1To John Adams from James F. Armstrong, 16 January 1801 (Adams Papers)
The pressure of straitned circumstances and the impractibility of performing those parts of ministerial duty which expose to the weather and require active exertion will be my apology for again troubling your Excellency by application for some place in your power to grant.—If the Mint Department Should be removed to the Seat of Government it is most probable there will be some vacancies in...
2To John Adams from James F. Armstrong, 21 March 1800 (Adams Papers)
Your Excellency will excuse me for again brining my name to view in application for some appointment under the general Government—during last summer and fall there was great probability I should never more have troubled you upon this head—it now appears as if Providence would restore me again to some measure of health & strength—any office the execution of whose duties might be principally...
3To John Adams from James F. Armstrong, 17 January 1799 (Adams Papers)
Pure necessity compels me to present myself once more before the President of the United States as an Applicant for some place or office in his power to confer.—My rheumatick complaint has been so severe during great part of the winter as to render the discharge of my duties which require activity or exposure to sudden changes of weather dangerous to my health.—Any place or office whose duties...