1IV. William Tatham to William Armistead Burwell, 13 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
In compliance with your request, I have endeavoured to charge my recollection more minutely, concerning the particulars of my intercourse with Mr. Jefferson (at present the President of the United States) at several times while the British Army were in Virginia, in and about the year 1781. At the time General Arnold arrived within the Capes, I was preparing for a journey from Richmond, on...
2From John Beckley to William Armistead Burwell, 28 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose a copy, ‘second edition published at Worcester’, of the pamphlet I wrote at philadelphia, during our Political struggles in 1800. To you, it may be necessary to apologize for several inaccuracies as to dates in the Epitome of Mr. Jefferson’s life contained in the latter pages. written on the spur of the occasion, without communicating with any person, possessing scanty materials and...
3From James Minor to William Armistead Burwell, 30 June 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I Received your Letter by the last Mail: Mr Beckley is mistaken in stateing that Genl Stevens had offered to give me some information respecting the conduct of the President of the U.S. at the time the State of Virginia was invaded by the English—I told Mr B that Genl S. could give such information and from his known Character I doubted not but that he would, if applied to; that I had a...
4From Richard O’Brien to William Armistead Burwell, 12 July 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
In the Spring of 1781 I was first Lt on board of the Brig Jefferson lying in James River, when the British under Arnold came to Petersburgh from thence to Manchester, in ascending the River above Osborne’s. They attack’d, capturd & burnt, the aforesaid Brig, then under my command; (in the absence of Captn Travers of Wmsburg) I went immediately to Richd, where they were every moment expecting...
5From Thomas Jefferson to William Armistead Burwell, 20 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 15th. was recieved last night, & I learn with sincere concern the illness you have experienced, & that, tho’ mending, you may possibly not be able to join me before your services will be called for in Richmond. I should still more however regret this accident were it to become a motive for your not resuming your station at all. I shall be happy to see you at Washington as...
6From Thomas Jefferson to William Armistead Burwell, 15 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Dec. 26. was duly recieved, as also the correspondence therein referred to. mr Coles delivered me to-day your request of a copy of the Parl. Manual for yourself & another for the Speaker. I therefore send one to each of you in separate packages by this post. you will have seen an account in all the papers, (with so many details, as to make one forget for a moment that they never...
7From Thomas Jefferson to William Armistead Burwell, 17 September 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of Aug. 7. from Liberty never got to my hands till the 9th. inst. about the same time I recieved the Enquirer in which Decius was so judiciously answered. the writer of that paper observed that the matter of Decius consisted 1st. of facts. 2dly. of inferences from these facts: that he was not well enough informed to affirm or deny his facts, & he therefore examines his inferences, and in...
8From Thomas Jefferson to William Armistead Burwell, 16 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
The interest which you were so kind as to take in mr Randolph’s sickness will I am sure render it acceptable to you to learn that his fever left him finally in the morning of the day on which you left us, and that he convalesced regularly from that period though slowly on account of the quantity of blood taken from him. we did not leave Washington till the 7th. inst. he might have ventured a...
9From Thomas Jefferson to William Armistead Burwell, 22 November 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Your friendly intimations to me as to matters respecting myself, never need an apology. I know them always to proceed from the kindest motives, & am thankful for them. I have had too many proofs of the interest you take in what concerns me to have a doubt of this. but the story from Richmond is one of those unfounded falsehoods which assail me regularly in whatever direction I move. mr...
10Thomas Jefferson to William A. Burwell, 6 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Jan. 22. came to hand last night, with the papers of mr Graham inclosed. of all mechanical machines existing, the steam engine is that which I have the least studied. the principle we all understand; and the structure of the original one I understood when at College. but have never since paid the least attention to the multiplied improvements which have changed nearly every thing...