7951From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 19 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
July 19 An old friend in the shape of St. Anthony has his acquaintance with so much ardour I have not been able to exert myself to day to any purpose—This Eveng however I have read the Rejoind admirable—All nor aught to be so advanced the most nobly defended—The poor Worm must crawl on his belly for the rest of his days and it would be degrading to trample on him and crush him lower—When a man...
7952To James Madison from William Taylor, 19 July 1822 (Madison Papers)
You may have heard of the Consular Appointt. I recd. from the President of the United States to the Port of Vera Cruz. I reached my Port of destination 17th April, remained there 2 days only, and then came on to this place, the Capitol of the Empire of Megico, where I have continued ever since, partly on account of the black vomit having made its appearance in Vera Cruz, and the Castle of San...
7953Thomas Jefferson to Joshua Dodge, 19 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 12 th from N. York , and sincerely congratulate you on your arrival in your native state . I have no doubt the President will consent to the stay which you desire. we expect him daily on a visit to his estate adjoining Monticello , when I shall probably have repeated interviews with him, of which I will avail myself to obtain the permission you ask, which...
7954Frederick D. Tschiffely to Thomas Jefferson, [received 19 July 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
Having an impediment in my speech, permit me to have the honor of addressing you in writing. Not to intrude too long on your time, Sir, I shall be brief & concise. In 1808 I was introduced in public Office by M r Gallatin , with a salary of $310 p r annum; from that I rose gradually to one of $1,400. On the 15 of March 1821 , the Commissioner of the General Land Office dismissed me, by order...
7955Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Waterhouse, 19 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
An antiently dislocated, and now stiffening wrist makes writing an operation so slow and painful to me that I should not so soon have troubled you with an acknolegement of your favor of the 8 th but for the request it contained of my consent to the publication of my letter of June 26 . No, my dear Sir, not for the world. into what a nest of hornets would it thrust my head! the genus irritabile...
7956To John Adams from Mrs. Derby, 18 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
Mrs. Derby presents her respects to Mr. Adams and has the honor to send him a journal she has lately received from her brother, Mr. Foster Coffin in South America. As that country is becoming every day more conspicuous & as so little is known of it in this, she flatters herself that Mr. Adams may find the Minutes kept by her brother an interesting document; & she has great pleasure in...
7957From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 18 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
On the back of my last Letter, I acknowledged the receipt of yours of the 14th. and yesterday came your delightful Journal of the next day—I am charmed to find that you meet with so many friends and acquaintance at Philadelphia; and much more so that Dr Physick, has satisfied himself that there is no dropsy in your case. Commodore Rodgers called on me this Morning to say he was going for...
7958John Gardiner to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I presume to address you at this time because I believe it will be in your power to save a Man (who was once highly respectable & respected) from utter ruin, & because I believe it will give you pleasure to do so. Your friend M r Gallatin did, about the year 1808 or 1810 introduce into the Treasury department a Swiss named Fred k Tschiffely de Wangan , he was born a patrician of the City of...
7959Thomas Jefferson to William H. Keating, 18 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the Account of the new Mineral discovered by yourself and mr Vanuxem , of which you have been so kind as to send me a copy, and more particularly for the honor done my name by the appellation given it. age and a decayed memory have very much weakened my attention to the physical sciences, but nothing can ever weaken my affection to them, and the pleasure with which I...
7960Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane, 18 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 8 th is duly recieved, and will, I fear, add years to my life, if sound sleep contributes to health, and health to the continuance of life. it lifts a burthen from my breast which was oppressing me night & day. I have a numerous family of grandchildren, who are as children in my affections, having been brought up in the house with me; and altho’ my property is considerable...
7961Thomas Jefferson to James Ronaldson, 18 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3 d is duly recieved and with it a copy of the Specimen of your types, for which accept my thanks. altho’ increasing debility warns me that it cannot be long before the transactions of the world will close upon me, yet I feel ardent wishes for the continued progress of science and the arts, and the consequent advancement of the happiness of man. when I look back to Bell ’s...
7962Thomas Jefferson to Robert Sinclair, 18 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the letter of the 8 th and the information with which you favored me. age and debility have necessarily withdrawn me from Agricultural pursuits, but I shall forward your letter to Gov r Randolph , who will doubtless avail himself of it’s purport. he is ardent in whatever relates to agriculture, and is probably the most skilful farmer in our state . Accept the assurance of...
7963Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan Thompson, 18 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 24. was recieved in due time, and I have ever since been endeavoring to get an US. bank -bill to cover the disbursements you were so kind as to make for me for the box of seeds. the bills of that bank , being the only form of remittance of small sums which we can make by mail are very rarely to be had in our inland situation. I have at length got a 5.D. bill which I inclose....
7964To James Madison from John O. Lay, 17 July 1822 (Madison Papers)
I have the pleasure to forward by your Brother’s Waggon a Small Box of Seed which came to hand a few days since. As I have frequent opportunities of sending to your neighborhood, it may perhaps facilitate the transportation of any articles you may wish forwarded through here, by directing them to my care, and, if so, I shall take pleasure in attending to them. I am Sir Very Respy. Your Obt....
7965Walker C. Buckner to Thomas Jefferson, 17 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
My name is Buckner . I am a wayfaring man at present, and am in great necessity. I keep my accompts regularly inserted, and am reputed to be a man of as much veracity, and have as good credit as any man in the state of Virginia . I would wish to borrow thirty dollars of you, and I would make a point of paying you in the fall. I have an estate of two thousand dollars coming to me in the fall,...
