1991To George Washington from John Aylett, 1 January 1774 (Washington Papers)
There is a deed of gift from your Lady, for several Slaves, to her Brother Bartholomew Dandridge, in Trust, for the Joint use of her decd Sister and her Sister Aylett, recorded in new Kent county court. The deed expresses the Slaves were alloted to her, by her Brother W. Dandridge, as, and for a proportionable, or Childs part, of the value of the Slaves, of Colo. Dandridges estate. I shall be...
1992To George Washington from James Hill, 1 January 1774 (Washington Papers)
I this moment recd your letter & in answer to it—The reason why I have neglected sending up this good Spell of weather I have endeavourd to make as good a Collection as Possable but Am disappointed altogether only the £60 of Colo. Phill. Johnson which I shall send up But am doubtfull I shant make a Collection to answer the Demands agst the Estate & my wages[.] I have waited to make Sail of my...
1993To Benjamin Franklin from George Maddison, [1766–1773]6 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society G. Maddison called to acquaint Dr. Franklin that the Packets for America do not go from the Gen. Post Office till Saturday night. George Maddison (1747–1783) had been brought into the Foreign Office of the Post Office by 1765 by his uncle, Anthony Todd, secretary of the Post Office. In 1773 Maddison entered the diplomatic service and was posted to the Hague,...
1994Notes on Commentary on the Bible, 1770–1773 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). With the exception of the extracts from Proverbs, these notes are quoted verbatim, or almost verbatim, from William Burkitt, Expository Notes, with Practical Observations, on the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ , first printed posthumously in London in 1724. The pagination of the editorial footnotes is taken from the sixteenth edition of this work,...
1995[Braintree and Boston, 1771–1773] (Adams Papers)
The complicated Cares of my legal and political Engagements, the slender Diet to which I was obliged to confine myself, the Air of the Town of Boston which was not favourable to me who had been born and passed allmost all my life in the Country; but especially the constant Obligation to speak in public almost every day for many hours, had exhausted my health, brought on a Pain in my Breast and...
1996The Pleadings Book: 1771–1773 (Adams Papers)
Case on a Bill of Lading vs. Master for not delivering the Plaintiff’s Goods freighted on Board the Defendant’s Vessell. For that the said Charles on &c.—received on board his said Ship called the X X and whereof the said Charles was Master (H ogshea ds, Casks &c.) containing the Goods in the schedule annexed—And on the &c.—at —— signed a certain Note in Writing called a Bill of Lading and...
1997[Independence of the Judges, 1773–1774] (Adams Papers)
In the Year 1773 arose a Controversy concerning the Independence of the Judges. The King had granted a Salary to the Judges of our Superiour Court and forbidden them to receive their Salaries as usual from the Grants of the House of Representatives, and the Council and Governor, as had been practiced till this time. This as the Judges Commissions were during pleasure made them entirely...
1998[Controversy with Hutchinson, 1773] (Adams Papers)
As I have written hitherto, wholly from my memory, without recurring to any Books or Papers, I am sensible I have made several Anachronisms, and particularly in some things immediately preceeding. It was I believe in 1772 that Governor Hutchinson, in an elaborate Speech to both Houses of Congress endeavoured to convince them, their Constituents and the World that Parliament was our Sovereign...
1999John Quincy Adams to Elizabeth Cranch, 1773 (Adams Papers)
i thank you for your last letter i have have had it in my mind to write to you this long time but afairs of much leess importance has prevented me i have made But veray little proviciancy in reading to much of my time in play th ere is a great Deal of room for me to grow better brother charls has got a very bad cold martha feild and Naby curtis sends their love to you and sister Naby from your...
2000Notes on the Book of Genesis, [1773] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 1773 .] Quotations and paraphrases of the first three chapters of the Book of Genesis. AD , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. Scholars differ on the year of H’s arrival in the North American colonies and the dates of his schooling there. These notes, and those which follow, were presumably made while H attended the school of Francis Barber in Elizabethtown, New...
