1From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 14 July 1814 (Adams Papers)
You cannot think what a disappointment your not writing occasion’d me! I have been weighing and reflecting upon every thing which might have caused your silence and have only been able to attribute it to that of sickness, which fills my heart with uneasiness Your Aunt Smith, being about to return to America, I take the opportunity of sending you a Watch, which I request you will use in the...
2From James Madison to James Monroe, [14 July 1814] (Madison Papers)
An Expres[s] mail from Genl. Brown, states Officially that an action took place at Chippeway with Genl. Riall (having probably the whole B. force in the Peninsa:) in which the Enemy were defeated, leaving 400 killed & wounded on the field, and escaping to their works not distant. Genl. Scott seems to have had a conspicuous share in the victory. Our loss is not mentioned. The details were to...
3To James Madison from Peter V. Daniel, 14 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
By the sentence of a Court Martial pronounced some time during the last winter, Mr. Francis H. Hooe, has been stricken from the roll of Officers in Colo. Goodwins Regiment doing duty at Norfolk. By this sentence Mr. Hooe conceives himself much aggrieved, and I have no hesitation in declaring my opinion in perfect concurrence with his. My opinion I am conscious, can have no greater influence on...
4To James Madison from Daniel D. Tompkins, 14 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
General Mapes and Mr. T. R. Smith, two of the aldermen of this city, have been deputed by the Corporation on business relating to the defence of this city & harbour; and I beg leave to introduce them to you as respectable & patriotic characters in whom the utmost confidence may be reposed. With perfect respect & esteem, I am, Sir, Your Ob St RC ( DNA : RG 107, LRRS , T-81:8). Docketed as...
5Robert Wright to John Armstrong, 14 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
My solicitude for the peninsula composed of Delaware & the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia being established into a military District is greatly increased by the Conduct of the British, they are committing constant Depredations on us. And the application of The Flotilla, intended for the upper part of the Chesapeake, to the patuxent, The puting this shore in a District with the Western...
6Destutt de Tracy to Thomas Jefferson, [14] July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
c’est toujours un grand bonheur pour moi, Monsieur, quand je reçois une de vos lettres. celle dont vous m’avez honoré le 28. 9 bre 1813 et qui m’est arrivée le 5. May dernier m’a fait un bien Sensible plaisir en m’aprenant que vous aviez reçu mon quatrieme volume qui traite de l’economie politique , que vous l’aviez acceuilli avec la meme indulgence que le commentaire Sur Montesquieu, et que...
7Tadeusz Kosciuszko to Thomas Jefferson, 14 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Le tems se passe en attente et la nécessité augmente en proportion de mon petit revenu, de Grace cherchez moi un autre moyen de m’envoyer de l’argent; Je suis deja aux emprunts ce qui me fache beaucoup. et je ne voudrais pas manquer à ma parole donnée pour le monde entier. Que fait M r Barnes de qui je n’ai réçu aucune nouvelle ni l’année passée ni celle ci; Obligez Le je vous prie à m’envoyer...