1John Adams and Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 26 April 1795 (Adams Papers)
I have received your Letters Numbers 1. 2. 3. 4. and 5. but not in the order, in which they were written— Number one, was the last rec / 2 July Answ
2From John Adams to William McPherson, 4 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
...College. He enlisted in the British Army before the Revolutionary War but switched his affiliation to the American cause and served on the Marquis de Lafayette’s staff. Aware that Congress was on the verge of passing the 31 July Collection Act, which created the U.S. Customs Service, MacPherson joined a multitude of former soldiers and struggling merchants who petitioned ...July, noting that...
3From John Adams to George Mason Jr., 4 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
rival for the position was John Bondfield, who had acted as the American commercial agent for Bordeaux, Bayonne, Rochefort, and La Rochelle since March 1778. When Washington nominated Fenwick on 4 June 1790, he mistakenly wrote “James Fenwick” but sent a note of correction to the Senate on 23 June. Fenwick was confirmed by the Senate on 7 June, and he served as U.S. consul to France...
4[July 1796] (Adams Papers)
, 4:607). The maneuvers by both Federalists and Republicans to obtain the succession to the Presidency were in some degree checked by Washington’s silence concerning his own intentions until the publication of his advice to his countrymen, ever..., 4:444–445).
5From John Adams to John Jenks, 15 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
on 1 July (letter of 4 July
6July 20. 1796. Wednesday. Commencement. (Adams Papers)
, 4:444–445).
7July 30th. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
All hands carting Earth and making Compost, i.e. 4 hands Billings, Bass and the two Lathrops. Billings is in his Element. Building Wall and making manure are his great delights, he says. He says he will cover all my Clover with green Seaweed. Drop part of...
8From John Adams to Thomas Mifflin, 14 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
on 3 July to recommend Capt. Nathaniel Falconer for a customs post in Philadelphia. Falconer appealed to replied to Falconer on 4 July ( ...in Pensylvania, and has so many able and faithful men within his call to consult upon such matters, that my testimony in your favour, can add little weight.” Falconer applied to George Washington on 8 July and was named master warden of the port...
9From John Adams to Stephen Higginson, 14 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
I received your favor of the 4
10From John Adams to Tench Coxe, 14 July 1791 (Adams Papers)
I have received your favour of the thirtieth of June, with a continued Bill of the Treasurers Set of exchange No. 1351 for five hundred Dollars in my favour bearing date the 4th. day of May 1791 and drawn on Benjamin Lincoln Esq Collector of Boston, and I thank you for the trouble you have taken in this Affair.—I shall certainly hold myself bound to indemnify the United States for...