7981To James Madison from John S. Skinner, 3 July 1822 (Madison Papers)
A Sample of tobacco—such as has been sold recently in the Baltimore Market at $35. per Cwt: with the best respects of your obedt Sert. RC ( DLC ). Addressed by Skinner to JM “late President U.S. Orange Court House,” and franked. Docketed by JM: “Skinner, J. S.” On a slip of paper adhered to the middle of Skinner’s letter is an undated draft of JM’s reply, the RC of which is printed at 20 July...
7982Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I have fallen short about 60 sheets of Tin of the quantity wanting, if you will be so good as to loan me that quantity I will return it, as Soon as I can get a box from Richmond , by leting in it come in your cart that comes for the cuting machine you will oblige Sir your ob t Sev t RC ( CSmH: JF ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “ J Thomas Jefferson
7983James Ronaldson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing you take a lively interest in all that is goeing forward in the United States , marking the improvements, and their progress towards independence of other countries, for whatever is necessary or usefull, I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy of my latest specimen of Printing type thinking it will suffer nothing from a comparison with any thing of the kind; perhaps I view it...
7984N. N. Wilkinson (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 3 July 1822, with Jefferson’s Notes (Jefferson Papers)
By M r Harlow ’s boats you will receive, 4 Blls. herrings, 2 Bundles 20 d nail rods 2 do. 8 d & 3 6 Bundles of the sizes between making in all 10 Bundles— if delivered in good order pay frght: as customary— B Peyton By N. N. Wilkinson P.S. I could find no Shad but those with heads on, I therefore bought none— Notes by TJ on verso:
7985From James Madison to Thomas Ritchie, 2 July 1822 (Madison Papers)
I recd. some time ago a letter from Mr. H. G. Spafford at Ballston Spa N.Y. in which he says “I wish your Booksellers would encourage me to write a Gazetteer of Virga. I could travel all over the State, collect materials, & prepare the work for the press, in about 2 years on a salary of $1000 a year, & a few copies of the work.” I answered that I could not undertake to judge how far a...
7986Thomas Jefferson to William T. Barry, 2 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 15 th of June is recieved, and I am very thankful for the kindness of it’s expressions respecting myself. but it ascribes to me merits which I do not claim. I was one only of a band devoted to the cause of independance, all of whom exerted equally their best endeavors for it’s success, and have a common right to the merits of it’s acquisition. so also in the civil revolution...
7987Thomas Jefferson to Julius A. Bingham, 2 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 24. is recieved. age, debility and the manual pai difficulty and pain of writing, have obliged me to withdraw from every thing possible which requires writing, and especially from every thing political; on which subject I read nothing, but leave the future to the generation which it concerns. they are to feel the good and the evil of measures, and therefore have alone the...
7988Thomas Jefferson to Dodge & Oxnard, 2 July [1822] (Jefferson Papers)
July 2. after I had sent my duplicate of June 11. with a P.S. of yesterday to the Post office, I recieved a letter of June 24. from mr Vaughan informing me he had that day remitted you by duplicates mr Girard ’s bill for 960. franks: that my original to you of June 11. was
7989Thomas Jefferson to William Lambert, 2 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to mr Lambert for the paper he has been so kind as to inclose to him for the University of Virginia , which shall be taken care of for that Institution. as to himself he has long since withdrawn his mind from all attention to difficult subjects, finding that lighter reading is more congenial with the quiet & repose which age and debility now render his summum...
7990Thomas Jefferson to Thomas L. McKenney, 2 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to mr M c Kenny for the kind expressions of his note of June 26. but age, debility and for his attention in sending him a copy of his Prospectus . but age, debility and an aversion to politics have for some time withdrawn him from every thing of that character. he reads but one newspaper , and that of his own state , and for the sake of the advertisements...
7991William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
It has been a long time since I have had this pleasure. It was on the 5 th of Dec r in acknowlegement of your kind & friendly favor of the 24 th Nov r . I there agreeably to your request gave you some account of your old friend Charles Thompson . I have accidentally within a few days spoken with a gentleman who went to pass a day with him, & I availed myself of this to make further enquiry for...
7992Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Smith (of Maryland), 2 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 16. is recieved. altho’ I have almost universally declined embarrassing the government with sollicitations of mine on behalf of either persons or subjects, yet no rule of that kind shall stand in the way of rendering you any service I can. I will only request (in order to avoid an useless sollicitation ) that you will be so g ood as to drop me a line in the case of Gen l...
7993Thomas Jefferson to John Vaughan, 2 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of June 24. and I now inclose you two copies of my letter to Dodge which I hope he will still recieve in time to have my wines here before the winter storms set in. — can you tell me any thing of Correa ? I salute you with thanks for your kindnesses and assurances of my constant friendship and respect. PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address cover of William W....
7994From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 1 July 1822 (Adams Papers)
Is Hugh Nelson going to Mexico? What is to become of Genl S.—? Nobody suits here but Poinsett—Surely this must be Back Stairs—I know you will not answer one of these questions but God Bless you. MHi : Adams Papers.
7995From James Madison to Julius A. Bingham, 1 July 1822 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 24. Ul. with it a Copy of the prospectus to which it relates. The collective form in which the proposed Documents are to be printed, will doubtless be a recommendation of the work. But most of them have been so often before the public in other forms that the success of the publication might be questionable without an interesting addition of original matter. This...
