1Samuel Butler (for Hezekiah Niles) to Thomas Jefferson, 11 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
On the rec t of your very polite and friendly favor of 7 h Sep t I had a serch made into my last years books and old letters—and have the mortification to state, that you made a remittance, as you mention, in march last of Ten dollars which through hurry of business had been neglectted to be passed to your credit, and which with the Five in your last letter pays your subscription up to...
2Hezekiah Niles to Thomas Jefferson, 23 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
you may have observed a proposition of a correspondent , publïshed in the Weekly Register of the 23rd ult. as to a collection of Speeches, &c. belonging to the period of our revolution. I have reason to believe it comes from one of the first men of our country, & it has excited no little attention. Be pleased to refer to it. The collection being So loudly called for, I shall attempt to make...
3Hezekiah Niles to Thomas Jefferson, 24 December 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Assured that it will afford you pleasure to notice any improvement in what, perhaps, may be called the household arts , I enclose a small piece of a preparation just offered for sale in our city for the purpose of clarifying coffee, as well as wines & other liquors. I have tried it for the former, And it completely answers the purpose—a piece an inch square is the quantity for a gallon,...