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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184351 | The Case of Cadwallader Colden II Editorial Note | One of the most influential Loyalists imprisoned by the New York authorities was Cadwallader... | |||
| 184352 | From Benjamin Franklin to William Franklin, [10 May … | 1766-05-10 | Extract: reprinted from [Jared Sparks, ed.,] A Collection of the Familiar Letters and... | ||
| 184353 | The Dancing Assembly: An Invitation to a Duel Editorial … | Dancing assemblies, which were generally held every two weeks during the fall and winter, had... | |||
| 184354 | To Benjamin Franklin from Benjamin Kent, 19 January … | 1766-01-19 | ALS : American Philosophical Society With a pleasing pride I often recollect, your former... | ||
| 184355 | John Jay and the Constitutional Convention of 1787 … | Although not in attendance at the meeting convened at Annapolis in September 1786 for the... | |||
| 184356 | Editorial Note | E ditorial N ote The Society of the Cincinnati was instituted at Fishkill-on-Hudson on 13 May... | |||
| 184357 | Appendixes Nos. XXV–XL: Letters from various authors, 5 … | 1792-07-12 | XXV To James Monroe July 5, 1797 XXVI To Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, James Monroe, and Abraham... | ||
| 184358 | Editorial Note | The following opinions concerning the defense of Philadelphia and the Delaware River apparently... | |||
| 184359 | Enclosure: [Observations on “An Act for Regulating the … | 1794-01-27 | By the Act of Congress 30th. April 1790. The commissioned officers are allowed to receive their... | ||
| 184360 | Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts, 1779 | ≈1779-01-01 | Of the accounts discussed throughout the French period, the following still apply: VI, XII, XIII,... | ||
| 184361 | Editorial Note | Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold recruited Joshua Hett Smith—who came from a family with significant... | |||
| 184362 | Madison, James | To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 1 … | 1811-07-01 | 1 July 1811, Maryland. “I advise you as a Friend to arouse from your Lethargy. Look at the... | |
| 184363 | Exchange of Henderson Land by Eli Alexander and Thomas … | 1818-03-28 | This Indenture tripartite of exchange, bargain and sale made on the 28 th day of March 1818... | ||
| 184364 | Editorial Note | GW’s Farewell Address, published on 19 Sept. 1796, officially announced his decision not to seek... | |||
| 184365 | To Benjamin Franklin from Benjamin Kent, [c. September … | ≈1766-09-01 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I Assure you I am not so mercinary as to expect the... | ||
| 184366 | Editorial Note: Polytype and Other Methods of Printing | New discoveries and inventions in the arts and sciences had a powerful appeal for Jefferson... | |||
| 184367 | Editorial Note | “I was concerned in several Causes in which Negroes sued for their Freedom before the... | |||
| 184368 | Introductory Note: To James Gunn, [22 December 1798] | This letter concerns proposals for reorganizing the Army. This is a complicated subject, for it... | |||
| 184369 | Record of Birth, 6 January 1706 | 1706-01-06 | MS Record, Boston Births, V , 113: City Registry, Boston Benjamen Son of Josiah Frankling &... | ||
| 184370 | Response to a Memorandum of Sabatier fils & Després … | 1783-08-29 | D : Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères Apostille proposée par Monsieur Le Docteur... | ||
| 184371 | From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 11 October … | 1766-10-11 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I received your kind little Letter of August 26. per Packet.... | ||
| 184372 | John Jay and Dutch Affairs: Editorial Note | During his years abroad as envoy and peace commissioner, Jay was not directly involved in... | |||
| 184373 | Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts | The following accounts, identified in earlier volumes, continue to apply to the current period:... | |||
| 184374 | Editorial Note | The Commissioners’ letter or memorial to Vergennes of early January 1779 is highly significant.... | |||
| 184375 | Editorial Note | The network of spies and couriers that has come to be known as the Culper ring, on account of the... | |||
| 184376 | Adams, John | Address from Rhode Island Federalists, 2 April 1789 | 1789-04-02 | The Federalists of this State though denied the Priviledge of giving you their Suffrages, are... | |
| 184377 | Madison, James | To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 4 … | 1815-06-04 | As Christians you all profess to be upon an equality with all other men, inasmuch as you rest... | |
| 184378 | Editorial Note | In the bitter verbal battling which rumbled beneath the physical violence of the... | |||
| 184379 | Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 21 … | 1790-12-21 | The Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, The Chief Justice, The... | ||
| 184380 | Jefferson, Thomas | “A Republican” to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 5 February … | 1820-02-05 | It is for no trifling end that I venture to intrude upon the honourable retirement in which you... | |
| 184381 | Introductory Note: From Andrew G. Fraunces, 16 May 1793 | This letter from Andrew Fraunces initiated a controversy over the payment of two warrants issued... | |||
| 184382 | Circular Letter from the Officers of the Massachusetts … | 1792-02-28 | We have had the honour to be appointed a Committee, by the Officers of the Massachusetts line of... | ||
| 184383 | From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Fox, 1 March 1766 | 1766-03-01 | ALS : William Logan Fox, Philadelphia (1956) I wrote to you of the 22d past, via Maryland.... | ||
| 184384 | Editorial Note on a Charity Appeal, [before 15 April … | ≈1776-12-21 | Broadside: American Philosophical Society Among Franklin’s papers in the American Philosophical... | ||
| 184385 | Indian Affairs under Jay’s Governorship: Editorial Note | Like his longstanding predecessor, George Clinton, Jay used the governor’s office to carry out... | |||
| 184386 | Editorial Note | The two documents which follow are virtually all that have survived pertinent to Adams’ early law... | |||
| 184387 | Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 23 … | 1776-12-23 | [Present: Leonard Gansevoort Esq r . Chairman; John Jay, Zephaniah Platt, Nathaniel Sacket, Esq... | ||
| 184388 | Madison, James | To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 3 … | 1795-08-03 | Letter not found. 3 August 1795, Philadelphia. Acknowledged in JM to an unidentified... | |
| 184389 | Editorial Note: Documents Concerning the Residence of … | Except for Document iii in this series, all of the notes and memoranda pertaining to the... | |||
| 184390 | Enclosure: [Account Statement with the Society for … | 1793-07-18 | Dr. Alexander Hamilton Esqr: In A/C with The Society for Establishing useful Manufactures Cr:... |