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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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184301 | Editorial Note | In composing his response to Peter H. Wendover ’s letter of 30 Jan. 1815 , Jefferson completed a... | |||
184302 | Petition to the Pennsylvania Assembly regarding Fairs … | ≈1731-01-01 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania To the Honourable House of Representatives of the... | ||
184303 | Account Current between John Jay and Floridablanca for … | ≈1782-01-01 | His Excellency the C t . De Florida Blanca in Acc t . Curr t . With His Excellency John Jay on... | ||
184304 | Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 21 … | 1776-12-21 | Present: Leonard Gansevoort, Chairman; Zephaniah Platt, John Jay, William Duer, Esqrs. . . .... | ||
184305 | To Benjamin Franklin from William Heberden, [Before 29 … | ≈1766-09-22 | AL : William Pepper, Philadelphia (1956) Dr. Heberden sends his compliments to Dr. Franklin and... | ||
184306 | From Benjamin Franklin to Abbot Upcher, 4 October 1766 | 1766-10-04 | Draft: American Philosophical Society Since my Return from abroad I have been inform’d of your... | ||
184307 | Madison, James | To James Madison from Essex Fishermen, [ca. 22 February … | 1814-02-22 | We intend to address you in a plain fisherman’s style that you may not consider us pleased when... | |
184308 | Sir James Jay: Revisited Editorial Note | Although John Jay had, as noted below, been reassured of the loyalty of Sir James Jay, the two... | |||
184309 | Editorial Note | The eight letters exchanged by John Adams and the Comte de Vergennes between 13 and 29 July... | |||
184310 | Editorial Note | In 1806 an act of the Virginia General Assembly established the Rivanna Company in order to... | |||
184311 | Adams, John | Address from the Inhabitants of Marblehead, 16 March … | 1789-03-16 | the Inhabitants of Marblehead in Common with their fellow Countrymen have ever felt Strongly... | |
184312 | Creation of the National Capital, 6 April 1791 … | 1791-04-06 | In the 1790 legislative skirmish over the national capital, JM led the fight for the Potomac... | ||
184313 | Extracts from Destutt de Tracy’s Reflections on … | 1809-06-12 | nous trouvons dés le livre second que les gouvernemens viennent tous Se ranger dans deux classes,... | ||
184314 | Introductory Note: From George Washington, [14 July … | This letter contains the first mention in Hamilton’s extant correspondence of the question of who... | |||
184315 | Enclosure: [Account with Le Guen], April 1800 | ≈1800-04-01 | April 1800. Compte a Monrs Burr Pour Onoraire jusqua Ce jour $2500. Plus fait Compte de Son... | ||
184316 | Operating under the Continental Boycott Editorial Note | By the late summer and early fall of 1775, the regulation of American trade under the association... | |||
184317 | From Benjamin Franklin to [Hugh Roberts], 27 February … | 1766-02-27 | ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library I receiv’d your kind Letter of Nov. 27. You cannot... | ||
184318 | Editorial Note: Annual Message to Congress | On Monday, 7 Dec. 1801, the opening day of the first regular session of the Seventh Congress, a... | |||
184319 | From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin … | ≈1766-02-01 | ALS (fragment): American Philosophical Society There is a brown Paper Packet for you directed but... | ||
184320 | The Commissioners Defend the Treaty Editorial Note | Livingston followed his letter of 25 March 1783 criticizing the conduct of the American... | |||
184321 | Receipt to the Trustees of the American Iron Company … | 1799-05-30 | [ New York, May 30, 1799. “I have receiv’d a deed from Peter Goelet & other Trustees of the... | ||
184322 | Introductory Note: To Rufus King [13 August 1793] | This letter marks Hamilton’s initial involvement in a protracted and acrimonious dispute between... | |||
184323 | Editorial Note | Until comparatively recent times the valor of naval crews was stimulated by the prospect of a... | |||
184324 | Enclosure: Schedule A, [9 January 1790] | 1790-01-09 | SCHEDULE A Supposititious Statement of Accounts Between the United States and Individual States.... | ||
184325 | Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Reports of Balloting in the … | On 12 Feb. Jefferson sent copies of Thomas Paine’s Compact Maritime , newly printed from... | |||
