31Anonymous to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I feel a reluctance in addressing myself to you, which the knowledge of your character will always inspire. For to occupy one moment of your time so well employed in noble pursuits, will I fear be too great an intrusion. But when I behold you in the character of the Father and Protector of youth, I am inspired with a confidence which at once overcomes every obstacle. As an individual you are...
32Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It was my intention in this to have given you the particulars of expenditures for & to M r Randolph at my settlement with him on his departure, but I have a variety of bussiness that engrosses my whole attention at this moment, in my next I will do it. I write now only to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 10 th Instant inclosing one hundred & fifty Dollars for the use of M r...
33Étienne Lemaire to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Recevez mes tres humble remercis mens pour la Letre tres flatteuse que vous m’avez fait lhonneur de mecrire, vous plaire pendent tout le tens que j’ai Été a votre service, a tous Gours été un de mes premiers soins, et il mest biens agréable, apres l’avoir quitté, d’apprendre que j’ai eu le bonheur de reusir. Ce seroit ingratitude de ma part de ne pas dire aussi que vous avez su Monsieur,...
34Samuel H. Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received the accompanying tract from D r Fothergill of Philad a w ch I have the pleasure of transmitting to you in compliance with his desire. RC ( DLC ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq.”; endorsed by TJ as received 30 Mar. 1809 and so recorded in
35Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
In the number of gratulations on your return to private life I present mine with assurences that no one, is more sincerely gratified at the honorable termination of your Political career than I am, or derives greater happiness from the additional lustre reflected on your character, which has even impressd your enemies with sentiments of respect and admiration May Heaven spare you long to your...
36William D. Meriwether to Thomas Jefferson, [23 March 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
The Committee appointed by a meeting of your County men to express to you their feelings & sentiments on your late return, inclose you a copy of an address which they are instructed to present—Those gentlemen who live at a distance & are now in Town , wish to be inform’d at what Time & place it will be most agreeable to you to receive them— By order of the committee W D. Meriwether Chrm n RC (...
37Samuel DeButts to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with great diffidence that I give you at this time the trouble of a letter. Yet I have a lively hope from your general character that you will overlook my presumption when you are acquainted that with every plea of honesty on my side I approach you to ask your influence to obtain justice for me from M r Sam l Carr . You will now recollect Sir my former application . Having purchased &...
38New York State Legislature to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The legislature of the state of New York , on the occasion of your voluntary retirement to the shades of private life, from the office of chief magistrate of the United States , cannot, without injustice to their feelings refrain from expressing their respect for your exalted character, their gratitude for your public services, and their best wishes for your personal happiness. Like your great...
39James Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg leave to congratulate you on your return to Monticello & hope you there enjoy that comfort in retirement which you had contemplated. I think the laws of the United States exempt from the expence of postage those who have served the high office you so lately filled: I therefore sent you a few days ago a packet of Newspapers: since the date of which the Duke of York has resigned . Annexed...
40John MacGowty to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of Writing to you as a sea faring man who has been to sea for 22 years and have had the Honour of Sailing Master of vessls with the Sea Letters, with your signature to them, Sir I have been about the world considrably and have red some, but I do not recoollect to have ever read or seen the instance of a man’s having Honour and riches enough, as it Seams Sir you have...
41Cunningham Harris to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
From a conviction that the cultivation of the Benni would prove a useful acquisition to both the medical and agricultural departments, and uncertain where to procure even a partial supply of the seed, I have taken the liberty to request that you will have the goodness to forward me by an early post such a supply as may not be deemed an unwarrantable requisition on that department. I have...
42George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have made diligent search after M r Nelson ’s box, but cannot find it.— Cap t Hand I understand belongs to Philadelphia , or to Alexandria ,—he is however frequently here: I will make a point of ascertaining what he has done with the box, on his return to this place.—I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you at Monticello in the course of the spring or summer. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text:...
43James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ the letter from M r Brown was probably intended for you, I could not hesitate in carrying it into effect; and finding that the Bill on the Navy Dep t will be paid, I inclose, in order to avoid the delay of a week, the sum drawn for in Bank notes. I send them to you rather than directly to M rs T. first because I do not know what the direct address ought to be, & 2 dly because it is...
