1[Diary entry: 4 November 1789] (Washington Papers)
Wednesday 4th. About half after seven I left Portsmouth, quietly & without any attendance, having earnestly entreated that all parade & ceremony might be avoided on my return. Before ten I reached Exeter 14 Miles distance. This is considered as the 2d. Town in New-Hampshire and stands at the head of the tide water of Piscataqua River but Ships of 3 or 400 Tonns are built at it. Above (but in...
2Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 4 November 1789 (Adams Papers)
I should have been very happy to have seen you yesterday.— and am truly sorry the bad day disapointd me of the plasure, your servant brought you kind favor yesterday while I was at dinner. he could not stay and the evening was so bad,— I have the plasure to ask you, how your self M rs Smith Miss Smith and the little ones are to day, I intended yesterday after the sermon to bring the children...
3Enclosure: Jacob Vernes to Brailsford & Morris, 4 November 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
Notwithstanding I have not the honour of being known to you I have had the advantage of corresponding with you from the house of J. J. Berard & Co. (now J. J. Berard) of L’Orient, of which I was the Partner till the beginning of the present Year, when I resolv’d to form an Establishment under my own name and settle in a port of greater trade than L’Orient. I propos’d to have the honour of...
4To Alexander Hamilton from Jedediah Huntington, 4 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New London, Connecticut, November 4, 1789. On November 17, 1789, Hamilton wrote to Huntington : “I perceive by your Letter of the 4th instant.” Letter not found. ]
5Request for Bids, 4 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
NOTICE is hereby given, that Proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury to the 5th day of December next, inclusively, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States at the posts of West-Point, on Hudsons River, and of Springfield on Connecticut River, from the first day of January to the last day of December, 1790, including...
6To George Washington from William Dawson, 4 November 1789 (Washington Papers)
It is humbly represented to your Excellency by William Dawson who in the Year 1774 acted as Manager for Colo. George Mercers plantations in Frederick County that unable to precure A settlement or induce the Honourable James Mercer to make him payment for Such his Services, he was Compell’d to bring his action for the recovery; to this his Claim, Mr Mercers Pleading the act of Limitations has...
7To Alexander Hamilton from Israel Ludlow, 4 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
[ November 4, 1789. On May 13, 1790, Hamilton wrote to Ludlow : “Your letter of the 4th. of November … has some time since been received.” Letter not found. ] Ludlow was a New Jersey surveyor and land speculator. When he wrote this letter, he was in what is now the state of Ohio where he was serving as the chief surveyor for the Miami Purchase.
8To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 4 November 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Hartford, November 4, 1789. On November 8, 1789, Hamilton wrote to Wadsworth : “Mr Pomeroy has delivered me your Letter of the 4th Instant.” Letter not found. ]