We arrived safe with your little Pat my dearest Jane, yesterday evening, in time for her grandfather to see her with all the advantage of day-light although she made a most ungracious return for his civilities— We were detained at Carysbrook on monday by the snow, & we were almost afraid to...
I thank you My Dear Nicholas for the proofs you give me of your remembrance, which to hearing you are well & doing well constitutes my greatest pleasure and happiness my anxiety that you shou’d make the very best use of the opportunity afforded you and that you will acqi acquire habits of...
I shou’d be very uneasy at your Long silence if your Brother had not inform’d me yesterday that he recieved a few lines from you on the 22d of March dated he believed on the 11th I have not had a line from you since the 22d of Feby I wrote you on the 9th March and therefore am not in arears to...
You know enough of me to ascribe my long silence to the right cause, an insuperable aversion to wrighting writing and to a procrastinating spirit which is my greatest misfortune, and I therefore hope for your forgiv pardon, and a renewal of those letters which have given me so much pleasure....
If any man say I have abated one jot of my love for Winchester and all that therein is, call him “a liar & a son of darkness.” The recollection of the pleasant days we had there is still fresh in my memory—no fortune can extinguish it—and I shall give you the proof some day yet. I felt for...
Your letter of the 1st inst. has been recieved by me with that degree of pleasure which must necessarily attach to every mark of recollection from a relation whom I esteem & value so highly. I have been obliged to delay the answer longer than I could have wished, from a desire to answer you...
The bearer of this Mr Calverley is by profession a painter, he has done a great deal of painting for me at Tuckahoe, & I can recommend him as an excellent workman, surpassed by none in Richmond, & is withall one of the most industrious, steady, & deserving tradesmen that I know any...
I received your letter of March 12th only yesterday my dear Mother, and along with it Cornelia’s of the same date—I am afraid I shall not have time to answer both, as it is late and I have several little things to do. yesterday I reached my place of destination and settled myself quietly on the...
When I received the letters from home, containing our remittances I wrote you two or three lines from charlottesville, at Leitch’s request, inclosing your check, that you might endorse it payable to James Leitch and send it on to remit it again to charlottesville. I beleive I told you that if you...
Provided the work is given me at the university I would bind myself to execute the same in the manner requiered on the following tarms viz. I would be willing to obligate myself to do the Carpenter work & Joinery’s work of a Hotel & Dormitarys attach’d there to at the prices hearetofore...
I have written so lately & so often my dear Mother, that if I were like other people, I should have nothing more to say, but my pen like my tongue, runs faster than is quite compatible with the comfort of my friends. from your complaining of not hearing from me, I conclude that my letters...
That all the bricks for the principal buildings shall be moulded in single moulds lined with copper— That in all cases of out side walling, experienced & competent workmen only shall be employed, & in no case shall young & inexperienced workmen or apprentices be permited to lay bricks...
I have received letters from all the girls my dear Mother, and none from you, but I cannot let Phill go up without writing, and as I have so many debts, I must reverse the old proverb, and be generous before I am just. I am at present staying at Dr Watson’s A few days ago, I came to visit Aunt ...
Je vois avec peine, mon cher trist, que vous vous plaignez dans votre lettre du 3. ul. de ne recevoir des nouvelles de personne, “je crois” dites-Vous, “que tout le monde m’a abandonné depuis que je Suis ici”; nous Sommes bien loin de partager cette croyance, et tant S’En faut, que je puis...
I have but a moment My Dearest Virginia to answer your welcome and affectionate letter particularly the more welcome as I have not yet received the one from Mrs Tinsley’s. I am very sorry you persist in returning so soon, for as much as I wish to see you I am not selfish enough to sacrifice what...
I expected to have left Richmond in the stage which carries this letter, my dear Mother, but Papa’s business will detain him some days longer; Virginia is decided to return home at the same time, as she does not consider that the pleasures of the town will compensate for the loss of the society...
On Saturday next the youngsters of Monticello intend to adjourn to the South-Pavilion and dance after Beverley’s music. Elizabeth has promised to illuminate the party by her presence, and if Sister Jane will also honour us with her presence hers, they will we shall consider them ourselves...
It is so absolutely necessary to me to have as much as 150$ by tomorrow evening to send by express to pay into the Bank of U.S. and Bank of Virginia in Richmond, before 3 o clock on Wednesday next, that I am forced, against my will, to importune you farther, with the offer of the little girl at...
Received from Edmund Bacon two hundred Dollars for Edy the daughter of Fennell now at Edgehill and I bind myself to make a complete title in the said Edy to the said Bacon Witness my hand this May 10. 1819 Teste
Your favors of the 8th & 10th instant are recieved. I have drawn copies of the Notice enclosed me and put them up in this place agreeably to your request. and will recieve any proposals which may be offered and inclose to you,Genl Cocke was with me yesterday, him and Mr Jefferson have...