1Cotton Tufts to John Adams, 25 May 1797 (Adams Papers)
I hope before this Time M rs. Adams has arriv’d at Philadelphia and recovered from the Fatigues of her Journey; of her Health & yours I am solicitous to hear— Since M rs. Adams’s Departure I have been busily employed in adjusting your Farming Concerns, M r. Porter, who has the Care of your Homestead, appears to me from what little Experience I have had of Him, to be well disposed, diligent &...
2[Diary entry: 25 May 1797] (Washington Papers)
25. Very brisk Southerly wind & still great appearances of Rain but none fell here.
3To George Washington from Thomas Dockery, 25 May 1797 (Washington Papers)
You may think strange to see the enclosed, but I beg your patience, to view what comes from my trembling hand, being in the 80th year of my age; and having a ⟨turn⟩ from my youth, to a Military life, I made use of the first opportunity which offered in the year 1746 leaving a beloved wife, & dear young daughter to keep house, while I thought to distinguish my self before the walls of Quebec....
4From Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry, 25 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
I this moment recieve your [favor] of the 22d. Nine days before that, to wit, May 13. I had [written to you my last] letter acknoleging the [receipt of yours] of May [4.] […] that that of Apr. 4. with the [one for] Monroe […] hand. My letter was directed to yourself ‘to the care of Mr. Osgood New York.’ from which I hoped it would be stopped there as I did not superscribe the place of your...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson, 25 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to your sister the last week, since which I have been very slowly getting the better of my rheumatism, though very slowly indeed; being only able to walk a little stronger. I see by the newspapers that Mr. and Mrs. Church and their family are arrived at New York. I have not heard from them, and therefore am unable to say anything about your friend Kitty, or whether she be still Miss...
6To Thomas Jefferson from William Linn, 25 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg you to excuse the liberty I take in enclosing to you a list which has appeared in the newspapers of the names and numbers of the Indian tribes in North America. A circular address which accompanies it will inform you of the occasion of giving you this trouble. I have nothing to plead for interrupting your attention a moment to the affairs of the nation at this alarming and eventful...
7From Thomas Jefferson to William Wardlaw, 25 May 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
[I have] your receipts for the [monies] […] cre[dited] […] to bring with me a memorandum of the […] destined for Dr. Jackson , and he had recieved no letter […]. But he conjectured the sum you wished paid to be 77.14.D. Should that added to 7.67 D. to Bache vary from what I recieved, it can enter into account between us, as I have not with me the book in which I noted what I recieved. We have...