Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power (105 page)

“W
E
SAY
T
O
THEM
,
NO
”
Ibid.

“
WE
ARE
N
OT
AS
FRIENDLY
NOW
”
TJ to James Monroe, January 8, 1804, James Monroe Papers, LOC.

“T
HIS
IS
TOTALLY
WITHOUT
FOUNDATION
”
Ibid.

HE
WAS
RENOMINATED
APE,
I, 83.

S
ENATO
R
P
ICKERING
OF
M
ASSACH
USETTS
SAT
DOWN
Timothy Pickering to Theodore Lyman, February 11, 1804, Timothy Pickering Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

“
TO
RESIST
THE
TORRENT
”
Ibid.

“I
T
IS
NOT
UNUSUAL
F
OR
TWO
FRIENDS
Ibid.

“W
E
A
RE
DEMOCRATIC
ALTOGE
THER
”
Adams,
Documents Relating to New-England Federalism,
346.

“I
AM
DISGUSTE
D
”
Life and Correspondence of Rufus King,
IV, 364.

“
THAT
THE
SHORTE
ST
AND
BEATEN
ROAD
”
Ibid., 438.

“
OUGHT
TO
FIX
THE
ATTE
NTION
”
Henry Adams,
History,
422. On the evening of Sunday, April 8, 1804, John Quincy Adams called on King in New York. There he joined King and Pickering in King's library. The subject was separation. Pickering took his leave; afterward, King made himself clear to Adams. “I disapprove entirely of the project; and so, I am happy to tell you, does General Hamilton.” (Ibid., 425.)

M
ERRY
HEARD
THEM
AND
REPORTED
JHT,
IV, 406.

“T
HE
POSSIBILITY
OF
A
DIVISION
”
Augustus Foster to mother, June 30, 1805, Augustus Foster Papers, LOC.

B
URR
CAL
LED
ON
J
EFFERSON
“Notes on a Conversation with Aaron Burr,” January 26, 1804, Thomas Jefferson Papers, LOC. “He began by recapitulating summarily that he had come to N. Y. a stranger some years ago, that he found the country in possession of two rich families, (the Livingstons and Clintons), that his pursuits were not political and he meddled not,” Jefferson wrote of their conversation. “When the crisis however of 1800 came on, they found their influence worn out, and solicited his aid with the people. He lent it without any views of promotion that his being named a candidate for V.P. was unexpected by him. He acceded to it with a view to promote my fame and advancement, and from a desire to be with me whose company and conversation had always been fascinating to him.”

Jefferson drily observed later, “Col. Burr must have thought I could swallow strong things in my own favor, when he founded his acquiescence in the nomination as V.P. to his desire of promoting my honor, the being with me whose company and conversation had always been fascinating to him etc. I had never seen Col. B. till he came as a member of Senate. His conduct very soon inspired me with distrust.” Ibid.

“
MA
NY
LITTLE
STORIES
”
Ibid.

J
EFFERSON
'
S
REPLY
Ibid.

“T
H
AT
GREAT
OPPOSITION
”
TJ to Thomas McKean, January 17, 1804, Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

A
FIRE
HAD
DEVASTATED
N
ORFOLK
TJ to Thomas Newton, March 5, 1804, Thomas Jefferson Papers, LOC.

“A
THOUSA
ND
JOYS
TO
YOU
”
TJ to Mary Jefferson Eppes, February 26, 1804, University of Virginia.

HIGH
WINDS
AND
ICE
John Wayles Eppes to TJ, March 9, 1804, Edgehill-Randolph Papers, University of Virginia.

“I
FEE
L
DREADFULLY
”
John Wayles Eppes to TJ, March 19, 1804, Edgehill-Randolph Papers, University of Virginia.

THE
U.S.
FR
IGATE
P
HILADELPHIA
In his Message to Congress on March 20, 1804, Jefferson said: “I communicate to Congress a letter received from Capt. Bainbridge Commander of the
Philadelphia
frigate informing us of the wreck of that vessel on the coast of Tripoli and that himself, his officers and men had fallen into the hands of the Tripolitans. This accident renders it expedient to increase our force and enlarge our expenses in the Mediterranean beyond what the last appropriation for the Naval service contemplated. I recommend therefore to the consideration of Congress such an addition to that appropriation as they may think the exigency requires.” Thomas Jefferson to Congress, March 20, 1804, DLC. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mtj.mtjbib013280.

S
TEPHEN
D
ECATUR
LED
A
COURAGE
OUS
EXPEDITION
Lambert,
Barbary Wars,
142–44. See also
EOL,
637–39.

“
THE
MOST
BOLD
AND
DARING
”
Sofaer,
War, Foreign Affairs, and Constitutional Power,
217.

“I
N
GENERA
L
I
AM
MORTIFIED
”
TJ to James Madison, April 15, 1804, James Madison Papers, LOC.

