1From John Adams to John Langdon, 12 December 1810 (Adams Papers)
I received yesterday at the Post office your obliging favour of the Sixth of this month; and I pray you to accept my Thanks for the cordial Pleasure it gave me. Men who were engaged in our American Revolution from the Beginning of it are become So rare, that they feel for each other, as the Soldiers who had Served under the Duke of Marlborough, Some of whom you and I have known, felt when they...
2From John Adams to John Langdon, 27 February 1812 (Adams Papers)
Though I have read with regret, the Account of your declining a reelection as Governor of New Hampshire; I am not Surprised at it, nor can you be censured for it. Men who have run So long a Career in public Life as yours ought to be permitted to retire, when their deliberate Judgments require it, Not that it is wise in a Nation to discard or neglect Men on Account of their Age. I have been...
3From John Adams to John Langdon, 24 January 1813 (Adams Papers)
I feel an irresistible propensity to compare notes with you, in order to ascertain, whether your memory and mine coincide, in the recollection of the circumstances of a particular Transaction in the History of this Country. As it lies in my mind, Captain John Manly applied to General Washington in Cambridge in 1775, informed him that British Transports and Merchant Ships were frequently...
4From John Adams to John Langdon, 3 July 1813 (Adams Papers)
Although it would do no good to excite your Tears or my own, by Allusions to your late Afflictions or mine; I Sincerely condole and Sympathize with you. Instead of bewailing the past, it is better to think of the future, and Serve our Generation, as well as We can by the feeble Forces and few days that may be lent Us. I know of nothing better that I can attempt at this moment in this Way, than...
5From Alexander Hamilton to John Langdon, 18 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, June 18, 1792. On June 28, 1792, Langdon wrote to Hamilton : “I was honor’d with your favor of the 18th. Inst. by post.” Letter not found. ] Langdon was a New Hampshire merchant and United States Senator.
6From Alexander Hamilton to John Langdon, 6 September 179[4] (Hamilton Papers)
Permit me to recommend to your civilities General Walterstoff, Governor of the Island of St. Croix; a Gentleman of real merit, possessing all the requisites to render an acquaintance with him valuable. He is accompanied by my particular friend Doctor Stevens. They are upon an excursion through the Northern States. With esteem and regard I have the honor to be D. Sir Your Obed. Servt Magazine...
7From Alexander Hamilton to John Langdon, 16 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
Will you allow me the liberty of introducing to your civilities Mr. De Liancourt and the Gentleman who accompanies him, Mr. Guillemand, a young Englishman who is mentioned to me as a man of sense information and worth. I take it for granted you made Mr. De Liancourt’s acquaintance at Philadelphia and that you know his character. Your politeness and hospitality are destined to be taxed. I will...
8From Alexander Hamilton to John Langdon, 26 October 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
I received a day or two before my departure from New York your letter recommending Mr. Keith Spence, as a proper person for the loan officer of your State and intimating that your brother would not probably incline to accept that appointment. On receiving information of the resolution of Mr. Gilman to decline the office, I took occasion to remind the President, by a line, of your brother;...
9From Alexander Hamilton to John Langdon, 18 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
In turning over my private letters a day or two since, I found that from Mr. Church, which relates to your demand upon him. The ground on which he places his refusal to pay is that he was not an owner at the time . As your letter to me of the 5th of March contains no explanation on this point, nothing tending to shew that the above supposition is an error, Mr. Church’s answer to it must of...
10From Benjamin Franklin to John Langdon, 17 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Letters by Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Others. Written during and after the Revolution, to John Langdon, New Hampshire (Philadelphia, 1880), pp. 81–2. I was much oblig’d by your News of Gen. Burgoyne. Accept in Return my Congratulations on the Conclusion of two Treaties with France, one of Amity and Commerce the other of Alliance: which are on the most equal Terms, leaving...