77901Statement of Account with David Gelston, 22 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson President U.S. To David Gelston Dr 1803 Augt. 29th for cash pd. duties on one case of wine 3.75 permits carting & storing 1 carting & storing nuts 62 Oct: 8. pd. duties on 10 cases wine 23.80 permits & carting 90 pd. freight from Bordeaux 25.55 dollars— 55.62 [
77902William D. Simms to Thomas Jefferson, 8 October 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Appleton United States Consul at Leghorn , has consigned to the late Collector of this Port , a box of wine and two small Bundles of seeds, addressed to you—No opportunity, having occurred of sending them direct to Richmond , I have thought it best, (to avoid any further delay;) to ship them to Norfolk , to the particular care of the Coll r there, who I have no doubt, will take the...
77903Charles Clay to Thomas Jefferson, 26 May 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I came to the Forest the morning you left it for Albemarle , to see you about the land, I wished to know how many acres you found upon the calculation you proposed Making the last time I was with you, as also to know if you would not divide the payment into four Annual instalments, as I found I could with More propriety engage for the payment of Such a Sum upon them terms than for a shorter...
77904To Thomas Jefferson from George Elliott, [ca. 31 January 1781] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Without place or date, ca. 31 Jan. 1781. ] Can no longer carry on the business under his direction and “must discharge all those imployed” unless he is granted a warrant for £41,525; is “Exceedingly unhappy for the Distress of his Creditors.” RC ( Vi ); 2 p.; signed: “George Elliott D Q M G”; addressed: “His Excellency Thomas Jefferson in Council”; endorsed: “Geo. Elliottes Letter. Jany 81.”...
77905George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
As your notes will fall due at the Bank on the 6 th & 13 th of next month, & as M r Venable prefers their being made into one I inclose one for your signature— not knowing whether
77906To Thomas Jefferson from John Ponsonby, 26 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Messrs. Ackermann, Suardy & Co. of London having forwarded to me, some proofs of their Invention for making Woolen Cloth, Linen, Paper &c. Water proof, and lest you should not have recieved any account of the same thro’ any other Channel, I have taken the liberty of transmitting to you their publication together with some proofs on the subject— With much respect Sir Yr: mo: hble: St RC ( ViW...
77907To Thomas Jefferson from the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 3 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
We have been favord with Your Excellencys enclosing a State of the affair between Mr. Nathan and the Commonwealth of Virginia which we are endeavoring to put in train for a decision on the Principles you have been pleased to direct, the event of which Your Excellency shall be informd of as soon as tis decided. The Unfortunate consequences which have attended the Naval engagement of Chesapeake...
77908Peter Minor to Thomas Jefferson, 10 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Communication of the 20 th Sept r has been received & laid before the Directors . It is their wish to have a personal conference with You on the matter in agitation, & for this purpose they have appointed a meeting of their body at Shadwell Mills on Wednesday the 17 th Instant. I am instructed to request Your presence at that time & place by the hour of 12 o.Clock. RC ( MHi ); notation by...
77909To Thomas Jefferson from John McKissick, 30 June 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Understanding that Colonel William McKennan of Washington County, in this State, has applied to Your Excellency for the appointment of Receiver of the Land-Office to be established for the Sale of the tract of land lying between the United States Military tract and the Connecticut reserve in the State of Ohio; We the undersigned take the liberty of adding our recommendation to the others that...
77910To Thomas Jefferson from Martha Jefferson Carr, 15 December 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
You wrote me some time ago that you could discharge any pressing debts for me. My haveing a Daughter Married and to fix off for Kentucky after which it is hardly probable that I shall ever see her agane has put me to some unusual expence this together with my bad management Obliges me to ask your assistance. If you could let me have Seventy five or Eighty Pounds you would do me a great favor....
77911To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Paul Jodrell, 28 February 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
The Author of The Persian Heroine, having received from Mr. Jefferson Mr. Wythe’s book of Virginia, intreats his acceptance of the inclosed Tragedy. RC ( MHi ); endorsed: “Joddrell.” Recorded in SJL as received 25 May 1787 at Bordeaux. The enclosed quarto edition of Jodrell’s The Persian Heroine , London, 1786, was probably not received with the covering letter but left at the Hôtel de Langeac...
77912To Thomas Jefferson from John Page, 6 July 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
When I wrote last week to Col. Nelson I promised to write to both of you by this Post, a circumstantial Account of the State of Things here, but the whole Week has slipt away in the Hurry of Business, without my being able to spare a single Minute for that Purpose and I am now as much in Want of Time as ever, the Post being about to set out in a few Hours, in which Time I am to wait on our new...
