Begin a
search
Author
Sort: Frequency / Alphabetical
- Washington, George (31,730)
- Jefferson, Thomas (20,505)
- Adams, John (10,109)
- Madison, James (8,649)
- Hamilton, Alexander (7,651)
- Franklin, Benjamin (4,918)
- Adams, John Quincy (3,548)
- Jay, John (1,772)
- Adams, Abigail (1,287)
- Monroe, James (993)
- Gallatin, Albert (940)
- Knox, Henry (792)
- Randolph, Edmund (767)
- McHenry, James (758)
- Heath, William (696)
- Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson (683)
- Pickering, Timothy (683)
- Adams, Abigail Smith (643)
- Coxe, Tench (629)
- Lear, Tobias (574)
- Lee, Arthur (561)
- Claiborne, William C. C. (558)
- Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de (555)
- Short, William (498)
- American Commissioners (447)
- Dearborn, Henry (416)
- Williams, Jonathan Jr. (406)
- Greene, Nathanael (374)
- Lincoln, Benjamin (362)
- Smith, Robert (354)
- Morris, Robert (342)
- Humphreys, David (341)
- Livingston, Robert R. (334)
- Smith, William Stephens (316)
- Jefferson, George (309)
- Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. (309)
- Adams, Thomas Boylston (296)
- King, Rufus (294)
- Schuyler, Philip (287)
- Peyton, Bernard (278)
- Huntington, Samuel (274)
- Lee, William (273)
- Treasury Department (270)
- Morris, Gouverneur (268)
- Dumas, Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric (259)
- Bourne, Sylvanus (257)
- Sullivan, John (242)
- Dumas, Charles William Frederic (241)
- Gates, Horatio (234)
- Jarvis, William (232)
Show: Top 10 / Top 50
Recipient
Sort: Frequency / Alphabetical
- Jefferson, Thomas (27,020)
- Washington, George (22,790)
- Madison, James (19,646)
- Franklin, Benjamin (9,482)
- Adams, John (8,987)
- Hamilton, Alexander (6,824)
- Jay, John (1,613)
- Adams, Abigail (1,602)
- Adams, John Quincy (1,110)
- Lee, Arthur (952)
- American Commissioners (855)
- McHenry, James (790)
- Monroe, James (774)
- Gallatin, Albert (691)
- United States Senate (532)
- Pickering, Timothy (499)
- Huntington, Samuel (483)
- Heath, William (471)
- Knox, Henry (442)
- Adams, Abigail Smith (441)
- Hancock, John (431)
- Randolph, Edmund (392)
- Deane, Silas (388)
- Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson (374)
- Short, William (351)
- Lincoln, Benjamin (345)
- Adams, Thomas Boylston (328)
- First Joint Commission at Paris (320)
- Clinton, George (312)
- Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de (304)
- Livingston, Robert R. (302)
- President of Congress (290)
- Lear, Tobias (286)
- Jefferson, George (281)
- Greene, Nathanael (269)
- Morris, Robert (265)
- Laurens, Henry (259)
- Adams, George Washington (244)
- Harrison, Benjamin (237)
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (237)
- Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de (236)
- Gates, Horatio (234)
- Wolcott, Oliver Jr. (231)
- Board of War (229)
- McDougall, Alexander (214)
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson (214)
- Rush, Benjamin (212)
- Sullivan, John (210)
- Dearborn, Henry (209)
- Schuyler, Philip (207)
Show: Top 10 / Top 50
Period
- Colonial (16,105)
- Revolutionary War (48,368)
- Confederation Period (17,802)
- Washington Presidency (27,431)
- Adams Presidency (13,564)
- Jefferson Presidency (29,403)
- Madison Presidency (15,471)
- post-Madison Presidency (15,392)
Dates From
Dates To
No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
183501 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 28 October 1798] | 1798-10-28 | 28. Morning clear & pleasant & continued so all day. Mer. 39 in the Morng. & 40 at Night. The... | |
183502 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 13 May 1787] | 1787-05-13 | Sunday 13th. About Nine o’clock Mr. Corbin and I set out, and dined at Chester, where I was met... | |
183503 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 10 August 1772] | 1772-08-10 | 10. Rid to the Ferry Plantation to the Mill & where my Ditchers were at Work there. In the... | |
183504 | Washington, George | Cash Accounts, December 1773 | ≈1773-12-01 | Cash Decr 3— To Ditto [cash] recd from Thos Newton Junr Esqr. £404. 0. 0 To Ditto recd from Ditto... | |
183505 | Ogden, Matthias | Matthias Ogden’s Plan for Capturing British Officers in … | ≈1782-03-01 | Plan &ca. It will be necessary to have four Whale Boats well man’d by good Oars Men; of their... | |
183506 | Adams, John Quincy | 18th. | 1788-04-18 | A cold north east storm, confined us to the house all day. I read a few pages in one of Gilbert’s... | |
183507 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 14 June 1799] | 1799-06-14 | 14. Morning—calm, but the wind soon came out at No. Wt. & blew very hard all day—appearances of... | |
183508 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 30 April 1795] | 1795-04-30 | 30. Rogers’s—Susquehanna. | |
183509 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 4 March 1775] | 1775-03-04 | 4. Went a Hunting but found nothing. Colo. Harrison and Captn. Wood came here to Dinner. | |
183510 | 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... | ||
183511 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 1 January 1771] | 1771-01-01 | Jany. 1st. Rid to my Mill in the forenoon and afternoon. | |
183512 | Adams, John Quincy | 15. | 1788-12-15 | Attended the office. Read a little. Mr. Jackson’s. | |
183513 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 1 June 1775] | 1775-06-01 | June 1st. Warm and clear in the forenoon—Cool afterwards. | |
183514 | Adams, John | 1774. Sunday. Octr. 2. | 1774-10-02 | Went to Christ Church and heard Mr. Coombs upon “Judge not according to the Appearance, but judge... | |
183515 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 16 August 1762] | 1762-08-16 | 16. Began Sowing Wheat at River Quarter. | |
