79051To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Beale Ewell, 1 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
After reflecting on that liberality which it is generally stated, often leads your excellency to encourage the honest endeavours of young men, and after adverting to the letter you honored me with on the 28th of last october in which you express a “ friendly disposition to aid me by any suitable appointment that might occur ” I cannot avoid believing that you will readily pardon me for again...
79052From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 25 January 1787 (Adams Papers)
I have received your Letters of December 20. and Jan. 11. by Coll Franks.— The whole of the Business shall be dispatched, and Coll Franks Sent to Congress as you propose, as soon as possible. I have prepared a Draught of a joint Letter to M r Barclay, and Signed it, concerning M r Lamb, and shall inclose it to you with this. As to the Treaty with Portugal, the Chevalier De Pinto’s Courier whom...
79053To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Jared Ingersoll, 21 October 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
your kind letter of the 16. instant, recieved to day, induces me to trouble you again for the purpose of sending you another copy of a tract of which I now learn for the first time that you never recieved that which I forwarded by post to your address about this time last year— Some of my friends, particularly M r Short, M r Harris, and formerly M r Rush, having occasionally gratified a...
79054David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inform you that the Attorney General is not yet arrived at Washington . Mr. Coles , to whom I delivered your packet for Mr Rodney , informs me, that he has lost all his furniture on board a vessel, destined for this city, which has been lately wrecked— I was obliged to return from Monticello , by Richmond , where I had the pleasure of meeting Messrs Coles and Cabell .
79055To Thomas Jefferson from John Barnes, 16 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to thank you Sir—which I most Sincerely do, for your very flattering & honorable introduction of me, to Genl M —with his very polite & immediate Answer —but, Situated as my Store and Accts are—and probably will be untill spring—(for I have had no Offers—nor purchasers), nor person—in whom to confide in—Such a Charge—I am of Necessity Obliged to decline Accepting so favorable an...
79056To Thomas Jefferson from Zachariah Poulson, 1 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The President of the United States— 1806. To Z. Poulson. Dr. Jany. 1. For the American Daily Advertiser, } $18.00 from Jan. 1, 1804 to Jan. 1, 1806, Note in TJ’s hand : Apr. 15. 1806. gave ord. on J. Vaughan to be paid of the remittance made him Jan. 14. MHi : Coolidge Collection.
79057To Thomas Jefferson from “An Observer”, before 10 April 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
It is observed that frost stops the progress of the malignant or yellow fever Is it not probable that the frosty air of an ice house would have the same effect upon a person in that disease RC ( DLC ); partially dated; endorsed by TJ as received from “Anon.” on 10 Apr. and “yellow fever” and so recorded in SJL . The same correspondent, writing from New York under the pseudonym “An Old Woman,”...
79058To Thomas Jefferson from Peachy Ridgeway Gilmer, 5 December 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
The Executor of the late M r William A Burwell has employed, an artist, to erect, a monument over his remains, in Maryland: the work is compleated, except the inscription: conversing, a few days since, with my friend M r Radford on the subject, he suggested, that you perhaps, would confer on M r Burwells relations, and friends, the favour, either to furnish an inscription, or to refer me to...
79059To Thomas Jefferson from the General Assembly of North Carolina, 14 February 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
The General Assembly of North Carolina by joint Resolve of both Houses, have directed us to lay before your Excellency the Situation of the Affairs of this State, which since the Commencement of the War with Britain have not been at a more critical Period. Lord Cornwallis irritated with the Blow struck at one of his principal Partizans by General Morgan hath penetrated into the Heart of the...
79060To Thomas Jefferson from Eleanor Sheed, 18 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Excelency will I hope easily pardon this intrusion, when you are acquainted, it is the pen of a female that addresses, and solicites your attention for a few moments-And, who nothing should have tempted Most worthy Sir to this freedom; but my ill state of health, joined to the absence of my husband, and a hope of your Excelencies permission to leave the State. I have been inform’d a Flagg...
79061To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Stanhope Smith, [March? 1779] (Jefferson Papers)
I have had a transient view of a general scheme of education for this state, which I am informed was so far approved by the last Assembly as to be submitted to the consideration of the people and referred to a future session. The nature of the design must recommend it to every lover of learning and of his country; the idea was greatly imagined; and the whole plan bears an impression of the...
79062To Thomas Jefferson from Harry Innes, 25 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty of inclosing to you a Pamphlet written on the causes & effects which produced the seperation of Kentucky from Virginia. On reading the Narrative you will readily discover the object which induced it to be written. I flatter myself it will produce two events—1st. it will preserve facts important to the historian who shall hereafter write a complete history of the U....
79063To Thomas Jefferson from Caspar Wistar, 17 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to present to you Mr Thos. Benger a native of Newfoundland who has resided many years near this city & is greatly respected here—He will be interesting to you on account of his efforts to improve the mode of preparing our black oak bark for exportation as a dye stuff & he goes to Washington to apply for a patent for his improvement. As Mr Benger can give you more information than I...
79064To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Barnes, 16 June 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
P.S. In regard to Political affairs Mr. Jefferson will have been informed—of all the extraordinary new order of things in Europe, opposite what was hoped from the French revolution by the friends of mankind— Of the French being in Possession of Naples & Calabria, & Joseph Napoleon having been Acknowledged tho’ not yet Crown’d King of the two Sicilies—at Naples— Of the English being in Sicily,...
