1To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 14 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
I wrote yesterday to you, before the arrival of the post. That brought some blank commissions which I have signed & now forward. Mr. Wagner’s note will explain them. The abuses & waste of public money in the military & naval departments have been so gross, that I do not think we can avoid laying some of them before Congress. I inclose you information of one which is not to be neglected. I have...
2To James Madison from Rufus King, 14 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 August 1801, London. No. 29. Encloses copies of letter from John Turnbull of Turnbull, Forbes, & Company and the order in council referred to therein. Has sent Arrowsmith’s five-volume atlas; plans to forward Faden’s collection of maps and charts as soon as it is completed. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, DD , Great Britain, vol. 9); letterbook copy and copies of enclosures ( NHi : Rufus...
3To James Madison from Larkin Smith, 14 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 August 1801, Ricohoc, King and Queen County. Assumes after reading president’s answer to the New Haven merchants that some removals will be made on political grounds. Recommends Laurence Muse of Hobbs Hole as collector at Norfolk if vacancy occurs there, noting that Muse held office under former administration but was among the few who adhered to republicanism. RC ( DLC ). 3 pp.; docketed...
4From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 10th. came to hand in the morning of the 13th. I shall be glad if the plaisterers arrive soon. it would be too late to engage others, as I should wish the work done under my eye. if they are not set out, and will come off immediately, they may still accomplish the work. or even if one will come we might get him an aid. the plaister of Paris arrived two days ago, and all the...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you a letter from a mr Quarrier of this state asking a military commission. I know little of him, but that he is young, and ought to expect to be merely a commissioned officer. those who recommend him are persons of the first respectability. the abuses in the military & naval departments seem to have been so great, that it will doubtless be indispensable that we bring them in some...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of the 8th. & 10th. came to hand yesterday. with respect to Hopkins’s case, which is the subject of the former, my opinion is generally that when a case is exactly that which the law meant to punish, it is one for which the power of pardon was not intended. but when a case is not that which the law meant to make criminal, & yet happens to be within it’s letter, there is proper...
7From Thomas Jefferson to “Nicholas Geffroy,” 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 1st. inst. came to hand here yesterday. no apologies are necessary from my fellow citizens for addressing to me either facts or opinions. on the contrary I am always glad to recieve them, claiming the indulgence of not being required to write special answers (which would be really impossible) except where they require something further to be done. your letter mentions an...
8From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
On the day of your departure we recieved the packages of our groceries, towit from 1. to 7. and from 9. to 12. No. 8. is wanting being a barrel containing 15. loaves of sugar & 60. ℔ of coffee. the receipt given by the boatman expresses only 11. packages, which he delivered. I presume therefore the other one is still with you or has been delivered to some other boatman. it may be forwarded...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Levi Lincoln, 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last by a letter from Brown the Navy agent in Boston I have his accont of the condemnation, sale & repairs of the Berceau, excepting the cost which, at present, he is not able to furnish but which he will forward as soon as it is in his power—The words of the instruction are different from what I supposed they were. I supposed them to have been expressed, as Brown considered the...
10From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 14 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote yesterday to you, before the arrival of the post. that brought some blank commissions which I have signed & now forward. mr Wagner’s note will explain them. The abuses & waste of public money in the military & naval departments have been so gross, that I do not think we can avoid laying some of them before Congress. I inclose you information of one which is not to be neglected. I have...