1Petition to the General Assembly of Virginia, [2 or 3 November 1798] (Jefferson Papers)
the Petition of sundry persons inhabitants of the county of Albemarle, and citizens of the said commonwealth, respectfully sheweth That though civil government, duly framed & administered be one of the greatest blessings and most powerful instruments for procuring safety & happiness to men collected in large societies, yet such is the proneness of those to whom it’s powers are necessarily...
2From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 2 November 1798 (Adams Papers)
Yesterday Mr Woodward came up & presented me with the inclosed papers memorial, which he says was presented by Dr. Logan to the French minister, & was procured for him by Mr. Richard Codman. Mr Woodward told me, that Dr Logan told him that three persons only knew of his intentions to visit France & these three were, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Genet & Mr. Letombe—That Genet letters procured him his...
3To John Adams from John Trumbull, 2 November 1798 (Adams Papers)
There being a probability that Your Excellency will soon have occasion to nominate a Collector for the Port of New Haven in this State, in the room of Mr Austin, the present holder, I take the Liberty of naming to you Mr Nathan Beers of this City, as a Man well calculated to fill that Office when vacant.—He was an Officer in the American Army during the War—& conducted himself well—He is a Man...
4[Diary entry: 2 November 1798] (Washington Papers)
2. Morng. Clear, calm & pleast. Mer. 34. Wind afterwards North Easterly. Mr. Law Mr. Hasler of Demarara & Lady came to dinner.
5To George Washington from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 2 November 1798 (Washington Papers)
Many thanks, my dear Sr, for your very friendly congratulations on my return to my Country —The apprehensions you mention I have reason to think would have been realized had not our Government followed up the publication of the dispatches by energetic measures. My Daughter’s health (thank God) is restored—Mrs Pinckney & myself are both well. I enclose you a copy of a Letter which I wrote to...
6From George Washington to William Thornton, 2 November 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Thornton, 2 Nov. 1798. ALS , sold by B. Altman & Co., December 1969. Altman’s advertisement indicates that the letter was signed “with very great esteem and regard.”