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Box 5

 Container

Contains 77 Results:

Newspaper clipping. Petition of David Valenzin, a Jewish Venetian merchant seized in the Mediterranean and brought to America to be tried and judged as a Tripoline. (1 page) (Oversize), 1803 Nov 8

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 20
Identifier: D04489
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: 1803 Nov 8

Letter signed Park Woodward, New London, to Thomas Jefferson. Speaks of yellow fever and attributes it to the moral transgression of owning slaves due to the fact that few Negroes suffer from the fever. Woodward wants the slaves appraised, paid for out of the public chest, and emancipated. (4 pages), 1803 Nov 28

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 21
Identifier: D04351
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: 1803 Nov 28

Letter signed G.F. Saltonstall to Thomas Jefferson. Submits a plan of air pipes and bellows for supplying families “with perfumed and salubrious air for respiration.” (1 page), 1804

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 22
Identifier: D04352
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: 1804

Letter signed Walter Saltonstall, Philadelphia, to Thomas Jefferson, City of Washington. Writes offering his services as an English teacher to be sent among the peoples of other tongues inhabiting the newly acquired territories. (4 pages), 1804 Jan 7

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 23
Identifier: D04353
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: 1804 Jan 7

Letter signed Lemuel Sessums, University of North Carolina, to Thomas Jefferson, City of Washington. Requests to have his brother Roderick Sessums released from military service at Ft. Adams on account of the age of his parents who wish to see their son once more before death. (4 pages), 1804 Jan 28

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 24
Identifier: D04354
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: 1804 Jan 28

Letter signed William Thomson, Manchester, to Thomas Jefferson. Presents a small book written by his brother John Thomson of Petersburg. (2 pages), 1804 Jan 30

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 25
Identifier: D04355
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: 1804 Jan 30

Extract from a letter from Philadelphia. Jefferson sent the letter to Gen. Sumpter for his private information concerning Mr. Burr and P. Butler. (2 pages, press copy), 1804 Feb 11

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: D04356
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: 1804 Feb 11

Letter of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, to Solomon Sessums. Says that the discharge of their son is a reasonable indulgence for the government to make and has been accordingly ordered. (2 pages, press copy), 1804 Feb 12

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 27
Identifier: D04357
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: 1804 Feb 12

Document signed A. Vail. Receipt for delivery of two boxes (one to Madame de Tesse and one to Mr. R.R. Livingston). (2 pages), 1804 Feb 13

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: D04358
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: 1804 Feb 13

Letter signed Cato West, town of Washington, Mississippi Territory, to Thomas Jefferson. Explains his position in regard to furnishing forage to the horses of the Tennessee Regiment of Volunteers. (4 pages), 1804 Feb 13

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 29
Identifier: D04125
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: 1804 Feb 13