1To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Rush, 1 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer of this letter Mr. Weld a young Gentleman of amiable manners, and good education was introduced to me by a letter from an old Scotch friend now settled in Dublin. In travelling through the United States he could not be satisfied without paying his respects to Mr. Jefferson. What strange events have happened in our city since your retirement from public life! The late honourable...
2From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 2 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you two letters in the course of the last twelvemonths to wit May 26. and Sep. 6. 95. and have recieved from you those of Sep. 7. 94. and June 23. 95. neither of which were late enough to inform me if either of mine had got to hand. In those I gave you all the details public and private which my situation enabled me to do. In the last I asked the delivery of a note to Frouillé for some...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Pollard, 3 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 29th last Month I received by post, and have Subscribed the Thirty dollars ⅌ Share on each of Mr. Shorts shares in the James River Company, agreeably to Your instructions. I send you under cover Deeds to Mr. Short for thirteen shares in said Company which I wish safe to hand & am Sir Your Most Obd Servt James Heron & Wife to W Short. 6 Shares Benjn Harrison jr to do 6...
4From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 6 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you Feb. 21. since which I have received yours of the same day. Indeed mine of that date related only to a single article in yours of Jan. 31. and Feb. 7. I do not at all wonder at the condition in which the finances of the US. are found. Ham’s object from the beginning was to throw them into forms which should be utterly undecypherable. I ever said he did not understand their...
5To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 6 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your’s of covering a letter to John Bringhurst which has been forwarded to him. There has not been time enough yet for an answer. The letter promised to myself, in yours, has not come [to] hand. The delay can be sufficiently accounted for by the irregularities of the Southern Mails, particularly South of Baltimore. The Senate have unanimously ratified the Algerine and Spanish...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 6 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Our neighborhood my dear daughter furnishes us with not one word of news to you, and I am so fatigued with writing for this post that I can only inform you we are all well, Jefferson robust as a beef, and all our desires alive to see you. My kisses to dear Anne, and best affection’s to Mr. Randolph and yourself. Adieu my dear and love me as I do you. RC ( NNPM ); addressed: “Mrs. Martha...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Richard Harrison, 8 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose you the explanations you desired on the subject of my accounts. As your letter of Sep. 28. 95. reduced to 4. heads the matters on which you wished explanations, I have accordingly brought into one view whatever had been said in other papers on those heads, with what was further necessary to be said; so that the papers now inclosed, together with my account of Oct. 12. 92. and the...
8Statement on Accounts as Minister Plenipotentiary in France, 8 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
The Auditor in his letter of Sep. 28. 95. observes that nothing is requisite to a final settlement of my accounts as Min. Plenipy. of the US. but 1. an adjustment of certain articles of charge against me. 2. Outfit. 3. Houserent. 4. the Period of my commission. I shall proceed therefore to give the necessary explanations on each of these heads. 1. Articles of charge . Some preliminary...
9From Thomas Jefferson to Richard Harrison, 9 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
The letters and papers addressed to you by this post [are] public, and for the files of your office. But I cannot refrain indulging myself in a private line also. If you shall be satisfied by these papers that all the heads of difficulty are cleared away, I shall hope the matter will be finally settled by yourself. To me they appear to leave no difficulty, and the less, because mine being the...
10To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 13 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last by the last weekly mail, I have seen Mr. Rittenhouse on the subject of the Kitchen Stoves. He says that at Lancaster where they were invented and are best known, two only remain in use. They certainly save fuel; but are so much complicated in their operation, as to require particular care, and are liable to the objection of keeping the Kitchen excessively hot. Mrs. Rittenhouse...
11From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 13 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
All are well here: Jefferson particularly so. Almost immediately after the receipt of your order to pay Mr. Divers 120. D. and before I could give him notice, he went to Richmond, and returned only 3 days ago. I saw him yesterday and told him how long I had had your order to pay him that sum, which had been in constant readiness for him, and was still so. He appeared perfectly satisfied. I...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Pinckney, 16 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 8th. of September last reached London when I was on my return from Spain to England by which means I did not receive it till after my arrival in this Country: the letters inclosed for Mrs. Church and Mr. Mazzei were forwarded by Mr. Deas previous to my return. You will receive herewith a letter from the hereditary Prince of Parma who married, during my residence in Spain, a...
13To Thomas Jefferson from William Cabell, 17 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Doctor Robert H. Rose son of Colo. Hugh Rose deceased and Mr. John Rose son of Mr. Charles Rose having signified to me their intention of going to the S. Western territory, with a view of residing there, and also a wish of obtaining from you letters of introduction to gentlemen of your acquaintance in that quarter, I take the liberty of writing you a few lines on the occasion. I have been long...
14From Thomas Jefferson to Jean Antoine Gautier, 17 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
The papers which you were so kind as to send me with some lately recieved from the Auditor of the US. have enabled me to take up the subject of your accounts with the US. with the state of Virginia, and with myself, and finally to place every article of your debets in the account of the party for whose use the money was paid. To you it matters not in what account you find your monies, if you...
15From Thomas Jefferson to Richard Harrison, 17 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
After forwarding to you my dispatches by the last post, I undertook for the use of Mr. Grand also, to make a proper statement of his debets against the US. against Virginia, and myself; ascribing every article of his charges to it’s real party. As his whole accounts, while under my inspection are thus brought within the compass of a single sheet of paper, I thought it would be well to send you...
