Letters Not Found
EDITORIAL NOTE
This appendix lists chronologically letters written by and to Jefferson during the period covered by this volume for which no text is known to survive. Jefferson’s Summary Journal of Letters provides a record of the missing documents. For incoming letters, Jefferson typically recorded in SJL the date that the letter was sent and the date on which he received it. He sometimes included the location from which it was dispatched and an abbreviated notation indicating the government department to which it pertained: “N” for Navy, “S” for State, “T” for Treasury, and “W” for War.
From Ninian McGruder, 1 July; received 2 July from Georgetown.
From Samuel J. Potter and others, 1 July; received 29 July from Newport, R.I.; notation: “Wm. Nicholls collector v. Ellery.”
From Charles Bulfinch, 3 July; received 10 July from Boston; notation: “for Office.”
From Gibson & Jefferson, 3 July; received 8 July from Richmond.
From Watson & Higginbotham, 4 July; received 7 July from North Milton.
From Benjamin Brown, 5 July; received 11 July; connected by a brace with the following entry.
From Thomas Wells, Jr., 5 July; received 11 July; connected by a brace with the preceding entry.
To William Maddox, 6 July.
From Caleb Strong, 6 July; received 12 July from Boston.
From John Wayles Eppes, 8 July; received 13 July from Bermuda Hundred.
From Gabriel Lilly, 8 July; received 11 July from Monticello.
From Samuel Thurber, Jr., 9 July; received 22 Nov. from Providence.
From John Bird, 10 July; received 14 July from New Castle, Del.; notation: “to be Collector vice Mc.lane.”
From DeWitt Clinton, 10 July; received 15 July from Newtown; connected by a brace with entries for letters received the same day from Thomas Jenkins of 7 July and Samuel Osgood of 10 July, with notation: “Isaac Dayton to be collector of Hudson vice Tenbroeck.”
From Samuel Osgood, 10 July; received 15 July from New York; for notation, see preceding entry.
From Robert Rives, 10 July; received 25 July from Warminster.
From James Dinsmore, 12 July; received 19 July from Monticello.
From James Monroe, 12 July; received 16 July from Richmond; notation: “Chas. Jouett Indn. affairs.”
From Joseph Stanton, Jr., 12 July; received 20 July from Charlestown, R.I.
To Anne Cary Randolph, 13 July.
From John Perry, 14 July; received 19 July from Monticello.
From William Geddy, 16 July; received 29 July from Richmond.
From William Wardlaw, 16 July; received 19 July from Charlottesville.
From John Wayles Eppes, 18 July; received 25 July.
From Burgess Griffin, 19 July; received 5 Aug. from Poplar Forest.
From Charles McKnight, 19 July; received 20 July from Alexandria; connected by a brace with entries for letters received the same day from George Wise of 19 July and Alexander Kerr of 20 July, with notation: “resigng. commns. W.”
From Josiah Smith, 19 July; received 12 Aug. from Pembroke, Mass.
From John Stewart, 19 July; received 25 July from Alexandria; notation: “Lieutt.”; connected by a brace with entries for letters received the same day from Josiah Faxon of 20 July and John Johnston of 21 July, with notation “resign Commns. W.”
From George Wise, 19 July; received 20 July from Alexandria; for notation, see from Charles McKnight, 19 July, above.
From Josiah Faxon, 20 July; received 25 July from Alexandria; notation: “Captn.,” and see from John Stewart, 19 July, above.
From Alexander Kerr, 20 July; received 20 July from Washington; for notation, see from Charles McKnight, 19 July, above.
From Ferdinand Marsteller, 20 July; received 31 July from Alexandria; notations: “2d Lt. militia” and “resigns. W.”
To John F. Mercer, 20 July.
From John Johnston, 21 July; received 25 July from Alexandria; notation: “Lieutt.,” and see from John Stewart, 19 July, above.
From Joseph Stanton, Jr., 24 July; received 5 Aug. from Charlestown, R.I.
From John Minor, 25 July; received 29 July from Fredericksburg.
To Henry Sheaff, 26 July; notation: “6. dozen Sauterne.”
From Isaac Darneille, 27 July; received 29 Aug. from Cahokia.
From William Short, 28 July; received 5 Aug. from Norfolk.
From Joel Barlow, 29 July; received 5 Oct. from Paris; notation: “Waldo.”
From Thomas G. Addison, 30 July; received 5 Aug.; notation: “resigns Captcy. W.”
From Benjamin Dame, 30 July; received 12 Aug. from Newington; notation: “W.”
From Robert Stewart, 30 July; received 5 Aug. from Alexandria; notation: “resigns Lieutcy.”
From John Gibson; received 31 July from Clarke Co., Indiana Territory; notation: “W.”
To Anna Scott Marks, 31 July.
From George Balfour, 1 Aug.; received 26 Aug.
From Isaac Mansfield, 2 Aug.; received 16 Aug. from Marblehead; notation: “N.”
