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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mazzei, Philip 1730-1816 (search)
Mazzei, Philip 1730-1816 Patriot; born in Tuscany in 1730; was a practising physician at Smyrna for a while, and was engaged in mercantile business in London in taly. He formed a company for the purpose. Jefferson was a member of it, and Mazzei bought an estate adjoining that of Monticello to try the experiment. He persev a work on the History of politics in the United States, in 4 volumes. In 1792 Mazzei was made privy councillor to the King of Poland; and in 1802 he received a penst but weak, the tool and dupe of rogues. In one of these letters, addressed to Mazzei, he declared that in place of that noble love of liberty and republican governmheads shorn by the harlot of England. This letter was dated April 24, 1796. Mazzei published an Italian translation of it in Florence, Jan. 1, 1797. Thence it wawas used as political capital by the Federalists until the election of Jefferson to the Presidency of the United States in 1800. Mazzei died in Pisa, March 19, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
taken by corsairs, and to pay annual tribute of $23,000 to the Dey......Sept. 5, 1795 Treaty with Spain, opening the Mississippi and establishing boundaries......Oct. 20, 1795 Fourth Congress, first session, opens at Philadelphia, Pa.......Dec. 7, 1795 Proclamation of the Jay treaty......March 1, 1796 House demands the papers relating to the Jay treaty......March 24, 1796 [President declined, the House being no part of the treaty-making power.] Jefferson writes the famous Mazzei letter, about......April 21, 1796 [The publication of this letter, about a year later, severs all friendly relations between Washington and Jefferson.] Fisher Ames's speech before the House on the Jay treaty with England......April 28, 1796 House agrees to sustain Jay's treaty......April 30, 1796 Tennessee admitted (the sixteenth State)......June 1, 1796 First session adjourns......June 1, 1796 New treaty with the Creek Indians......June 29, 1796 Washington's Farewell ad
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 5: (search)
ation, at least on political subjects. He was much acquainted with Mazzei, who left him his literary executor; but he does not seem to have vgoing great repairs, came to see me again this morning, and sent me Mazzei's Memoirs of himself and a quantity of letters and papers from Franitten pages. What I did read, however, gave me the impression that Mazzei was a mere adventurer. Mr. G. T. Curtis, in recalling facts aboue of the places in the neighborhood. Mr. Ticknor remarked that Philip Mazzei named those places. Mr. Bartlett asked, Who was Philip Mazzei?Philip Mazzei? Mr. Ticknor, with great animation, exclaimed, Don't know who Philip Mazzei was? He then for the space of ten or fifteen minutes made a rapPhilip Mazzei was? He then for the space of ten or fifteen minutes made a rapid sketch of Mazzei's history, tracing him into the society of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison, in Virginia. The whole was told with great spiMazzei's history, tracing him into the society of Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison, in Virginia. The whole was told with great spirit and vivacity. Carmignani talked very well about him, as well as about everything else. He [Carmignani] entered into the discussion with