1To John Adams from Joseph Barrell, 24 November 1787 (Adams Papers)
I request the Liberty (in behalf of those who are engaged in the enterprize) to present to your Excellency a Medal which was struck to be distributed amongst the Natives on the North West Coast of America, and to commemorate the first American Adventure to the Pacific Ocean We have been carefull to Equip these Vessells in the very best manner, and that every Person on board Forty in number,...
2To John Adams from Joseph Barrell, 30 October 1798 (Adams Papers)
The Subscribers Directors of a Company called the New England Mississippi Land Company beg leave humbly to represent, That the Congress of the United States having by Law authorized the President to appoint Commissioners to settle all interfering Claims of the United States, and the State of Georgia, to Territory situated West of the River Chatahouchee North of the thirty first Degree of North...