1From John Jay to Jedidiah Morse, 28 February 1797 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav[ore] d . with yours of the 14 ult. and also with the one which accompanied the Set of your Geography, for which be pleased to accept my Thanks.— It gives me Pleasure to learn that you will endeavour at least to prepare for a History of the American Revolution. To obtain competent and exact Information on the Subject, is not the least arduous part of the Task— it will require...
2To John Jay from Jedidiah Morse, 14 January 1797 (Jay Papers)
Soon after I had the honour of receiving your Letter wh[ic]h accompanied the Laws of N York, I wrote you by a vessel bound to N. York & accompanied my Letter with a Sett of the last Edit[io] n of my Geog[raph] y . in boards for your acceptance. It was as long ago as October last. I hope they reached you safely. The hint you dropped when I last saw you, relative to my undertaking to write the...
3From Alexander Hamilton to Jedidiah Morse, [4 January 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
You will confer a favour upon me by permitting me to render you the little service which may be in my power on the present occasion & without compensation. Be assured it will give real pleasure & let that be my recompence. Mr. Kent & I have conferred on your affair. It is necessary for us to see the book in question in order to a safe opinion. Can one be had? With respect & esteem Sir Your...
4To George Washington from Jedidiah Morse, 24 March 1795 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Jedidiah Morse. On 6 April, GW wrote Morse: “Your favor of the 24th ulto, accompanied by two discourses delivered on the day of the National thanksgiving, came duly to hand.”
5To John Adams from Jedidiah Morse, 5 July 1793 (Adams Papers)
Mr Morse presents his most respectful compliments to the Vice President of the United States & begs him to accept of a Sett of his American Universal Geography as a small testimony of that high & sincere esteem & veneration he has for his character & of the grateful sense he entertains of his obligations to the V. President as among the principal instruments of the great national prosperity &...
6To George Washington from Jedidiah Morse, 25 June 1793 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honour herewith to present for your acceptance, a sett of “ The American Universal Geography. ” Compiled under the auspices of your Presidency over the United States, & describing, in a more particular manner, that distinguished country, whh is so deeply indebted to you, sir, for her present tranquillity & happiness—it is a tribute I owe you—& I most cheerfully pay it. I have...
7To Thomas Jefferson from Jedidiah Morse, 25 June 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Charlestown, 25 June 1793 . In conformity to the copyright law, he encloses for deposit in the office of the Secretary of State a copy of The American Universal Geography, of which he is author and proprietor. RC ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); 1 p.; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr. Secretary of State Philadelphia”; endorsed by George Taylor, Jr., as received 1 July 1793. Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826), a...
8From James Madison to Jedidiah Morse, 15 August 1792 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 4th. May, has been so long in hand that I am really sorry to be obliged to acknowledge the receipt of it, without complying with the request it makes. In my present situation, it has not been possible to furnish the information immediately of myself. I have accordingly been obliged to apply by letters to friends in those parts of the Country where the information was to be...
9To James Madison from Jedidiah Morse, 4 May 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 May 1792. Mentioned in Morse’s docket on JM to Morse, 25 Apr. 1792 , and acknowledged in JM to Morse, 15 Aug. 1792 . Reiterates request for information on Virginia for Morse’s American Universal Geography .
10From James Madison to Jedidiah Morse, 25 [April] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 28th. Feby. on the subject of a 2d. edition of your Geography with the chapter concerning Virginia extracted from the 1st. came duly to hand. I have hitherto delayed answering it, in hopes that the adjournment of Congs. & my return to Virginia would afford me leisure & oppy. to execute the little task you allotted me. Finding now that the period within which your new work is...