46451To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Anderson, William Cocke, and William Dickson, 19 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Some days ago , we had the honer to adress you, in Conjunction with the Members of Congress from...
46452Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Comments on François Soulés’ Histoire (Jefferson Papers)
The assistance that Jefferson gave to the French historian François Soulés (1748–1809) was...
46453Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the summer of 1805 William Wirt asked Jefferson to supply him with information for a...
46454Editorial Note: Charges Against Arthur St. Clair (Jefferson Papers)
A former general in the Continental army and president of the Confederation Congress, Arthur St....
46455Enclosure: Invoice for Freight and Duties, 4 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Paid freight to Washington for 1 Barrell Mississippi Water $ . 67 Porterage . 66 freight to the...
46456Editorial Note: Documents on the Rice Trade (Jefferson Papers)
When Jefferson wrote Washington a conditional letter of acceptance of the office of secretary of...
46457Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
On 21 Feb. 1818 the Virginia General Assembly approved “An Act appropriating part of the revenue...
46458Description of a Public Dinner held for Thomas Jefferson in Richmond, [21 October 1809] [document added in digital … (Jefferson Papers)
On Saturday, a Public Dinner was given at the Eagle , in honor of Mr. Jefferson . A large and...
46459Tax Receipt for Use of Carriages, 7 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
LICENSE is hereby granted to Thomas Jefferson Esqr. to use one Chariot, two Phaetons and one Gig...
46460Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
The items below document Jefferson’s response to the insolvency of his friend and close family...
46461Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
James Leitch , a merchant in Charlottesville , frequently sold Jefferson household items, loaned...
46462Editorial Note: First Inaugural Address (Jefferson Papers)
At noon on 4 Mch. 1801 in the Senate chamber of the Capitol, fifty-seven-year-old Thomas...
46463Notes on William Eaton’s Accounts: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the spring of 1802, confronting an expenditure by William Eaton of $16,000 primarily for the...
46464Editorial Note: Report on Weights and Measures (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson’s report on weights and measures is an almost perfect embodiment of his dual allegiance...
46465Enclosure: Wilkinson’s Queries on Texas and Mexico, 11 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
The population of the Province of Texhas The same of La Calonia or St. Andere The distance from...
46466Drafting Instructions for Meriwether Lewis: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
A brief, undated set of four comments jotted in pencil by James Madison is the earliest evidence...
46467Constitutional Amendment on Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
“I think it will be safer not to permit the enlargement of the Union but by amendment of the...
46468Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Itch Lotion, [after 29 May 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
60 grs = 1. drachm 8 drachms = 1. oz 480. grs = 1. oz 16 oz. = 1. pint 2880 480 7680 = 1...
46469Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Wells & Lilly, 13 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Hon. T. Jefferson Bo t of Wells & Lilly Janry 13. 1818 Stewart ’s first Diss n $1 .50 Playfair...
46470Editorial Note: The Consular Convention of 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
The Consular Convention of 1788 was the last of nine treaties to be signed by authority of the...
46471Editorial Note: Jefferson and the American Debt to France (Jefferson Papers)
The documents printed below have been grouped here in order to record more clearly, with the...
46472Poem by Daniel Waldo Lincoln, 31 August 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
—————“Homo sum. Nil humani a me alienum puto .” Benevolence Ere any social intercourse began,...
46473Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In composing a letter to his boyhood friend James Maury , a longtime expatriate serving as United...
46474Bill for Purchase of Butter, [by 22 April 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
Gross — Tare — Nett 16 8 8 l bs @ 1/6. MS ( ViU: TJP-RFP ); written in an unidentified hand on a...
46475Queries on Pearl River Settlements, 15 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Queries. 1. What are the settlements of citizens on the East side of Pearl River? stating their...
46476Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Following the meeting of the commissioners for the University of Virginia at Rockfish Gap ,...
46477Editorial Note: Death of Franklin (Jefferson Papers)
News of the death of Benjamin Franklin arrived in New York City on 22 April 1790. That same day...
46478Enclosure: Livingston’s Steam Engine, 26 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( PPAmP ); endorsed for the APS American Philosophical Society : “Livingston’s Steam Engine.”
46479Master List of Subscribers to Central College, [after 7 May 1817], document 5 in a group of documents on The Founding of … (Jefferson Papers)
Subscriptions to the Central College from persons residing in the county of Albemarle and in...
46480Enclosure VIII: Map of the Reserved Tract including Fort Chartres (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( DNA : RG 46, Senate Records, 1st. Cong., 3rd. sess.).
46481Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Following the chartering of Central College early in 1816, the purchase the next summer of land...
46482Editorial Note: Documents on the American Tobacco Trade (Jefferson Papers)
The documents in this group reveal what a powerful ally Jefferson had in Simon Bérard and the...
46483Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Policy Concerning Presents to Foreign Diplomats (Jefferson Papers)
Soon after taking office, Jefferson was obliged to address himself to the task of terminating...
46484Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Proposed Revision of the Virginia Constitution (Jefferson Papers)
When Jefferson stopped off in Richmond in May on his way back to Monticello, his discussions with...
46485Editorial Note: The Admission of Kentucky and Vermont to the Union (Jefferson Papers)
A piece of doggerel in Bache’s General Advertiser at the opening of Congress voiced the politics...
46486Memorandum from Henry Dearborn, with Jefferson’s Notes, on or before 28 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
the papers exhibited by Govr. Mercer relating to the demand made by the State of Maryland, on the...
46487From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Among the papers that Jefferson sent to the House of Representatives on 22 Dec. was a copy of...
46488Editorial Note: Plans and Estimates for the Diplomatic Establishment (Jefferson Papers)
Soon after the passage of the Act providing the means of intercourse with foreign nations, a...
46489Notes on a Consultation with Robert Smith, 15 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Nov. 15. Navy departmt. settled with mr Smith the following arrangement for the Navy the...
46490Editorial Note: Notes and Documents Relating to the British Invasions in 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
The documents here gathered together, though covering a long span of time, are so gathered and...
46491Enclosure IV: Extracts from Jefferson’s Draft Report on Commerce: United Netherlands, 13 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The United Netherlands prohibit our pickled Beef and Pork, Meals and Bread of all sorts, and lay...
46492Editorial Note: The Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
For all the significance of the Kentucky Resolutions, Jefferson’s papers reveal little about...
46493University of Virginia: Bill to A. Brockenbrough for Capitals, 3 July-26 Aug. 1823, 3 July 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Marble Capitals D r To A. S. Brockenbrough Proctor 1823 July 3 rd To draft to Col Peyton for...
46494Enclosure: Observations on the American Board of Agriculture, 1 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Hints regarding the Board of Agriculture, or Central Society established in America— The friends...
46495List of Books Acquired, December 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
D Plans des maisons de Paris 40. histoire naturel des Volcans 2. Vue de la colonie espagnole du...
46496Bill to Regulate the Clearance of Armed Vessels: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
In the spring of 1804, Jefferson began receiving reports that owners of U.S. merchant vessels...
46497Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Letter to James Madison (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson uncharacteristically failed to retain a press copy of this letter, making instead, as...
46498Enclosure: Naval Appointments, 7 November 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Gentlemen of the Senate, I nominate Stephen Decatur jr. of Pennsylvania Thomas Tingey of District...
46499Statement of Account with Thomas Carpenter, 21 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq. 1801 October 1st. To Thomas Carpenter Dr: To Making a Surtout Coat &...
46500Editorial Note: Jefferson and André Michaux’s Proposed Western Expedition (Jefferson Papers)
Discovered in the vault of the American Philosophical Society in 1979 with supporting financial...