11To Thomas Jefferson from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 15 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
An application was this day made to us to grant Lots at a cash price, and permit the value to be laid out in improving F Street north from the President’s Square to 11th. Street west, along E Street north to 8th Street west, and to Pennsylvania Avenue. We are of opinion that the Improvement of F Street north as far as 11th Street west, and to the Avenue would be highly advantageous; but, while...
12To Thomas Jefferson from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 10 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Since we had the honor of addressing to you our memorial relative to the affairs of the City, we wrote to Mr. L’Enfant, and received his answer, copies of which we take the liberty of enclosing to you, with the memorial to which his letter refers—We send the Original, not knowing whether Mr. L’Enfant has before transmitted a Duplicate to the President, and we request this may be returned after...
13To Thomas Jefferson from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 19 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to the information given in our memorial of the 4th. Instant we have held a sale of Lots for ready money which we kept open ten days—It has produced by actual sales $4234, and by payments made by Debtors to prevent their property from being sold $7613, making together $11,847—yet our expenditures have been such as to leave at this time no more than $5,880 in our hands—. During the...
14To Thomas Jefferson from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 6 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
William Rhodes having raised a frame for the purpose of a stable within eight feet of the building in which this Office is kept, and little more than twelve feet of the Office of the Clerk of Washington County, and still nearer than either to another brick building, the Commissioners on the 10th. ulto. wrote him the Letter, A. whereupon Mr. Rhodes agreed with a Gentleman for liberty to place...
15To Thomas Jefferson from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 8 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
We received by last post a Letter from the Governor of Maryland , and not having it in our power to pay the interest due to the State we have agreeably to the Governors request transmitted his letter with the inclosures to the President of the United States— We are with sentiments of the highest respect Sir Yr. mo. Obt. Servts RC ( DLC ); in Dalton’s hand, signed by Dalton and White; at foot...
16To Thomas Jefferson from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 9 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
We have just received your Note with Mr. Carrolls letter to you, and several letters which had passed between the Commissioners, Mr. Carroll and Mrs. Fenwick respecting the removal of Mrs. Fenwicks houses—Our Sentiments of that measure are fully expressed in those letters, and we have not changed them; they would remain the same, if we had the sole authority in the case, which we do not...
17To Thomas Jefferson from the District of Columbia Commissioners, 11 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with your wishes as intimated to us, we transmit to you copies of the Acts of the late Presidents Washington and Adams directing the conveyance of the streets, and public appropriations in the City of Washington to the Commissioners agreeably to the Act of Congress entitled An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States. We are...