1[On the Law of Nature and the Moral Sense among Animals and among Men, October–December 1758.] (Adams Papers)
Q. Let me examine, when, and how this Notion of a Law common to Beasts and men, arose in the World, and in what sense it was understood.
2I. To the President of Congress, No. 49, 19 April 1780 (Adams Papers)
...may be accommodated, mutually and reciprocally, so as to lead to such establishment hereafter. On this ground they will naturally meet each other, in forming at least some general system of regulations and laws, common to all, under which this universal commerce may act and be protected: So that the exercise of this right may extend wheresoever the ocean flows and be as free as the air which...
3VI. The Baron von Thulemeier to the American Commissioners, with the Prussian Observations on the Draft … (Adams Papers)
...to insist on this clause because the dominions of His Prussian Majesty are composed of provinces, the majority of which have laws and customs of their own. We could not annul the police laws common to all the nations of Europe or take away without injustice the ancient rights of companies, communities, or guilds. The city of Königsberg has a law of intermediation, by which a...
4V. Jefferson to Montmorin, 20 June 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
for the arrest of vessels and of their masters are made to the Admiralty courts. These are composed of the most learned and virtuous characters in the several states, and the Maritime laws common to all nations, is
5Thomas Jefferson to Skelton Jones, 28 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
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6Thomas Jefferson to William C. C. Claiborne, 3 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
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7Enclosure: Albert Gallatin’s Memorandum on Edward Livingston’s Suit against Thomas Jefferson in the Batture Case, [ca. … (Jefferson Papers)
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8George Hay to Thomas Jefferson, 15 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
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9Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney, 25 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
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10Thomas Jefferson to Peter Minor, 30 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
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