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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Madison, James | Adams, John Quincy | [James Madison] to [John Quincy Adams], 30 July 1834 | 1834-07-30 | ...ovo, and expected every moment to burst the shell, are valuable; as confirming the ground on... |
2 | Spotswood, George W. | Madison, James | George W. Spotswood to James Madison, 11 November 1833 | 1833-11-11 | ...upwards of 8 lbs. & the delicious soft shell Turtle which surpasses the Sea Turtle in my... |
3 | Allen, William | Madison, James | William Allen to James Madison, 20 November 1830 | 1830-11-20 | ...it safe to send the Oysters in the shell, they will be forwarded when Alleck comes down... |
4 | Erving, George W. | Madison, James | George W. Erving to James Madison, 17 February 1830 | 1830-02-17 | ...– "like the bones of the mammoth or the shells of unknown fishes the races of which have... |
5 | Featherstonhaugh, George W. | Madison, James | To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 28 … | 1828-02-28 | ...Deposits &c &c Fossil Bones and Shells—Woods—Coal Plants, are often found and... |
6 | Adams, John Quincy | John Quincy Adams, Josiah Quincy, III, Inventory of … | ≈1826-09-01 | 3 Shell dishes— | |
7 | Anonymous | John Adams, A Dirge, 25 July 1826 | 1826-07-25 | Haply its tines may wake some powerful shell, | |
8 | Kirkland, John Thornton | Two funeral sermons preached at Quincy, 23 July 1826 | 1826-07-23 | ...of action to fill, and filled it well, shell not pass away unnoticed by a few; whilst... | |
9 | Adams, Charles Francis | Adams, John | To John Adams from Charles Francis Adams, 26 February … | 1826-02-26 | ...feel as if I had got fully out of the shell of the University. |
10 | Hancock, George | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from George Hancock, 5 August 1825 | 1825-08-05 | ..., I have also a very pretty collection of Shells probably the most perfect in this... |
11 | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | Adams, George Washington | From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to George … | 1825-07-14 | As our Shells are out I must get you to send us some... |
12 | Lee, Henry | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Lee, 30 May 1825 | 1825-05-30 | ...because his having destackeded in presents many shells & various fossils, and also because... |
13 | Sanford, Giles | Giles Sanford, Charles Reed, John Shadduck … | 1825-02-12 | ...was no mistake. The ground was measured and the Corn shelled. | |
14 | Jefferson, Thomas | Lee, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Lee, 17 January 1825 | 1825-01-17 | ...applicable to the purchase of the collection of shells of mr Wyer proposed in your favor of... |
15 | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | Adams, John | From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 4 … | 1824-09-04 | ...bed room a place about as big as a nut Shell without its sweetness— |
16 | Finch, John | Madison, James | To James Madison from John Finch, 20 May 1824 | 1824-05-20 | there is a very extensive deposition of fossil shells, more than I have ever seen in any other... |
17 | Finch, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Finch, 20 May 1824 | 1824-05-20 | ...and York the banks furnish many varieties of shells and animal remains. I found bones of the... |
18 | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | Adams, George Washington | From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to George … | 1824-05-03 | Do pray send some shells to your father as he has been deprived of his... |
19 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson’s Proposed List of Instruments for the … | 1824-04-26 | ...very small weights made of slips of tortoise shell, or some other light substance that would... | |
20 | Taylor, William | Madison, James | To James Madison from William Taylor, 3 April 1824 | 1824-04-03 | ...had begun in September 1823, but Mexican shelling from the city was ineffective. Artillery... |
21 | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | Adams, George Washington | From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to George … | 1824-01-01 | ...perhaps the kernels though we lost the Shells I will therefore only add remembrance to... |
22 | Waterhouse, Benjamin | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Waterhouse, 30 … | 1823-11-30 | & shell breaking, & broken to come at the |
23 | Peale, Charles Willson | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Willson Peale, 8 … | 1823-02-08 | ...become an excellent Lecturer. Titian also arranges the Shells & Fossils, and bids far to be... |
24 | Jefferson, Thomas | Coffee, William John | Thomas Jefferson to William J. Coffee, 14 June 1822 | 1822-06-14 | Manuscript: “shell.” |
25 | Story, Horace C. | Jefferson, Thomas | Horace C. Story to Thomas Jefferson, 8 April 1822 | 1822-04-08 | ...of maritime journals presented to the society and of articles, shells, and coins in its museum. |
26 | Hansford, Theodosius | University of Virginia Board of Visitors | Theodosius Hansford to University of Virginia Board of … | 1822-03-15 | 2. Some shell-marl found, in the bed of a watercourse, on... |
27 | Gelone, Jean Louis Fernagus De | Jefferson, Thomas | Fernagus De Gelone to Thomas Jefferson, 3 August 1821 | 1821-08-03 | to you Some Shells and Minerals. |
28 | Gales, Joseph Jr. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Joseph Gales Jr., 22 June 1821 | 1821-06-22 | ...with the scheme of the Constitution from its very egg-shell. ‘He may indeed literally say, “ |
29 | Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel | Enclosure: Recommendations for Constantine S. … | 1821-04-03 | ...plan and execution.—I Send you many plants fossils, Shells &c—and Prof. ...of Shells, fossil... | |
30 | Pickering, Timothy | Jefferson, Thomas | Timothy Pickering to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1821 | 1821-02-12 | ...as an explanation for the presence of fossilized shells thousands of feet above sea... |