77913To Thomas Jefferson from William Lattimore, 9 March 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
The public situation which I have lately occupied, devolves on me the duty of soliciting your attention to an act of Congress, passed at their last session, entitled “An act to prevent settlements being made on lands ceded to the United States, until authorised by law,” which involves, by the discretion it invests, the interests of a very large proportion of the inhabitants of the Mississippi...
77914To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Appleton, 12 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
You will find in the inclos’d letter, my account current for the Capitals & c & c balance due me, Dollars 362.77—which Sum, with the balance due me, on your private account Dollars 178.50. as transmitted to you in my letter of 22 nd of June, forming together, Dollars 541.27—which you will please remit, as hertofore to Samuel Williams of London, or if more convenient to you, to Tho s Perkins...
77915To Thomas Jefferson from Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 24 August 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Je reçois avec reconnaissance votre lettre du 11. Voila le Livre . Je voudrais qu’il fut plus digne du Sujet et du Philosophe qui m’a demandé de le traiter. Il est fait comme un Mémoire d’Administration, car c’en est un: non comme un Ouvrage qu’on destinerait au Public. Il n’y a rien pour le Lecteur. Je n’ai travaillé que pour l’homme d’Etat. Puisse-t-il agréer mon inviolable et respectueux...
77916To Thomas Jefferson from James Cole Mountflorence, 21 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
A Coachee sets off from this City on Tuesday for Staunton; I think it would be a convenient and quick Conveyance for Dispatches to Governor Blount, especially as Mr. Peter Heiskell of Staunton is directed to transmit to Capt. Craig, Abington, Washington County Virginia all Letters and Packets which may come to his hands directed to Govr. Blount, by the Travellers from that part of the Country...
77917To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 25 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
What can be done? This is a flagrant violation, but one of the Cases which, unless there should be an insurrection, cannot often take place. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
77918To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Torrey, 20 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
We the subscribers, supporters of the present wise administration, do renewedly recommend to You Mr John Bernard Swanton a Gentleman who is worthy to be the successor of Dudley B Hobart Esquire late Collector of the Customs for the District & Port of Bath— This Gentleman now holds a Commission as deputy Collr. under the late Collector, he is a person in whom the late Collr. placed the greatest...
77919George L. Montgomery to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Wishing to become a Student of your preparatory school , and being unacquainted with its situation, I presume on the liberty of addressing you on the subgect, to inform me of the course of study pursued, the annual expences, and when your next session commence s , will be doing me a kindness that will greatly oblige— RC ( CSmH: JF ); between dateline and salutation: “ Mr Jefferson ”; endorsed...
77920To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 5 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been prevented, to this day, by indisposition, from informing you that, agreeably to your desires, I have ordered from London, on the 20 th of December Ult o . Gerard’s Plan of education in the Marischal College & university of Aberdeen, with the reasons of it printed by Chalurers of Aberdeen; also Baxter’s history of England, the 8 vo edition, if any has been printed, if not & then...
77921To Thomas Jefferson from John Banister, Jr., 19 September 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Avignon, 19 Sep. 1785 . Acknowledges receipt two days before of TJ’s letter of 16 Aug. ; advises that letters be directed to the care of “Mr. Teste banquier expeditionaire en cour de Rome Avignon.” Since his last letter to TJ, he has suffered a very severe attack of “the ague and fever which together with the disorder in my bowels reduced me as low as it was possible”; he has no illusions...
77922Charles Collins (of New York) to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have for sometime past thought of writing to thee and now take the liberty to take up a little of thy attention to a subject that has interested me. The crouded situation of the Chinese and the plenty of room we have in this favoured land of America . Might not the Tea plant be cultivated to advantage in the Southern or Western States. I have understood that it now grows wild in the fields...
77923To Thomas Jefferson from David Gelston, 11 November 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your letter of the 6th instant, with $40 62/100 being in full for my advances and leaving a balance for Mr. Cheetham of $30—which I have this day paid to him and now enclose his receipt— I am with great regard, Sir, your obedient servant, MHi : Coolidge Collection.
77924To Thomas Jefferson from George Rice, 14 February 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Richmond, 14 Feb. 1781. The distress of the quartermaster’s department at Albemarle Barracks, where Rice has acted as assistant since its establishment, has become so great for want of money “that I think it my duty as a publick officer to lay a plain and full state of the matter before your Excellency.” The lack of money has involved Rice in a load of debts that he has been unable to pay, and...
77925John Steele to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
A Package addressed to me came to hand a few days ago, which appeared, on opening the envelope, to be for you, and to contain a variety of seeds— Being unaccompanied with any letter of advice, I send it to the care of the Coll r at Richmond , with a request to forward it to you by the first opportunity RC ( ViU : TJP-ER ); at foot of text: “Tho s Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received...
