7021John Adlum to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I sent you some days since a bottle of domestic wine that I call Tokay— I now send you a bottle of what I call Burgundy. neither of these wines have had any brandy in them,— I will after I have bottled it send you a bottle of my Champaign, made of the miller Burgundy grape, which will have to be kept perhaps two months before you drink it, when I expect it will be brisk and sparkle—I have but...
7022Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the pleasure of receiving your favor of 12 th ins t . I am at all times disposed favorably to every thing which you think best for the University , and make no doubt but that on this occasion you have pursued the course best calculated to promote its interests. I certainly intend to leave this on thursday the 27 th ins t and after making a visit to my farm in Nelson , to come to...
7023John W. Davis’s Mail Schedule for Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Lynchburg, 24 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Fredericksburg Mail arrives Tuesday & thursday 8 Am & Saturday 6 pm departs Monday Wednesday & Friday 3 pm Richmond Mail Arrives Tuesday 8 Am & Wednesday & Saturday 6 pm departs Tuesday 6 Am. Wednesday 3 pm & Saturday 6 Am Lynchburg Mail arrives Sunday 6 pm departs Thursday
7024Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 24 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Dodge , our Consul at Marseilles , wishing to pay his respects to you on his way to Richm d and apprehending that altho presented to you some half dozen years ago, you may not now recollect him, requests me to give him a line of re-introduction. you will find him a person of very general information and good sense, and particularly familiar with the affairs of Southern Europe . We shall...
7025Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favor’d with yours of the 21st: & 22 d Inst: with their several enclosures: I will forward, without loss of time, to M r W. J. Coffee of New York , a dft: for $100, as directed by you, to cover which, you have credit by Th: J. Randolph ’s dft:, in your favor, for that am t , on me. The Books you write for shall be immediately procured, & forwarded, as directed— one by this mail—
7026From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 23 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
Your Letter and the pleasing information it contains has greatly delighted your father and I think you will now be rewarded by his full approbation of the exertions which you have made and which at last have proved successful—We shall certainly visit Boston as I wrote you and George has engaged to study with Mr Webster who is now here—Miss Hopkinson is at Alexandria to which place I took her...
7027Thomas Jefferson to William J. Coffee, 22 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d in due time your favor of Feb. 15. mr Brockenbrough has rec d a part of the ornaments & expects the rest dayly. as mine were to come with them I presume Col o Peyton has rec d and forwarded them to Bedford .
7028Alexander Garrett to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I send for your perusal, a letter recieved yesterday from M r Brockenbrough , stating the want of $500. to meet some pressing demands upon the University , I also send a check for the $500. for your approval provided you consent to apply the $500. heretofore reserved to meet the freight & c of the marble caps as M r B. proposes: there is yet a balance of the annuity of 23. undrawn, how much...
7029Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 22 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I yesterday inclosed to you the necessary blanks, and now forward a draught on you for 100. D the proceeds of which I must pray you to forward to mr William John Coffee at New York . he is to leave that place the last day of this month which gives no time for delay in the remittance. will you also be so kind as to send me the school books ment d below. they are for my grandsons. They may come...
7030From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 21 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
Worn out by fatigue parties influenza and all sorts of weariness both of mind and body I have really been too idle to attend to my correspondence and have scarcely taken a pen in my hand—The apology is a poor one but such as it is you must be content to accept it for it is the truth— The City has been profoundly dull since the adjournment of Congress and we have had but one event to enliven us...
7031From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your two letters of the 12 & 14. inst. You will have inferred my approbation of the course taken in order to avoid a loss of time in executing the Rotunda. I shall be with you at the Meeting of the Visitors if possible. The letter from O. Flaherty with its companions, are herewith inclosed. It is quite presumable that he possesses the technical qualifications for the professorship...
7032James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your two letters of the 12 & 14. inst: You will have inferred my approbation of the course taken in order to avoid a loss of time in executing the Rotunda. I shall be with you at the Meeting of the Visitors , if possible. The letter from O. Flaherty with its companions, are herewith inclosed. It is quite presumable that he possesses the technical qualifications for the...
7033Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 21 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I this inst. recieve your of y e 17 th and hasten to inclose the blanks wh ch had escaped me. I think however am in hopes they must yet be are still in time altho’ I do not recollect the their exact days.
7034To John Adams from William Tudor, Jr., 20 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
In looking over a number of Delaplaine’s Repository , which was lent to me by Mr. Vaughan, for the purpose of reading a life of Dr Franklin written by Walsh, I was also attracted by an account of Samuel Adams which I had never seen. It contains some interesting anecdotes but there is one that strikes me as being somewhat exaggerated, and as the peice of history is a very interesting one I turn...
7035To James Madison from William F. Gray, 20 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
Your favour of the 17th. as well as a former note on the subject of the Reviews, has been duly recd. Your wishes shall be complied with. Your subscription to the London Quarterly Review is discontinued, and I send to you by this Mail the North American Review for Jan. 1822. The subsequ[e]nt Nos. shall be forwarded as soon as I recieve them. At present I have none in store but what were already...
