1Royall Tyler to John Adams, 13 January 1784 (Adams Papers)
When a man’s views are direct and his Intentions consistant with Honour and Virtue he seldom affects Concealment. I will not presume therefore that my Attentions to your Daughter are Unknown to you. If you demand why an affair of so much importance to your Domestick Concerns was not communicated by me sooner, I hope that my Youth, the early progress of my professional career, and the continued...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Jacques Lafreté, 13 January 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library Il y à longtems, mon Cher Papa que je n’ai eû le plaisir de vous voir, Je ne suis plus de ce monde depuis la perte affreuse que j’ay faite, et J’evite autant que je peux les occasions de montrer ma triste figure. Cependant dès que le tems sera un peu plus traittable J’irai vous faire une petite visitte à Passy. Voici une lettre que j’ai recû, d’un de...
3To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Maupin and Other Offerers of Goods and Schemes, 13 January 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society The offers that Franklin receives during the period covered by this volume can be divided into three broad categories. The first includes authors who send copies of their works, some in the hope of winning Franklin’s support for the projects described therein. Among these individuals is the viticulturist Maupin, whose letter is printed below. The second...
4To George Washington from James Milligan, 13 January 1784 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honour, and the singular pleasure of transmitting, inclosed to your Excellency, copies of your Accots for family expences, Secret Services, and other Contingencies, commencing in June 1775 and ending Decemr 8th 1783, as officially Stated at the Treasury, By which it appears that a balance of Seven hundred and twenty Seven dollars & 7/10 of a dollar Specie, is due by the United...
5Report of the Committee on a Letter of Nathanael Greene, [13 January 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
The Committee consisting of Mr. Williamson Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Read to whom was refer’d a Letter of the 3rd of Novr. 1783 from Majr. Genl. Green to the President of Congress beg leave to report That it appears to your Committee that Genl. Green, during his command in the Southern Department, besides the sume of 38,591 60/90 Dlrs. which had been advanced to him of the old paper Emissions, has...