77926To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Abraham, 31 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
A true Statement of the Bad Earth Between Fort Stoddert & Pearl River From Fort Stoddert to Dog River very good; on the West Side of Said river 1 quarter of a mile Which is Bad thence on to the paspergolar very good Escept some small streams Which will want Bridging; on the west Side of Said river 5 Miles very Bad which will want coswaying & Bridging nearly all the way; from thence to Bog...
77927Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 21 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Since writing to you on the 24 th Ult o I have received three loads of flour on your acco t say 156 bls: of which 132 are S: fine 10 fine and 14 condemned—the S: fine & fine I have sold to R. K. Jones at 8 ¼ & 8 ¾ $ on 60 d /—. the 14 bls: having been made out of smutted wheat, and consequently both dark and bitter, I have found it hitherto impossible to dispose of at any price, the bakers...
77928To Thomas Jefferson from Charlotte Hare, [1788?] (Jefferson Papers)
Miss Hare ventures to enclose the Packet, directed for Philadelphia, which accompanies this note, to Mr. Jefferson, upon the strength of Mrs. Berkley’s assurance to Miss Hare, of Mr. Jefferson’s having given his permission for her to do so. Miss Hare hopes therefore, for Mr. Jefferson’s excuse, and that he will pardon this liberty which she is induced to take from an Idea of having no other...
77929To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 11 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been honored with your letter of no – date, enclosing letters in relation to Purcells plans, and a letter from Marentille. On the subject of the additional Company ordered by the Govr. & Counsell of Virginia, I beg leave to observe, that unless said Company was to be concidered as under the exclusive direction of Executivs of the State, and to be paid and supplied with provisions by the...
77930To Thomas Jefferson from Nathanael Greene, 20 November 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
My Appointment to the Command of the Southern Army, with Powers to call upon the southern States for Supplies and Support, Your Excellency is already Acquainted with. The Present state of the southern department and the future Operations that must Necessarily be carried on in that Quarter induces me to lay before You the Inclosed Requisitions for men and Supplies of different kinds. Uninformed...
77931To Thomas Jefferson from DeWitt Clinton, 23 November 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of introducing to your notice Mr. Richard Bayley of this City—His father Dr Bayley formerly Health officer of this port was a particular friend of mine—and as the bearer is a young gentleman of good connexions & fair character—I trust I do not take too great a liberty in recommending him to your civilities I have the honor to be With great respect Your most Obedt servt, RC (...
77932Enclosure: Printed Circular, 1 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the misfortune of loosing my Father 88 years of age! he was a zealous friend to the American cause, for in the year 1775, being Agent of the Secret Committee of Congress, he determined the court of France to aid the Americans in their glorious contest against Great Britain; it is owing to his services, that I had the honor of being appointed American Consul in Marseilles in 1790, and am...
77933To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 12 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been honoured with your note of the twenty eighth ulto. enclosing a letter from Mr. Dupont, I have it in contemplation to authorise Mr. Dupont’s Son, to make an experiment on a small quantity, say one hundred weight, of the impure salt petre, by which he will be enabled to set his price for clarifying, pr. hundred, and we shall be better able to decide on the propriety of incuring the...
77934To Thomas Jefferson from Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 2 April 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
We are honored with Your Excellency’s respected favor of 25. Ult. closing our Correspondence relative to the Monies for Medals, and another purpose; but bringing forward a Resolution of Congress of 20 August 1788, appropriating so much of the Loans in Holland as shall be necessary to discharge the Interest due, on Certificats issued to Foreign officers to the 31 Decbr. 1788, and at the same...
77935To Thomas Jefferson from Feger, Gramont & Cie., 2 June 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Nous sommes bien impatients d’apprendre vôtre heureux retour dans la capitale, et nous vous renouvellons bien sincèrement nos regrets de n’avoir pas eu le bonheur de vous posseder plus longtems. Il nous est venu, depuis votre départ, une lettre pour vous que nous adressons aujourdhui à Mr. Grand en le remerciant de son attention à nous procurer votre Connoissance. Nous avons chargé, suivant...
77936To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Smith, 4 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I am applied to by Mrs Rivardi to apply for an appointment for her husband Major Rivardi. her letter inclosed will Shew better her Wishes & expectations than I Should be able—Major Rivardi is an excellent Mathematician, a Man of Science & a compleat Draftsman—I believe him from personal knowledg to be a Gentleman of Integrity & honor, he was deranged by the new Organization of the Army.—if the...
77937To Thomas Jefferson from Augustus Elias Brevoort Woodward, 22 September 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned regrets that being so near Monticello he cannot avail himself of the opportunity of calling. He indulges a fond hope of enjoying that happiness at no distant period. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
77938To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 18 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Harvie called on me this evening to inform me of his being selected to carry the stock to France and wishing that this might be ready to morrow. The Stock is ready; but there are two circumstances to be attended to. In the course of the transaction, I have always reminded Mr Pichon that we were neither bound to transmit the stock nor liable for any accidents which might attach to the...
