18. (Adams Papers)
Went over to Hingham.
2To John Adams from John Brown Cutting, 8 October 1788 (Adams Papers)
Many unexpected obstacles have concur’d to detain me man months longer than I either wish’d or meant to remain here. I have not however been idle or inactive. Nor have my exertions been altogether selfish. On the contrary I have attempted to discharge the duty of a good citizen—from the simple impulse of republican integrity—with an immediate reference to some of the great interests of our...
3[Diary entry: 8 October 1788] (Washington Papers)
Wednesday 8th. Thermometer at 55 in the Morning—65 at Noon and 63 at Night. A very thick fog till nine Oclock—after which the Sun came out and it was very pleasant till about Noon when there was Sun shine and clouds alternately afterwards—Wind at So. Wt. in the morning which veered more to the northward afterwards. Rid to the Plantations at Muddy hole, Dogue run, Frenchs & the Ferry. At Muddy...
4From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 8 October 1788 (Madison Papers)
Herewith inclosed are a letter for yourself forwarded to my hands from General Washington, and two others for the Marquis, one from the same quarter, the other from myself. I put both the last under cover to you, not knowing what regard may be due to Newspaper authority, that the Marquis is under the open displeasure of the Court, and may therefore be the less likely to receive letters thro’...
5From James Madison to Philip Mazzei, 8 October 1788 (Madison Papers)
I have been favored with several letters from you since the date of my last; but some of them having been recd. in Virginia I am not able now to acknowledge all of them by their respective dates. The date of the last was in May. You ask me why I agreed to the Constitution proposed by the Convention at Philada.? I answer, because I thought it safe to the liberties of the people, and the best...
6To James Madison from David Ramsay, 8 October 1788 (Madison Papers)
I lately had the honor of receiving a letter from mr Jefferson dated Paris May 7. 1788 in which he authorised me to draw on you for 936 livres on his account. That sum being due to me by mr Froulle in Paris mr Jeffersons goodness has been such as to negotiate the payment here through your hands. I have therefore taken the liberty of drawing on you for 173⅓ dollars a sum equal to 936 livres...
7Edmund Randolph to Virginia Delegates, 8 October 1788 (Madison Papers)
Our express returned yesterday from Kentucky; bringing an answer from Colo. Muter and Colo. Marshall, on the subject of the surveys on the Miami. This answer however is not complete. We shall endeavour to make it so, as soon as we receive further information from another of the superintendants, and from the Register of the land-office. This will be accomplished I presume, early enough to go by...
8To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 8 October 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Herewith inclosed are a letter for yourself forwarded to my hands from General Washington, and two others for the Marquis, one from the same quarter, the other from myself. I put both the last under cover to you, not knowing what regard may be due to newspaper authority, that the Marquis is under the open displeasure of the Court, and may therefore be the less likely to receive letters thro’...
9To Thomas Jefferson from David Ramsay, 8 October 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of May 7th came to hand in September last. I thank you for your obliging conduct respecting my book. My losses on that subject have been so great that I must make use of the liberty you gave me to draw on Mr. Madison for 133 ⅓ dollars which is equal to 936 livres reckoning the dollars at 2/6 and the livres at 10d. This has been done this day. Your services on this occasion demand my...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Vanet, 8 October 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Le Havre, 8 Oct. 1788 . Expects to embark on a vessel just arrived from Baltimore and returning there in ten or twelve days. Will take TJ’s box of papers with him, and any further commissions can be sent to him at same address. [ In postscript :] News has been received from Port-au-Prince of a hurricane so violent that five vessels were destroyed and thirty-five damaged. RC ( DLC ); 2 p.; in...