1To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel L. Mitchell, [3 December 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
With great improvement and satisfaction I perused your Report on Manufactures, soon after its publication, and tho I then ardently wished the establishment of such as would render our Country independent of foreign places, for necessary Supplies particularly of naval and military stores, yet I little thought at that time I should ever be placed in a Situation of cooperating with the Secretary...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Samuel L. Mitchell, 15[–16] February 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
In estimating the requisites for a Course of Chemistry, regard should be had not merely to the Time employed by the Professor in giving his public Instruction to an audience, but also to the employment of Time in preparing, arranging and conducting experiments . Many of these require much Care and vigilance day after day to manage them properly & make them conduce to the desired end. In...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Felix Pascalis Ouviere, 11 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
It is the Gratifying duty of the members of the Linnean Society of Paris, to unite once a year at least, on the Anniversary Birth day of their titular Sage, to exchange useful knowledge and to commune sentiments on subjects of they natural Sciences which they cherish. In the approaching Celebration of the auspicious day (May 24) by the Newyork Branch Society, we could not fail inviting you,...