46521Notes on Navy Appropriations for 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
6. frigates & 1. schooner in commission including repairs & contingencies } 476,874.86 7. frigates in ordinary (includ. rep. & conting.) 100,042.34. half pay to officers not in service 14,136. Genl. contingencies ( exclusive of those for vessels) viz. store rent, commissions, freight, travelg. exp. of officers. } 40,000 631,053.20 Stores, military & naval ordnance 15,000. 74. gun ships...
46522Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson had long advocated sending an American-sponsored expedition to explore the region between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean . Although frustrated by the inability of George Rogers Clark in 1783–84, John Ledyard in 1788, and André Michaux in 1793 to fulfill this mission, Jefferson finally saw his dream become a reality with the dispatch in 1804 and safe return two years...
46523Editorial Note: Report on Copper Coinage (Jefferson Papers)
On Wednesday, 7 Apr. 1790, a “member from South Carolina presented to the House a letter addressed to him from John H. Mitchell … reciting certain proposals of Matthew Boulton of the kingdom of Great Britain for supplying the United States with copper coinage to any amount that government shall think fit to contract with him for, upon the terms therein mentioned,” whereupon the letter and...
46524Editorial Note: Cabinet Opinions on the Resolutions Concerning Arrearages in Soldiers’ Pay (Jefferson Papers)
This, as Alexander Hamilton stated, was “a case of inconsiderable magnitude.” In respect to the sum of money involved, this was a correct appraisal. At the close of the previous session of congress, the secretary of the treasury had been called upon to furnish estimates of funds needed for the civil list, for the department of war, and for satisfying unpaid warrants drawn by the board of...
46525List of Appointments, with Notes by Gallatin and Jefferson (Jefferson Papers)
August 2 Commissions 25— George Wentworth Surveyor for the District of Portsmouth and Inspector of the Revenue for the same. { do. Joseph Farley—Collector for the District of Waldoborough and Inspector of the Revenue for the same. do. Joseph Wilson, Collector for the District of Marblehead and Inspector of the Revenue for the same— 28th. do. Abraham Bloodgood, Surveyor for the Port of Albany &...
46526Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
As the 1818–19 legislative session approached, Jefferson and his allies prepared to submit to the Virginia General Assembly the 4 Aug. 1818 Rockfish Gap Report of the University of Virginia Commissioners , which recommended that Central College be the site of the University of Virginia . On 18 Nov. 1818 Joseph C. Cabell wrote to Jefferson
46527IV. Italian Translation of Extract, 24 April 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Dopo che ci lasciaste il nostro aspetto politico ha cambiato sorprendentemente. In luogo di quel nobile amor di libertà e di governo repubblicano, che ci portò in trionfo tutto il tempo della guerra, è insorto un partito anglicano monarchico e aristocratico, il cui manifesto oggetto è di tirarci addosso la sostanza del governo inglese, come ce ne hanno già tirate le formalità. Il grosso però...
46528Editorial Note: The Northwest Territory (Jefferson Papers)
If a poor man … should ask of me, where shall I go in order to live more at my ease, without the aid of oxen and horses? I would say to him, go upon the banks of some rivulet on the Plains of Scioto; there you will obtain permission of the savages of the neighbouring villages to scratch the surface of the earth, and deposit your rye, your corn, your potatoes, your tobacco, &c. leave the rest...
46529Enclosure: List of Books Sent to Jefferson, 5 November 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Note sur la 1re. Caisse des Livres envoyès à Mr. Le President Jefferson. Doll. Histoire nat. des Perroquets &c Tome ler. 120 Traitè des Arbres et Arbustes—16 Livraison 112 Plans des Maisons de Paris—20 40 Acerbi Travel’r In Sweden 12 Hist. nat. des Volcans 2 Harmonie Hydrovegetale 3 ½ Vüe de la Colonie espagnole du Missisippi &c 2 Histoire des Chênes &c p. Michaud
46530Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
On 1 Sept. 1821 Jefferson ’s much younger friend, the Harvard University professor George Ticknor , wrote to enlist the former president’s help in recruiting universities and learned societies to petition the United States Congress to abolish tariffs on books. Jefferson quickly agreed and sought support from acquaintances affiliated with the University of North Carolina , South Carolina...