1Inaugural Address, 4 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
Mankind; the happy fruits of them to himself and the World, which are daily increasing, and that Splendid Prospect of the future Fortunes of his Country, which is opening from Year to Year. His Name .... if, a resolution to do Justice, as far as may depend upon me at all times and to all nations, and maintain Peace, Friendship and Benevolence with all the World; if an unshaken Confidence in...
2John Adams to Abigail Adams, 5 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
“And may that Being, who is Supream over all, the Patron of order, the Fountain of Justice, and the Protector, in all Ages of the World, of virtuous Liberty, continue his Blessing, upon this Nation and its Government and give it all possible Success and duration, consistent with the Ends of his Providence.”
3To Thomas Jefferson from Madame de Chastellux, 5 March 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
We all that know and respect you in this part of the world expected you would be elected President; it now seems you will not. We are perhaps from our situation and under many circumstances better judges than those who are upon the Spot, and look upon your not being chosen...
4To George Washington from William Hamilton, 6 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
...: “Dear Sir I have received, and thank you sincerely, for your favor of this date, and for the Plants and Seeds which accompanied it. I shall not set off tomorrow, for the best reason in the world—because it is not in my power to do it. My harried situation, whilst Congress were in Session, allowed me no time to look into matters which related more immediately to myself—and now, I have...
5To George Washington from James Anderson, 8 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
...Potomack; at which my Boat at an appointed time, might meet them.” GW suggests this, he says, because “the roads, I am told, were never worse than at present; and ... no road in the world can be deeper, or more distressing for horses to plunge through than the one from Occoquan to Stafford Court house.” GW would “cheerfully add the cost of waggonage to the price of the Peas.”
6To George Washington from John Fitzgerald and James Craik, 13 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
...Stopped in Alexa. & got to Mt. V. to dinner” (ibid., 239). While GW was in Georgetown he received an address from the faculty of Georgetown College: “Sir, When you are the admiration of the world and the Idol of your fellow-Citizens we thought it incumbent on the members of a public Institution to wait on one who Stands to us as well as to the rest of America in the double relation of...
7From John Adams to James McHenry, 14 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
...have been inform’d of, are bar’s to all further measures of Negotiation? Or in other Words a fresh mission to Paris be too great an humiliation of the American People, in their own Sense and that of the World.
8From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 14 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
...as we have been informed of are Bars to all further Measures of Negotiation? Or in other words will a fresh Mission to Paris be too great an humiliation of the American People in their own Sense and that of the world?
9To George Washington from Thomas Erskine, 15 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
Human being for whome I ever felt an aweful reverence. I sincerely pray God to grant a long and serene evening to a life so gloriously devoted to the universal happiness of the world.
10John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
...at my Inauguration which was the most affecting and overpowering Scene I ever acted in— I was very unwell had no sleep the night before, and really did not know but I should have fainted in Presence of all the World.— I was in great doubt whether to Say any Thing or not besides repeating the Oath— And now, the World is as silent as the Grave— All the Federalists Seem to be afraid to approve...