Samuel Smith (of Maryland) to Thomas Jefferson, 16 June 1822
From Samuel Smith (of Maryland)
Baltimore 16: June 1822
Dr sir
I had the pleasure to recieve your kind letter of the 10th Inst yesterday—Mr George Hebb is personally known to me. he is a good Democrat, of fair Character, and respectable. he is however One of those would be Politicians, to whom I would advise your Answer to be in the general, and referring to the Enquirer, he might wish by publishing to show a Correspondence with you, he is a political friend of mine, & Corresponds with me, whilst I am in Congress:
I understand by a letter from Doctor Eustis, that Mrs Dearborne demurrs to going to Lisbon, where she had formerly been with Govr Bowdoin (her former husband) if he does not accept, a letter from you to the President might be of use—or I might go to Madrid in place of Mr Forsyth who means to Come home, altho: I should not be so well pleased with Madrid as with Lisbon, our affairs with Spain are not on a pleasant footing—I cannot ask Mr Madison. a letter from him would be important
I understand by a letter from Mr Crawford that the first quarter of 1822 gives a Nett Revenue of $939.000 more than that of 1821—and the Debenters amount to less than he had Contemplated—I am Dr sir
S. Smith
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 22 June 1822 and so recorded in SJL.
In this context debentures (debenters) are government bonds bearing interest ( ).
Index Entries
- Bowdoin, James (1752–1811); mentioned search
- Congress, U.S.; mentioned search
- Crawford, William Harris; as secretary of the treasury search
- Dearborn, Henry; as minister plenipotentiary to Portugal search
- Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin (James Bowdoin’s widow; Henry Dearborn’s third wife); in Lisbon search
- Eustis, William; mentioned search
- Forsyth, John; as minister plenipotentiary to Spain search
- Hebb, George; S. Smith (of Md.) on search
- Madison, James (1751–1836); and appointments search
- Monroe, James (1758–1831); and appointments search
- Richmond Enquirer (newspaper); and “A Native of Virginia” search
- Smith, Samuel (of Maryland); as chairman of House Ways and Means Committee search
- Smith, Samuel (of Maryland); letters from search
- Smith, Samuel (of Maryland); on character of G. Hebb search
- Smith, Samuel (of Maryland); seeks diplomatic appointment search
- Spain; and U.S. search
- United States; and Spain search
- United States; net revenue of search
- “A Native of Virginia” (pseudonym); TJ’s replies to search