TOOK
CHARGE
OF
HER
CARE
TJ to James Madison, April 9, 1804, James Madison Papers, LOC. Jefferson wrote Madison:

I found my daughter Eppes at Monticello, whither she had been brought on a litter by hand; so weak as barely to be able to stand, her stomach so disordered as to reject almost everything she took into it, a constant small fever, and an imposthume rising in her breast. The indulgence of her friends had permitted her to be uninformed of the importance of strict attention to the necessity of food, and its quality. I have been able to regulate this, and for some days she has taken food enough to support her, and of the kind only which her stomach bears without rejection.… Her spirits and confidence are favorably affected by my being with her, and aid the effects of regimen. (Ibid.)

“O
UR
SPRING
IS
REMARKABLY
”
TJ to James Madison, April 13, 1804, James Madison Papers, LOC.

J
EFFERS
ON
WROTE
TO
D
EARBORN
TJ to Henry Dearborn, April 17, 1804, Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.

P
OLLY
DIED
Cappon,
Adams-Jefferson Letters,
265.

“H
OW
THE
P
RES
IDENT
”
Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., to Caesar A. Rodney, April 16, 1804
,
Andre De Coppet Collection, Princeton University.

“A
LETTER
FRO
M
THE
P
RESIDENT
”
Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison,
53.

“I
AR
RIVED
HERE
”
TJ to Martha Jefferson Randolph, May 14, 1804, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City.

“I
T
HAS
B
EEN
SOME
TIME
”
Abigail Adams to TJ, May 20, 1804, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City. The complete correspondence between Abigail Adams and Jefferson, along with editorial commentary, can be found in Cappon,
Adams-Jefferson Letters,
265–82. Jefferson sent the letter to John Wayles Eppes, saying that it proved the enduring attachment between the two families—and that he was going to reply to express his own esteem and “with a frank declaration that one act of his life, and never but one, gave me personal displeasure, his midnight appointments.” (TJ to John Wayles Eppes, June 4, 1804, Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.) Eppes wrote his father-in-law a warm, insightful reply. “I re-enclose to you Mrs. Adams's letter—If I may judge of its excellence from the sensibility excited by its perusal, it contains the generous effusions of an excellent heart
… 
. In expressing towards her the sentiments of your heart you will of course know no limit but the extent of your feelings.” Eppes's political counsel, however, echoed what Madison had advised Jefferson six years before, in the aftermath of the 1796 election. “How far under existing circumstances it may be prudent to indulge in the expression of any private feeling towards Mr. Adams is to me extremely doubtful—No possible event could I imagine excite in his bosom sympathy towards you—The thread of friendship between you is on his part broken never more to be united—He is extremely odious to your warmest friends and admirers.” (John Wayles Eppes to TJ, June 14, 1804, Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.)

J
EFFERSON
REPLIED
,
POLITELY
Cappon,
Adams-Jefferson Letters,
269–71.

A
BIGAIL
A
DAMS
WROTE
H
IM
AGAIN
Ibid, 271–74.

J
EFFERSON
REPLIED
Ibid., 275.

J
OHN
A
DAMS
L
EARNED
OF
IT
Cappon,
Adams-Jefferson Letters,
282. On November 19, 1804, Adams wrote: “The whole of this correspondence was begun and conducted without my knowledge or suspicion. Last evening and this morning at the desire of Mrs. Adams I read the whole. I have no remarks to make upon it at this time and in this place.” (Ibid.)

IN
W
E
EHAWKEN
, N
EW
J
ERSEY
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
700–5.

T
HE
PUBLIC
REACTION
TO
H
AMILTON
'
S
DEATH
Ibid., 710–14.

“
THE
GREAT
EST
AND
MOST
VIRTUOU
S
”
JHT,
IV, 425–26.

H
IS
HUGE
N
EW
Y
ORK
FUNERAL
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
711–13.

“
SEIZED
T
HE
MOMENT
”
Cappon,
Adams-Jefferson Letters,
488.

“W
E
HAD
INDEED
”
JHT,
IV, 430.

MORE
IMMEDI
ATE
ISSUE
WAS
B
URR
David O. Stewart,
American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America
(New York, 2011), 124–33.

B
URR
WANTED
TO
“
EFFECT
”
Anthony Merry to Lord Hawkesbury, August 6, 1804, FO 5/42, National Archives of the United Kingdom, Kew.

“I
SINCERELY
REGRET
”
TJ to Elbridge Gerry, March 3, 1804, Thomas Jefferson Papers, LOC; at foot of text: “Elbridge Gerry esq.”

G
E
ORGE
C
LINTON
REPLACED
B
URR
APE,
I, 82–83.

THE
CHILD
OF
I
RISH
IMMIGRANTS
Bowers,
Jefferson in Power,
257–58.