7966From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
July 16 Mrs. Jackson and her daughter called late and took Mary to Tea at Mrs. T Willings, from which sh whence she returned at a little after ten oclock; much amused and pleased with two new acquaintance she found, Miss Caroline Jackson, and Miss White, a Grand daughter of the Bishop’s 17 What a ridiculous scrape Judge Johnson has got into in South Carolina! I cannot conceive what his motive...
7967John H. Coleman to Thomas Jefferson, 16 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I flatter myself that you will not be displeased at the liberty I take of troubling you with this communication—There is at this time an interesting and important political question that agitates to a great degree the body politic of our State —And knowing the sincere and heartfelt interest that you have ever entertained for our common Country; I have concluded that you might not be...
7968Francis Glass to Thomas Jefferson, 16 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Etsi Tibi forsitan ignotus sim, tamen quibusdam de causis literas hasce ad Te mittere sum ausus;—Sperans tam illustrem tamque doctum Virum ausa mea boni consulturum.—In præsentiâ adstrictus sum scribendo illustrissimi Ducis Præsidisque Georgii Washingtonii Vitam , in usum classicorum discentium, in hisce civitatibus nostris Americanis fœderatis. Opus ejusmodi (ni multùm fallor,) valdè...
7969Louis Petit to Thomas Jefferson, 16 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai l’honneur d’exposer bien humblement, à Sa Graçe, que mon Pére étoit Negociant de Lyon en France , et qui ayant été Compris par le gouvernement dans des affaires politiques, a été non Seulement obligé de quitter le pays Natal, mais d’abandonner tous ses biens, meubles, et immeubles, qui depuis plusieurs ans de travau, et industrie avoit accumulé pour le Soutient d’une nombreuse famille,...
7970From John Adams to Thomas Greenleaf, 15 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
The resolutions of the Town of Quincy passed on the same day and presented to me by you in their Name are perfectly satisfactory and demand my affectionate gratitude. The harmony and unanimity with which the Town have accepted the instrument of conveyance, and their approbation of the restrictions, limitations, and conditions expressed in it, is very gratifying to me and receives my best...
7971To John Adams from James Miller, 15 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit to you, herewith, the Book which I promised, the last time I had the pleasure of seeing you, called the Cheerokee Spelling Book, or a digest of the Cheerokee Language, this Book got misplaced among the Cheerokees, & I have been unable to procure it untill the present time, which will account to you, for the delay in forwarding it— I have the honor to be, Sir,...
7972From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 15 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your affectionate remembrance of my birthday—We passed it as pleasantly as circumstances would admit at Mr Frye’s; but I was not very well that day and was more than usually overpowered by the heat—On returning home too we were caught in a thunder–shower and throughly drenched. The Metropolis is daily thinning off—The Secretary of the Navy and family are gone—The President goes...
7973From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
This morning Dr. Physick to whom I have submitted myself informed me that my complaint had nothing to do with Dropsy whatever; but that nothing could be done for me unless I would undergo an operation, which would be momentary; but cannot be performed until Cooler weather: after which he will ensure me better health than I have had for years— My brothers is exactly similar; excepting that his...
7974From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
July 15th. Mr Sergeant called and talked of Paris in such exstacies, that my old suspicion returned as it regards a foreign Mission—Ewing told me that Mr. Calhoun was gone to Newport—We heard he was not going—rode out on the Ridge road which is lined with beautiful Country seats one of which Sergeant has hired for the Summer. He seems desirous of purchasing it as he say’s Country Seats are dog...
7975From James Madison to George Tucker, 15 July 1822 (Madison Papers)
I recd. some days ago your letter of May 16, accompanied by the volume of Essays which you caused to be forwarded by Mr. Milligan. I have not been able to give the work more than a very hasty perusal. But I think myself warranted in saying that it contains much valuable matter: and that as a literary performance, it will be among the best answers to the charge of our national deficiency in...
7976To James Madison from Frederick D. Tschiffely, 15 July 1822 (Madison Papers)
Be pleased to receive my present application with the Kindness, that charact[er]ises you. Put into Office by Mr. Gallatin at a salary of $310. per an. I rose gradually to one of $1,400, in the General Land Office. On the 15 of March 1821, I was deprived of that situation, seven children & a wife, left albut without the means of subsistence. I was Dismissed by the order of the Hon. Wm. H....
7977From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 14 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
Your N. 3 arrived yesterday and I thank you for the lines although I cannot say I was much pleased with the close of your Epistle which was too gloomy for my taste—Last Eveng. I accompanied Mr. Walsh to a concert and was delighted with Mr Phillips who has a charming voice and sings with great taste and science—Miss Davis gave us the Mocking Bird, and proved that contrary to common notions on...
7978From John Adams to Andrew Dunlap, 13 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your Oration of the fourth of July 1822. It is so intelligent, eloquent, and pathetick that no ancient eyes can read it without being suffused with tears, and no ancient ears could hear it without a throbing bosom. I remember not to have read any one with more delight; you have made one mistake however Jefferson and Adams were never rivals, it was Hamilton that was the rival of...
7979From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
Yours of the 27th. June is received with pleasure, for the free air of it delights me. Your number of 1267. letters in a year, does not surprise me; I have no list of mine, and I could not make one without a weeks research, and I do not believe I ever received one quarter part of your number. And I very much doubt whether I received in the same year one twelfth part; There are reasons enough...
7980John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 27 th June is received with pleasure, for the free air of it delights me. Your number of 1267. letters in a year, does not surprise me; I have no list of mine, and I could not make one without a weeks research, And I do not believe I ever received one quarter part of your number. And I very much doubt whether I received in the same year one twelfth part; There are reasons enough...