79065Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, [received 19 December 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
I send you the proctors acc t for sums paid from april to october last. also a statement of what is due from the University V a to Undertakers to Nov: 30 t 1822 and all the proposals I have received for the work of the Library as yet Mess rs Dinsmore & Neilson I suppose will hand you in proposals for all the woodwork— I have had some conversation with Thorn & Chamberlain
79066To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Lewis, Jr., 27 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Lewis presents his respects to Mr. Jefferson, and assures him of his particular attention to the Letter from Germany —He has some recollection of the Family alluded to, and will take the earliest opportunity after his return to Loudoun of waiting upon them RC ( MHi ); addressed: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 27 Mch. and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure not...
79067To Thomas Jefferson from William Lambert, 17 April 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Philadelphia, 17 Apr. 1792 . John Roney, a former lieutenant in the Virginia line of the Continental Army, and Michael Ford, who was trained in a merchant’s counting house and writes a very good hand, both clerks to the Commissioner of Loans for Virginia who were formerly in the office of the Commissioner of Accounts for that state, regard their employment as precarious and wish to obtain...
79068To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Tornquist, 27 December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Some of the most respectable Persons in this Town, having recommanded to me to write a few Lines to you Sir, assuring me I may depend on it that you will, not only excuse the liberty of my addressing you, but that I may also flatter myself to be favoured with a reply. The fact is, a Brother-in-law of mine abroad is in possession of a compleat phisical, chimical, and astronomical Apparatus, fit...
79069To Thomas Jefferson from William Lee, 14 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Wm Lee presents his respects to the President of the United States and begs he will do him the honor to accept the four medals accompanying this [Note in TJ’s hand:] Sep. 12. 1804. wines &c—778.50₶=146. D Oct. 22. Nov. 26. 05. vin de Cahusac. sec. < hermitage >
79070To Thomas Jefferson from David Holmes, 8 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been requested to recommend Mr. Robt. Moss of Alexandria for the appointment of Marshal of this District, from the charactor and deportment of this Gentleman I beleive his application entitled to consideration and therefore take the liberty to mention him as a candidate for the Office in the event of Mr. Breents resignation I am Sir with great respect & regard Your ob St DNA : RG...
79071To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Price, 4 May 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Having been informed that you intended in the last month to sail for America, I am doubtful whether these lines will ever find you. Supposing it however possible that you may not yet have left Paris, I cannot help taking the opportunity now offer’d me to acknowledge the reception of the letter with which you honoured me February last and in which you have been so good as to give me an account...
79072To Thomas Jefferson from David Bushnell, [13] October 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
In the latter part of the year, one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, I received a letter from Colonel David Humphreys, and soon after, another from Doctor Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College, in Connecticut, informing me, that your Excellency desired an account of my submarine vessel, and the experiments which I had made. At the time I received those letters, I was seized with a...
79073To Thomas Jefferson from William Neilley, 27 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
At a meeting of a number of the citizens of Franklin and its vicinity in the county of Williamson, Major William Neilley in the chair, the following address and resolutions were unanimously adopted. At a moment like the present, when rumors prevail in the Atlantic states, calculated to excite suspicions of the fidelity of the western inhabitants to the general Union, the citizens of Franklin...
79074Lady Virginia Murray to Thomas Jefferson, [before 29 November 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
I am at a loss how to begin a Letter in the which I am desirous of stating claims that may long since have been forgotten—but which I think no time can really annihilate until fufilment has followed the promise—I imagine you must have heard that during my Father the late Earl of Dunmore’s residence in America —I was born— & that the Assembly then sitting at Williamsburg requested I might be...
79075To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 30 May 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 30 May 1788 . Contents of TJ’s letter of 15 May and TJ’s personal recollection of Dumas are equally precious to him; has communicated what appeared proper to friends of America at The Hague, Amsterdam, and particularly Leiden, where he hopes the Gazette will show what good use he tried to make of it. Stadtholder and family set off yesterday for Cleves, where the king of Prussia will...
79076To Thomas Jefferson from Harrison Hall, 9 December 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of handing you above my account for the Port Folio for the last two years the account of which or such part thereafter as may be conveniently enclosed may be transmitted by Mail Should you think proper to make the advance for 1826 one note of $20 will answer the purpose.— I would be happy to supply you with a complete copy of the Port Folio since its commencement in 1800 for...
79077To Thomas Jefferson from David Humphreys, 30 November 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
As soon as my baggage was landed, I wrote a note to M. de Pinto, advising that I was charged with the delivery of a letter from you to him, and requesting the honor of being informed at what time it would be convenient for His Excellency to receive it. To this he gave an extremely polite answer, and fixed upon the 25th of this Month at his House in Junqueira. I accordingly waited on him, and,...
79078To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 15 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose the letter of the Agent of the U.S. in Louisiana announcing the decision of the Commissioners, Lucas’s reasons of dissent, and the Attorney general’s opinion. A legislative remedy is liable to the objection, that it seems to admit that the construction of the law was doubtful, and might be attacked by some as retrospective. Instructions covering the Atty. Gen.’s opinion may be...
79079Jonathan & Thomas Foster to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
We have taken the liberty to send you one of the first papers of the Constellation, and cannot help expressing a wish, that you may so approbate it as to become its patron, Gen l John Smith , our representative, is one of our worthy patrons, & holds a Prospectus RC ( MHi ); adjacent to closing: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 17 Jan. 1810 and so recorded in SJL ....
79080To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 6 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you on the 3d. ulto. from Madrid announcing to you my arrival there on the 1st. Since then M. Carmichael and myself have written to you a joint letter of the 19th. ulto. informing you of such circumstances as had then taken place concerning the business with which we are jointly charged—and particularly of the nomination of M. de Gardoqui to treat with us. We...