121Memorandum to Thomas Jefferson by Martin Dawson and Deponents in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, 1 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Pltf vs Rivanna Company Defts ✓ Daniel Colclasher One days attendance 55 25 ✓ Ambrose Flannagan one days attendance and travelling 10 miles 85 William Bacon one days attendance 25
122Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 26 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I send you a few lines to inform You of our affairs here we have cleaned out the canal took us 4 ½ days with 13 hands. no hands of M rs Randolph & Colclasor done any part of it nor neither have they yet sent a single hand to help us tighten the dam my gang is now about it. we have got the mill at work but it has got as yet but little work the weather is very dry supposed at least one third of...
123Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke, 7 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
According to promise I now inclose you a catalogue of the best editions of the Classics, Greek & Latin, and I have prepared a copy of it which I shall inclose in a letter to Gen l Taylor . our two Italian sculptors are arrived, and are recommended as men of superior character and have much that appearance. their passage, necessary advances & journey from Baltimore here have brought a pretty...
124Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 22 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
While here, and at my usual season for settling the affairs of the year, I have taken a view of their present standing between us which I will here state as nearly as I can, setting out on the basis of your account of Feb. 8 . when 306. Barrels of flour had been sold & a balance of 724.15 D remained against me. D Apr. 7. the letter of this date states 288 B. rec d after Feb. 8. & sold for...
125Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Some months since I sent you a copy of my Vindiciæ Hibernicæ, which, I apprehend, must have miscarried; as I have had no acknowledgment of i t. Have you rec d it—as, if not, I shall forward another copy. RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 10 July 1819 and so recorded (mistakenly dated 27 June) in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with PoC of
126Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Since writing to you last , I have received 211 bls: of your flour of Shadwell brand viz 160 S r fine 43 fine & 8 x mid gs and 120 bls: S r f. Farm brand, of which I have sold the 120 bls: F: brand at 6 ¼ $ p ble in the course of next week, the 160 S:f:
127Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 10 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your favor of the 29 th Ult o inclosing three notes for renewal, the present amounts of which are noted at foot— Col l Nicholas has paid me on your acco t the further sum of $968— and I have paid your dfts in favor of Leitch & Gray , and M r
128Martha Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 7 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I found very readily the two bundles of papers which I enclose. to Capt Peyton who has been with us lately says that he has your cement, and books, but that the river is so low that not a boat can float— the smith’s shop took fire a few days since and but for the circumstance of his being here with M r Randolph & F Gilmer it would certainly have burnt down. there was no man upon the mountain...
129Thomas Jefferson to Chapman Johnson and John H. Peyton, 11 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose you the documents, original or authentic, to which the references of my bill relate. N os 4. 5. 7. 8. are duly authenticated by mr Minor as a Commissioner in Chancery .
130Thomas Jefferson to Charles Clay, 9 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I MUST have been misunderstood by those who thought I disapproved of the judgment in the case of the negroes. I thought I said very distinctly it was the fittest procedure which could be adopted, inasmuch as the medicine was not furnished by the Doctor with ill intent, nor proved to have produced ill effect, the only case which could authorize severer punishment. I am under a smart attack of...
131Thomas Jefferson to Frederick A. Mayo, 15 March 1819, with Jefferson’s Note (Jefferson Papers)
In my letter of Nov. 30. I requested all the dispatch in binding the books I sent you, which the solidity of the work would admit, and when ready that you would send me notice and your bill and adding that with the order for payment I would direct how they should be forwarded. I have been in the daily expectation of recieving the bill and notice, and am impatient at being so long out of the...
132Patrick Kerr Rogers to Thomas Jefferson, 21 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Being altogether unknown to you, the writer of this letter must rely on your goodness to pardon the intrusion. In a conversation which I had last evening with Theodorick Bland Esq r , he mentioned a new academical institution about to be established in Virginia , but could not give me any p very particular information. He supposes it to be supported by the state, and believes yourself and...
133Benjamin W. Crowninshield to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
as I have before had some corrispondence with you relating to my friend M r Joshua Dodge , the recent death of M r Catalan , our late respected Consul at Marseilles , may render it not improper for me again to trespess on your goodness.— Learning from M r Dodge ’s friends here, that you have been made acquainted with the facts in relation to him & M r Catalan
134James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 16 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d yesterday yours of the 11 th . The letter from M r Cabell which I return is of very agreeable import. His other letter was returned several days ago, and probably reached Monticello soon after the date of yours . RC
135Francis Adrian Van der Kemp to Thomas Jefferson, 8 May [1819] (Jefferson Papers)
That I did not thank you for your attention—in favouring me with the Proceedings and report of the commissioners for the university in virginia , was not—that I undervalued the gift—but I presumed—that a mere complimentary Letter could not be acceptable—while my manifold occupations—and Since Some time—my precarious State of health and dimmed eyes—compelled me—to make for a while a Sacrifice...
