1Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts, 15 January 1801 (Adams Papers)
...pine wood and get it home. it may be also necessary to get some more oak wood as we shall want more than was calculated upon— there is Something due to mr Frothingham, for mending the wheels of the chariot which will be lost to us unless you can get the Bill and pay it and forward it before the last of Feb’
2“Mr. Hamilton’s Letter”, 1800 (Adams Papers)
than Phaeton to drive the Chariot of the sun. If his Projects had been followed they would absolutely have burnt up the World. The Paragraph of the Pamphlet now under Consideration only shews the falshood of Mr Hamiltons information, the confusion of his head,...
3Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 21 November 1800 (Adams Papers)
..., at Baltimore, gave mr T Adams a Letter to Major snowden—but I who have never been accustomed to quarter myself and servants upon private houses, could not think of it—particuliarly as I expected the chariot & 5 more Horses with two servants to meet me— I sit out early intending to make my 36 Miles if possible: no travelling however but by day light; we took a direction as we supposed...
4Abigail Adams to John Adams, 11 November 1800 (Adams Papers)
...or 30 miles a day. I shall endeavour to reach Washington on saturday if the Weather will permit. it would be an ease to the horses if Curry could come half way to Baltimore and take Me in the Chariot. Thomas accompanies me— I received Your Letter when I arrived here which was the first line I have got
5To Thomas Jefferson from Giuseppe Ceracchi, 23 July 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
...a statue of Washington. Again in the United States in 1794–95, Ceracchi once more tried to solicit public funding for the monument, which in its new form portrayed Liberty as a chariot-borne goddess. Failing to obtain a congressional appropriation for the work, the sculptor commenced an ambitious subscription program, but Ceracchi, deciding that he had been misled, returned to Europe in 1795...
6William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams Smith, 24 November 1799 (Adams Papers)
hut is fit to receive you, I will send you information, and welcome you to it. Can the chariot be spared to convey you here? or shall I send for you? * * *
7William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 October 1799 (Adams Papers)
We arrived at this place last evening about seven Oclock, where we have found most excellent accommodations. We have been highly favored with charming weather—excellent roads and good entertainment ever since we left you.— find the chariot a much easier carriage than the coachee. The President thinks he never made so great a progress in his journey with so much ease to himself as the present.
8From George Washington to James McHenry, 6 January 1799 (Washington Papers)
Robt Fielding—Repairg Chariot
9To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 19 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
& should prefer parting with the Chariot which in a few years more will be unfit for use, or at any Rate a constant Bill of Cost— Besides that the former will probably sell for much less than its Value— I shall however pursue your...
10From Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson Eppes, 1 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
...from Richmond here is but about 5. or 6. days. I have feared some of my letters may have miscarried. I hope mr Eppes recieved that of Feb. 18. covering an order to Quarrier to deliver my chariot to him, and asking his & your acceptance of it. should that have miscarried, this serves to make the same tender. I have still hopes of being able to come by Eppington: but these become less firm...