To William Geddy, 3 Aug.
From Archibald Alexander, 4 Aug.; received 16 Aug. from New Castle, Del.
To William Short, 5 Aug.
To Burgess Griffin, 6 Aug.
From William Short, 6 Aug.; received 10 Aug. from Richmond.
From William Henry Harrison, 8 Aug.; received 29 Aug. from Vincennes.
To John Thomson Mason, 8 Aug.
From Benjamin Stoddert, 8 Aug.; received 8 Aug. from Georgetown.
From House & Saltonstall, 9 Aug.; received 25 Aug. from New London.
From Joel Barlow, 12 Aug.; received 8 Nov. from Paris; notation: “J. Lyle.”
From James Lovell, 12 Aug.; received 22 Aug. from Boston.
To Bradman, 13 Aug.
From Randolph Jefferson, 13 Aug.; received 14 Aug.
To Randolph Jefferson, 14 Aug.
From Thomas Newton, 14 Aug.; received 26 Aug. from Norfolk: notation: “Balfour Superintt. Marine hosp.”
To Kemp Catlett, 15 Aug.
To Richard Anderson, 16 Aug.; notation: “Postmaster Milton.”
From Craven Peyton, 16 Aug.; received 16 Aug.
From William Short, 17 Aug.; received 19 Aug. from Washington.
From Foster Swift, 18 Aug.; received 26 Aug. from Taunton, Mass.; notation: “W.”
From William Short, 19 Aug.; received 26 Aug. from Georgetown.
From Richard Anderson, 22 Aug.; received 22 Aug. from Milton.
From John F. Mercer, 22 Aug.; received 2 Nov. from Annapolis; notation: “Lemar to be Consul Madeira.”
From Caleb Strong, 23 Aug.; received 2 Sep. from Boston; notation: “W.”
From John Harris, 24 Aug.; received 29 Aug. from Baltimore; notation: “N.”
To Craven Peyton, 24 Aug.
From Craven Peyton, 25 Aug.; received 25 Aug.
From Samuel Sheild, 25 Aug.; received 2 Sep. from York Co., Va.; notation: “Wm. Carey to be Collectr. York.”
From William Carey, 26 Aug.; received 2 Sep. from York, Va.; notation: “to be Collector York.”
From Craven Peyton, 27 Aug.; received 28 Aug.
From Inhabitants of Cahokia; received 29 Aug.; notation: “petition.”
From Inhabitants of Louisiana; received 29 Aug.; notation: “petition.”
To Henry Dearborn, 31 Aug.; notation: “Storer’s commn bkrptcy.”
From Burgess Griffin, 1 Sep.; received 11 Sep. from Poplar Forest.
To Randolph Jefferson, 2 Sep.
From Randolph Jefferson, 2 Sep.; received 2 Sep.
To Richard Overton, 2 Sep.
To John Barnes, 3 Sep.
From Samuel Nobbs, 4 Sep.; received 6 Oct. from Charleston; notation: “T.”
To Burgess Griffin, 5 Sep.; notation: “by Nace.”
To Burgess Griffin, 5 Sep.; notation: “by post.”
From Samuel J. Potter, 6 Sep.; received 19 Sep. from South Kingston, R.I.; notation: “Nichols Collectr. Newp.”
To John Barnes, 7 Sep.
To Randolph Jefferson, 7 Sep.
From John Bird, 8 Sep.; received 16 Sep. from New Castle, Del.
From William Thornton, 8 Sep.; received 9 Sep. from Orange.
To John Barnes, 9 Sep.
From Benjamin Brown, received 11 Sep.
From Meriwether Lewis, 12 Sep.; received 12 Sep.
To William Meriwether, 12 Sep.
To Burgess Griffin, 16 Sep.
To John Barnes, 17 Sep.
From Burgess Griffin, 20 Sep.; received 24 Sep. from Lynchburg.
To Thomas Carr, 22 Sep.; notation: “Colo Bell’s acct. £29-4.”
From Nehemiah Knight, 23 Sep.; received 5 Oct. from Cranston, R.I.
From Samuel J. Potter; received 23 Sep. from South Kingston, R.I.; notation: “Wm. Nichols to be Collector Newport.”
To John Barnes, 24 Sep.
From Burgess Griffin, 29 Sep.; received 5 Oct. from Lynchburg.
From William Wardlaw, 29 Sep.; received 29 Sep.
From François de Navoni, 30 Sep.; received 16 Feb. 1803 from Cagliari, Sardinia.
To Michael Hope, 1 Oct.
From Brown, Rives & Co., 4 Oct.; received 7 Oct. from Richmond.
From George Jefferson, 4 Oct.; received 6 Oct. from Richmond.
To Benjamin Brown, 5 Oct.; notation: “285.83.”
From James Mitchell, 5 Oct.; received 6 Oct. from Alexandria; notation: “N.”
