1To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 28 January 1789 (Adams Papers)
Pardon the liberty I take, and permit me to call to your Excellency’s recollection, a Person who...
2To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 18 August 1789 (Adams Papers)
It gives me sensible pain to be under the necessity of troubling you further with my personal...
3To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 8 September 1789 (Adams Papers)
I was honoured by the due Receipt of your obliging fav r. of Aug t 30 th for which you have my...
4To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 17 January 1790 (Adams Papers)
I am pleased to find that the President in his late Speech to both Houses of the American...
5To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 15 August 1790 (Adams Papers)
Observing by the Papers that you are one of the Comm rs: appointed for purchasing part of the...
6To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 20 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
I beg leave just to call to yr recollection my having informed you (when I had the honor to see...
7To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 12 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I had the honor to address you not long since (via Hamburg) acquainting you that, notwithstanding...
8To John Adams from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 November 1798 (Adams Papers)
As I was unwilling to be totally idle, I have employed some of the hours of leisure, which the...
9To Alexander Hamilton from Sylvanus Bourne, 1 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
Boston, November 1, 1789. Asks Hamilton to “Give me leave Dr Sir to request the favr of being in...
10To Alexander Hamilton from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I am in this moment favoured with a letter from Mr Bourne informing of my having lost my Object...
11To Alexander Hamilton from Sylvanus Bourne, 24 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Having been absent in the Country, it was not till yesterday, that I had the honour to receive...
12To George Washington from Sylvanus Bourne, 22 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
Happy in that easy access to the first Office in his Government which is alone the pride of an...
13To George Washington from Sylvanus Bourne, 28 December 1791 (Washington Papers)
As the Legislature of the United States, appears not to contemplate, either an adequate...
14To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 28 June 1790 (Madison Papers)
Being informed that some Members of the House of Representatives are opposed to allowing any...
15To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 1 December 1790 (Madison Papers)
Expecting in a few days to embark for Hispaniola under a Consular Commission from the United...
16To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 March 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 March 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits copies of Leiden Gazette . Reports that weight Great Britain...
17To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 April 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 April 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits continuation of Leiden Gazette . Reports local belief that...
18To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 5 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 May 1801, Amsterdam. Is disappointed to learn Congress rejected the memorial on behalf of U.S....
19To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 29 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 May 1801, Amsterdam. Continues practice of sending the Leiden newspaper, which is generally...
20To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, June 1801 (Madison Papers)
In the letter which I had lately the honor to address you on the subject of our Consular...
21To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 5 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
The hopes of a peace between France & England which had been inspired by the late correspondence...
22To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 June 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 June 1801, Amsterdam. Offers suggestions for improving consular service by making...
23To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 12 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
I am honored by your letter of the 25 April by Mr Meredith. The inclosed letters for France have...
24To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 July 1801, Amsterdam. Has unofficial letters from Paris stating that exchange of ratifications...
25To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 27 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 July 1801, Amsterdam. Captain Pastorius from Philadelphia recently gave him two letters from...
26To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 8 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 August 1801, Amsterdam. Has learned from the newspapers that Jefferson has decided to vacate...
27To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 August 1801, Amsterdam. Hastens to forward the enclosed from Murray, since it conveys...
28To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 15 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 August 1801, Amsterdam. Announces that “nothing very material has occurred on the political...
29To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 1 September 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 September 1801, Amsterdam. Encloses Leiden Gazette with news that Cairo has fallen to the...
30To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 22 September 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 September 1801, Amsterdam. Encloses that day’s Leiden Gazette with accounts of the revolution...
31To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 23 September 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 September 1801, Amsterdam. Forwards an enclosure [not found] that he has received since his...
32To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 30 September 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 September 1801, Amsterdam. Forwards two issues of the Leiden Gazette . Recent reports of...
33To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 7 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 October 1801, Amsterdam. Reports that, contrary to general expectation, peace preliminaries...
34To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 9 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 October 1801, Amsterdam. Confirms signing of the peace preliminaries between France and Great...
35To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 12 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 October 1801, Amsterdam. Repeats request that JM reply at the earliest opportunity to his...
36To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 16 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 October 1801, Amsterdam. Encloses latest Leiden Gazette , which paper “will continue to be...
37To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 29 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 October 1801, Amsterdam. Acknowledges JM’s 1 Aug. circular and promises to reply fully at...
38To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 1 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 November 1801, Amsterdam. Will attend to contents of JM’s 1 Aug. circular letter . Takes...
39To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 12 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 November 1801, Amsterdam. States difficulty of defining current political situation in Europe...
40To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 20 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 November 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits Leiden Gazette . Waits “anxiously to know what will be the...
41To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 11 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 December 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits the Leiden Gazette to date. Thinks the congresses to be...
42To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 14 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 December 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits suggestion of Hubbard, one of the bankers of the U.S., who...
43To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 20 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 December 1801, Amsterdam. Transmits a duplicate of his 15 Dec. letter. Has encountered...
44To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 22 December 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 December 1801. Forwards copy of 22 Dec. Leiden Gazette . “Some symptoms of discontent are said...
45To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 20 January 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 January 1802. Reports that American citizens are paying higher duties on their imports to and...
46To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 1 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1802, Amsterdam. Has mentioned in recent letters that if Mrs. Bourne’s state of health...
47To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 6 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 February 1802, Amsterdam. Transmits a triplicate of his 20 Jan. dispatch. Stresses that...
48To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 22 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 February 1802, Amsterdam. States that he has decided to send his wife “to the Country for her...
49To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 23 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 February 1802, Amsterdam. Transmits papers and states that as physicians think his wife’s...
50To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 18 March 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 March 1802, Amsterdam. Transmits the latest issues of the Leiden Gazette . Although many...