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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78901 | Jefferson, Thomas | Eppes, John Wayles | Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 25 June 1812 | 1812-06-25 | I recieved a week ago your favor of the 15 th and should sooner have answered it, but that I have... |
| 78902 | Jefferson, Thomas | Barksdale, Nelson | Thomas Jefferson to Nelson Barksdale, 11 November 1817 | 1817-11-11 | M r Harrison of Lynchburg was authorised to make an agreement for us with mr Knight , which I now... |
| 78903 | Jefferson, Thomas | Notes on such parts of Forondas letter of Apr as are … | 1808-04-30 | April 30, 1808 Notes on such parts of Foronda’s letter of Apr. 26. 08 as are worth answering. I.... | |
| 78904 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 21 November … | 1788-11-21 | Your several favors of Sep. 24. Oct. 2. 3. 11. 18. were unacknoleged because, at the time of... |
| 78905 | Jefferson, Thomas | McRae, Alexander | From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander McRae, 8 February … | 1809-02-08 | I return you the papers you were so kind as to send me with thanks for the communication of them.... |
| 78906 | Jefferson, Thomas | Corbin, Francis | Thomas Jefferson to Francis Corbin, 20 May 1814 | 1814-05-20 | Your favor of Apr. 30. was re is just recieved and conveys the first information of the death of... |
| 78907 | Jefferson, Thomas | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | From Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 11 April 1787 | 1787-04-11 | Your head, my dear friend, is full of Notable things; and being better employed, therefore, I do... |
| 78908 | Jefferson, Thomas | Randolph, Martha Jefferson | From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 20 … | 1807-03-20 | Mr. Randolph continues well without the least retrograde circumstance. he sleeps well, walks a... |
| 78909 | Jefferson, Thomas | Baker, Jerman | XXII. Thomas Jefferson to Jerman Baker, 26 June 1778 | 1778-06-26 | I now inclose you a state of the tickets received by Mr. Wayles and to whom sold. It is taken... |
| 78910 | Jefferson, Thomas | Montgomery, Robert | From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Montgomery, 10 … | 1787-09-10 | I am honoured with your letter of August 25, and think that a letter addressed to Mr. Jay on the... |
| 78911 | Jefferson, Thomas | Harrison, Samuel Jordan | Thomas Jefferson to Samuel J. Harrison, 2 April 1812 | 1812-04-02 | Your letter of Mar. 12. was not recieved till yesterday. it has given me the deepest concern.... |
| 78912 | Jefferson, Thomas | Lincoln, Levi | From Thomas Jefferson to Levi Lincoln, 24 March 1802 | 1802-03-24 | I had no conception there were persons enough to support a paper whose stomachs could bear such... |
| 78913 | Jefferson, Thomas | McClurg, James | [From Thomas Jefferson to James McClurg, 17 March 1784] | 1784-03-17 | [ Annapolis, 17 Mch. 1784 . Entry in SJL reads: “Mc.Lurg. Ballons—Fox and North—Secy. F.A.... |
| 78914 | Jefferson, Thomas | Stark, Edwin | Thomas Jefferson to Edwin Stark, 20 February 1817 | 1817-02-20 | A letter just recieved from mr Theus Collector of Charleston informs me he had forwarded to... |
| 78915 | Jefferson, Thomas | Jefferson, George | Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 25 March 1809 | 1809-03-25 | My letter by post yesterday desired you to send my goods from Washington by trusty boatmen. I did... |
| 78916 | Jefferson, Thomas | Coxe, Tench | From Thomas Jefferson to Tench Coxe, 17 June 1801 | 1801-06-17 | I have not been inattentive at any time to the considerations which urged the availing the... |
| 78917 | Jefferson, Thomas | Rittenhouse, David | From Thomas Jefferson to David Rittenhouse, 12 August … | 1792-08-12 | At my departure from Philadelphia, I said nothing to you about the Equatorial instrument ,... |
| 78918 | Jefferson, Thomas | Hay, George | From Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 20 August 1807 | 1807-08-20 | I recieved yesterday your favor of the 11th. an error of the post office had occasioned the... |
| 78919 | Jefferson, Thomas | Madison, James | To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1798 | 1798-10-26 | The day after you left us, I sat down and wrote the petition I mentioned to you. It is not yet... |
| 78920 | Jefferson, Thomas | Carr, Peter | Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 7 September 1814 | 1814-09-07 | On the subject of the Academy or College proposed to be established in our neighborhood, I... |
| 78921 | Jefferson, Thomas | Tracy, Elisha | From Thomas Jefferson to Elisha Tracy, 9 August 1808 | 1808-08-09 | Your favor of July 30. was recieved yesterday and I thank you for the information it contained.... |
| 78922 | Jefferson, Thomas | Freneau, Philip | VII. Thomas Jefferson to Philip Freneau, 13 March 1792 | 1792-03-13 | Thomas Jefferson sends to Mr. Frenau a list of persons in Charlottesville who have desired to... |
| 78923 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson’s Essay on New England Religious … | ≈1816-01-10 | you judge truly that I am not afraid of the priests. they have tried upon me all their various... | |
| 78924 | Jefferson, Thomas | Madison, James | To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 28 August 1801 | 1801-08-28 | Your’s of the 26th. by Doctr. Bache came duly to hand: and I now return you all the papers you... |
| 78925 | Jefferson, Thomas | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de | From Thomas Jefferson to Vergennes, 20 January 1786 | 1786-01-20 | I have duly received the honor of your Excellency’s letter of the 18th. instant, and will avail... |