136Thomas Jefferson to Chapman Johnson and John H. Peyton, 28 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose you mr Cole ’s deposition taken this morning at Milton , and closing, as I suppose, all further examination on either side. you will find that it solidly supports the statement in the bill as to the interpolated clause in the inquest of 1805. his answer to the question whether he did not think the dam an obstruction to the navigation? is perplexed, but meant to convey this idea,...
137Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 8 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I am happy to inform you that, since I last wrote you , the Legislature has de repealed the additional appropriation of $20,000, to the education of the poor . The question came up again by an amendment in the Senate to the Revised Bill respecting the Literary Fund; it passed the Senate una ni mously, and the House of Delegates by a majority of 18. We are thus happily extricated from an...
138Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 10 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
When it was determined in March last that the whole of the funds of the University , which could be commanded during the present year, should be applied to the preparation of accomodations for the reception of professors and students, the friends of the institution thought it very important that a classical school , in the mean time, should be established at Charlottesville , for the...
139Thomas Jefferson to William Short, [29] June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 22. is recieved. that of May 25. had come to hand in due time, and was in my bundle of ‘Letters to be answered’ but as I am obliged to marshal them according to their degree of pressure I had not yet reached it, altho’ I devote to that business daily from sunrise to dinner, saving one hour to ride, and generally from dinner to sun set. on the subject of the Anatomist and...
140John Patterson to Thomas Jefferson, 9 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
In conforming to the request contained in your’s of the 31 st Jan y I have found no difficulty in ascertaining that M r Milon , is v a very obscure & unpromising person, by no means fitted to fill any station in the contemplated Unive r sity
141George Ticknor to Thomas Jefferson, 27 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
As I again approach my native country, I cannot choose but recollect all the kindness you have shown me during my long and dreary absence from it, and as it comes up before me, I grow doubly anxious to do something which shall show you, that I am not insensible to it, though I cannot hope to return it. Your last letters to me have informed me, how deeply you are interested in the extensive...
142James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not been able to learn a tittle of your health since I saw you . It has, I hope, been entirely re-established; I congratulate you on the success of the Report to the Legislature on the subject of the University . It does not yet appear what steps have been taken by the Governor towards giving effect to the law . Will you be so good as to have the inclosed forwarded when convenient to M...
143Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I had an offer yesterday of 50 bar ls corn at 3$ about 9 miles distant and 90 days from the middle of may for payment. we may buy at 20/ nigher but not so neare as to get home more than one load a day. I think tharefore that we had as well take that 9 miles of f as we can get one load a day. that with what we shall get from Higginbotham will Carry us on towards harvest. it seems that the mill...
144Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 24 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
It is our purpose to set out from this place for Monticello on Monday the 13 th or perhaps on Sunday the 12 th of next month. As Henry , his mule and little cart will be necessary to carry our baggage, I would wish him to leave Monticello on Sunday morning the 5 th making stages at Tooler ’s on this side the river at
145Charles Johnston to Thomas Jefferson, [24 July 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
C Johnston will do himself the pleasure of waiting on M Jefferson RC ( MHi ); with PoC of TJ to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 28 July [1819] , on verso; partially dated at foot of text; addressed: “ M r Jefferson .”
146Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favor’d this morning with your esteemed letter of the 25 curt: & observe contents: Your Corks from Norfolk were forwarded immediately on their receipt, together with a Box of Books to your address from F. A. Mayo ’s of this City, by Gelmore s Boat, long enough to have reached you before this, which I hope is the case, & that they will be in good time for your purposes: whenever I...
147William D. Meriwether and Nicholas H. Lewis to Thomas Jefferson, 1 June 1819 (2d letter) (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to take notice that at the House of John Higginbotham in the Town of Warminster Between the hours of 9 AM and 6. PM of Saturday the fifth instant June and so from day to day until concluded we Shall proceed to take the Deposition of Emanuel Poor to be read in evidence in a Suit where in we are Defendants and your self complainant, in the Superior court of Chancery holden at Staunton...
148Christopher Anthony to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer hereof M r Gorman a stone cutter by trade has been employed for uppwards twelve months in the marble quarry near this place: Having had no direct agency in the managment of the business myself, I have but little personal knowledge of his conduct, but have been informed by my Brother, (whose information is fully confirmed by our observation as far as it gos) that he is an industrious...
149Enclosure: John Wood’s Circular Call for Statistics on Virginia, [before 27 July 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
John Wood , being at present engaged in making a survey of the counties in the State of Virginia ; respectfully solicits information from the gentlemen of the county of in regard to the following particulars. 1. The Tribe of Indians to which the Aborigines of the county belonged. 2. The names of the first settlers and year of set t lement. 3. The origin of the names of mountains, rivers,...
150Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sorry that I shall not be able to communicate the result of your trial with the Rivanna company , before you leave home for Bedford — The court has taken a recess for this week, and will not proceed with the docket till monday next—That will necessarily postpone the argument of your cause, till the middle, perhaps till the latter end, of the week— This delay, however, has the advantage of...