77939To Thomas Jefferson from Aaron Burr, 26 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
after detaining the enclosed for several days in hopes of a safe private conveyance, I hazard it by Mail under Cover to Captn. Duncanson , a name less calculated to excite curiosity than that of T.J.—The post office in this City is kept by a Man of strict honor and integrity—Nothing is to apprehended here. how you are in Washington I know not— We still hope that you have the Vote of your...
77940Frederick A. Mayo to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I obtained Johnson ’s Dictionary , ( and the only one I could find) it is bound in common Sheep; according to your Order I shall bind the same—The 4 small Vols are done but the office being closed this evening, though by next mail your honour will receive the same RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ. RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with Dft of TJ to John McLean, [25] Aug. 1824, on verso; addressed:...
77941To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Fenwick, 28 October 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Bordeaux, 28 Oct. 1791 . He encloses a copy of his letter by the Wilmington Packet, Capt. Andrews. Peace in Europe seems secure. The national militia mentioned in his last letter have been quartered in neighboring towns instead of marching to the frontiers.—He acknowledges receipt of the laws of the U.S. for the use of his consulate, and he notes that on 3 Mch. Congress repealed the section of...
77942David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 20 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy of the french Edition of my Description of the united states , in 5 vol. 8 o , which I pray you to accept as a small testimony of my gratitude and respect. I have forwarded it in a case addressed to the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia , and the Secretary is requested to inform you of its arrival. The sudden departure of
77943Donald Fraser to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I am about publishing a work, which may prove of some utility to the community— Governor Tompkins , Hon. John Jay , Hon. DeWitt Clinton & all the Clergy in this City have subscribed for it:—I would be glad to obtain the Weight of your name likewise.— RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 25 Dec. 1812 and so recorded in SJL . Fraser’s proposed work, evidently never...
77944To Thomas Jefferson from United States Senate, 14 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Resolved, That the capture and condemnation under the orders of the British government, and adjudications of their courts of Admiralty, of American vessels and their cargoes, on the pretext of their being employed in a trade with the enemies of Great Britain, prohibited in time of peace, is an unprovoked aggression upon the property of the citizens of these United States, a violation of their...
77945To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Sim Lee, 10 June 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
Annapolis, 10 June 1780 . Notifying TJ that a line of expresses has been established by the State of Maryland “on the Main Road, leading from Young’s Ferry on Patowmack River to Philadelphia,” in accordance with Congress’ resolution of 5 June. FC ( MdAA ); 1 p. See Huntington to TJ, 5 June ; TJ to Gov. Lee, 14 June ; Lee to TJ, 17 June 1780 .
77946To Thomas Jefferson from Ferdinando Fairfax, 31 January 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
You have, no doubt, often received the congratulations of your countrymen upon your entrance into the several Public Offices and employments, to which your time and attention have been for so many years devoted. Permit me, now, to congratulate you upon your voluntary re-linquishment of these employments, for that peaceful retirement, the proper relish and enjoyment of which constitutes the...
77947Samuel McDowell Reid to Thomas Jefferson, 22 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Being requested by Patrick Henry , I enclose you a receipt for the taxes on your land in this County for the years 1816–17 Patrick says that he believes that those persons who own land adjoining yours are daily trespassing On you and that if you will send your title papers or Copies of them he will have the land surveyed and endeavour to prevent intruders for the future RC ( MHi ); endorsed by...
77948To Thomas Jefferson from George Hay, 5 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed you will receive a Subpoena duces tecum, and the letter of the 12. Nov. 1806. which it requires—A Subpoena was Served on me yesterday, upon which I made the return Stated in the 3d. Col: of the 3d. page of the inclosed gazette. I amended that return this day, by Stating that there were other passages in the letter. exclusively of a public nature, which I did not think ought to be...
77949Samuel Greenhow to Thomas Jefferson, 21 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 7 th Current I received on yesterday—and shall comply with your request, in keeping up the declarations or reports of your buildings, sent by M r Dawson .—I think you have constructed a given a construction to a part of my letter of 29 May 1809 , which it will hardly admit of.—I thought it my duty to inform you of some Circumstances which had occurred in Loudoun , and were...
77950To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 24 December 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Wagner has the honor to present his respects to the President. The enclosed letter is altogether incoherent and lunatic, and the object not discernible. It would seem that the writer is in prison at Baltimore, if indeed his expressions are not figurative of the condition in which he supposes his soul to be, for his epistle is filled with references to religion and with the assertion of his...