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17351 Adams, John Quincy Friday February 1st. 1788. 1788-02-01 Pass’d a great part of the fore noon at Mr. Thaxter’s. He is now quite in the family way: he...
17352 Madison, James Import Duties, [24 April] 1789 1789-04-24 Formal consideration of the Committee of the Whole report was now before the House. Several...
17353 Washington, George [Diary entry: 4 August 1787] 1787-08-04 Saturday—4th. In the Morning, and betwn. breakfast and dinner fished. Dined at General...
17354 Adams, John Quincy 19th. 1788-07-19 I was considerably fatigued by my jaunt of yesterday, but made out however to read something, in...
17355 Washington, George [Diary entry: 10 April 1785] 1785-04-10 Sunday 10th. Mercury at 46 in the Morning—52 at Noon and 60 at Night. Clear all day—Morning calm;...
17356 Washington, George [Diary entry: 29 September 1785] 1785-09-29 Thursday 29th. Thermometer at 60 in the Morning—65 at Noon and 66 at Night. Day clear, and not...
17357 Washington, George [Diary entry: 7 October 1787] 1787-10-07 Sunday 7th. Thermometer at 58 in the Morning—70 at Noon and 63 at Night. Clear in the forenoon &...
17358 Congressional Resolution Changing John Jay’s … 1785-08-25 On a Report of a Committee to whom was referred a letter of the 15 th . from the Secretary for...
17359 Maryland Legislature Enclosure II: An Act for Opening and Extending the … 1784-10-18 Richmond, 18 October 1784. I. W hereas the extension of the navigation of Potowmack river, from...
17360 Adams, John Quincy 24. 1783-09-24 Mme. Ridley accouchée. Ann Richardson, whom Matthew Ridley married in England in 1775, gave birth...
17361 Washington, George [Diary entry: 17 September 1784] 1784-09-17 17th. Detained here by a settled Rain the whole day—which gave me time to close my accts. with...
17362 Adams, John Quincy 9th. 1788-08-09 Thompson went to see Miss Roberts at Newtown. I cannot read with so much satisfaction for some...
17363 Washington, George [Diary entry: 24 January 1787] 1787-01-24 Wednesday 24th. Mercury at 46 in the Morning—49 at Noon and 48 at Night. Raining more or less all...
17364 Adams, John Quincy 23d. 1788-07-23 I had almost promised Mr. Thaxter to wait till the afternoon; but as there was an appearance of a...
17365 Adams, John Quincy Tuesday. 21st. 1783-10-21 Set away from St. Just at about 7 ½ o’clock; dined at Amiens; the Capital of the Province of...
17366 Continental Congress Enclosure II: Instructions for Negotiating Treaties of … 1783-10-29 To the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the Court of Versailles...
17367 Washington, George [Diary entry: 14 February 1787] 1787-02-14 Wednesday 14th. Mercury at 36 in the Morng.—36 at Noon and 36 at Night. Thick and heavy clouds in...
17368 Hamilton, Alexander New York Ratifying Convention. Second Speech of July … 1788-07-17 Ham[ilton]—gave reasons why we would be out of the Union— Amend[ment]s have been proposed—with a...
17369 Washington, George [Diary entry: 11 October 1787] 1787-10-11 Thursday 11th. Thermometer at 54 in the morning—64 at Noon and 62 at Night. Foggy Morning & clear...
17370 Adams, John Quincy 29th. 1787-04-29 Attended meeting all day. Mr. Hilliard preach’d in the forenoon, and Mr. Willard, brother to my...
17371 Adams, John Quincy 26th. 1787-11-26 I took an additional cold, yesterday, and am still more unwell than I have been. I pass’d the...
17372 Washington, George [Diary entry: 21 September 1784] 1784-09-21 21st. Accompanied by Colo. Cannon & Captn. Swearingin who attended me to Debores ferry on the...
17373 Hamilton, Alexander New York Assembly. Remarks on an Act Concerning Murder … 1787-02-08 On that part of the bill, which required that women who clandestinely were delivered of children...
17374 Adams, John Quincy 13th. 1788-08-13 Mrs. Emery who has been very ill these four or five weeks, died last night, leaving to the wide...
