31Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ewell, 17 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 10 th finds me at an occasional but very distant residence from Monticello , where I have been already a month and shall continue a month longer. the book you are so kind as to mention have having ordered to me, never came to hand. I should not have been unmindful of the duty of acknoleging this mark of attention, as I now do for what was i n tended as well as for the sheets...
32Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Meeks, 19 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
When I left home, I was not certain whether the sawing was done here , which I wished you to work up. I find however that it is done. I wish you therefore to come with the three carpenters under you, as soon as they have done what I directed. that is to say, they were to assist in cleaning out the canel on the other side of the river, and to put in the sleepers of the North pavilion & secure...
33Thomas Jefferson to Frederick A. Mayo, 25 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday evening your favor of the 19 th and I now inclose you an order on mr Gibson for 25. D 37 ½ c which in addition to the amount of your account 18.37 ½ D includes 7.D. more for Fonblanque when you shall recieve it. I will then request you to send by mail the 2. vols separately and in different weeks that our village mail may not be overburthened. I would thank you to procure...
34John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 28 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your directions, I have addressed to you, Care of Cap t Bernard Peyton ; Commission Merchant, Richmond , per Schooner Robert Burns , which was to sail on the 23 d & has been Cleared only yesterday, One Bundle ; well wrapped up in Quadruple paper, Containing: Lempriere ’s Classical Dictionary, 8 vo , bound in Sheep $5
35John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 21 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I am greatly obliged to you for your Letter of the 9 th It has entirely convinced me that the Mecklenburg Resolutions are a fiction, when I first read them in the Essex Register, I was struct with astonishment—It appears appeared to me utterly incredible that they should be genuine; but there were so many circumstances calculated to impose on the public; that I thought it my duty to take...
36Enclosure: John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October [1818?], enclosure no. 1 in John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 26 … (Jefferson Papers)
From the statement of my account with the late General Kosciusko , transmitted the 17 th Oc t 1817 the apparent residue unaccounted for of $278. (exclusive of interest on my advance 26 th Nov. 1816 ) I beg leave to call to your recollection the very critical situation in which his finances were then in, when the unexpected unfortunate protested bill of exchange for £200. sterling was returned...
37Thomas McAuley to Thomas Jefferson, 19 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
The Brethren of the New York Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa Society have directed me to request of Your Excellency the communication of any information you may be in possession of, in relation to the Introduction of said Society into this country, as it has been told to the Society, that you first brought the charter from Oxford or Elsewhere to William & Mary College in 1776 or thereabouts, as it...
38Patrick Gibson to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I received this morning your favor of the 2 nd Ins t and beg you will set your mind at ease on the subject of your note, which shall be retired when due— You must be under some mistake in supposing that your 16 bls: flour were sacrificed, the quality was fine and the price 5 ¼ $ which is as high as has been obtained for the last four weeks, indeed from the unsaliableness of that quality, sales...
39Thomas Jefferson to LeRoy, Bayard & Company, 21 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been unfortunate the last two years in the produce of my farms, and when the seasons fail us the farmer has no other resource. the circumstances too which have lately disturbed the operations of the banks reach even those who do not use that res recourse , by the pressure it brings on them from those who do. the payment of my last instalment to the house of my friends Van Staphorsts and...
40Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 17 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Brokenbrough left this for Gen l Cocke ’s on yesterday morning. It seems that he cannot establish himself at the University until 1 st Aug t ; yet I hope you may be disposed to engage him, as, I think, he will be a source of great comfort & relief to you. I have reflected a good deal on subjects connected with the University since we separated: some thoughts have occurred to me which I beg...
41Thomas Jefferson to Nicholas H. Lewis, 30 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
According to promise I send you a copy of the Extracts from the minutes of the Rivanna co. with which you were so kind as to favor me. the last meeting I ever had with the Directors of the Rivanna co. to the best of my recollection was at the Shadwell mills between Aug. 25. and 31 . 16. having been called at the request of my letter of
42John Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have purchased of m r S Girard three Bills of Exchange on James Lafitte & C o 16 June at 60 days S t N o 400 order Thomas appleton 2362 .50 450 $ 401.
43Thomas Jefferson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, [after 27 June 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
Palladio ’s measures of the Fortuna virilis are not in Modules & minutes but in quarter inches of the Vicentine foot , this the diameter of the column being 2 f–8 ½ I or 130 quarter inches which he calls minutes. then 130 ¼ I : 60′ :: 95 ¼ I his projection to 43′ 17 20
44Thomas Jefferson to Robert S. Garnett, 4 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved in due time your favor of Mar. 20. contain covering recommendations of Don Marcus Escopinachi as Professor of modern languages. they abundantly establish his qualifications for that office, and your own recommendation of D r Speed & more particularly of mr Bonfils would be equally sufficient. but the Visitors of the University are of opinion that it’s whole funds should be applied...
45Louis H. Girardin to Thomas Jefferson, 6 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Indisposition, resulting from the fatigue of my late Journey to Richmond , has prevented me from sending to You sooner the little work of J. B. Descamps “ sur l’utilité des écoles gratuites de dessein & c ”.— I now forward it, together with a table générale of the matters contained in 16 volumes of what the collector has been pleased to style Discours philosophiques .—If the contents of any of...
