1III-A-2. Account of Items in the Estate Used by Martha Custis, 1759 (Washington Papers)
An Account of Sundrys taken and usd by Mrs Custis out of the Inventories No. £. s. d. ⟨19.⟩ A Chariot and Harness 80. 0. 0 30. 2 Sorrel horses 50. ditto 2 bay ditto 32. 32. 1 young Stallion 25. 244. 1 young bay horse (York) 20. ⟨3⟩4. 1 young Sorrel horse
2Record: Suffolk Court of General Sessions, Boston, November 1768 (Adams Papers)
The Petition of the Selectmen of the Town of Brookline in the county of Suffolk, setting forth that on the thirtieth day of January 1767 the worshipful Joseph Williams Eqr. issued a warrant in these words, vizt., Suffolk Ss. Complaint being made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majestys Justices of the peace for said county, by Mesrs. John Child, Aaron Davis, and Eleazer Weld, Gentlemen and...
3Vice Admiralty Court Minute Book Entry: 29 October 1768 (Adams Papers)
Wm. Sheaffe, Esqr., Dy. Collector &c. vs. Brigt. Triton. Sewal His Honor the Judge gave his Decree as on file. Vice Adm. Min. Bk. , 29 Oct. 1768. As to Sheaffe, see No. 45, note 6 . That is, Jonathan Sewall, who filed the information as Advocate General.
4To Thomas Jefferson from “A Vermont Republican”, 3 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
A man, who inhaled with his first breath the genuine spirit of republicanism, and who never abandoned or dissembled his principles in the darkest period of the late administration, a man who has long been a most zealous admirer of the name and character of the illustrious citizen who penned the immortal declaration of his country’s independence; whose predictions have been fulfilled, and whose...
5Writ of Certiorari: Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, July 1769 (Adams Papers)
To our trusty and well beloved Samuel Welles Esqr. first Justice of our Court of General Sessions of the peace for the said county, Greeting. Willing for certain causes to be certified of the Record of the process Order and Sentence of a Court of general Sessions of the peace held at Boston in and for said county by adjournment on the seventh day of November last, upon a petition of the...
6Enclosure: Extract of a Letter, 17 September 1777 (Adams Papers)
Business still continues dull but am in Hopes of a Speedy Change as it seems by the last Accounts from Amsterdam that a War with France and England is inevitable. Lord Stormont, the English Ambassador has left the Court of France, upon meeting with an unsatisfactory Answer relative to the French’s supporting the Americans which they and the Spaniards are determined to do. And you may soon...
7Permit for Clark & Nightingale, 19 September 1775 (Washington Papers)
Whereas the Necessities of the Army under my Command for Amunition are so great as to require all Possible Supplies, and Messrs Clark and Nightingale Merchants of Providence, having represented to me, that they will at their own Risque, undertake to procure from the West-Indies or elsewhere, such Quantities as may be purchased, provided they obtain my Permission for this Purpose, I do...
8VII. One of the Gallery on the Conduct of Madison, Page, and Carroll, [15 July 1790] (Jefferson Papers)
What shall we say to those men who, a few months ago , declared most solemnly that it was an unconstitutional act to fix by law the session of congress , and now give their votes for a cause which fixes by law the next session of congress? Those who have read the speeches of Mr. M——n, Mr. P-e, and Mr. C—1, as recorded in the 2d. volume of the Congressional Register, pages 425, 427, and 432,...
9III: Washington’s Preface to Henry Knox’s Statement on the Causes of the Indian War, c.25 Jan. 1792 (Washington Papers)
As the circumstances which have engaged the U. S. in the present Indian war, may, some of them, be out of the public recollection, and others, perhaps unknown, it appears adviseable that you prepare & publish, from authentic documents, a statement of those circumstances, as well as of the measures which have been taken from time to time for the re-establishment of peace & friendship. When the...
10Appendix A. Account of Items Reserved for the Estate, 1759 (Washington Papers)
Things reserved for the Use of the Estate & not sold No. 1. An Anchor £ 1. 2. 5. An Applemill 1. 8. 4. 4 Pots & Pothooks 2. . 6. Augers Coopers & other Axes Millpecks &c. 5. . 7. 1 Do & a Collar & hames . 1. 6 8. 76 Awlblades . 1. 8