7996William H. Keating to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Although I have not the honour of your acquaintance, I take the liberty, of trespassing upon your time, to offer you the enclosed pamphlet, which contains, I believe, the description of the first new American mineral, discovered and described by Americans— In dedicating it to you, M r Vanuxem and I have gladly seized the first opportunity of manifesting the feelings of veneration, which we, in...
7997Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
My last letter will carry you the bill of exchange, which I carelessly omitted in the one preceding it . I hand herewith your ℀ current to date, agreeable to your request , which I have no doubt will be found correct.— Your last dft: favor A Robertson for $66 has not yet appeared, nor has the bundle or bill from Petersburg yet appeared.— I have found no Boat to take your Herrings Shad...
7998From Johnson Hellen to John Adams, June 1822 (Adams Papers)
which was evinced at is not at ated reacted and identified rtant question, or resul interest which we ally take in these say, but certain it time of the fight be ake and tha so intense an the Union. Your g enerally well. Your h as been complaining part of a bad head ds many of his evenings other—goes and always
7999Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, [by 4 June 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
With considerable deficulty I have ingaged the 20 barrills corn at 20/. per barril the price is from 4$ to 4$ 50 Cts . Mr Rogers would not take less than 4$ 50. the payment for the 20 barrills is to be made at August Court . I could not get any longer time Thare is at charlottesville a horse drover immediately from Missoue Missourie with some Chickasaw horsis and one young mule he offers to...
8000Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on University of Virginia Building Expenses, [June 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
D. Average 6 . pavilions have cost 52,713 4 . d o will cost 33,563 10 86.276 8,628 2 . hotels
8001From John Adams to William Tudor, Jr., 30 June 1822 (Adams Papers)
In answer to yours, of the 15. June and to the first question in it, I am not able from memory to satisfy your curiosity, but if you can ascertain the time when Coll. Otis was appointed chief Justice of the inferior court for the county of Barnstable, a few months before that was the period you seek, and if I remember right Hutchinsons choice to the agency of the Province was during the same...
8002To John Adams from William Taylor Barry, 30 June 1822 (Adams Papers)
A few days since I forwarded to you by Mail a printed Circular, the object of which is to gain information to enable the Legislature of this State, to fix on the best practicable plan for the education of our youth, for which liberal appropriations were made at their last Session. It was with reluctance that we ventured to intrude on your leisure; and it is not wished that our request should...
8003To James Madison from William T. Barry, 30 June 1822 (Madison Papers)
A fiew days ago I sent you by the Mail a printed Circular; the object of which is to gain information as to the best plan of establishing Schools & Acadamies for the education of the youth of Kentucky. The importance of the subject must be my apology for this liberty. I was reluctant to intrude upon your leisure or to tax your time; nor is it wished that our application to you for information...
8004John Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
On 24. I rem d to M Dodge S Girard s Bill for 960 fs at 5 20/ for which I paid him 184. 61 I rec d
8005Enclosure: William Lambert’s Methods of Calculating the Moon’s Parallaxes, 27–28 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
To find the Moon’s parallaxes in longitude and latitude, independent of the altitude and longitude of the nonagesimal . An example will be taken from the report relative to the longitude of the City of Washington , in the case of the immersion of η Pleiadum, (Alcyone) October 20 th 1804 . With the Moon’s true longitude, 56.° 26.′ 12.″ 93, latitude 4.° 30.′ 25.″ 30. dec. N. and the obliquity of...
8006From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 28 June 1822 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Hopkinson came yesterday to see me and in the evening accompanied me to the Academy of Arts which is prettily arranged as you already know but it is said to be better this year than common—There are two Salvator Rosa’s belonging to Count Survilier that are very fine an excellent likeness of Poleteca one of Mr Calhoun and a striking likeness of Mrs. Bloomfield which is really a beautiful...
8007From James Madison to Samuel B. H. Judah, 28 June 1822 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. & looked over the poem accompanying your favor of the 14th. Altho’ candor will not permit me to bestow on it, unqualified praise, justice requires that I should not say less than that it exhibits a strength of thought & flights of genius, which time & taste may render worthy of the poetic rank to which the youthful author aspires. With respects & good wishes Draft ( DLC ).
8008William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, 28 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The method of determining the longitude of any place by occultations, and solar eclipses, has been, and perhaps, always will be considered among the best for that purpose. It must be acknowledged, that the process is tedious and laborious; but the accuracy of the results, when due care is taken in the operation, will amply compensate for the trouble of computing the necessary elements. In this...
8009To John Adams from Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1822 (Adams Papers)
Your kind letter of the 11th. has given me great satisfaction for altho’ I could not doubt but that the hand of age was pressing heavily on you, as on myself, yet we like to know the particulars and the degree of that pressure. much reflection too has been produced by your suggestion of lending my letter of the 1st. to a printer. I have generally great aversion to the insertion of my letters...
8010To John Adams from John Phillips, 27 June 1822 (Adams Papers)
The Mayor of the City of Boston, most respectfully solicits the Honor of President Adams’ company, on the evening of the fourth of July. The presence of that venerable and illustrious Citizen, whose prophetic spirit, so clearly discerned, and whose patriotic exertion, so largely contributed, to obtain the blessings of Independence, would confer an high obligation and awaken the most grateful...