17375 Washington, George [Diary entry: 4 March 1787] 1787-03-04 Sunday 4th. Mercury at 32 in the Morning—44 at Noon and 42 at Night. In the Morning early it was...
17376 Madison, James Notes for Speech Opposing Paper Money, [ca. 1 November] … 1786-11-01 Agst. Paper money. Novr. 1786 Virg: Assy. Ms ( DLC ). The one-page document is an expanded...
17377 Washington, George [Diary entry: 1 November 1787] 1787-11-01 Thursday 1st. Thermometer at 34 in the Morning—44 at Noon and 42 at Night. A frost this morning...
17378 Adams, John Quincy 19th. 1787-05-19 Mr. Thaxter was here, about half an hour, on his return to Haverhill. Mr. Williams, gave us...
17379 Adams, John Quincy 16th. 1787-12-16 I waited upon Parson Cary this forenoon, in expectation of much edification; but he gave us a...
17380 Adams, John Quincy Wednesday September 3d. 1788-09-03 I went over the river with Stacey and Romain upon a shooting party. We had tolerable success. It...
17381 Madison, James The Federalist Number 43, [23 January] 1788 1788-01-23 The fourth class comprises the following miscellaneous powers: 1. A power to “promote the...
17382 Adams, John Quincy 30th. 1787-11-30 I passed the forenoon with Leonard, who has been making two or three unsuccessful attempts to...
17383 Adams, John Quincy 9th. 1787-06-09 This morning the president returned my theses to transcribe a fair copy for the press. I past the...
17384 Adams, John Quincy 23d. 1787-05-23 This day, we had a lecture upon electricity: we received a shock, which was much more violent...
17385 Washington, George [Diary entry: 26 August 1787] 1787-08-26 Sunday 26th. Rode into the Country for exercise 8 or 10 miles. Dined at the Hills and spent the...
17386 Adams, John Quincy 20th. 1787-12-20 The cold weather appears to be for setting in seriously; and indeed it is high time that it...
17387 Madison, James Qualifications for Holding National Office, [26 July] … 1787-07-26 Mr. Madison moved to strike out the word landed , before the word “qualifications.” If the...
17388 Livingston, Robert R. New York Ratifying Convention. Resolution by Robert R. … 1788-06-19 Resolved That no question general or particular shall be [put] in this [Committee] upon the...
17389 Adams, John Quincy 29th. 1786-04-29 Went to Mr. Dana’s, in the afternoon, upon some business. There were two gentlemen, there, one of...
17390 Adams, John Quincy 26th. 1786-11-26 Attended meeting for the first time these three weeks. Dined at Judge Dana’s. Captain Hobby, who...
17391 Adams, John Quincy 13th. 1787-06-13 Mr. Wigglesworth gave a lecture this forenoon, but I did not attend; engaged the chief of the...
17392 Washington, George [Diary entry: 16 September 1787] 1787-09-16 Sunday 16th. Wrote many letters in the forenoon. Dined with Mr. & Mrs. Morris at the Hills &...
17393 Washington, George [Diary entry: 4 July 1786] 1786-07-04 Tuesday 4th. The Directors determined to prosecute their first plan for opening the Navigation of...
17394 Adams, John Quincy 19th. 1786-05-19 I was informed, that Captain will sail to-morrow for Europe; went to Mr. Reed, and requested to...
17395 “Publius” The Federalist No. 7, [17 November 1787] 1787-11-17 To the People of the State of New-York. It is sometimes asked, with an air of seeming triumph,...
17396 Washington, George [Diary entry: 30 August 1787] 1787-08-30 Thursday 30th. Again the same.
17397 Adams, John Quincy 16th. 1786-12-16 Tom, came from Boston this forenoon. Fifteen persons were buried there this afternoon, who...
17398 Adams, John Quincy 3d. 1787-07-03 At about 8 this morning I went set off with my Cousin, for Cambridge, where we arrived, just...
17399 Adams, John Quincy 30th. 1786-11-30 The reports of Shays, and Shattuck coming, at the head of thousands to stop the Court, grow more...
17400 Adams, John Quincy 16th. 1785-08-16 We were going this morning by 5 o’clock, and proceeded as far as Stamford, 12 miles from Rye; 5...