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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 10 August 1798 | 1798-08-10 | Instructions to the Commanders of Armed Vessels belonging to the United States:—given at... |
| 2 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 10 August 1798 | 1798-08-10 | I received yesterday your letter of the third of this month.—The Commissions inclosed I return... |
| 3 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 18 August 1798 | 1798-08-18 | Mr. William Gray of Salem, a capital Merchant of that place called on me to request a Convoy, for... |
| 4 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 18 August 1798 | 1798-08-18 | Inclosed is a Letter from Mr Rutledge at Newport and recommendations from a great Number of... |
| 5 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 23 August 1798 | 1798-08-23 | Inclosed are letters from John Jones, Samuel Rankin, Thomas Laing & recommendations of the last... |
| 6 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 29 August 1798 | 1798-08-29 | Inclosed are Recommendations of John Cruft to be a Lieutenant in the Navy. He was mate of the... |
| 7 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 30 August 1798 | 1798-08-30 | Inclosed are letters From Judge Law of Connecticut & Capt Hinman recommending Capt Richard Law... |
| 8 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 31 August 1798 | 1798-08-31 | I received last night the letter you did me the honor to write on the 25th. I had before received... |
| 9 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 3 September 1798 | 1798-09-03 | I have received your favor of the 27th of Aug. & return the commission for Captain George Cross... |
| 10 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 6 September 1798 | 1798-09-06 | Inclosed is a letter to me of 4 of Septr and another to you of the same date from cap Daniel... |
| 11 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 10 September 1798 | 1798-09-10 | I have received your favor of the 1st of this month and thank you for the paper No. 1 which... |
| 12 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 19 September 1798 | 1798-09-19 | Inclosed is a Letter from Captain Patrick Fletcher recommending Captain John Cruft to be a... |
| 13 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 28 September 1798 | 1798-09-28 | Inclosed is a letter from Elijah Brewer petitioning for a first lieutenancy in the navy and... |
| 14 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 1 October 1798 | 1798-10-01 | I have received your favors of the 20 21st & 24 of Sept. I am sorry that Capt. Barry has not... |
| 15 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 2 October 1798 | 1798-10-02 | I have received your favor of Sept. 27 & with pleasure agree to your plan of a visit to your... |
| 16 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 15 October 1798 | 1798-10-15 | I have received your favor of the 5 with its inclosures. I must leave the Niger to the justice &... |
| 17 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 17 October 1798 | 1798-10-17 | I have signed and inclosed to Col Pickering the authority to act in your absence in the Navy... |
| 18 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 7 April 1799 | 1799-04-07 | I have received your favor of 28 ult. & have signed the commission to Lieut. Haswell, and sent it... |
| 19 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 8 April 1799 | 1799-04-08 | I forgot in my letter of this day to acknowledge the receipt of yours of 27 Ult. The attention... |
| 20 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 8 April 1799 | 1799-04-08 | Inclosed is a letter from Chief justice Dana. I pray you to send him for his son a commission or... |
| 21 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 10 April 1799 | 1799-04-10 | Capt. Samuel Parker yesterday brought me the inclosed letters from Gen. Knox and Mr. Daniel... |
| 22 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 16 April 1799 | 1799-04-16 | I received yesterday your favour of the 6th. and thank you for Captain Murray’s letters. I am... |
| 23 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 19 April 1799 | 1799-04-19 | Inclosed is a letter from Dr. Thomas Ruston, which I pray you to consider, & send for Dr. Ruston... |
| 24 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 22 April 1799 | 1799-04-22 | I return you the correspondence, between Truxton & Desfourneaux, inclosed in yours of the 11th.... |
| 25 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 27 April 1799 | 1799-04-27 | I have signed the commission for Lieutenant Parker which was inclosed in your favor of the 19th &... |
| 26 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 29 April 1799 | 1799-04-29 | I enclose for your consideration, letters from Mr Reed member of congress, Doc Orr and Doc Dunbar... |
| 27 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 30 April 1799 | 1799-04-30 | I have signed the commissions inclosed in your favor of the 24 & shall send them in your letter... |
| 28 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 8 May 1799 | 1799-05-08 | The combination of a very few ideas has been sufficient to excite apprehensions that the West... |
| 29 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 17 May 1799 | 1799-05-17 | I have signed the commissions for Lt Wild & Clift inclosed in yours of the 11th & sent your... |
| 30 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 19 May 1799 | 1799-05-19 | I have received your favor of the 10th & read Mr Sewals letter of 25 April & your answer. The... |
| 31 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 19 May 1799 | 1799-05-19 | I thank you for your favor of the 13th & the copies of Murrays letters, with the perusal of... |
| 32 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 21 May 1799 | 1799-05-21 | I last night received yours of the 15th & have read your letter to Capt. Nicholson, inclosed in... |
| 33 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 25 May 1799 | 1799-05-25 | I should be obliged to you if you will give leave to Joseph Beale, a midshipman on board the... |
| 34 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 27 May 1799 | 1799-05-27 | I have signed the warrants inclosed in your letter of the 15th & sent them to J.C. Jones. His... |
| 35 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 27 May 1799 | 1799-05-27 | I enclose you some papers from Mr. Bradford Marshall of this district & a letter from some French... |
| 36 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 28 May 1799 | 1799-05-28 | Inclosed is a letter from Lieut Cordis which I recommend to your consideration MHi : Adams Family... |
| 37 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 30 May 1799 | 1799-05-30 | I return signed all the blank commissions sent me with your letter of the 25th and am content you... |
| 38 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 31 May 1799 | 1799-05-31 | I have received your other letter of the 25th and think with you that there are too many of our... |
| 39 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 31 May 1799 | 1799-05-31 | I return you the papers inclosed in your letter of the 24th. My knowledge of the Spanish language... |
| 40 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 31 May 1799 | 1799-05-31 | Inclosed is a recommendation from Col. Leonard, lately a member of congress of his nephew Charles... |
| 41 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 2 June 1799 | 1799-06-02 | I received last night yours of the 28th. On the 21st I wrote you approving of Talbot to command... |
| 42 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 5 June 1799 | 1799-06-05 | Inclosed are recommendations of Joseph Williston & Habijah Savage, to be midshipman to whom I... |
| 43 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 7 June 1799 | 1799-06-07 | I thank you for the details in your favor of the 29th May Captain Truxton has deserved well of... |
| 44 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 8 June 1799 | 1799-06-08 | I have just received your favors of 30th May & 3d of June. The commissions shall be bestowed as... |
| 45 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 8 June 1799 | 1799-06-08 | The plan of operation in the naval service projected in your second favor of the third of June I... |
| 46 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 12 June 1799 | 1799-06-12 | Inclosed are recommendations of Henry Jackson Knox to be a lieutenant in the Navy & a petition... |
| 47 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 15 June 1799 | 1799-06-15 | Inclosed is a letter from Cotton Thayer, who is well recommended for a commission as lieutenant... |
| 48 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 19 June 1799 | 1799-06-19 | Inclosed are recommendations of Cotton Thayer to be a lieutenant of marines on board the... |
| 49 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 24 June 1799 | 1799-06-24 | I have received your letters of 17 & 18th. Lieutenant Beale it is true is a young man of 26 or... |
| 50 | Adams, John | Stoddert, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 28 June 1799 | 1799-06-28 | I have read with pleasure your favor of the 19th. I yesterday sent to the post office your letter... |