43081To James Madison from the Citizens of Fayette County, Kentucky, 15 August 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 August 1812. “As the people of the United States being citizens of a free goverment, have a natural, unalienable and constitutional right at all times peaceably to assemble and express their oppinions respecting public measures—and as it is Justly deemed highly important in the present interesting crissis, that all good citizens should yield their support to the war in which we are now...
43082To James Madison from the Citizens of Fayetteville, North Carolina, 27 June 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 June 1812. “Whereas the Congress of the United States have declared that War does exist between Great Britain & her dependencies & the United States of America, & Whereas it is the duty of every American Citizen to support his Government against any other power whatsoever with whom we may be engaged in War & to hazard his existence & his fortune in defence of his just & undoubted rights...
43083To Thomas Jefferson from Fayetteville Republican Citizens, 4 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
You have long been ranked among the number of distinguished Patriots, whose transcendent virtues claim the Plaudits of United America. In chusing you to fill the arduous office of First Magistrate of the Union, the Nations of the Earth shall behold another signal Instance evincing decided Worth alone, deserves the Suffrages of Freemen! Whatever diversity of opinion may have recently prevailed,...
43084To John Adams from Jonathan Fay, 25 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
When we contemplate the Wisdom and Firmness, the Integrity and Magnanimity of our National Executive; we rejoice that we are Men; we boast that we are Americans!— When Britain treated America with more than step-dame Cruelty, the daring Infant manfully asserted her rights and bade Defiance to her Foe. A surviving few of us acted on the memorable 19th. of April—We saw unsheathed the first...
43085To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 21 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I can not let so fair an opportunity pass for renewing my former acquaintance with you, and of offering my Warmest Congratulations upon your being placed at the Head of our Government, an event which fills the hearts of all true Republicans with joy! the more so (if possible) from the unwarrantable opposition which has been made. This last act of Fœderalism went far towards filling up the...
43086To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 11 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your obliging favour of the 22d. Ulto. has been duly recd. The sentiments it contained are Characteristic of Geneuine Republican principles, they are such as I have ever supported invariably since we assumed our Independence; I hope never to have occasion to change. I have just recd. the enclosed letter from my Father in Law Mr. Broome, whose Zeal for the cause of his Country has proved...
43087To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 20 September 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of your letter of the 30th ult. I omitted sending by the last post in Expectation of receiving the Quebec papers. I have established a corrispondence with several public characters in that Province, by which meanes I expect daily to receive them Regularly, no time will be lost in forwarding them to you, free of expence.—I enclose you several of our last papers, but they are...
43088To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 12 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
This will be handed to you by my Father in Law Mr. Broome, with whom I believe you were some time since acquainted in France, he is on his way to pay his respects to the President of the United States, his object is to solicit the appointment of Collector for the Port of New Haven, which has become Vacant by the Death of Mr. Bishop. My connection with Mr. Broome by the Mariage of his daughter...
43089To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 26 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I feel so sensibly the many obligations you have laid me under by your expressions of friendship, that like others who wish to be mutually attached, I am induced to offer you my services in a matter of Interest, provided on a Stating you judge it an object worthy your Notice, and provided it will not interfere with your official situation. I have formed a Company for the purpose of procuring a...
43090To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 20 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
At the request of Mr. Rathbone , I take the freedom to mention my acquaintance with his son, who is Esteemed a young Gentleman of respectable Character and connections, a regular bread Merchant, and promising Talents; I am informed that he is desirous of obtaining an appointment as commercial Agent to some Port in Europe. I am of opinion that he would be Capable of discharging the duties of...
43091To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 9 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Bennington, 9 Aug. 1791 . Has this day received TJ’s of 16 June and cannot account for delay. The maple seed does not mature until Oct. and he will send them at that time. He has examined his young groves since TJ left there and finds “the young Maple very thrifty and numerous, by calculation nearly one thousand to the acre.” He will plant an orchard in regular form next spring, hoping to...
43092To George Washington from Joseph Fay, 30 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 19th Ulto enclosing proposals for selling your Virginia Lands, came duly to hand, I have deferrd any reply until I gained an opportunity to consult several of my friends who proposed being concerned with me in the purchase; we have considered your proposals, and we find several obstacles in the way of closing with them. we should find much difficulty in making the first...
43093To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 25 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Broome having defered his Visit to your Excellency until your return to the seat of Government, has requested me to forward the enclosed to aid the other documents which he has already transmitted. I have the honor to be very respectfully Your Very Humble Servant RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR ); endorsed by TJ as received 31 Aug. and “Broome Saml. to be Collector N. Haven” and so recorded in SJL...
43094To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 13 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I had this day the honor of your letter of the 27th. Ulto. in which you lay me under too much obligation by your friendly apology for not shewing me that attention which you really meant while I was in Phila. Be assured sir, that I was so far from entertaining a thought of any Neglect on your part, that I felt as tho I had committed an error in not paying that attention to you which I...
43095To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 12 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Refering you to my letter of this day to be handed you by Mr. Broome, permit me to add my Congratulations on the most important Events of the Nation; the late fortunate Treaty with France in obtaining the complete Cession of Louisiana goes far towards silencing the opposition to the present Administration. Rely upon it my Dear Sir, that you stand on very high Ground in the hearts of the great...
