110th. (Adams Papers)
Attended at the office as usual, and read Blackstone: passed the evening with Putnam at his lodgings. Began to read Buffon’s natural history of man.
2From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1787 (Adams Papers)
M r Boylston is going to Paris, with a Cargo of Sperma Cæti oil, and will be obliged to you for any Assistance or Advice you can give him. I forwarded a few days ago, from M r Gerry, a Copy as I suppose of the Result of Convention.— It Seems to be admirably calculated to preserve the Union, to increase Affection, and to bring Us all to the Same Mode of thinking. They have adopted the Idea of...
3To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 10 November 1787 (Hamilton Papers)
I thank you for the Pamphlet, and for the Gazette contained in your letter of the 30th. Ulto. For the remaining numbers of Publius, I shall acknowledge myself obliged as I am persuaded the subject will be well handled by the Author. The new Constitution has, as the public prints will have informed you, been handed to the people of this state by an unanimous vote of the Assembly; but it is not...
4[Diary entry: 10 November 1787] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 10th. Thermometer at 44 in the Morning—54 at Noon and 52 at Night. The morning was mild & pleasant with the Wind at South. About 5 oclock it thundered & began to rain which it continued to do more or less till 10 oclock at Night. Went again on the business I quitted yesterday without finishing it. Passed by the Ferry, Frenchs and Dogue run, and returned by Muddy hole. At the Ferry the...
5[Diary entry: 10 November 1787] (Washington Papers)
Saturday—10th. Morning Mild & pleasant with the Wind at So. Abt. 5 ock. it thundered began to rain & contd. to do so more or less till 10 oclk. at night. Went again on the business I was upon yesterday, but could not finish it. Passed by the Ferry, Frenchs and Dogue run Plantations, and returned home by Muddy hole. At the first, the Plows were at work as usual, and the other hands were digging...
6From George Washington to Alexander Hamilton, 10 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
I thank you for the Pamphlet, and for the Gazette contained in your letter of the 30th Ult. For the remaining numbers of Publius, I shall acknowledge myself obliged, as I am persuaded the subject will be well handled by the Author. The new Constitution has, as the public prints will have informed you, been handed to the people of this state by an unanimous vote of the Assembly; but it is not...
7From George Washington to Steuben, 10 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
The letter with which you were pleased to honor me, dated the 26th Ult., came duly to hand. By the same Post, I received a letter from Mr Secretary Thompson (by order of Congress)requesting a copy of the report of a Committee which was transmitted to me by Mr President Laurens, in Feby 1778. This is accordingly sent, and is the counterpart of the paper I herewith enclose, for your own...
8From George Washington to Charles Thomson, 10 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
In compliance with the resolve of Congress—contained in your letter of the 25th Ult.—I have the honor of sending you a copy of the paper enclosed in Mr Presidt Laurenss letter to me, of the 19th of Febry 1778, endorsed “Committees report.” It would, I confess, give me great pleasure to hear that the importt Services of the Baron de Steuben could meet with a reward adequate to his merits &...
To the People of the State of New-York. QUEEN ANN, in her letter of the 1st July 1706 to the Scotch Parliament, makes some observations on the importance of the Union then forming between England and Scotland, which merit our attention. I shall present the Public with one or two extracts from it. “An entire and perfect Union will be the solid foundation of lasting peace: It will secure your...
10To James Madison from John Dawson, [ca. 10 November] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Accept my thanks, my dear Sir, for your two favours of the 21st. and 28th. of the last month, which, with the enclosures, came to hand in due time. On the receipt of a letter from you, some time since, I calld the attention of the Legislature to the Act of the last session, which is the subject of Mr. Vanburkels complaint. That it is a violation , tho not an intended one, appears to be the...
11To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 10 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Boylston is going to Paris, with a Cargo of Sperma Cæti oil, and will be obliged to you for any assistance or advice you can give him. I forwarded a few days ago, from Mr. Gerry, a Copy as I suppose of the Result of Convention.—It seems to be admirably calculated to preserve the Union, to increase Affection, and to bring us all to the same mode of thinking. They have adopted the Idea of...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Carrington, 10 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Madison and myself have done ourselves the honor to write you very fully as late as the 23d. Ult., but as the Chevalier Jones is but now about to sail in a Merchant Man for Holland, from whence he means to go directly to Paris, I just use this additional opportunity to inclose you the papers from the period of our former letters to this date. They contain sundry peices upon the subject of...
13To Thomas Jefferson from R. & A. Garvey, 10 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Rouen, 10 Nov. 1787 . Have sent the harpsichord by cart and hope it arrives safely; ask that the “acquit à Caution No. 143” which goes by the “Cartman” be returned; attach their statement of disbursements, amounting to 87.₶ 15s. 6d., for which they have drawn a sight draft on TJ. RC ( MHi ); 3 p.; with statement of account written on verso of address cover; addressed and endorsed. Noted in SJL...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Ralph Izard, 10 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Letter of 1st. August came to my hands several weeks before Mr. Drayton received his on the subjects of Rice, Olives &c. to which I was referred. We are much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken, and for the information you have given. When I was in Italy, the Rice of that Country appeared inferiour to ours. I had been several years absent from America, and the difference did not...
15To Thomas Jefferson from John Rutledge, Jr., 10 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
The not having heard from my friends since I left America, renders my situation in this Country extremely disagreeable. When I embarked for Europe my Intention was to have continued in Paris untill the latter end of November, but, hearing that Parliament will meet in a few Days, determines me, if it is possible, to go over to England immediately. On coming to Europe I brought with me a hundred...
16To Thomas Jefferson from the Commissioners of the Treasury, 10 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
We have the honor of transmitting to your Excellency two Acts of the United States in Congress of the 12th. and 25th. of October last: the one, relative to the Americans who are Captives at Algiers, the other to the Prize Money due to Captain Jones’ Squadron from the Court of Denmark. Mr. Jarvis (who is so obliging as to take charge of our dispatches) will deliver to you the documents relative...