46Richard Bland Lee to Thomas Jefferson, 2 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Having been unexpectedly called upon to deliver an oration commemorative of the declaration of our Independence in consequence of M r Wirt from other engagements being prevented from performing the task on the 5 th July last , I deemed it most proper to confine myself to a narrative of the difficulties which attended the birth and impeded the progress of our nation, than to indulge in...
47David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 5 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of 8 th March covering one to M. De la Fayette was receivd in due course. It is a singular circumstance that so long time should have elapsed and no Vessel bound to Havre ; or any port in France , The first proper opportunity that has presented, was Cap t Thomas B. Vermilye (of the
48Thomas Mann Randolph’s Deposition in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, [8 June 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
This deponent had two crops boated down Rivanna before 1794, from Milton , that of 1792 and 1793: he knew an instance of a Boat going and returning within the week in 1792: a negroe man of his was in that Boat at the time, with, (he thinks) Sylvanus Meeks , and another: he had part of his crop damaged in Magruders falls in 1793, the Boat containing it was lost. He was a subscriber to the loan...
49Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 4 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 24 July I recieved yesterday—it seems that the carpenters had not arrive at the date of your letter they left here that the last week and I imagin has arrive before this time. we have a serious time here of the horrid time prospect of a crop of corn. it is considerd by the people Genrally that all the raine that could fall would not make half a crop I consider the prospect fully...
50John Martin Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to acknowledge receipt of your much respected letter, of the 8 th instant : with the enclosure of five dollars: the balance in your favor of four dollars, will remain in my hands, as you are pleased to direct. I am thankful that my labour is approved by you; and with lasting sentiments of Gratitude and Respect, RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 18 Mar. 1819 and so...
51Robert Taylor to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I accept, with very great satisfaction, your polite invitation to pass my time, at Monticello , during the session of the Visitors of the University . Unfortunately, an indispensible professional engagement will require my attendance, in Norfolk , at the commencement of the preceding week; and the arrangements of the Steam boat, between this place and Richmond , make it somewhat doubtful if,...
52Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 5 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
An absence in Bedford prevented my recieving your favor of Apr. 21. until the 3 d inst. in answer to your kind enquiries as to our fire, the loss was confined to the little pavilion which, as you may remember, constituted the Northern extremity or wing of my buildings. our snow house enabled us to so far to cover with snow the adjacent terras which connected it with the main building as to...
53Thomas Jefferson to Chapman Johnson, 26 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I was summoned by the Rivanna company to attend taking the deposition of Alexr Garrett this day which was to prove that the body of the Inquisition of 1805. was in my handwriting, and the interpolation in a different one; a fact which I have stated in the bill . it will be conveyed I presume by tomorrow’s mail. I have given them notice that I shall take the deposition of John Coles on Monday...
54John Martin Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your much Respected letter of the 11 th January last , came to hand; I beg leave Sir, to return you thanks for your goodness in Remitting me my proposal with your Signature.— I have just published my work, and take the liberty to Remit a Copy herewith: should this Small work of my own experience and memory be approved of by you, it will be a lasting Satisfaction to him, who begs leave to...
55Thomas Jefferson to Peter Laporte, 6 May [1819] (Jefferson Papers)
The Latin school, preparatory to the op University will be opened in Charlottesville on Monday the 17 th . about 15. or 20. boys will be ready to enter on that day, and the school will increase rapidly afterwards. not a single boarding house is prepared in Charlottesville and the whole of the scholars will enter with you at once, and will expect to be boarded by you at 120.D. the year, one...
56Pierre de Polética to Thomas Jefferson, 27 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Peu avant mon départ de Paris en février dernier, j’ai reçu du Vice-Roi de Pologne Prince Zajonceck , la lettre dont j’ai l’honneur de Vous transmettre ci-joint la Copie avec celles des piecès qui l’accompagnoient: Le tout indique clairement la nature des renseignements que me demande le Gouvernement de Pologne et qui je n’ a i pas hési te de lui promettre, comptant d’avance sur votre...
57Thomas Jefferson to John L. Meredith, 27 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot hesitate a moment in advising you to proceed in the work described to me in your letter of May 14. to obtain a compleat history of the human animal we should enquire into the habits of man and the condition of his mind under all the various forms of society in which he is found. that of the American Indian before his intercourse with the whites was a remarkable one. the shade which...
58“Zed” (“Franklin”) to Thomas Jefferson, 3 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
As the publck has gave you the credit of Drafting the Declaration of Independance, and as you have fill d the greatest office s in the power that the people have to their power give you, which dutis you apear to have Discharg d to their Satisfaction, all this has plac d you on a eminance, that your opinion and good Judgment, or recomendation will go further than any one other Citizeen in the U...
59Simon Chaudron to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Le temps et l’infortune ne m’ont point fait oublier la bienveillance dont vous m’avez honoré autrefois. obligé de quitter une grande cité ou le luxe et les besoins assiègent les familles nombreuses; entouré de neuf enfans, tous nés dans les Etats-Unis ; tous élevés dans les principes d’une république dont je leur apprends à vénérer les illustres fondateurs, je voudrais les attacher à Son...
60Enclosure: William Tompkins’s Drawing and Measurements of Thomas Jefferson’s Mills and Canal, [by 10 June 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
If the proposed locks are to be as long as the present ones, they will reach from F to G. that is 99. feet farther than from F. to H. in the spring run. Then some part of the arch ILM. to turn a boat 44. feet in length must be dug out. Courses and distances of the contemplated basin=on a levil with the top of water in the fore bay, when the water is thirty seven inches deep, in the fore bay,...