I am surprised that you do not Receive my letters in due time, for those your Brother and self write me, are seldom more than 21 days before they reach me and a free communication with your self and Brother is the greatest happiness that I at present enjoy, I am sorry to hear that you have been...

I wrote to you a few days before I recieved yr letter containing intelligence of Mr J’s death—It appears to be almost certain that Monticello will be secured to Mrs R. by the amt of the contributions—Want of feeling—of proper generosity seems to be a blemish upon national as well as individual...

I am thus prompt in acknowledging your favor of the 27th Feby with the draft enclosed for 150$ which I did not receive without some painful sensations accompanied with grateful feelings to your dear Mother who has made me feel my dependent situation, less than I otherwise shou’d by her promptness...

I certainly shoud not have written to you at present having so recently address’d you but I am in a delemma about the Book you sent by mail the Postage of which is 26 Dollars. when the servant went to Town after the letters and papers last saturday he mention’d that there was a large Book for me...

For very dear you are to me; so much do you occupy my thoughts, that I can not be happy without I hear from you at least once a month, your last letter was dated the 23d of Feby you then complaind of continuel headackes but attributed it to want of exercise and the weather has not been favorable...

You must excuse the size of the paper, for it is the only piece I have, the delay of this answer you must also excuse, for I have been suffering lately the tortures of the damned inflicted by that infernal fiend the tooth ache, created I fancy to give men an Idea of what hell is: I have likewise...

I am on the Wing for the Presidents Mrs Hay came for me yesterday but I was too unwell to accompany her and am far from being well to day Mrs Monroe is very unwell the family here are all, except poor little George in tolarable health tho the Girls often complain Virginia has had a Severe attack...

Your Brother and Self occupy so constantly my thoughts that if I am more than a month without hearing from you I begin to be uneasy and find solace in writing to you it is perhaps puting you to unnecessary expence and these are hard times and Money scarse but while I have Money on credit I can...

As soon as I arrived at home from Varina, about the middle of this month, I wrote to thank you for your very acceptable favor of the 27. Oct., but through some accident my letter was not carried to the P.O., and made its appearance on my table this morning, upon my removing some papers. I do not...

I did not expect so soon, dearest Nicholas, to have had to communicate to you the death of your Grand-mother. the fatal change took place in her on sunday, & last night she expired at about 11 oclock. she went off, apparently in her sleep, the moment only being known by the cessation of the...