2001Notes on the Book of Revelation, [1773] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 1773 .] Quotations and paraphrases of Chapters I–XIII of the Book of Revelation. AD , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress.
2002The Iliad of Homer, [1773] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 1773 .] Exercise in Homer’s Iliad , beginning with Book 12. Discontinuously numbered lines in Greek are followed by one page of English translation and notes in English on the geography of the eastern Mediterranean. D , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. The authorship of this MS is not known. The handwriting bears only a slight resemblance to that of H. If H...
2003List of Books, [1773] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 1773 .] Numbered list of twenty-seven books and subjects on Ancient and Medieval history and philosophy. D , Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. The authorship of this MS is not known. The handwriting is not that of H, but the document may be a copy of a missing original by H. Although MS contains no date, it probably belongs to the period when H was in school or...
2004Notes on Colds, [1773?] (Franklin Papers)
AD (draft): Library of Congress These notes defy editing. They are hard to decipher; the ink has now faded in places to illegibility. They are on loose sheets of paper with no hint of their sequence, and frequent marginal additions have to be interpolated by guesswork. No internal evidence suggests a date, if indeed the sheets were all written at the same time. Previous editors, although they...
2005To Benjamin Franklin from Anthony Todd, [1773?]: résumé (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society <1773? A note in the third person: thanks Franklin “for the Paragraphs which seem to be perfectly right”; the New York packet will sail, wind permitting, when tonight’s mail reaches Falmouth.>
2006[undated diary entry] (Washington Papers)
The following is the opinion of the late Lord Chanceller Cambden, and Chanceller York, on Titles derivd by the Kings Subjects from the Indians or Natives. “In respect to such places as have been, or shall be acquired by Treaty or Grant from any of the Indian Princes, or Governments, your Majestys Letters Patents are not necessary, the Property of the Soil, vesting in the Grantee by the Indian...
2007[undated diary entry] (Washington Papers)
Sales of the Pews in Alexandria Church—to whom—&ca. Nos. Purchasers Price 4 Mr. Townsd. Dade £28. 5 Colo. G. Washington 36.10 13 Mr. Robt. Adam 30. 14 Mr. Robt. Alexander 30.10 15 Mr. Dalton 20. 18
2008Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1773 (Washington Papers)
A List of Lands belonging to Geo: Washington in the Northern Neck—on wch Quit-rents became due—Michaelmas 1773. In Fairfax County—Mt Vernon 2126 Bought of Darrell 500 Clifton 1806 Brent 238 Wm Ashford 135 Geo: Ashford 135 Simn Pearson 178 Wm Whiting 200 Jno. Posey 200
2009To Thomas Jefferson from the Rev. James Madison, [1773?] (Jefferson Papers)
I know not in what Manner sufficiently to thank you for your kind offices . It is happy that Circumstance was mentioned, as it is probable it might otherwise have been of much Prejudice. Mr. Henley proposes going with me this Morning to Most of the Visitors, which with the Assistance of your previous Application and a Recommendatory Line from Mr. G——n I flatter myself, will ensure success. I...
2010Memorandum Books, 1773 (Jefferson Papers)
Jan. 7. Richard Vernon (Orange). Gave him advice for which took his note for 21/6. 8. John Stewart (Augusta) v. James Callison (Augusta). I was directed to enter this petn. some time ago, and did it, but it being still blank and so not chargeable I bring the memm. forward, to get rid of old books. So when necessary recur to rough memm. books 1770. Jan. 21. Mar. 8. Feb. 20. Aug. 22. Carter...
2011Thomas Jefferson to John Minor, 30 August 1814, including Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Moore, [ca. 1773?] (Jefferson Papers)
I have at length found the paper of which you requested a copy. it was written near 50. years ago for the use of a young friend whose course of reading was confided to me; and it formed a basis for the studies of others subsequently placed under my direction, but curtailed for each in proportion to his previous acquirements and future views. I shall give it to you without change, except as to...
