which I had not seen before) as the work he desired to have correctly translated & printed. Not being conversant with the French...
29738To James Madison from Francis W. Small, 17 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
I had hoped, to have been enabled to forward to you, pr. this Mail, my vindication from the vile charges, that have been exhibited against me, in the “Common Wealth,” but I cannot possibly do so, until next Mail, then however, they shall positively be forwarded, and until then , I respectfully hope, and humbly crave, a suspension of your opinion, feeling perfectly confident, and convinced,...
29739To James Madison from Nicholas Boilvin, 17 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 October 1809, Prairie du Chien. Wrote president earlier but received no answer, so he makes another effort to acquaint JM with the Indian situation on the Mississippi. Tribes living on frontier would have attacked settlements in destructive fashion but are afraid of the Sioux, Falsovoin, Fox, and “a large Party of Puants, all of whom are in favor of the United States.” These Indians have...
29740Luis de Onís to Thomas Jefferson, 17 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The Chevalier de Onis , has the honor of presenting his respects to His Excellency M r Jefferson , and encloses to him a letter of introduction from his friend M r Isnardy of Cadiz . The Chevalier would have wished to have delivered the letter in person, but the distance to Monticelo does not permit him, at present, to have that pleasure. The Chevalier de Onis avails himself of this...
29741To James Madison from Richard Purdy, 16 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 October 1809, Orange Court House. Encloses draft on JM from Gideon Gooch for $47.59. Expects JM knows the circumstances and hopes it will be convenient to remit the amount promptly. RC and enclosure ( DLC ). RC 1 p. Enclosed draft (1 p.), dated 8 Oct., is for £14 5 s . 7 d .
29742Isaac Riley to Thomas Jefferson, 16 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I was duly honoured with your polite favour of the 7 th Instant respecting the Notes on Virginia — It is a source of regret that a work so much sought for as the Notes on Virginia , and so much valued for its accurate and various information, should have been so often given to the public in an imperfect state of typographical execution.—It is my wish to have it published in a superior style,...
29743Clotworthy Stephenson to Thomas Jefferson, 16 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
You will particularly obliege by informing where you left my papers deposited with you respecting my Claim againts the U.S. for sevices rendred at the Mariene Barracks in this city. I have made enquiry of M r Goldsborough he informs that he has not seen them your goodness will Excuse RC ( MoSHi : TJC-BC ); endorsed by TJ as received 30 Oct. 1809 and so recorded in SJL .
29744From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 15 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
I requested judge Cranch, when he returnd to washington, to apologize to you; for my not replying sooner, to your obligeing favour of Septr 17th. and to give you the reason for it; which was a very bad finger upon my Right hand, which prevented my holding a pen. altho the cause is not wholy removed, I cannot deny myself the pleasure of incloseing to you a Letter from our daughter: written at...
29745To James Madison from the Inhabitants of the Michigan Territory, ca. 15 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Ca. 15 October 1809 Petitioners seek removal of Gov. William Hull on the grounds that he has dealt unfairly with Canadian owners of fugitive slaves, consorted with a Chippewa Indian who murdered a tribesman, issued illegal orders to the militia, allowed the territorial defenses to deteriorate, implemented an illegal arrangement with an Indian interpreter regarding a trading license, wasted...
29746To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 15 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 October 1809, Urbana. Demands that JM implement the principles of the report on public credit that he signed with Alexander Hamilton and Oliver Ellsworth on 18 Sept. 1783. RC ( NN ). 3 pp. Unsigned. JM’s correspondent was referring to the “Address to the States by the United States in Congress Assembled” of 26 Apr. 1783 (see PJM William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James...
29747From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 14 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
LEYDEN, March 10, 1781—wrote to Commodore Gillon: “I have received the letter you did me the honor to write me on the eighth of this month, requesting me to furnish you with fifty obligations of the United States, to enable you to discharge the debts of the ships, of which you have the command, in the service of the state of S. Carolina. I have considered your letter, sir, and all the...
29748To James Madison from Valentín de Foronda, 14 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 October 1809, Philadelphia. Has just finished reprinting the enclosed little pamphlet on the Spanish constitution with many additions. Flatters himself that JM will look with indulgence on his additions, since Jefferson has condescended to praise his blottings. Is about to depart for Cádiz. RC ( MiU-C ). 1 p. In Spanish. For enclosure, see Foronda to JM, 26 Aug. 1809, n. 1 .
29749To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 13 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
I had the honor to receive in due time your favour of the 27th Sept. I read it with that attention which is due to every line from your pen. The approbation you have been pleased to express in respect to the sentiments in my letter, gives me more satisfaction, than I could receive from the united voice of the whole mob of Statesmen from Newhampshire to Georgia. I continue to read with much...
29750From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 13 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 13 October 1809. Acknowledged in Jefferson to JM, 25 Oct. 1809 . Listed in Jefferson’s Epistolary Record (DLC: Jefferson Papers) as received in Richmond on 20 Oct. Encloses a check on the Bank of Norfolk.