1551To John Adams from Francis Malbone, 1 November 1798 (Adams Papers)
Mr. John Alfred Hazard having informed me that he has made application for the office of Purser on board the United States Ship General Greene now fitting in this State; I take the liberty of recommending him as possessing the necessary qualifications to perform the functions of that office; he is a young man of a liberal education, is of one of the most respectable families among us, & of an...
1552To John Adams from Nh., Citizens of Portsmouth, 11 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
The Subscribers, inhabitants of the Town of Portsmouth, State of New Hampshire, conceiving the present moment to be one of those critical periods when political necessity calls aloud for the Public Voice to advocate the measures of its own Government, and cheerfully offer the Supreme Executive and the Congress of the Union the most determined and unequivocal support in maintaining measures...
1553To John Adams from James Asheton Bayard, Jr., 11 February 1801 (Adams Papers)
The House of Representatives having Set unusually late the last two days I have been prevented waiting upon You according to my intention. I beg You Sir to believe that I appreciate with a becoming Sense the high honor You have proposed to confer upon me. I took the liberty of stating the subject to the Chief Justice who was So obliging as to undertake to request your opinion upon the...
1554To John Adams from Henry Knox, 5 March 1799 (Adams Papers)
Although I have often entertained the intention of writing to you, yet as I had nothing more to communicate, than assurances of my sincere attatchment, and the warm approbation which appeared to possess the best mind of the great majority of the People, I could not bring myself to intrude on your time, so precious to your Country. But when your recent nomination for France seem for a moment to...
1555To John Adams from James McHenry, 24 May 1799 (Adams Papers)
I have the honour respectfully to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 7th & 13th, and also by yesterdays mail one of the 14th and three of the 16th Instant. The inclosed copy of a letter to Mr. Joseph Williams of Springfield will shew the steps I had taken, relative to Mr. Coltons account, and the order given for its final settlement. I have assurances from Mr. Ames that such...
1556To John Adams from William Vaughan, October 1797 (Adams Papers)
In case you should not have known Mr Masson the Gentleman who will be the Bearer of these lines permit me to request your attention and civilities to him and to his pursuits. He is Botanist to the King and has been sent out with the express desire of his Majesty for the purpose of Botanical pursuits in the interior parts of America that have been little frequented by professional men. He...
1557To John Adams from John Marshall, 26 July 1800 (Adams Papers)
I receivd by the last mail your letter of the 19th. inst inclosing several papers which are disposd of according to your directions. You will receive herewith a translation of the German letter which was addressd to you. The calculations & the poem referd to, it was deemd unnecessary to translate. The Spanish minister has on the part of his sovereign claimd the restoration of the Sandwich...
1558To John Adams from Timothy Pickering, 15 October 1798 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor to send herewith a packet & letter from Mr. Pitcairn, received yesterday morning, and to inclose the letter No. 128. and the document it refers to, from Mr. Adams at Berlin, which in my last I mentioned were in the act of being decyphered. Before this gets to hand you will find that General Pinckney arrived at New-York last Saturday afternoon: So I find it stated in a paper...
1559To John Adams from James Mann, 28 October 1799 (Adams Papers)
This certifies that Ebenezer Coddington Thayer of Braintree sustains an unblemished reputation. After the honorary degrees of Harvard College had been conferred upon him, he has the usual time persued the study of the theory and practice of Physic with the greatest proficiency. And I can with confidence add, that should he be indulged a surgeon’s birth in the Army or Navy of the United States;...
1560To John Adams from George Poindexter, 14 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
At this important moment when imminent danger threatens us from abroad, the undersigned Young Men of Richmond, feel themselves impelled by that common sentiment, which now Animates America, to express, their fervent wishes for peace, but their determined resolution to support those measures of Government, which are calculated to repel foreighn aggression, and to protect our Country from injury...