183401General Orders, 18 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
The Commander in Chief in consideration of the penitence of the Criminal and the special intercession of his officers is induced to grant a pardon to Jeremiah Beaman of the 2nd North-Carolina regiment whose sentence was published in orders the 14th instant. The little attention paid to the resolve of Congress of the 4th of September last, published in general orders of the 25th and the number...
183402Orderly Book, 8 November 1758 (Washington Papers)
Loyal Hannon Wednesday Novr 8th 1758 Parole Amboy Field Officer for to morrow Lt Colo. Dagworthy. Adjt for to morrow Royall Americans. A Detachmt of 1 Capt. 2 Subs. 3 Serjts & 100 Pvt⟨s⟩ to be in readiness to March this Afternoon & to be provided with 5 Days Provisions Exclusive of this Day. the Surgeons of the Regimts to take the opertunity of a Conveiance to morrow to send down their Sick to...
183403Distribution of the Mail, April 1743 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society This document obviously belongs to the period of Franklin’s Philadelphia postmastership, 1737–53. The date 1743 is tentatively ascribed on the basis of a marginal note that the John , Captain Mesnard, for New York arrived at Deal on February 10. Stephen Mesnard was captain of the Britannia sailing between New York and England in 1740–41, and of the...
183404General Orders, 19 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major Gibbs. For duty tomorrow the first York regiment. The Commander in chief gives his sanction to the agreement which has been entered into between Brigadr General Greaton, Colonel H. Jackson and Major Fish in behalf of the regiments therein named, on the one part—& the Contractors for supplying the Army in the states of New York and Jersey with rations of Provisions on...
183405[Diary entry: 26 January 1769] (Washington Papers)
26. Cloudy Morning. Wind Northwardly and Cold—with a mixture of hail & rain in the Afternoon. Ground hard froze.
183406Orders, 11–12 August 1756 (Washington Papers)
Captain McNiel and Lieutenant Blagg; two Sergeants and thirty rank and file, to parade immediately—The Captain to wait on Colonel Washington for his orders. A court-martial to sit immediately for trial of Thomas Dunchow; and to enquire about some Blankets which were found in some of the country peoples houses. LB , DLC:GW . There was a Thomas Donnahough in George Mercer’s company who enlisted...
183407[Diary entry: 29 August 1771] (Washington Papers)
29. Much such a day as yesterday.
183408[Diary entry: 23 April 1769] (Washington Papers)
23. Dined at Belvoir. Met Majr. Wagener coming to dine with me. Doctr. Rumney came.
183409Notes of Cabinet Meeting on a Commercial Treaty with France, 23 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Aug. 23. 93. In consequence of my note of yesterday to the Presidt. a meeting was called this day at his house to determine what should be done with the proposition of France to treat . The importance of the matter was admitted, and being of so old a date as May 22d. we might be accused of neglecting the interests of the US. to have left it so long unanswered, and it could not be doubted Mr....
183410Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 5 October 1826 (Madison Papers)
The board met pursuant to adjournment: present the same members as yesterday. Resolved that a Secretary to the board of Visitors shall be appointed, whose salary shall be two hundred dollars per annum , payable quarterly. Resolved that Nicholas P. Trist is appointed to the office of secretary. The board adjourned to tomorrow. MS ( ViU : Special Collections).
183411General Orders, 16 September 1780 (Washington Papers)
[Officers] For the day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Irvine[,] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant sherman[,] Lieutenant Colonel Murray[,] Major Knapp[,] Brigade Major Rosekrans. For Detachment[:] Major Ball to relieve Major Reid Ensign Samuel Tallmage is appointed Adjutant to the 4th New york regiment vice Lieutenant Ellsworth promoted from the ninth day of July last. Major James Moore is appointed...
183412[Diary entry: 19 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. At home all day. Mr. Campbell dined here.
183413[Diary entry: 8 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
8. Pleasant forenoon—but the wind Rising. About Noon it Clouded & threatned hard for Rain. Towards Night it raind a little & ceasd but contd. Cloudy.
183414General Orders, 27 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Colonel Livingston[,] Lieutenant Colonel Hay[,] Brigade Major Clinton’s Brigade A Detachment to be paraded Tomorrow morning 9 o’Clock on the Grand parade with two days’ Provisions and 40 rounds ⅌ man to be commanded by Major Trescott. A Surgeon or mate from the 1st pennsylvania Brigade to join the Detachment. On Monday next the 1st of May the Arms...
183415[Diary entry: 31 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
31. Dined with Mr. Jno. Rutlidge. Spent the Evening in my Chambers. John Rutledge (1739–1800) was the elder of two Rutledge brothers representing South Carolina in the Continental Congress at this time. He had served in the South Carolina House of Commons for a number of years and in the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. During the Revolution Rutledge was president of South Carolina 1776–78,...