7036From James Madison to Edward Everett, 19 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
I recd. on the 15th. your favor of the 2d. instant; with the little pamphlet of remarks on your brothers work on Europe. The pamphlet would have been much improved by softer words and harder arguments. To support its construction of the 18th. art: of the Treaty of 1794. the writer ought to have shewn that there are cases in which provisions become contraband according to the Law of Nations;...
7037Enclosure: Robert Walsh’s Prospectus for his American Biography, [1 March 1823] (Jefferson Papers)
PROPOSALS FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A NEW WORK, to be prepared BY ROBERT WALSH, J un . and entitled AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY; or, HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF EMINENT AMERICANS. T he term Americans , thus employed, is meant to include all individuals of superior merit or reputation, civil or military, who have at any time belonged to the communities which now compose our extensive and flourishing...
7038From John Adams to Robert Mayo, 18 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
I have received and procured to be read to me your pamphlet—The very title of a Juvenile Company Liberary Company sounds delightfully in the ears of an old Man who wishes well to posterity—The vivacity intelligence ingenuity and elegance of the address has given me great pleasure, And the whole plan appears to me to be judicious and meritorious—To reccommed Books of merit to your adoption...
7039From James Madison to James Pleasants Jr., 18 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
I find that in consequence of the failure of the Board of Public Works to obtain the services of Col. McRee as its principal Engineer, the vacancy in the office remains to be filled. Not knowing whether Isaac Briggs may have yet received the consideration of the Board, I am led by my acquaintance with him to express the belief that he possesses a full measure of the Science, with a...
7040To James Madison from Caleb Atwater, 18 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
I herewith forward to you, the Report of our commissioners of common schools, to our late General Assembly. The bill is badly printed, which I have corrected. This system is now before the people of this state and will be acted on at the next Session of our Legislature. Should your leisure permit, I should feel myself greatly obliged to you, for any suggestions you may think proper to make, as...
7041Lewis Brantz to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 15th January last , I did myself the honor to adress you in behalf of M r F. R. Hassler , respecting the Office of Engineer of Public works in Virginia , for which he became a candidate, and to which Colonel M c Ree was preferred by appointment in January. This Field being again opened by Col o M c Ree
7042DeWitt Clinton to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to enclose the last Report of the Canal Board & to be RC ( NNPM ); at foot of text (trimmed): “ Th omas Jefferson Esqr”; endorsement by TJ trimmed. Recorded in SJL as received 29 Mar. 1823. Enclosure: The Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners of the State of New-York, Presented to the Legislature, the 24th February, 1823 (Albany, 1823).
7043Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
When I had the pleasure of visiting you at Monticello , I mentioned a letter from the late Governor M’Kean to me, relating to ocurrences, on the day that Congress adopted the Declaration of Indepen den ce, which I had lent to M r Binns , who, unfortunately, mislaid it. The other day he was lucky enough to find it, & to deliver it to me; and I now enclose you, agreeably to my promise, a copy of...
7044Enclosure: Thomas McKean to Caesar A. Rodney, 22 [September] 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 22 nd last month , with a copy of the journal of the Congress at New-York in october 1765, printed in the Baltimore register, came safe to hand. Not having heard of this publication, I had the proc e edings of that body (not the whole) reprinted here about two months ago, from a copy I found the in the 1 st
7045Robert Walsh to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of recommending to your attention, the Prospectus sent herewith. My object in addressing it to you, is to induce you either to furnish me with the dates & principal incidents appertaining to your career, or to indicate to me where they may be found recorded with accuracy. I need not say that I wish to be exact & full, in noting the services which you rendered to your country...
7046From John Adams to Harrison Gray Otis, 17 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
I have received your kind letter of the 12th. march instant—The contents of which are entirely satisfactory to me—Your memory is quite as particular as I could expect any Gentleman of the company to retain, except myself. I must confess I was very s ure on the subject of my mission to France I was attacked by two armies, a french army and an English army—each warring upon me to conquer me into...
7047To John Adams from Joseph Bartlett, 17 March 1823 (Adams Papers)
The Most severe sickness has prevented Me, since last Novr. I was confined to a small bed in my Office without any attendant except My faithful Dog—or any Medical Aid— Alas! poor Yorick —I was too Much like Lazarus to take private lodgings—this has delayed my small Vol: to this late period, & which has caust caused—Many errors to creep into its pages—which a Gentleman of Your Head & heart will...
7048From James Madison to Isaac Briggs, 17 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison presents his friendly respects to Isaac Briggs, and incloses a letter to the President of the Board of Public Works at Richmond. As it may be expected to reach Washington within the time named, this is directed to “Sandy Spring Maryland.” RC ( DLC : Isaac Briggs Papers); draft and draft of enclosure ( DLC ). Draft of enclosure, addressed to James Pleasants Jr. and dated 17 Mar., is...
7049Abiel Holmes to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
By the encouragement and aid you were pleased to give me in preparing the American Annals for publication, I am emboldened to ask your advice in reference to another edition, which I am preparing for the press. One of the English Reviews, while, with other foreign Journals, sufficiently honouring the work with its commendation, suggests, that it had better have begun with the English...
7050Thomas Jefferson to William Huntington, 17 March 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr Huntington to dine at Monticello with mr Dodge of Marseilles tomorrow. RC (photocopy in ViU: TJP ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “ M r Huntington .” Not recorded in SJL .