16From Thomas Jefferson to William Blount, 19 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Dr. Robert H. Rose and Mr. John Rose will have the honor of delivering you this letter. As they go to your government with a view of fixing themselves there, they have naturally a wish to enjoy there whatever advantages may justly result from a knoledge of their characters. They are of a county next adjoining to me, of an antient and respectable family of this state, are sons of two brothers...
17From Thomas Jefferson to William Branch Giles, 19 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I know not when I have recieved greater satisfaction than on reading the speech of Dr. Lieb in the Pennsylvania Assembly. He calls himself a new member. I congratulate honest republicanism on such an acquisition, and promise myself much from a career which begins on such elevated ground.—We are in suspense here to see the fate and effect of Mr. Pitt’s bill against democratic societies. I wish...
18From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, 19 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Your’s of the 16th. inst. from Richmd. came to hand last night. I believe it would be better to do without herrings till the new season, even if we could get them, considering the price. I have recieved no advice of any port wine having been sent to me by any body, and I never ordered any. If that delivered Mr. Brown be really addressed to me, you are welcome to it, and in every case to do...
19From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Brooke, [20 March 1796] (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately recieved from Messrs. Grand & Co. the inclosed account of their transactions for the state of Virginia; which having all (except the last of them) taken place under my inspection, I have examined, and found them just, and so certified. It appears that a balance is thereon due to them from the state of 6931₶—9—6. I have taken the liberty of putting under your cover a letter to the...
20To Thomas Jefferson from William Branch Giles, 20 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter will probably be presented to you by the Duke De Laincourt , who proposes by a circuitous rout to visit Monticello. In announceing this Gentleman to you, I am perfectly satisfyed that your previous acquaintance with his history, his reputation and his connection, will render any other mention of him, than merely his name, wholly unnecessary. Be pleased to accept my most...
21Memorandum to Richard Harrison, [ca. 20 March 1796] (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson having discovered that in his notes of Mar. 8. 96 he had copied the draught of Sep. 1. 89. in the date of Oct. 21. instead of the proper draught which was of 2800.f Bo. [and had] […] and from thence had carried the same error into the […] of the statement of accounts dated Mar. 17. begs the favor of Mr. Harrison to make the following corrections for him. Notes of Mar. 8. 96....
22From Thomas Jefferson to John Pendleton, 20 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Messrs. Grand & Co. having lately furnished certain papers which were necessary for the settlement of their account with the US. I undertook at the desire of the Auditor of the US. to examine so much of those accounts as arose under my inspection, to see that they stood right. My attention being thus recalled to the subject I had occasion to turn to the account I settled with you on my return...
23From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 21 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his friendly respects to Mr. Madison and asks the favor of him to procure a safe conveyance for the inclosed letter to Colo. Monroe, which is of great importance public and private, as covering papers of consequence. PrC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ in ink on verso. Enclosure: TJ to Monroe, 21 Mch. 1796 , and enclosures.
24To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 21 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
At the desire of Mr. de Liancourt, I put into his hands this introduction to your remembrance of him as an acquaintance at Paris. He meditates a visit to the Southern States, and expects to have the pleasure of taking Monticello in his route, either in going or returning. I need add nothing to your knowledge of his respectability and virtues, I shall only say that the impression I have of...
25From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 21 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you on the 2d. inst. and now take the liberty of troubling you in order to have the inclosed letter to Mr. Gautier safely handed to him. I will thank you for information that it gets safely to hand, as it is of considerable importance to him, to the US. to the state of Virginia, and to myself, by conveying to him the final arrangement of the accounts of Grand & Co. with all those...
26From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Hawkins, 22 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I am going to put you on a wild goose chace to find out the person to whom the inclosed letter is addressed. He moved to N. Carolina in 1782. and is settled somewhere up towards the mountains and not a great way from the Virginia line. This is all which his family here can tell me of him. A son of his here claims under him 100. acres of land which are in my possession, but he has no deed for...
27From Thomas Jefferson to John Bowyer, 25 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Feb. 22. came to hand by our last post, and I thank you for the trouble you have taken to apprize me of an interest worth attending to, as well as the offer to act for me in what is to be done. Be so good as to make whatever bargain you think right with the person proposing to make saltpetre from my cave, and I confirm it. I have been told that the powder makers on your side of...
28To Thomas Jefferson from Patrick White, 25 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I received yours of the 15th. informing me that by desire of M. Thomas Shippen of Philadelphia you had drawn on me at ten days sight for a balance due you by the late John Banister deceased. The principal I will pay to the holders of your draft, the Interest I am not Justifiable in paying as Administrator of the said deceaseds Estate not knowing whether or no there will be sufficient personal...
29To Thomas Jefferson from William Branch Giles, 26 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
I have permitted your much valued favor of the 31st. of December to remain unanswered until this time, because until now, no desicive event had occurred, by which a conjecture could be formed of the probable course, which the House of Representatives would take respecting the great question of the Brittish treaty, Because Europe afforded nothing interresting, and because I was unwilling to...
30From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 27 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Since mine of Feb. 28. I have recieved your favors of Feb. 27. and Mar. 5. and 12. In consequence I now draw on you for 400. Doll. at 10. days sight in favor of Messrs. Charles Johnston & Co. These gentlemen having set up business in the brokerage line of every kind, undertaking among other things to recieve and forward goods for all persons, I shall make them in future the center of my...