2012To Benjamin Franklin from Benjamin Rush, [after 15 September 1773] (Franklin Papers)
AL (incomplete): American Philosophical Society I acknowledge myself much indebted to you for the Instruction contained in your last Letter. I have met with many Facts which confirm your Opinion of the Origin of Catarhs from Cloaths, Beds, Books &c. Baron Van Swieten in his last Volume of Commentaries on Dr. Boerhave’s Aphorisms in treating upon Epidemic Diseases mentions with Astonishment a...
2013Reply to D. E. Q., [after 30 October 1773] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress The publication of “Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One,” signed Q.E.D., attracted considerable attention, which Franklin stimulated by two shorter contributions to the same paper. On October 18 the Public Advertiser reprinted the “Rules,” and in the issues of October 29–30 it carried a reply from some one—Sir Francis Bernard, according to...
2014On a Proposed Act to Prevent Emigration, [December? 1773] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress The rate of emigration to America from Scotland and Ireland, particularly Ulster, increased rapidly in the years immediately before 1775. Rising rents were a principal cause, along with the unemployment that in Scotland followed the financial crisis of 1772 and in Ireland the collapse of the linen trade. By 1773 the drain of population was causing concern. In November...
2015To Benjamin Franklin from Sir John Pringle, [December 1773?] (Franklin Papers)
AL : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Dr. Pringle’s Compliments to Dr. Franklin and if he is to be at home this evening and at leisure Dr. P. will wait upon him and play at chess. Mean while Dr. P. returns Dr. F. the French letter which he was to shew to C. Castries [?]. He sends him a small piece upon Electricity, sometime ago sent to Dr. P. from Germany, but which Dr. P. has not yet...
2016[December 1773] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Dined at Mrs. Dawsons & spent the Evening in my own Room. 2. Dined at Southalls, & Spent the Evening at Mrs. Campbells. On 29 July 1773, Mrs. Campbell’s tavern on Waller Street had been put up for auction by Nathaniel Walthoe’s executor. Mrs. Campbell had bought it and two lots on six months’ credit and got the deed in Jan. 1774 ( Va. Gaz. , P&D, 20 May 1773; York County Deed Book,...
2017Acct. of the Weather in Decr. [1773] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Clear Warm and pleast. with but little Wind, and that Southerly. 2. Also Warm and pleasant a little lowering in the Eveng. 3. Clear Warm and pleasant again. With but little Wind & that from the Southward. 4. Much such Weather as yesterday in all respects. 5. Clear, and tolerably pleast. but rather Cooler. Wind being fresh from the Westward. 6. Warm and lowering—Wind being fresh from...
2018Cash Accounts, December 1773 (Washington Papers)
Cash Decr 3— To Ditto [cash] recd from Thos Newton Junr Esqr. £404. 0. 0 To Ditto recd from Ditto 51.11. 0 To Cash recd for the following Bills drawn on Robt Cary Esqr. & Co. viz. 3— Benja. Waller Esqr. £100 (Sterg) 32½ (Excha.) 132.10. 0 4— Ditto 100 Do [32½ Excha.] 132.10. 0 5— Ditto 100 Do 132.10. 0 4— Edwd Charlton 350 Do 463.14. 0 4—
2019From George Washington to James Mercer, December 1773 (Washington Papers)
When I sat seriously down, divested of other thoughts, to write to Mr Montague on the Subject of the power of attorney which he Inclosed to Colo. Tayloe, Colo. Mason, & myself, it appeared, if not absolutely necessary, at least, that it would be very satisfactory to him, and the Mortgagees, (as matters are very differently circumstanced to what they expected) to receive authentick Copi⟨es⟩ of...
2020To Benjamin Franklin from John Winthrop, 31 December 1773: extract (Franklin Papers)
Extract: Library of Congress I concur perfectly with you in the Sentiments expressed in your last. No considerate Person, I should think, can approve of desperate Remedies, except in desperate Cases. The People of America are extreamly agitated by the repeated Efforts of Administration to subject them to absolute Power. They have been amused with Accounts of the pacific Disposition of the...