91Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 30 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I regret that it is not in my power to visit you this Season. I am not only busy preparing for my lectures ( a course of mineralogy and another of Chemistry) but I have undertaken to correct the press for M r Wirt ’s life of Patr. Henry of which about 100 pages are printed. M r Sanders of Williamsburgh called on a friend of mine here, wishing to see me on the Subject of the Coll e ge
92Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have written to you to Poplar Grove , stating my acceptance of the Chairs of Chemistry & its attendant branches, & of Law, at Central College ; and my readiness to remove thither about Midsummer next, 1818. I wish I had known before, that the Institution w d accept of my services so early as that period; y r letter stating this , has not been received. I write this lest there should be delay...
93Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 16 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not written to you for a long time, because I am aware of the burthen of your extensive correspondence, from my own experience in a much less degree. At present I have to write on my own affairs, but as they are connected in some measure with your own state, this may furnish an excuse for the trouble I give you. When I quitted Carlisle I came here with a view of being elected Chemical...
94Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 20 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I suspect my letters have been strangely delayed. I wrote at least three weeks ago about M r Slack of Lynchburgh . I wrote about ten days ago , saying that the Visitors at Williamsburgh wished me to go there either next spring; or next fall, at my Option: this I heard from Mr Brown of that place, in a letter stating it: he requests an early reply, I shall leave this
95Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 19 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have seen two persons as teachers of the Classics neither of whom will suit. I have twice written to the person at Frankford according to his advertisement as Varro, and as F.G. but I have not seen or heard from him. shall I advertise? With reference for information to myself? I have seen Col: Basset of Williamsburgh to day, and have declined that situation finally. Mr Hare I believe wishes...
96Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been in daily expectation of a letter from you, but I presume the necessity of previously sending to Lynchburgh has occasioned the delay. About a week ago, I received a letter from M r Brown of Williamsburgh stating that the Trustees there, w d be Willing to renew their offer of a Professorship, if I w d engage to go either the beginning of the ensuing spring, or at next November. I...
97Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your letter yesterday. For the present I am bound here. The friends who exert themselves in endeavouring to promote my interest, require of me that the pains they have taken shall not be rendered nugatory. If D r Dorsey be elected in the room of D r Wistar , which is likely: if D r Coxe be elected in the room of D r Dorsey , which also is likely but by no means void of doubt, it...
98Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 23 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Last night at 8 o’Clock died our friend D r Caspar Wistar aged 56. The vacancy occasioned by his death, may make a vacancy in the chemical Chair here: for I suspect either D r Physick or D r Dorsey the one professor of Surgery, the other a surgeon and professor of materia medica already, will succeed. Ine
99Joseph Coppinger to Thomas Jefferson, 2 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to pray your acceptance of a Copy of the inclosed little tract which I lately caused to be publishd here entitled Catholic doctrine and Catholic principles explained in the hope (As I state in the preface) that it may tend to remove some of the prejudices which are but too generally prevailing against the Catholic Religion in this Country. Your liberal and distinguished protection so...
100José Corrêa da Serra to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
As i shall most probably very soon take a northern direction, which is pointed to me by what i have to do, i will in consequence be deprived of the pleasure i promised to myself of paying you in May the annual tribute of my personal respects; my pilgrimage to Monticello i must transfer to the autumnal months. But the American born Marrons would lose the season of being sown, and i have the...
101José Corrêa da Serra to Thomas Jefferson, 31 October 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
You must not be offended if your central college is in some measure become one of my hobby horses. The prospect of seeing a seminary for the American youth unshackled from the trammels of clerical influence and direction, and where really useful sciences may be induced into young minds is a vision so congenial to my feelings, that i cannot abstain from frequently reminding it, and taking a...
102José Corrêa da Serra to Thomas Jefferson, 20 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
According to the wishes you expressed in your Letter of June Last , i have invited M r Gilmer to come with me to Monticello and to keep himself ready by the end of this month, in order to Leave Winchester , when i should pass by. He writes to me that the courts are sitting there almost all October, and that he will be in the impossibility of quitting the town till November. He seems to be...
103Masonic Report on the Central College Cornerstone Laying, 1 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned a joint committee from the Widow son Lodge N o 60. and charlottesville lodge N o 90. appointed for the purpose of reporting to the respective lodges, the ceremoney & c used on tuesday monday the 6 th day of October AL 5817 AD. 1817 in laying the corner stone of the Central college , Now report that they have performed that duty, that the two lodges haveing obtained the consent...
104Benjamin W. Crowninshield to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour to transmit, Triplicate of a letter , written by my late Brother, during his stay at Marseilles ; and I request the favour of you, to communicate any information, which you may have on the subject, that I may know how far it would be proper to interpose friendly offices on behalf of M r Joshua Dodge . Your attention to this request, when it may comport with your convenience,...
105Benjamin W. Crowninshield to Thomas Jefferson, 20 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
It has been intimated to me, that, M r Joshua Dodge means, through his friends in France , to apply to you to assist him in procuring the appoint t of Consul in Marseilles : & his relatives here have applied to me to make him known to you. I now take the liberty to say, that, M r Dodge is a native of this town, brought up in my fathers Compting-house; has spent some time in Europe , speaks &...
