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Box 7

 Container

Contains 78 Results:

Letter signed Lescallier, Havre, to Thomas Jefferson. Expresses his admiration and recalls a conversation he had with Jefferson in 1804 after Lescallier returned from Guadeloupe. Offers Jefferson his composition, "Vocabulaire de Marine Anglaise et Francaise en Deux Parties." (2 pages), 1808 Sept 11

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 39
Identifier: D03555
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: 1808 Sept 11

Letter signed James G.W. Neale, on board the U.S. Schooner Enterprise, Norfolk, to Thomas Jefferson. Asks Jefferson to return the letter and certificate Neale sent to him last June because Neale has discovered "that to be a soldier is to associate with the unprincipled." (2 pages) Attachment: ANS Thomas Jefferson to Mr. [Robert] Smith, secretary of the navy. Recommends a discharge for Neale. (2 pages), 1808 Sept 30

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 40
Identifier: D03554
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: 1808 Sept 30

Document signed Jesse B. Thomas, speaker of the Indiana Territory House of Representatives, and Will Jones, clerk of the Indiana Territory House of Representatives. Resolution concerning delegates to Congress elected by inhabitants of the Indiana Territory, repeal of powers given to the territorial governor, and appeals to the federal circuit court. (1 page), 1808 Oct 11

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 41
Identifier: D03644
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: 1808 Oct 11

Letter signed Jesse B. Thomas, Vincennes, to Thomas Jefferson. Transmits the enclosed resolution of the Indiana Territory House of Representatives requesting a division of the territory west of the Wabash River from the territory east of the river. (4 pages), 1808 Oct 12

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 41
Identifier: D03643
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: 1808 Oct 12

Letter signed Mart. Willcox and Caleb Lownes to Thomas Jefferson. Regards the making of an artificial road from Philadelphia to Baltimore. (2 pages), 1808 Oct 14

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 42
Identifier: D03642
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: 1808 Oct 14

Letter signed Charles Shnabell Shoenstein, Georgetown, to Thomas Jefferson. Asks Jefferson to grant Shoenstein "some alteration in my circumstances, by your interest, & power, & raise me out of this gulph of distracted vulgarism." (4 pages), 1808 Oct 14

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 43
Identifier: D03641
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: 1808 Oct 14

Letter signed Jesse B. Thomas, Vincennes, to Thomas Jefferson. Encloses resolutions per the instructions of the House of Representatives of the Indiana Territory. (2 pages), 1808 Oct 19

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 44
Identifier: D03640
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: 1808 Oct 19

Document signed John Hay, CCC [circuit court clerk for St. Clair County] and James Lemen, foreman. Petition from St. Clair County, Indiana Territory, states that the connection between St. Clair County and the county east of the Wabash "is a public grievance of the most intolerable nature," the taxes are heavy, and the territorial court at Vincennes is 160 miles away through wilderness. (2 pages), 1808 Nov 3

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 45
Identifier: D03639
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: 1808 Nov 3

Letter signed Henry Vanderburgh, Cahokia, to Thomas Jefferson. Transmits the "presentment of the Grand Jury of this County." (2 pages), 1808 Nov 3

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 46
Identifier: D03638
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: 1808 Nov 3

Letter signed Joshua Norvell, Lancaster, Kentucky, to Thomas Jefferson. Anxious to acquire an education and proposes putting himself under the guidance of Jefferson in return for doing Jefferson's writing and other duties. (2 pages), 1808 Nov 30

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 47
Identifier: D03637
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: 1808 Nov 30