184326 | Introductory Note: From Philip Schuyler, [31 August … | The opening paragraph of this letter contains the first reference in Hamilton’s extant... | |||
184327 | Madison, James | To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 10 … | 1815-12-10 | Believing it essential to the happiness of every Community that each Individual should aid in... | |
184328 | To Benjamin Franklin from the Associates of Dr. Bray … | 1766-12-04 | Printed form with ms insertions in blanks: American Philosophical Society The Associates of Dr.... | ||
184329 | Instruction to Virginia Delegates in re Contracts, 4 … | ≈1783-06-04 | FC (Virginia State Library). Resolved that the Delegates representing this State in Congress be... | ||
184330 | Editorial Note: The Virginia Constitution | The three drafts of Jefferson’s proposed bill outlining the “fundamental constitutions of... | |||
184331 | To Benjamin Franklin from David Hall, 12 July 1766 | 1766-07-12 | Letterbook copy: American Philosophical Society I receiv’d your kind letter of May the 9th by the... | ||
184332 | Endorsing Independence and Supporting Washington … | By the time the Fourth New York Congress made a quorum at White Plains on 9 July, the Continental... | |||
184333 | To Thomas Jefferson from Robert R. Livingston … | On 12 Mch., Robert R. Livingston began a letter to the president that reported on his activities... | |||
184334 | Editorial Note: The Northern Journey of Jefferson and … | Long before Hamilton’s friend Robert Troup made this observation he had become convinced that the... | |||
184335 | Treasury Department Circular to the Commissioners of … | 1791-04-08 | [ Philadelphia, April 8, 1791. On May 3, 1791, Nathaniel Appleton wrote to Hamilton : “Your... | ||
184336 | From Benjamin Franklin to Rudolph Erich Raspe, 21 July … | 1766-07-21 | ALS : Landesbibliothek, Kassel I had a Bill on Messrs. Michael David, & Fils, for 526 ⅓ Reichs... | ||
184337 | Introductory Note: To Thomas Jefferson, [20–27 May … | On March 5, 1792, George Hammond, the British Minister to the United States, submitted to... | |||
184338 | Editorial Note | The effectiveness of an army rests in large measure on the quality of its officers. GW recognized... | |||
184339 | Treasury Department Circular to the Commissioners of … | 1791-06-06 | In consequence of an enquiry made of me, I think it necessary to inform you that I consider the... | ||
184340 | Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Charles … | 1810-11-01 | Tho s Jefferson to Charles Everett. D r 1810. Feb. 23. amputating negro’s great toe, dressing E t... | ||
184341 | Protest of Bills of Exchange, 16 March 1782 | 1782-03-16 | M r . Jay says that when he accepted the Bills hereunto annexed, he had good reason to expect to... | ||
184342 | Enclosure B: [List of Petitions for Compensation for … | ≈1792-04-01 | List of petitions for compensation for transportation during the late War. Petition of Christian... | ||
184343 | Madison, James | To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 31 … | 1823-01-31 | “Nothing sells high but land which is kept up to an extravagant price from the particular... | |
184344 | Spain’s Finances and the Bills Drawn on John Jay … | Although Jay continued to hope that Spain would be able to loan him the funds needed to cover the... | |||
184345 | From Benjamin Franklin to Francis Hopkinson, 9 May 1766 | 1766-05-09 | ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania I have been so busy that I have not had time to go to... | ||
184346 | The Supreme Court: Procedures and Cases: Editorial Note | Article III of the United States Constitution, dealing with matters judicial, provided that the... | |||
184347 | Introductory Note: To Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, [16 … | On December 16, 1793, the Speaker of the House of Representatives “laid before the House a Letter... | |||
184348 | The Washingtons in Barbados | The arrival at Bridgetown, on Carlisle Bay, is not well documented because pages are missing from... | |||
184349 | Enclosure: Conrad Hanse’s Account, 29 August 1801 | 1801-08-29 | Thomas Jefferson, esquire, 1801. To Conrad Hanse Dr. Augt. 29. To a new plain, well-finished... | ||
184350 | The Jay Treaty: Appointment and Instructions: Editorial … | Jay was selected as envoy extraordinary to Great Britain after two previous missions to London... |