From William Short, 5 Oct.; received 8 Oct. from Richmond.
To Thomas Wells, Jr., 5 Oct.; notation: “133.33.”
To Martin Dawson, 7 Oct.; notation: “1000.”
From Samuel Dyer, 7 Oct.; received 13 Oct. from Albemarle.
To Gabriel Lilly, 7 Oct.
To William Stewart, 7 Oct.
From George Purdie, 8 Oct.; received 13 Oct. from Smithfield.
From John Hyndman Purdie, 8 Oct.; received 13 Oct. from Smithfield; notation: “to be Surveyor Smithfield vice Thos. Blow resigned.”
From Thomas Wells, Jr., 8 Oct.; received 10 Oct.
From Martin Dawson, 10 Oct.; received 13 Oct. from Milton.
From William Short, 12 Oct.; received 15 Oct. from Richmond.
From Charles Willing Byrd, 14 Oct.; received 4 Nov. from Cincinnati; notation: “S.”
From John Perry, 14 Oct.; received 21 Oct. from Columbia.
To John Barnes, 15 Oct.
To Samuel Dyer, 15 Oct.
To Gabriel Lilly, 15 Oct.
From Samuel Thurber, Jr., 15 Oct.; received 22 Nov. from Providence; notation: “for office.”
From John Hog, 16 Oct.; received 17 Oct. from Fredericksburg.
To Joseph Anderson, 18 Oct.; connected by a brace with entries for letters sent the same day to Abraham Baldwin, William Cocke, William Dickson, James Jackson, Nathaniel Macon, and John Milledge with notation: “Commrs. bkrptcy.”
To Abraham Baldwin, 18 Oct.; for notation, see the preceding entry.
To William Cocke, 18 Oct.; for notation, see to Joseph Anderson, 18 Oct., above.
To William Dickson, 18 Oct.; for notation, see to Joseph Anderson, 18 Oct., above.
From David Higginbotham, 18 Oct.; received 20 Oct. from Milton.
To James Jackson, 18 Oct.; for notation, see to Joseph Anderson, 18 Oct., above.
To John Milledge, 18 Oct.; for notation, see to Joseph Anderson, 18 Oct., above.
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 18 Oct.; received 26 Oct. from Philadelphia; connected by a brace with entries for letters received the same day from Caspar Wistar of 15 Oct., Michael Leib of 19 Oct., William Barton of 22 Oct., and Thomas McKean of 22 Oct., with notation: “Kuhn P. junr. to be Consul at Gibraltar.”
From Henry Sheaff, 18 Oct.; received 20 Oct. from Philadelphia.
From James Monroe, 19 Oct.; received 31 Oct. from Richmond.
From William Short, 19 Oct.; received 19 Oct. from Georgetown.
From Lilburne Lewis, 20 Oct.; received 24 Oct. from Mont Gallatin.
From Gabriel Lilly, 20 Oct.; received 24 Oct. from Monticello.
From Thomas Newton, 21 Oct.; received 26 Oct. from Norfolk.
From Thomas Newton, 21 Oct.; received 27 Oct. from Norfolk; notation: “John Easson Surveyor Smithfield.”
From Anonymous; received 22 Oct.; notation: “Euriskotes.”
From Thomas McKean, 22 Oct.; received 26 Oct. from Lancaster; for notation, see from J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 18 Oct., above.
To John Perry, 22 Oct.
To Richard Price, 22 Oct.
To Lilburne Lewis, 25 Oct.
From William Short, 25 Oct.; received 25 Oct.
From William Bache, 26 Oct.; received 31 Oct. from Edgehill.
From Stephen Sayre, 27 Oct.; received 29 Oct. from Philadelphia.
From Christopher Clark, 28 Oct.; received 7 Nov. from Mt. Prospect.
From Benjamin Brown, 29 Oct.; received 31 Oct. from Charlottesville.
From Francis Eppes, 30 Oct.; received 7 Nov. from Eppington.
To John Barnes, 31 Oct.
From James [i.e. Jared?] Mansfield, October; received 31 Oct. from West Point.
To Benjamin Brown, 2 Nov.
From Lilburne Lewis, 4 Nov.; received 10 Nov. from Mont Gallatin.
From Anonymous, 6 Nov.; received 11 Nov. from New York; notation: “Colo. Walter Blicker.”
From Benjamin H. Latrobe, 8 Nov.; received 11 Nov. from Phila.
From Louis Landais, 8 Nov.; received 20 Nov. from Fort Moultrie; notation: “W.”
To Gabriel Lilly, 9 Nov.; notation: “685. D. Price, Peyton, Allen, Perry, Brown.”
To David Higginbotham, 9 Nov.
To Joseph Moran, 9 Nov.; notation: “200. D.”
From William Stewart, 9 Nov.; received 14 Dec. from Monticello.
From William Stewart, 10 Nov.; received 14 Dec. from Monticello.