821Thomas Jefferson to John Bradbury, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter has laid by me a month unacknoleged and unacted on; which should not have happened, had not an engagement in a business of peculiar pressure obliged me to suspend all correspondence till I got thro’ it. I have now written to the Secretary at war , expressing to him your wish and your fitness for the appointment of a Commissioner on the Arkansa road. I should be very glad indeed if...
822Thomas Jefferson to William H. Crawford, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of quoting to you the passage of a letter I have recieved from a mr John Bradbury of New York , as follows. ‘I notice in the reports of the proceedings of Congress that a road is in contemplation from S t Louis to the Northern boundary of Louisiana ; for the laying out of which Comm rs are to be appointed. I am well acquainted with a considerable portion of the country from...
823Thomas Jefferson to Gilbert J. Hunt, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 30. was recieved on the 14 th inst. and I now return you the Prospectus with my signature, and 2. Dollars for the copy subscribed for in a Richmond bank bill which I understand is recievable with you at par. the volume when published may be forwarded by mail. I salute you with respect PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address cover to TJ; at foot of text: “M r G. J. Hunt. N....
824Joseph Miller to Thomas Jefferson, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
yours of the 17 I Rec d yesterday I Rec d with Pleasure— M r Murry has Sent me a Copey of the Law M r Hayes has Taken me in but Not So Much as I thought of it will be from 1600 1700 Doll rs the Deeds of Every thing I have Got Safe but he had the Goodness to offer the houses for Saile Privitely for Cash the Week before he Left he Baught a very fine Sch r
825Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 16 th I received yesterday your favor of the 16 th inst. informing me that the General assembly had been pleased to appoint me one of the Directors of the board of public works recently instituted by them. the spirit with which they have entered on the great works of improvement and public instruction will form an honorable epoch in the history of our country, and I sincerely...
826Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Cary Nicholas, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
As the outer letter may be to go into different hands I place in a separate one my thanks for your kind offer of the comfortable quarters of your house in the event of my acting as a Director of the public works. but at the age of 73. volunteer journies are out of the question. those to Bedford are of necessity. for them however I chuse my own time, am there with one or two nights only...
827Thomas Jefferson to James Oram, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Th Jefferson returns to mr Oram the prospectus of Ware ’s English grammar with his signature and a Dollar Richmond bank note, which he understands is recievable at par at N. York , the price of a copy which when published may be forwarded by mail, and tenders him his respectful salutations. PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address cover of Bernard Peyton to TJ, 31 Jan. 1816 ; dateline following...
828Thomas Jefferson to John F. Watson, 29 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 5 th inst. has been recieved, as are also the 7 th and 8 th volumes of the Review, and I now inclose you 13. Dollars, the amount of the last 5. volumes as nearly as I can come, there being no fractions of Dollars in our bank bills. those inclosed are of Richmond as desired. I shall be glad to recieve from mr Earle the other volumes as fast as they come out: Accept the...
829Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 28 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
You enquire whether Say has ever been translated into English? I am certain he never has in America , nor do I believe he has in England . I have never seen his work named in their catalogues or advertisements nor do I believe it has been noticed by the Edinburgh reviewers. nor have they noticed the Review of Montesquieu , altho Duane sent them a copy. you will render this country a great...
830Thomas Jefferson to Francis W. Gilmer, 28 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sorry it is not in my power to furnish you any documents on the subject of the Louisiana boundary. all these went with my library. soon after the acquisition of that country, I investigated it’s history & boundaries minutely, made out a Chronological series of it’s historical events, and formed a memoir establishing it’s boundaries from Perdido to the Rio Bravo . these were sent to our...