183516 | Washington, George | The Letter Book for the Braddock Campaign | The Preface to this volume includes an extended discussion of the problems relating to the letter... | ||
183517 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 29 August 1795] | 1795-08-29 | 29. Thick morning clear & hot afterwd. | |
183518 | Adams, John | 24 Tuesday. | 1756-02-24 | A fine morning. We are told that Demosthenes transcribed the history of Thucidides 8 times, in... | |
183519 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 19 March 1771] | 1771-03-19 | 19. White frost but the Ground not froze. Morning clear, calm & pleasant, but Evening very... | |
183520 | Jefferson, Thomas | Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 12 November 1805 | 1805-11-12 | 1805. Nov. 12. Present the 4. Secretaries. subject Spanish affairs. the extension of the war in... | |
183521 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 16 June 1771] | 1771-06-16 | 16. Rain in the Night, & till 8 or Nine Oclock this Morning; then clear, and Warm. Wind Eastwardly. | |
183522 | Adams, John | Proclamation Establishing Lighthouse at Gay Head, 1 … | 1799-07-01 | Proclamation By the President of the United States In pursuance of the act of Congress passed on... | |
183523 | Washington, George | [February 1799] | ≈1799-02-01 | February 1. Mer. at . Brisk southerly Wind all day & towards Noon lowering with appearances of... | |
183524 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 10 February 1769] | 1769-02-10 | 10. Went a shooting again. In the Afternoon fieldg. Lewis returnd from Ball. | |
183525 | Adams, John | [Saturday September 14. 1776.] | 1776-09-14 | Saturday September 14. 1776. A Letter from R. H. Harrison, Secretary to General Washington, was... | |
183526 | Washington, George | General Orders, 29 August 1777 | 1777-08-29 | Each Brigadier is to make return immediately to the Quarter Mr General of the number of... | |
183527 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 27 June 1785] | 1785-06-27 | Monday 27th. Mercury at 77 in the Morning—79 at Noon and 77 at Night. A little rain in the... | |
183528 | Washington, George | General Orders, 15 July 1775 | 1775-07-15 | The Commanding Officers of each Regiment to report the Names of such Men in their respective... | |
183529 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 13 September 1771] | 1771-09-13 | 13. Returnd to my Mothers to Breakfast and Surveyd the Fields before Dinner, returnd to Town... | |
183530 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 10 July 1790] | 1790-07-10 | Saturday 10th. Having formed a Party, consisting of the Vice-President, his lady, Son & Miss... | |
183531 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 10 December 1771] | 1771-12-10 | 10. The above Gentlemen dined here as did Colo. Fairfax who went away in the Afternoon. | |
183532 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 19 November 1798] | 1798-11-19 | 19. Do. at Doctr. Whites—Bishop. Raining. | |
183533 | 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... | |||
183534 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 7 May 1774] | 1774-05-07 | 7. Calm and pleasant in the forenoon, but a little Windy from the Eastward in the Afternoon. | |
183535 | Jefferson, Thomas | Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on Proposals Made by William … | 1793-03-02 | The President communicated to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the... | |
183536 | Hamilton, Alexander | New York Assembly. Report on a Letter from the … | 1787-03-16 | Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee appointed to consider of and report on the letter from the... | |
183537 | Jefferson, Thomas | Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 27 February 1807 | 1807-02-27 | Feb. 27. present Mad. Dearb. Smith. Rodney. agreed to discharge all the militia at the stations... | |
183538 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 25 June 1769] | 1769-06-25 | 25. Also very warm with the same shows but no rain fell here. Still & calm. | |
183539 | 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... | ||
183540 | Adams, John Quincy | 8th. | 1788-05-08 | The town met this afternoon to make choice of representatives for the ensuing year. Jonan.... | |
183541 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 4 July 1799] | 1799-07-04 | 4. Morning heavy. Mer. at 74 and Wind So. Et. Clouds in every qr. & sprinklings of Rain. Mer. 80... | |
183542 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 1 May 1795] | 1795-05-01 | May—1st. Came to Wilmington. | |
183543 | Washington, George | General Orders, 16 August 1779 | 1779-08-16 | Varick transcript , DLC:GW . | |
183544 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 22 September 1769] | 1769-09-22 | 22. Clear with the Wind pretty fresh from the Eastward. | |
183545 | The Supreme Court: Procedures and Cases: Editorial Note | Article III of the United States Constitution, dealing with matters judicial, provided that the... | |||
183546 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 30 June 1771] | 1771-06-30 | 30. At Home all day. Miss Nancy Peake &ca. dined here as did Price Posey & went away in the... | |
183547 | 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... | |||
183548 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 16 January 1768] | 1768-01-16 | 16. At home all day at Cards—it snowing. GW lost 3s. 6d. in playing cards with his friends (... | |
183549 | Franklin, Benjamin | Articles of Agreement with Louis Timothée, 26 November … | 1733-11-26 | Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania Articles of Agreement indented [and] made the 26th Day... | |
183550 | Virginia Executive Council | Advice of Council Embodying the Militia of Three … | 1780-10-30 | The board having reason to believe that a number of spirited citizens in the Counties of... |