14th. (Adams Papers)
Charles and Cranch went to Boston. Wrote part of my forensic; and as I was obliged to support a side of the question, which I cannot believe; I found it very difficult to write any thing, and shall finally be very short.
2Thomas Brand Hollis to Abigail Adams, 4 November 1786 (Adams Papers)
Mr Brand Hollis presents his compliments to Mrs Adams and desires her acceptance of two medals one on the execution of the counts Egmont and Horne two Dutch Patriots contrary to faith-given! The other on the Murder of the first Prince of Orange Base acts of a Tyrant! Three common wealth coins to record, what England once was. Mrs Adams had the only copy of the right hand of Fellowship which...
3[Diary entry: 4 November 1786] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 4th. Mercury at 43 in the Morning—54 at Noon and 54 at Night. Morning mild, clear, and pleasant with the wind Southerly in the afternoon. Rid to all the Plantations. In the Neck, finished gathering and Measuring the Irish Potatoes, wch. turned out as follow—viz.—In the Cut next the Barn 100 Bushels—There being 10 rows, every alternate one had a sprinkling of dung; 4 of which produced...
4To George Washington from Theodorick Bland, 4 November 1786 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Theodorick Bland, 4 Nov. 1786. On 18 Nov. GW wrote Bland of “the receipt of your obliging favors of the 4th & 9th inst.”
5To George Washington from Lamar, Hill, Bisset, & Company, 4 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
We have been favoured with your’s of the 3d of last August, and have to return you our best thanks for your polite attention to our sundry letters. Mr Hill acknowledges to us the receipt of your bill upon Wakelin Welch Esqre for £43.12.4 stg. We observe with infinite concern what you have mentioned in regard to the high cost of your pipe of wine, and as to an old correspondent, are desirous of...
6From James Madison to Nicholas Lewis, 4 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 November 1786. Mentioned in Nicholas Lewis’s letter of 26 November 1786 to JM . Included Walker Maury’s account against Jefferson for the tuition and board of Peter Carr.
7[To Thomas Jefferson from Cavalier, Fils, 4 November 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Dieppe, 4 Nov. 1786. Recorded in SJL as received 7 Nov. 1786. Not found.]
8From Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson, 4 November [1786] (Jefferson Papers)
Two of your country-women, Mrs. Barrett and Mrs. Montgomery, will dine with me tomorrow. I wish you could come and dine with them. If you can obtain leave let me know in the morning and I will come for you between one and two o’clock. You must come dressed. Adieu my dear Patsy your’s affectionately, MS not found. Text printed from a photostat of RC in NcU ; the following note appears on the...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Vergennes, 4 November 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
J’ai fait expédier, Monsieur, comme vous l’avez demandé, un Passeport de franchise pour quelques parties de vins étrangers qui doivent vous arriver des Ports de Marseille, Livourne et Lisbonne, pour votre usage et la consommation de votre maison à Paris. J’y ai fait comprendre le Clavecin qui vous vient de Londres, quoique cet objet de pur agrément, ne puisse pas être rangé dans la classe des...