79331From Thomas Jefferson to John Patten Emmet, 30 May 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
On mention being made to me. of the contribution of 5. D required from the Students of Chemistry it occurred at once that this must be for an article for which the Visitors had made other provision, of which you had had no information, it happened that no circumstance had occur d to produce the mention of it to you. I now send you extracts from the journals by which you will learn that they...
79332From Thomas Jefferson to James Lyle, 17 September 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
According to request I have examined here my papers respecting the bond to R. Harvie, and a memorandum in writing given me by him during the interval of his visit to this neighborhood preceding his death, enables me to add the following facts & observations to those contained in my note of July 22 1795, furnished to you. the difficulties in R. Harvie’s account respect those sums of £25, of £19...
79333Thomas Jefferson to Theodorick Bland, 26 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 18 th was recieved yesterday. the state of our University is such that we cannot say when it will be opened. the buildings for the professors and students will all be finished the ensuing winter. but their erection will have left us very largely indebted, and if to be paid out of the annuity settled on it, it will be many years before it will be free. it is believed however...
79334From Thomas Jefferson to John Nimmo, 5 July 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I am an entire stranger to the depositions which are the subject of your letter of June 10. having never seen them, nor knowing where they are. I have never taken any part in the dissensions of your place, and my inclinations and duties equally forbid me to exercise any agency in procuring depositions or otherwise for either party. this must be my apology for declining a compliance with your...
79335From Thomas Jefferson to Gurdon S. Mumford, 26 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 18. was duly rec d and it’s contents read with great pleasure. altho in so extensive a range of acqce as that to which our revoln has given birth, there may not be a ground of continued correspdce with every individual with whom it connected us in action, yet we are glad once in a while to hear that our old fellow laborer are alive and well, I have not omitted, when oppties...
79336From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 20 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I gave a note last August or September to Craven Peyton for 558. D 14 c payable at your counting house some time this month. the session of Congress & the season occasioning accumulated demands on me, I wrote to ask him if the note was still in his own hands, to let it lie over according to his convenience, but whenever necessary for him, it should be paid. he writes me he had just sent it to...
79337Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 2 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 25 th mr Carr ’s of the 24 th and mr Appleton ’s were all recieved the day before yesterday when the two Sculptors also arrived: on information of the calls to which you had been subjected on account of the University of Virginia , our Proctor happening to be in Richmond , I forwarded to him an order
79338Thomas Jefferson to John Brockenbrough, 15 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved duly your favor of the 3 d and about the same time one from mr Harvie of the same purport with your’s respecting his bond for 176.90 D now due . I now inclose you the bond, the amount of which, if paid to mess rs Gibson & Jefferson of Richmond , will be the same as if paid to myself, and will give you the least trouble. I cannot pass over this occasion of writing to you, without...
79339From Thomas Jefferson to John Rea, 2 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Drapery for the tops of 4. windows (no curtains being desired) somewhat in the stile here drawn. Of crimson damask silk, lined with green and a yellow fringe. there are in the House of representatives 2. small prints with drapery in this style, which will give a just idea of what is desired. the architraves of the windows are exactly 6. feet from out to out. Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr...
79340Thomas Jefferson to Robert Hanna, 16 January 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
A letter from you, dear Sir, comes to me like one from the tombs of the dead, so long is it since I have had any evidence that you were still in the land of the living, and so few are now so who were fellow laborers in the struggle for the liberation of our country. and I rejoice to find that advancing years are the only assailants on your health mentioned in your letter. time as well as ill...