183416[Diary entry: 10 March 1770] (Washington Papers)
10. Rid to Muddy hole Doeg Run and the Mill. Mr. Magowan went home.
183417Memorandum Books, 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 3. Pd. for 3 doz. eggs 1/. 4. Gave Patsy for small hhd. exp. 10/. 5. Gave in charity 6/. 6. Pd. for 14. turkies 28/. 10. Gave Patsy for hhd. exp. 8/6. pd. for do. 2/6. 11. Gave Dabney Carr 12/. Sent by do. to Mr. Maury £6–5 for his first quarter. Note I had recd. £4–17 of this from my sister Carr being part of £6–5 she had recd. from Colo. N. Lewis for me. 17. Gave Patsy for small exp....
183418[Diary entry: 27 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Shut up Singer after She had been first lined by one or two Cur Dogs. Jowler being put in with her lind her several times; and his Puppies if to be distinguished saved.
183419General Orders, 12 February 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Major Scott. For duty the 5th Massachusetts regiment. The General applauds the provident care shewn by the regiments which have laid up Magazines of wood while the snow gave such facility to the transportation—should so favourable an oppertunity again happen, he wishes a sufficient stock of fuel might be provided to serve untill the first of april, or even the first of May...
183420General Orders, 9 December 1777 (Washington Papers)
The tents are near the bridge, on the Skippack road, and so many are to be immediately sent for and pitched, as are necessary for officers and men that have not huts, that will keep themselves and their arms dry: But the General earnestly recommends, that no more tents be pitched than are absolutely necessary to shelter the troops. Neither officers nor men are to be absent from camp upon any...
183421[Diary entry: 13 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
13th. Clear & very warm with but little Wind & that Southerly.
183422Ferdinand John Paris: Answer to Heads of Complaint; Thomas and Richard Penn: Message to the Assembly, 27, 28 November … (Franklin Papers)
Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1758–1759, pp. 28–31; copy: Maryland Archives; also printed in Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania ( Pa. Col. Recs. ), VIII , 276–81. On Aug. 20, 1757, Franklin presented to Thomas and Richard Penn the “Heads of Complaint,” a summary of the Pennsylvania Assembly’s major grievances against the Proprietors. The...
183423[25th.] (Adams Papers)
Wednesday dined at the Abbé de Chalut’s.
183424[Diary entry: 7 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
7. Dined at the City Tavern and spent the Evening at home. GW’s committee to estimate the amount of money to be raised today gave its report, which was referred to the committee of the whole ( JCC Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 . 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. , 2:81). GW made a number of purchases on this day, including “5...
183425[May 1768] (Washington Papers)
May 1. Rid to a place calld Root’s to see a Meadow of Colo. Bassetts. Returnd to Dinr. root’s : land owned by the Rootes family of Virginia. The first Rootes to appear in Virginia records was Maj. Philip Rootes (d. 1756), who lived at Rosewall, in King and Queen County, across the Mattaponi River from West Point; he also owned land in New Kent County. Rootes married Mildred Reade, who bore him...
183426Remission of Forfeiture for the Ship Hor de Gaudiaria, 27 May 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it is represented to me that a certain ship or vessel called the Hor de Gaudiaria, whereof Joseph G Stevens, was master, did some time in the year 1813 commit a breach of the Revenue laws of the UStates and information thereof having been filed in the District Court of the United States for the Georgia District, the said vessel, with her tackel apparel and Cargo, was adjudged by the...
1834271774 Septr. 7. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Went to congress again. Heard Mr. Duchè read Prayers. The Collect for the day, the 7th of the Month, was most admirably adapted, tho this was accidental, or rather Providential. A Prayer, which he gave us of his own Composition, was as pertinent, as affectionate, as sublime, as devout, as I ever heard offered up to Heaven. He filled every Bosom present. Dined with Mr. Miers Fisher, a young...
183428[Diary entry: 25 July 1770] (Washington Papers)
25. Light showers in the afternoon and sevl. of them but not sufft. to wet the Ground.
183429Treasury Department Circular to the Commissioners of Loans, 6 June 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
In consequence of an enquiry made of me, I think it necessary to inform you that I consider the holders of Certificates received from the Government of any State in lieu of certificates of the federal debt, as having a right to subscribe those State Certificates to the Loan of the Assumed debt, and I consider the State as having a right to subscribe the continental Certificates which they have...
183430[Diary entry: 1 May 1796] (Washington Papers)
1. Clear and cool all day. Wind at No. Wt.
183431General Orders, 13 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Lieutenant Colonel Dabney is appointed to superintend the hospitals in Jersey. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . Adj. Gen. Alexander Scammell’s orderly book entry for this date includes the following additional general order: “The Genl Court Martial whereof Lt Colo. Harmer is president to sit Tomorrow Morning 9 o Clock” (orderly book, 22 Dec. 1778–26 June 1779, DNA : RG 93, Orderly Books,...
183432Notes on Governing Louisiana, 8 November 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Hospital provision for administration of justice to be prompt. shipping to be naturalised. Slaves , importation of religion support of it to be explained . Ursuline Nuns . their landed property secured. debts from Spain to the inhabitants . 500,000. D the powers of the Administrator, Treasurer & Contador to be exercised by Collector of Natchez. power to suppress useless offices, to suspend all...
