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A Dispute existing at New–Orleans involving property to an immense amount and also very interesting questions of a legal and Constitutional nature; I thought it would probably gratify your Curiosity, to know precisely the circumstances of a Case of which you might have received an indistinct Report I therefore have taken the Liberty to send you two Pamphlets lately printed upon the subject...
The bearer hereof is a young man who has a mind to enter into your employ at Monticello, he came well recommended to me, and I am rather inclined to think that he is a good workman, his step father is a very ingenious and good workman he did the work of those large houses belonging to Mr Miradith at the corner of ninth and markett street in Phila. and likewise of those which were built by Mr...
Mr Thomas Jefferson 1802 To Henry Ingle Dr Decr 27 To 2 Peases 3¼ Oil Stone @ 80 2– 60 Jany 14 To 1 Brass Pulley 0– 25 March 8 To 2 Mahogany Coasters 10– 00 Apr 23 To 6 Cubbart Locks @ 60 3– 60
At a meeting of the Vestry of Washington Parish on Thursday Augt. 20 1807 it was—Resolved that the Pew No. 42 in the New Protestant Episcopal Church near the Navy Yard be appropriated & kept for the President of the United States— MHi : Coolidge Collection.
Herewith you will receive a box containing 6 Doz 2½ butt hinges, 6 Doz back lap hinges, & 39½ Groce Screws— I am Sir, Your Very Humble Servant MHi : Coolidge Collection.
The table to be altered appears very good and as the alteration will exceed my expectation as to cost, I shall forbear cuting it untill I hear further from you. It is a duty I owe to my employer to state aparent objections after which I shall strictly follow directions. The making 3 single tables out of this dining table will be about 21 or 22 dolls. two new single leaf tables will afford the...
Upon enquiery I find that Mr. O P Finley of Alexandria has brass plate & Mortice Locks but neither the quality nor price can be ascertained, as they are detained at the Custom house for want of the Invoice, which is daily expected— I am sir Your Obedient & Humble Servant MHi : Coolidge Collection.
Thomas Jefferson Esquire 1805 To Henry Ingle Dr. $. Cts. May 3rd. To
Mr Thomas Jefferson Bot of Henry Ingle 1 doble Iron fore Plaine 2.00 1 do—do Jack do 1.25 1 do do Something do 1.12½ 8 Commode Handles @ 22 1.76 4 Rose   do @ 12½ 0.50
Agreeable to instructions from the House of Robt Sutcliff & Co of Sheffield, England; I have the pleasure of handing for your acceptance, A Small Mahy case contaning a Hand brace and bitts & a few other tools. I am sorry to find them a little damaged although they were very carefully put up. Mr Hodgeson one of the firm being here on a visit last fall, I directed the bitts made as I judged most...
I have procured for you the following assortment of Files which are subject to your further order. Mr. Dinsmore requested that they should not be sent to Montecelo. until his return from Philadelphia. but if you should wish to send them Immediately. they shall be put up.   Viz.— 3 Doz 14 In flat files ½ Doz Tenon saw files 1 Doz 10 In Ditto 8/12 doz warding Do. 1 Doz
I beg the liberty to informe you of my haveing again commenced the Cabinet Business on the Capitol Hill and will thankfully receive and punctually attend to any of your Commands which you may have confidence to commit to my Charge— Your Verry Humble Servant RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Mr. Thomas Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 6 Mch. and so recorded in SJL . John Pechin Ingle...
Thomas Jefferson Esqr. To Henry Ingle Dr. Cts To 6 Gross 1 In Screws @ 0.62½ $3. 75 To 6 Do. ¾ In Do. @ 0.56¼ 3. 37½ To 3 plane irons @ 0.14 0. 42 To 3 Do. Do. @ 0.12½ 0. 37½
ALS : American Philosophical Society The Letter which we have the Honor to enclose reach’d us Yesterday under a Cover dated so long ago as last October. We proffit of this Opportunity to mention that we have here a Ship which will be ready to sail for New England in a few Days & beg Leave to ask whether a particular Passport will be necessary for Security against Capture, or whether any Act of...
We had the Honor to write you 23d. March by the Ship Enterprize, Capt. Danl. Deshon and then sent an Invoice of Articles to Amount of f428.1— Hol lan d Cur renc y. By Direction of Mr. Adams we now enclose a like Invoice of Goods ship’d on his Account on the Brig Sukey, Capt. Grinnel for Boston— the Bill of Lading for which we forward to Isaac Smith Esqr. Wishing that they may reach you safely,...
By direction of Mr. Adams We have Consignd to Isaac Smith Esqr. a Case of Merchandize for you, which is Ship’d in the Enterprize Capt. Daniel Deshon for Boston. This encloses the Invoice for it, the Amount being f428:1. H ollan d Curr enc y. We wish the goods may arrive Safe, and to your Approbation. Presenting our Respectful Compliments, We are Madam. Dupl RC ( Adams Papers ); at foot of...
