1From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 8 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
The person to whom the inclosed letter is addressed is about taking his passage from New York to Leghorn and promised to be the bearer of some letters inclosed to him and to call for them at your office. lest he should be gone or fail to call, the letters being important, I take the liberty to inclose them to you with a request that should he not call for them you would do me the friendly...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 19 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I am afraid I shall give you more trouble than I expected with the letters I lately inclosed to you under cover to Giacomo Raggi. they are of real importance to our Univ ty or I would not do it. Raggi now informs me he is not able to proceed on his voyage to Italy without an advance of 100.D. more. this I am not authorised to make him and therefore, should he not get a passage to Italy, &...
3From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 22 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your kind favor of the 11 th inst. M r Raggi had assured me that he was promised a passage in the Cyane capt Creighton to sail for Gibralter about the 20 th of Oct. but as he had not sailed at the date of your letter, I must consider his getting a passage as too uncertain to be waited for. I must therefore request you to withdraw from him my letter to mr Appleton, and to...
4From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 20 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I have found my letters for Europe to which I have taken the liberty of asking your attention get always to their destination with so much certainty, that I am tempted to abuse your goodness by often asking the same favor. the communicns with Leghorn, which the wants of our university will still for a while continue, are so necessary to that instn as to render their safe transmission greatly...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 29 June 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his friendly salutations to Gen l Bailey asks the favor of him to superscribe on the inclosed mr Vanburen’s proper post office not knowing what it is, and to put it into the post office and assures him of friendship and respect. Privately owned.
6From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 17 October 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just recieved from London a letter informing me that a friend had put into the writer’s hand what he calls ‘a small packet to be forwarded to me, and not knowing that the size will admit of it’s travelling by mail he gives me notice of it.’ these are books sent by the author as a donation to our University. I see always with uneasiness this abuse of my Frank by Foreigners and authors...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 28 June 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson with his friendly salutations to General Bailey asks the favor of him to give a passage to the inclosed letter by one of the packets to London. ViU .
8From Thomas Jefferson to Theodorus Bailey, 2 July 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter to mr King covers a bill of exche. for 1350. £ sterl. for the purchase of an Apparatus for our University, and the two accompanying letters are from two of our Professors on the same subject, wherefore I have placed them under my cover. the importance of these papers occasion me to take the liberty of assuring their safe passage to N.Y. under your cover and of requesting...