44James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have yours of the 24 . The enquiry as to Franzoni will be made as soon as an opp y offers. F. Page had been app d before your letter was rec d , & his Comission forwarded. We have letters from Erving to Jan y
45Larkin Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot suppress the gratification which I feel, in expressing to you my sentiments of exalted respect, and veneration, for your eminent public services and private virtues. and altho’ the latter part of your Administration, was attended with circumstances, that must have been wounding to your feelings, and which I consider as eminating directly from a widely extended British influence, in...
46James McKinney to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
For a number of years past I have wish d to be in your employ, (provided it would be under your immediate direction) in Any capacity that I would be found usefull, that wish is now encreas d Since you have declined all publick business—I am a Native of Pennsylvania ( Lancaster County ) & have been regularly bred to farming & Manufactering of flour on an extencive Scale—I removed with my family...
47Jonathan Law to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor, as secretary of a general meeting of the Republicans of Connecticut , holden in this City, on the 2 d day of March Inst. , to enclose to you some resolves passed at said meeting, ordered to be transmitted to the then president of the U. States . The duty of forwarding the Resolves, having by the meeting been omitted to be assigned to any particular individual, I have...
48John Breck Treat to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Having the preceeding three and half years resided at this place, during which time I have taken the observations contained in the following pages, if, from their perusal, you can derive, either, information or amusement, respecting the Climate of this part of our Country, your acceptance will be highly gratifying to RC ( PPAmP ); dateline at foot of text; above salutation: “To Thomas...
49Elizabeth Trist to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your note made me very happy as I began to entertain doubts of the safety of the letter in question I will take it as a favor when you write to the President to tell him I am not insensible to his very polite attention and return him many thanks any time when convenient to you will answer my purposes either sunday or any later day I am with Sincerity your ever obliged and affectionate friend...
50William B. W. Allone to Thomas Jefferson, March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I know no other Apology for the Liberty I have taken than that of Dire Necessity and As I know you to be a man of few words I will proceed briefly to state my case to you I have been engaged all this Winter in writing a political pamphlet entitled Thoughts, on the Administration, of our late President, Thomas Jefferson. (Which I hope will meet with due encouragement from all true Republicans)...
51Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 3 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
In the report by M r Cuvier on the fossil bones which you presented to the National Institute I find the committee have given the name Mastodonte to the animal which we commonly call Mammoth . How well this name may accord with the Skelleton I have, I can better judge off after hearing the deffinition by the learned in Languages, It is pleasant however to have a name by which we may know it...
52Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 3 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with sentiments of very great respect, but with extreme diffidence, that I offer to obtrude upon thy retirement, & invite again thy labors in the field of science. I ask thy aid. To a mind so constituted, & so long accustomed to exertion in every mean of usefulness to mankind;—I know that, having relinquished thy public employments, the more active exertions of private research will...
53Larkin Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 4 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Believing that the importance of the information brought by a British sloop of war which arrived yesterday in Hampton Roads will be acceptable to you, I take much pleasure in communicating it. she brings a secretary of Legation to M r Erskine with dispatches, and an account of the arrival of the remnant of the British army from Spain . they were attacked by the French when in the act of...
54Philip Tabb to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Having just learnt from Capt n Decatur who delivered a moleboard I did myself the pleasure to send to you at Washington , that you had not received my letter ⅌ post which left Gloster C t House about the 20 th of Jan y last —& which I expect was destroyed by a villainous rider who we now know was in the habit of robing the mail about that time, I trouble you with the copy, not willing that the...
55John Taggart to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of 31 th Ulto I rec d . Seventy Dollars inclosed is passed to your Credit which Balances your Account except two Dollars which M r Randolph is to Call and pay which I have now Doubt of— RC ( MHi ); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Taggart; between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 17 Apr. 1809 and so recorded in SJL .
