Box 6
Container
Contains 68 Results:
Note signed Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, to George Taylor. Presents his compliments and thanks him for the silk rug and talks about experimenting with different types of cloth and their power to conduct heat. (2 pages, polygraph), 1806 Aug 16
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 39
Identifier: D04463
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:
1806 Aug 16
Letter signed F. Nichols, Philadelphia, to Thomas Jefferson. Offers a copy of Playfair’s Geometry that Nichols reprinted in 1805, and is the text used at Cambridge and New Haven. (4 pages), 1806 Sept 3
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 40
Identifier: D04464
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:
1806 Sept 3
Letter signed Gertrude Joan Senf, Rocky Mount, to Thomas Jefferson. Regarding death of her husband, Col. Charles Senf. (2 pages). Enclosure, ALS Gertrude Joan Senf, Rocky Mount, to Henry Dearborn, secretary of war, 1 September 1806. Regarding death of her husband and money owed him. (4 pages), 1806 Sept 3
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 41
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:
1806 Sept 3
Letter signed John Cleves Symmes, Northbend, Miami, to Thomas Jefferson. Introduces the bearer of the letter as an Indian named Nanasekaw who would like to meet the president. (2 pages), 1806 Sept 5
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 42
Identifier: D04426
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:
1806 Sept 5
Letter signed Gertrude Joan Senf, Rocky Mount, to Thomas Jefferson. Asks for justice to the memory of her dead husband. Explains how her husband advanced $2000 of their own money for the public works, how Gen. Dearborn continued a secret correspondence with the carpenter of the works against her husband, the excessive wages Dearborn paid tradesmen sent from Philadelphia, and finally how her husband was replaced with Capt. MacCombe. (6 pages), 1806 Sept 11
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 43
Identifier: D04427
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:
1806 Sept 11
Letter signed Hugh Lennox, Kingston, to Thomas Jefferson. Informs Jefferson that the hogshead of orange is forwarded to Alexandria and that the juice was not filtered fine enough and will require the cask to be set up a few days so as to settle before bottling. (2 pages), 1806 Sept 13
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 44
Identifier: D04428
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:
1806 Sept 13
Note signed Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, to Mr. Nichols. Presents his compliments and thanks Nichols for the copy of Playfair’s Geometry. (2 pages, polygraph), 1806 Sept 19
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 45
Identifier: D04429
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:
1806 Sept 19
Letter signed Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, to John Van Ness. Requests a loan of $50 to Mr. Higginbotham, a friend, who is returning from the Springs to Washington. (2 pages, polygraph), 1806 Oct 1
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 46
Identifier: D04430
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:
1806 Oct 1