1January 5. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Dined with M. Vaughan, in Company with the Abbys de Mably, Chalut, Arnoux and Ter Saint Tersan .—Had more Conversation with de Mably than at any Time before. He meditates a Work upon our American Constitutions. He says the Character he gives of Herodian in his last Work, Sur la maniere d’ecrire L’histoire, has procured to his Bookseller, Purchases, for all the Copies of that Historian which he...
25th. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon I went with Mr. Schiebe to the german church, but it happened this day that we had a Swedish sermon. I dined at Mr. C. B. Wadström’s. After dinner I went with him out of town to his brother’s where we stay’d till after supper, and then return’d in town. In the margin of the entry is a small pencil sketch of a minister at his pulpit with his congregation below.
3To Benjamin Franklin from Ferdinand Grand, 5 January 1783 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania La lettre dont vous m’avez honoré me demande mon Opinion sur celle qu’elle renfermoit de Mrs. Lecouteulx &c qui desirent scavoir si vous pouvez vous engager de leur fournir jusqu’à Deux Millions & demi pour les Achats de Piastres quils ont à faire pour M. Morris. Je ne puis ni ne dois avoir d’Opinion à ce sujet, mais pour fixer la vôtre, Monsieur, je...
4General Orders, 5 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorrow Lieutt Colonel Maxwell, Major Fisk. For duty tomorrow the first Newyork regiment. The Quarter Master General request that the officers who are entitled to keep horses will as soon as may be settle their forage accounts up to the 31st ult. inclusive. A Return shewing the number of women and children that would have drawn rations in the several corps under the late...
5To George Washington from William Peartree Smith, 5 January 1783 (Washington Papers)
The Necessity I am under of troubling your Excellency in an Affair of private Concern, but of great moment to a tender & Affectionate Mother is my only Apology for this Address—I have applyed to Lt Coll Cumming, imagining he had competent Authority for the discharge of a Private under his immediate Command; but he refers me to yr Excellency, as thro’ the only Channel, it can be obtained. The...