1Pardon for John Moore, [11 May 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that John Moore, of the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, was, at a Circuit Court held in November last, for the said County, convicted of a Misdemeanor, and was thereupon sentenced by the said Court to pay a fine of fifty cents and the costs of his prosecution, And Whereas it is further represented that the said John Moore is from poverty...
2Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 11 May 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honour of duly receiving your obliging favour of the 9 th of February last . You have been pleased to correspond with me much on the subject of your portrait. Being very desirous to obtain it, and fearing that M r Stuart will never be prevailed upon to give up yours, I avail myself of your kind offer to receive in your house, any Artist I might send to further my Work. Accordingly I...
3William Lee to Thomas Jefferson, 11 May 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to inclose you a letter from Mr. Gard , professor at the Deaf and Dumb College in this city . He is considered in this country as a phenomenon for though deaf and dumb he is familiar with every branch of Science and literature—he wrote the inclosed himself, and brought it to me to correct but I thought it best to make no alteration in it. There is no one Sir who can appreciate his...