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Box 4

 Container

Contains 72 Results:

Letter of Thomas Jefferson to John Thomson. Thanks him for his book on freedom of the press. (2 pages, press copy), 1801 Dec 2

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Identifier: D04277
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: 1801 Dec 2

Letter of Thomas Jefferson to James Workman. Thanks him for the pamphlet, which he shall read with pleasure. (2 pages, press copy), 1801 Dec 4

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Identifier: D04278
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: 1801 Dec 4

Letter signed F. Soules to Thomas Jefferson. Talks about France after the revolution and believes the French to be “too hot-headed and too vain ever to be free.” (6 pages), 1801 Dec 14

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 30
Identifier: D04279
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: 1801 Dec 14

A memorandum from Jefferson. Requesting that he be furnished with a bill or order to pay $1000 for books in London and Amsterdam that are being purchased for the Library of Congress. (1 page) (See documents dated 16 July 1802 regarding purchases for the Library of Congress.), circa 1802

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Identifier: D04280
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: circa 1802

Circular titled “Bill of Mortality for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for A.D. 1801” by Lyman Spalding. Lists the total number of deaths, causes, and ages for January to December of 1801. (1 page), [1802]

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: D04281
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: [1802]

Letter of Le Chevalier d’Yrujo to Thomas Jefferson. Concerns champagne and Madeira. (2 pages), [1802]

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: D04282
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: [1802]

Letter signed Thomas Jefferson to Samuel A. Otis. Issued a commission to John S. Sherburne of New Hampshire to be attorney for that district and by mistake incorrectly copied the middle initial. (2 pages, press copy), 1802 Jan 9

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 33
Identifier: D04283
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: 1802 Jan 9

Letter signed Hugh White, Beaver County, to Thomas Jefferson. Received Jefferson’s answer to the address of the aliens of Beaver County, and asks for the publication of the address and the answer in any of the Republican papers. The letter includes a transcript in White’s hand of a note from Jefferson dated 2 May 1801 in which he apologizes for the delay of his answer. (4 pages), 1802 Feb 24

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 34
Identifier: D04284
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: 1802 Feb 24

Letter signed James Walter, Philadelphia, to Thomas Jefferson. Asks permission to call the town he proposes to lay out in Randolph County, Virginia, “Jefferson.” (2 pages), 1802 Mar 8

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 35
Identifier: D04285
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: 1802 Mar 8

Letter signed Thomas Jefferson to James Walter. Thanks Walter for the honor but states that his name has already been given by an act of the Virginia legislature to a small town on the James River. (2 pages, press copy), 1802 Mar 19

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 36
Identifier: D04286
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 890 documents, primarily letters written by Jefferson and letters written to him, arranged in chronological order. There are also notes in Jefferson's hand, pamphlets, and circulars. Jefferson kept copies of his outgoing correspondence and filed all letters alphabetically and chronologically, making them quickly accessible for later use. His filing notes are evident on most of the documents in the collection. Many of the...
Dates: 1802 Mar 19