43096To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 8 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the earliest care to collect a few of the maple seeds, which you will receive herewith by the post; should the soil of Virginia prove friendly you will soon be able to furnish the State, as they produce very spontaniously. Please to offer a few to Mr. Madison with my best respects. I also enclose a Small bunch to his Excellency the President which perhaps his curiosity will lead...
43097To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 12 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed you will receive my latest Canada papers, by which you observe their publications begin to be more liberal, and the spirit of Liberty which rages so Vehemently in Urope begins to kindle in Canada. I fear I am trobling you to often without furnishing any new information, as I am not informed wheather you receive the Canada papers from any other quarter or not. I hope before this you...
43098To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 7 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favours of the 18th. and 2lst. March, I had the honor to receive, and altho I should have been happy to have had you joined our Company, yet the reasons you offer against it are highly satisfactory and such as I sincerely wish Governed all our public Servants. I send two of the last Quebec papers, and shall send more as they come forward. If it will not give you too much trouble I should...
43099To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fay, 29 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been absent a number of weeks attending our fall Session of the Legisture, during which time I left orders with our post Master to enclose you our papers.—I am much disappointed in not being able to obtain any from Quebec. I learn from my friends that more than usual care is Taken to prevent their circulation to this Country.—I am sorry to inform you that not a single seed of the Maple...
43100Samuel L. Mitchill to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Fearn M.D, a native of Virginia , is returning home, from a tour of improvement in Europe after having graduated in Philadelphia . Possessing a mind that is expanded by literature and science, and enlarged by travelling, he feels discontented that he never enjoyed the opportunity of seeing the distinguished citizen to whom this note is addressed. Full of respectful ardour and...
43101To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 10 March 1821 (Madison Papers)
But for the satisfaction I have received from the interesting Letters you have taken the trouble to write to me, I should sincerely regret having offered those Observations in a previous Letter, which have led to a Correspondence so advantageous and agreeable to myself. It required all your friendly Assurances to Satisfy me upon reflection, that I had not Seriously trespassed upon propriety,...
43102To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 7 December 1820 (Madison Papers)
I had the honour of recg. at its time the Pamphlet You kindly took the trouble to Send me. The Board of Agriculture is about publishing a volume of Memoirs, and I have charged myself with the Superintendance of the Work. Being desirous of making it acceptable to the Publick, and as useful as general Circumstances admit of, I would to that end insert Your Address to the Albermarle Society, if...
43103To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 28 February 1828 (Madison Papers)
I am recently returned from an Excursion to Europe with my Family, which has lasted about 15 months, after an absence of more than 20 Years from that part of the World. Of the various interesting objects pursued there, all of which must gradually rise to importance in our Country, I found none in which a greater practical progress had been made than the Science of Geology; all the intellectual...
43104To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 6 February 1821 (Madison Papers)
I had the honour to receive your very obliging Letter of December last, and now request your acceptance of the Volume accompanying this: being with the most unfeigned respect Sir Your very faithful humble St. RC ( ICN ). Docketed by JM. JM to Featherstonhaugh, 23 Dec. 1820 . Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture of the State of New-York (Albany, N.Y., 1821; Shoemaker 6251). This volume included...
43105To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 1 March 1820 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to enclose to You An Address from the Board of Agriculture of the State of New York to the County Societies of the State. Permit me Sir to request for the Board a printed Copy, if it has been put into the pamphlet Form, of Your eloquent and truly philosophical Address upon Agriculture, which we have Seen only in the publick Papers. I have also to express a wish on the part of...
43106George W. Featherstonhaugh to Thomas Jefferson, 1 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to offer You a Copy of An Address from the Board of Agriculture of this State to the County Societies. The institution of a Board of Agriculture , which is a new Feature in the Economical Institutions of America, will I am persuaded find Some interest with You Sir, whose Life has been devoted to the welfare of Your Country. I have the honour to remain Sir RC ( MHi ); at foot of text:...
43107George W. Featherstonehaugh to James Madison, 4 December 1833 (Madison Papers)
I had the unfeigned pleasure of receiving your letter, respecting the proper manner of opening to the public the extent of the mineral resources of Virginia. I beg to assure you it is particularly gratifying to me, to find your opinion of the utility of a measure we have so frequently conversed about, entirely coinciding with my own. I sit down most willingly to give you a sketch of my opinion...
43108G. W. Featherstonhaugh to James Madison, 3 January 1830 (Madison Papers)
I had the pleasure to receive your Letter of the 2nd July, and immediately directed the Publisher of my Translation of Cicero’s Republic to forward you another Copy, the first not having reached you. Being comparatively so near to you, I meant on my arrival at this place to have paid a Visit to Richmond, that I might have had the very great gratification of paying my personal respects to you,...
43109George W. Featherstonehaugh to James Madison, 1 September 1834 (Madison Papers)
It was with much reluctance I gave up the idea of calling to see you on my way to the Mountains, but, I had never been through the Shenandoah Valley, and as we (My Wife, and my eldest Son) took our departure from Baltimore, I went to Harper’s Ferry by the way of the railroad, as far as Fredericktown in Maryland, and then took a Carriage to the Potomac. Following that fine Valley to Staunton,...
43110George W. Featherstonehaugh to James Madison, 1 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have directed the Publisher to forward to you a little Work which has engaged some of my hours of a melancholy leisure this winter. Having almost lost every one that was dear to me, and my domestic happiness being entirely broken up, my mind turns willingly to Contemplative pursuits. If you have not read the original, my translation will in an imperfect manner, make you acquainted with some...