56Benjamin F. Whitner to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Well knowing you to be an open and sincere friend and patron of literature, and presuming that it would be highly pleasant for you to hear and see the rapid growth and progression of Science, in all parts of our happy Union, I have taken the liberty of Sending you this catalougue of the Trustees, officers, &C. of the S o Ca. College . Accept this small tribute of esteem and respect for those...
57Philip Freneau to Thomas Jefferson, 8 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I do myself the pleasure to enclose to You a copy of Proposals for the publication of a couple of volumes of Poems shortly to be put to press in this City. Perhaps some of your particular friends in Virginia may be induced from a view of the proposals in your hands to subscribe their names. If so, please to have them forwar d ed to this place by Post, addressed to the Publisher at N o 10,...
58James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I return the letter of Mazzei , without however having ascertained the fact as to the remittance by the Sculptor. Latrobe I presume, will give the information in his answer to the letter which I have forwarded to him. He is now in Philad a . A Secretary of Legation with a sort of Extra establishment has just arrived from England , with despatches for Erskine . I have a private letter only from...
59George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose your last quarterly account, which shews a balance in your favor of $:207.43.— Eleven of the boxes lately received for you were forwarded by M r Randolph’s boats on the 30 th ultimo , with a Hhd of Molasses.— There were no herrings to be had. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson esq r
60William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
You will be surprize d to see by the date of my letter that I am still at Paris . I hope when you shall have seen how this has been gradually occasioned that you will approve it. I hope also that it will be approved by your successor to whom I wrote on the subject not long ago by an occasion which Gen l Armstrong made use of, being the first he has had since the departure of the Union . It was...
61Henry Foxall to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 24 th Ulto came to hand in due course, The Stew holes you request me to Send You, I have Made and put them on board a vessele bound for Richmond which is to sail this day I observe the Information you have received respecting our Method of Makeing the Stew holes is not agreeable to our practice, we cast the Cheeks , and grates, sepperate and not Solid or together, the reason...
62Thomas Gillet to Thomas Jefferson, 12 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
As every addition to the Literature of Europe by which America may be ultimately benefited, especially where the amelioration of the condition of mankind is the object, cannot be a subject of indifference to a Legislator of your enlarged views and liberal understanding: I am desired by the Author of “An Essay on Government” to request your acceptance of two Copies of her work, just published...
63Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai Eu lhonneur de vous Ecrire Lors de Votre Elevation a la Presidence des E.u. pour vous en féliciter. Jai aujourd huy celui de vous prier d’agrèer mon sincère Complimens sur la Situation tranquile alaquelle vous etes rendu par votre propre volonté, ayant desiré de n’Etre pas reèlu. Vous Emportés dans Votre retraite L’Estime et la reconnoissançe de tous les bons citoyens, et vous allés...
64Caleb Cross to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
That you may see by means the passions of the People of this town are worked up to such a mad pitch I now enclose you two sermons of Sam l Spring DD last fast RC ( DLC ); addressed (torn): “ Thom as Jefferson Esq Washington City Monticello Milton, Virg a ”; franked; endorsed by TJ as received 26 Apr. 1809 and so recorded in SJL
65Jonathan Shoemaker to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Thine of the 6 th Instant duly came to hand & is now before & feel somewhat alarmed at the Contents of it but having some General knowledge of their Affairs, & as thee does not State facts from thy own knowledge Except as to the Rent not being Paid, & that circumstance I believe has arose in this way, that they took a large contract from the General Post Office Commencing the 1 t of april 1808...
66David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of writing to you, by M r Purviance , the bearer of dispatches. I now beg leave to inclose, for your perusal, an analysis of tobacco, which you will please to present to the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia . As it is curious and interesting, it may be deemed worthy of a place in the next volume of their memoirs. The essence of tobacco, prepared in America , if allowed to...
67Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg you will pardon me for not returning you thanks for the noble recommendation you were so good as to send me by Short er . I do not see that there is any thing wanting in it. M r T:J. Randolph left this place on the 4 th of this month on his way to Philad a —he
68George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 21 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received eleven Hhds of your Tob o , which the person who sent it informs me is all there is. It is inspected, and is said by those who saw your crop last year, to be greatly inferior to it. I do not suppose it would at this time command more than 5 $, if even that; there being scarcely at any demand at this time for Tobacco, except for that of a very superior quality, which would suit...