| 78926 | Jefferson, Thomas | Moore, Samuel | From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Moore, 3 March 1825 | 1825-03-03 | My memory is so entirely in default that I do not remember a single circumstance respecting the... |
| 78927 | Jefferson, Thomas | the Senate and the House of Representatives | From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of … | 1802-04-26 | In pursuance of the act entitled ‘ an act supplemental to the act intituled an act for an... |
| 78928 | Jefferson, Thomas | Payments Made by Virginia for the United States, May … | 1780-07-19 | Monies answered for the Continent from May 21. 1779. to July 19. 1780. Quarter master’s departmt.... | |
| 78929 | Jefferson, Thomas | Copeland, David | Thomas Jefferson to David Copeland, 25 June 1809 | 1809-06-25 | I recieved yesterday by your son a copy of a summons in the suit of Gilliam v. Fleming E t al.... |
| 78930 | Jefferson, Thomas | Washington, George | Paragraphs for the President’s Annual Message to … | 1792-10-15 | The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral... |
| 78931 | Jefferson, Thomas | Swan, James | From Thomas Jefferson to James Swan, 23 March 1789 | 1789-03-23 | Mr. Jefferson has the honor to present his compliments to Mr. Swan and to express his regret that... |
| 78932 | Jefferson, Thomas | Gallatin, Albert | From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 24 December … | 1808-12-24 | The cargo, ostensible destination, ownership & other circumstances respecting the ship Lorenzo of... |
| 78933 | Jefferson, Thomas | Jones, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Jones, 26 October 1817 | 1817-10-26 | When I lately addressed you on the subject of a bank at Lynchburg , I little expected to be so... |
| 78934 | Jefferson, Thomas | Weedon, George | From Thomas Jefferson to George Weedon, 11 January 1781 | 1781-01-11 | The enemy moved down the river from Westover yesterday. I wrote by express to Genl. Nelson this... |
| 78935 | Jefferson, Thomas | Duane, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 24 July 1803 | 1803-07-24 | The address of the Ward committees of Philada on the subject of removals from office was recieved... |
| 78936 | Jefferson, Thomas | Lomax, Thomas | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lomax, 12 March 1799 | 1799-03-12 | Your welcome favor of the last month came to my hands in Philadelphia. so long a time has elapsed... |
| 78937 | Jefferson, Thomas | Jefferson, George | Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 1 April 1811 | 1811-04-01 | I recieved last night yours of the 29 . William Johnson of Milton has two boats on the river & is... |
| 78938 | Jefferson, Thomas | Tiffin, Edward | From Thomas Jefferson to Edward Tiffin, 30 January 1808 | 1808-01-30 | Th: Jefferson returns the inclosed to mr. Tiffin with his thanks for the communication. he cannot... |
| 78939 | Jefferson, Thomas | North Carolina Board of War | From Thomas Jefferson to the North Carolina Board of … | 1780-09-23 | I am sorry that it is utterly out of our Power to furnish a single stand of Arms for the Use of... |
| 78940 | Jefferson, Thomas | Pleasants, James | Thomas Jefferson to James Pleasants, 23 December 1822 | 1822-12-23 | According to the requisitions of the law, I now transmit to the President and Directors of the... |
| 78941 | Jefferson, Thomas | Hylton, Daniel L. | From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel L. Hylton, 3 June 1792 | 1792-06-03 | Your favor of May 25. came to hand last night after the departure of the vessel which had brought... |
| 78942 | Jefferson, Thomas | McGruder, J. B. | From Thomas Jefferson to J. B. McGruder, 7 May 1826 | 1826-05-07 | The request, my dear gentlemen; of your letter recieved the day before yesterday, has greater... |
| 78943 | Jefferson, Thomas | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | From Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 3 November 1786 | 1786-11-03 | I have recieved your favor of the second instant . The reason for my importing harness from... |
| 78944 | Jefferson, Thomas | Peyton, Bernard | Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 5 June 1821 | 1821-06-05 | I recieved yesterday a letter from mr Yancey informing me that on the 25 th of May he sent off 7.... |
| 78945 | Jefferson, Thomas | Senate, the | From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 5 January 1802 | 1802-01-05 | The late Secretaries of State and of the Treasury & late Attorney General having been appointed... |
| 78946 | Jefferson, Thomas | Claiborne, William C. C. | From Thomas Jefferson to William C. C. Claiborne, 7 … | 1802-03-07 | I ask the favor of you to deliver the inclosed letters to the President of the Council & Speaker... |
| 78947 | Jefferson, Thomas | Rush, Benjamin | From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 24 March 1801 | 1801-03-24 | I have to acknolege the reciept of your friendly favor of the 12th and the pleasing sensations... |
| 78948 | Jefferson, Thomas | Sullivan, George | From Thomas Jefferson to George Sullivan, 8 February … | 1809-02-08 | I have duly recieved your letter of the 2d. desiring permission to have a machine for spinning... |
| 78949 | Jefferson, Thomas | Gilmer, Francis Walker | Thomas Jefferson to Francis W. Gilmer, 28 February 1816 | 1816-02-28 | I am sorry it is not in my power to furnish you any documents on the subject of the Louisiana... |
| 78950 | Jefferson, Thomas | Randolph, Thomas Mann | From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 22 … | 1808-11-22 | I inclose a letter from Jefferson to Ellen which I presume will inform the family of his health.... |