183433[Diary entry: 20 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
20. Set out for the Big Kanhawa with Dr. Craik Captn. Crawford & others. Incampd abt. 14 Miles off.
183434Appointment of William Temple Franklin, 1 October 1782 (Jay Papers)
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Benjamin Franklin & John Jay send Greetings. Whereas the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the 15 th . June in the year of our Lord 1781, appoint and constitute the said Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, & John Adams, Henry Laurens and Thomas Jefferson Esquires, and the Majority of them, and of such of them as should assemble for the...
183435[Diary entry: 30 July 1772] (Washington Papers)
30. Very Warm, notwithstanding the Wind blew fresh from the So. West. In the Afternoon a moderate Rain for upwards of two hours.
183436Notes on Debates, 19 February 1787 (Madison Papers)
The notes beginning 19 February 1787 and ending 26 April 1787 are the concluding portion of JM’s summaries of the debates and proceedings of Congress, which he had begun late in 1782. They were recorded in two numbered segments: “No. XV,” containing the notes from 19 February through part of 29 March, and “No. XVI,” containing the remainder. JM did not always limit his notes to the formal...
183437August 1798 (Washington Papers)
1. Clear Morning & day—Mer. 72 in the Morning & 80 at Night. 2. Morning clear & calm—Mer. at 74. Clear all day—Wind Southerly. M. 80 at Night. Mr. Lear dined here & Mrs. Washington of Bushfield & her G. daughter Ann Washn. came in the Afternn. Ann Aylett Washington (1783–1804), daughter of Jane Washington (1759–1791) and William Augustine Washington (d. 1810), was the granddaughter of Jane’s...
183438[Diary entry: 13 April 1769] (Washington Papers)
13. Clear & pleasant morning but showery day with thunder Morng. & Evening. In the Afternoon a severe Wind & exceeding hard rain for about 20 Minutes from the So. West. Afterwards clear & cool wind shiftg. to No. West.
183439Anti-Defamer, [19 August 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
For the Fœderal Gazette Russel under an affected moderation veils the most insidious and malignant designs & slily propagates the basest slanders. This is evident from the following passage of his second paper. After stating a visionary and impracticable scheme for avoiding a war with the Indians —he proceeds thus—“But then, how many offices had been wanting, how many lucrative contracts would...
183440General Orders, 25 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
Daniel Johnston of the 8th and Ezekiel Case of the 5th Connecticutt regiments now under sentence of death are to be executed next saturday at such time and place as Major General Heath shall direct. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . GW’s expenses for this date included 16s. recorded as, “To Cash pd to servant mus[k]mellon a present” (Revolutionary War Household Expenses, 1776–1780, DLC:GW , Ser....
183441Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Nicolas G. Dufief, [ca. 25 August 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Esq r in a/c. with N. G. Dufief D r 1815 To Balance $ 3.43 Aug. 19. To La Croix Mathematicks 15.00 〃 24 To
18344228. A Bill for the Preservation of the Estates of Ideots and Lunatics, 18 June 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly that the lands, tenements and chattels, of ideots and lunatics, shall be safely kept without waste and destruction, and they and their household shall live and be maintained competently with the profits of the same, and the residue, besides their sustentation, shall be kept for their use, to be delivered unto them when they come to right mind: And if they...
183443Transcript of Remaining Defense Evidence: 30 November–1 December 1770 (Adams Papers)
On the evening of the 5th of March I was at my lodgings, I heard a noise, and went out towards Union-street, and saw people coming from the North-end, with sticks and clubs in their hands; it was about nine o’clock. I followed them to Dock-square, somebody asked what was the matter, he was answered, that a boy and soldier had been foul of one another; they hallowed King-street; I went up to...
183444[Diary entry: 25 February 1775] (Washington Papers)
25. Mr. Danl. Jenifer came to Dinnr. & went away afterwards.
183445[Diary entry: 9 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
9. Very Cold and very Windy from the Northwest with flying Clouds & sometimes a sprinkle of Rain.
183446General Orders, 25 October 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
183447General Orders, 15 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
For the Day tomorrow Brigadier General Huntington Lieutenant Colonel Mellen Inspector Captain Warner For Picquet Major Spurr As it has been represented to the Commander in Chief that the quantity of fresh meat lately ordered to be drawn by the troops will not keep during this hot Season, He desires the Commissary General may cause two days allowance of salt beef to be issued to every regiment...
183448[Diary entry: 21 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
21. Clear in the forenoon with a good deal of Rain afterwards.
183449Advice to a Pretty Creature and Replies, 20 and 27 November 1735 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , November 20 and 27, 1735. Mr. Franklin, Pray let the prettiest Creature in this Place know, (by publishing this) That if it was not for her Affectation, she would be absolutely irresistible. The little Epistle in our last, has produced no less than six, which follow in the order we receiv’d ’em. Mr. Franklin, I cannot conceive who your Correspondent means...
183450[Diary entry: 6 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. Rid to the Ferry Plantation Mill Doeg Run and Muddy hole.