69George Divers to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you some parsnep seed which I think had better be sow’d pretty thick they do not look very well and can easily be thin’d if they come up better than I expect—I sow 200 feet each of parsnep and beet. 320 feet each salsafy and carrots and 400 feet cellery, all running measure in the rows, which is a very ample provision for my table and indeed more than sufficient, The small seed should...
70William W. Hening to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not sooner acknowledged the receipt of the MSS which you were so obliging as to send me, because I was unwilling to trespass for a moment on your time, which was incessantly occupied with the cares of government, and in an honest endeavour to avert those evils with which the injustice of the two great belligerent powers of Europe seemed to threaten us.—Permit me to congratulate you on...
71George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope that you will have received the trunk N o 28, as it certainly is not here. I thought I had been particular in counting the last packages sent you, but suppose I may have made a mistake, & that perhaps has caused you to make one.—I find from referring to the bill of lading, that there were only 3 trunks, N os 26, 27, & 28.—I have no recollection of having received one at any other time—&...
72James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of the 19 th . You will see in the newspapers the result of the Advances made by G.B. Attempts were made to give shapes to the arrangement implying inconsistency and blame on our part. They were however met in a proper manner & readily abandoned; leaving these charges in their full force, as they now bear on the other side. The B. Cabinet must have changed its course...
73John MacGowty to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
here is a number of high Federal Characters that wish to misrepresent the causes of our difficulties, with the other Nations and say that the french Nation was the first that did take our shipping and Property, Both in their Ports and at sea, therefore Sir I have said to a number of these Characters that the french did not take any of our vessles and Cargoes, that was true american property...
74William Roscoe to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I presume upon your well known partiality to liberal & scientific pursuits, to introduce to your notice M r Jn o Bradbury , a Fellow of the Linnean Society who has undertaken a tour thro’ the province of Louisiana , for the purpose of collecting the various specimens of Natural History which it may be found to furnish. Among those who have encouraged his undertaking, in which he will be...
75Augustus B. Woodward to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to you, Sir, a work on the Executive of the United States . In every constitution formed in America , during the æra of the revolution, a council was attached to the executive. It is even a part of the British constitution. The federal constitution is the first without it. It is certainly of less importance in the State governments, than in that of the Union. You...
76John Graham to Thomas Jefferson, 27 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I was this day honored by your Letter of the 25 th In st and shall immediately write to Mr Robert Graham that you wish him to keep the wild Geese which he promised you, until you can send to him for them. Mr Graham lives about a mile below Dumfries on the South side of the Creek, on which the Town stands. Permit me, Sir, to offer my Congratulations on the success of the measures dictated by...
77Isham Lewis to Thomas Jefferson, 27 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The great desire which I feel to be placed in some employ whereby, I may secure to myself the happiness derivable from the idea of enjoying the fruits of well spent industry and the difficulty I find in attaining this object unassisted by any influentiel friend has induced me to beg the favour of your endeavours in my behalf, I am in hopes you will be less disposed to think hard of this...
78William Davy and Others to Thomas Jefferson, 28 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
F rom a variety of causes, and more particularly the late embargo, a spirit of enterprize in the establishment of useful manufactures in almost every part of the United States has been exhibited—great exertions have been made, and large capitals have been embarked in this line, and the manufacturing interest is forming a new link in the Chain of Society, and if properly united, its strength...
79Madame de Corny to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
en effet, mon cher monsieur, il y a bien longtems que je nay recu de vous aucune preuve de souvenir, je naurois pas été arrêtée par ce manque de mémoire de votre coeur, si je navois craint de me rendre importune des affaires publiques, de grands interêt nuisent nécessairement aux affections particulieres, sur tout quand une grande distance ajoute encore par la difficulté des communications, p...
80Invoice from George Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Sent by M r Randolph’s boat— 29 th Ap l 1809 A box lately received from George Town , 2 barrels of cut herrings, & a bag of Cotton (50 ℔s ) The