1To John Adams from William Cooper, 18 December 1765 (Adams Papers)
Boston, 18 December 1765. Printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. , 1:265–266 . See Notes on the Opening of the Courts 19 Dec. 1765 , and Argument before Gov. Bernard 20 Dec. 1765 , below. Printed : ( JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams , ed. L. H. Butterfield and...
2To John Adams from William Cooper, 5 May 1800 (Adams Papers)
Wm. Cooper Esq. member of Congress, requests that his son Richard Fenimore Cooper Esqr. may be appointed Agent to explore the copper mine on Lake Superior, and report; agreeably to the Resolution of Congress. Judge Lawrence knows R. F. Cooper, who is a lawyer, intelligent, and very fit for the Agency. Mr. Cooper says his son is 26 years old. A young man recommended by the Assayer of the Mint,...
3To John Adams from William Cooper, 13 February 1801 (Adams Papers)
By the provisions of the Act respecting the Judiciary, which has just become a Law—a new District in the Northern part of the State of New-York is created; In which the Offices of Attorney & Marshal are to be filld. by new appointments—relying upon the belief that your Excellency is willing to receive all information relating to the suitableness of persons for any employment which is vacant—we...
4To John Adams from William Cooper, 21 February 1800 (Adams Papers)
The information that you Requested me to Furnish you with, relative to the best road from this to Albany, I with Pleasure State to you as follows. dine the first day at the Crooked billet , Lodge that night at the delleware—next day at Colonel Drakes Suckesunny Planes—the next day to goshen —the next day to Kingston or Esopus, the next day to Cattskill to the house of Samuel Vanve e ten . The...
5To John Adams from William Cooper, 5 December 1775 (Adams Papers)
The letter you did me the honor of writing me dated October 19th. came to hand but a few days past. The notice taken of me by the Committee of Congress appointed to collect an account of hostilities &c. I own myself indebted to you for, and you may be assured that I shall do every thing in my power to forward that business: A Committee of both Houses of which I am one has been appointed in...