Your much esteem’d favór of 7 th Ins t with which I am Honour’d was receiv’d Yesterday & am very sorry that you have cause to be anxious about your Son John Quincy Adams.— I will write next post to Hamburg, Copenhagen & Gottenburg & endeavour to Learn something of him & which I hope to give you a pleasing Account of per return of the Northern Post.— I am much oblidg’d by your Intention to send...
After You have heard the Petition presented for an unhappy Man, will you not Sir lend a favorable ear to mine? It is a Wife petitioning for the liberty—for the life of her husband, for will not his health—his life be the sacrifice of an imprisonment embittered by the painful reflection of a suffering Wife and five lovely children consign’d to poverty and distress. We Sir have no Parent to...
The petition of Nathaniel Ingraham of Bristol in the District aforesaid, mariner, Respectfully sheweth, That at the February term of the District Court, for Rhode Island District, AD. 1801, an Action quitam was prosecuted against him by John West Leonard , who sued as well in behalf of the United States as of himself for the sum of Dollars:—That said Action was continued from said term to the...
The humble petition of Nathaniel Ingraham Mariner of Bristol in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, Sheweth That in January in the Year of our Lord 1801, an action was brought against your Petitioner in the District Court for Rhode Island District by John W. Leonard, who sued as well for the United States as for himself, to recover certain penalties...
Nathaniel Ingraham of Bristol in the County of Bristol and District of Rhode Island mariner, That on a former occasion , he presented a petition, to the President setting forth, that a Judgement of the circuit Court in this district at the November term 1801 was rendered against your petitioner on the suit of one John W. Leonard, who sued for the United States as well as for himself for a sum...
Will you do me the favor to give the Enclosed volumes a place in your library. The original in the Italian Language was obtained by my friend Mr. Wm. Shaler when at Chili, and the translation of it, made by him during his voyage in that part of the World Accept my Wishes for your Health & happiness Yr. Mo. Obd. St. DNA : RG 59—ML—Miscellaneous Letters.
I have the honor to acquaint you of my arival in this place yesterday, I have made Enquiery respecting Corn & find the price here 3/4 & the freight would be 6d. which I (presume) would not answer, the Leather I shall purchase the price is 1/2½ ⅌Ct & Shall Ship it to Mr Porter by a Vessell which Sails from this place to Alexandria in a few Days. Should you have Occasion for any thing further by...
I now write from Prison where I think I am unjustly placed, I feel myself under no small degree of imbarrasment to apologize in this manner to address the Chief Magistrate of the U. States,— But Sir permit me to address you with every sentiment of Esteem, and in that I presume I am Reciprocating with One, whose Soul is united to mine by the Indisoluble bonds of friendship, I shou’d be unworthy...
I am the Poor and humbel Petitioner that has sant on two Petitions for my ’Relf and Eant heaired Eany thing from thim Nor from your honour most honoured Sur. Sur I am Poor and Eant Nothing to Suport me and my famly on Most honoured Sur I Eant marster of Eany trade to Supoort me and my famly With I humbly Badg that you: Sur Will send me Sum relf If not Sur I and my famly must Sufer in a Criston...
Four of your fellow Citizens overwhelmed by the calamities of the times, with large families totally destitute of the means of Subsistence, are incarcerated by the government of their Country for—debt. Attached to the Republican Administration of that government by every tie which can direct & controul the affections of man, they have thro’ a series of misfortunes & sacrifices supported &...
[ New York, February 26, 1801. On March 6, 1801, Hamilton wrote to Ingraham and acknowledged the receipt of “Your letter of the 26th of February.” Letter not found. ] Ingraham, a former ship captain from Massachusetts who had served on board the Bonhomme Richard in its famous encounter with the Serapis , was a New York City shipowner, merchant, and land speculator.
18 February 1811, New York. “It would be highly gratifying to me if my son Nathl. G Ingraham Jr who resides in England could be honor’d with a Consular appointment in that Country. My friend Mr Phoenix informs me that he made an application to your Excellency thro the Secretary of State for an appointment at Plymouth at which place the Interest of the United States would be much promoted by...
Pardon a young man for interrupting the late chief magistrate of our Republic, in the enjoyment of that sweet and solacing retirement, so long an object of his anxiety, and so recently realized.— Imbibing, at an early age, his political principals from the writings of a Washington , a Jefferson , a Franklin and a Rush , it is natural that he should entertain a respect, approaching to...
I Again have the Honour of waiting upon your Excellency to Solicit an Advance of money to discharge the debts that are due from the Quarter Masters Department at the Albemarle Barracks. My Creditors Understanding that Another large Emission is directed to take place, now flatter themselves with the most sanguine hopes of receiving payment, and if they should be refused, I am really...