106Benjamin W. Crowninshield to Thomas Jefferson, 12 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
In acknowledging the receipt of your favour , on the subject of the Consulate at Marseilles , I beg leave to explain, that I had no intention of urging the resignation of M r Cathalan , or of pressing you to interfere in its accomplishment;— the object is to keep M r Dodge ’s claims in view, as the Successor, when M r Cathalan shall think proper to retire; and my enquiry of you was intended to...
107Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Martin Dawson, [ca. 14 January 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esqr 1817 In account with martin Dawson Aug t 1 To Watson & Dawson for your a/. due them this date viz 1816 Nov 25
108Martin Dawson to Thomas Jefferson, 14 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
above you have a copy of your Acco t with me ; Balance due me One hundred and Nine dollars and Nineteen cents . I have on hand a Supply of Plains Nap d Cotton Coarse Cloth Blanketts &C—Shoud you require any of these Articles it will oblige me to Supply you RC ( MHi ); subjoined to enclosure ; addressed: “
109Thomas Jefferson’s Conveyance of Milton Lands to Martin Dawson, 28 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
This Indenture made on the 28 th day of March 1818 between Thomas Jefferson of the one part and Martin Dawson of the other both of the County of Albemarle Witnesseth that the said Thomas in consideration of the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars to him in hand paid by the sd Martin hath given granted bargained and sold unto the said Martin a certain parcel of land in the same County...
110Enclosure: Invoice of Books for Thomas Jefferson Purchased from de Bure Frères, [ca. 23 October] 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Memoire des Livres fournis a Monsieur th. Jefferson , par de Bure freres , Libraires du Roi a paris , et expediés a M Bensley Consul americain au havre , en une Caisse Cordée et emballée en toile grasse et maigre, marquée Libri 2. M.T.J. atlas de grenet , in 4° dem. rel 42 .00 C
111de Bure Frères to Thomas Jefferson, 23 October 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Nous avons reçu en Son temps la Lettre que vous nous avez fait L’honneur de nous ecrire, datée du 6 de juin . Nous avons été bien flattés d’apprendre que les Livres que M Warden nous avoit demandés L’année derniere etoient pour vous, et plus encore, Monsieur de savoir que vous en aviez été Content. Nous esperons que vous ne le serez pas moins de ceux de cette année, Nous avons mis le Meme soin...
112A. F. De Laage to Thomas Jefferson, 22 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Une chaine d’evenements me force de quitter Lynchburg j’ai acquis la malheureuse conviction que pour y réussir il faut un Capital considérable, et le mien est presque nul—j’y ai beaucoup de marchandises, et depuis 2 mois je ne peux rien vendre parceque les marchands étant trop nombreux, vendent peu, ont trop de marchandise, et ne peuvent pas acheter: j’ai du, Monsieur à votre protection le...
113Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure, a few weeks ago, of sending to you , the second half volume of the Repository. Being on a visit of business to New York , I know not whether you did me the honour of answering my letter . I indulge a hope that I have given satisfaction to all your family & friends in the life that I have given of you. Certain it is, that I have been highly complimented by many persons for...
114Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I am preparing for the Repository, the life of the late illustrious Samuel Adams . I received this day, from Boston , a letter from his worthy Grandson, who in speaking of the scanty materials, says “I presume, that Thomas Jefferson , (the sage & patriot), would furnish you with some important facts.”— Can you do so, D r sir? Any thing you may think of, would be acceptable, to, D r sir, your...
115Joseph Delaplaine to Thomas Jefferson, 14 October 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of sending to you herewith, your second number of the Repository which contains your portrait & life. With both of which I hope you will be pleased.— I should be happy to hear from you, for my own private satisfaction, respecting the merits of the 2 d n o — My work is so very expensive that it keeps me constantly, even oftentimes without market money.— I take the liberty of...
116Destutt de Tracy to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
C’est le 13 9 bre dernier que M r Lyman m’a remis la très aimable lettre que vous m’aviez fait l’honneur de m’ecrire le 15 Mai precedent. J’y ai Vu avec un bien grand plaisir que vous aviez reçu mes deux dernières lettres des 4 fevrier et 24 X bre 1816 . ainsi que tous les petits envois de livres ou de manuscrits que je vous avais fait precedemen t & que vous Conserviez toujours la même...
117Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
In the last letter which I had the honor of writing to you, I omitted to return you thanks in the name of the Historical Committee for the very interesting MSS. which you had the goodness to forward to them on the Subject of opening the Isthmus of Darien . They are fully Sensible of its value & importance, & beg leave to tender you their thanks, with the assurance that your injunction on the...
118Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 5 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I do myself at present the honor merely to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 30 th ult o . The Committee are highly Sensible of the value of your Correspondence & of the important aid you have been pleased to give them Since their institution. They have expressed their S Grateful Sense of it in a report to the Society , which will be presented at their meeting on Friday next,...
119Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the satisfaction to inform You that the Volume of the Society ’s Transactions now in the Press will be out in the Course of next Week. In the mean while I have the honor of enclosing to you the Printed sheets which contain a Report of the Historical Committee , in which you will find a feeble expression of their gratitude for the patronage with which you have honored them & the favors...
120Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Satisfaction to inform you that the Historical Committee has received from M r Biddle , the MSS. of Lewis & Clarke . I enclose a Copy of the Letter with which he accompanied them, with some Memoranda by M r Vaughan at foot. This enclosure dispenses me from the necessity of stating further particulars. The Society & its Committees go on with Zeal & Spirit.