1From John Adams to Joseph Priestley, 19 February 1792 (Adams Papers)
I take an opportunity by part of my family bound to London, to remind you of a person who is taken once had an opportunity of knowing you personally, and to express my sympathy with you under your sufferings in the cause of Liberty. Inquisitions and Despotisms are not alone in persecuting Philosophers. The people themselves we see, are capable of persecuting a Priestly, as an other people...
2From John Adams to Joseph Priestley, 12 May 1793 (Adams Papers)
I have received your kind Letter of Feb: 23, by the Messrs. Humphreys, and shall have the pleasure this Day of receiving those young Gentlemen at Dinner as I hope. They may succeed very well in this Country I doubt not. Your Sons I shall be very glad to see and although it would give me great personal pleasure to see you in America, yet I cannot but think your removal would be a great loss to...
3From George Washington to Joseph Priestley, 14 April 1796 (Washington Papers)
The President U.S. has, agreeably to his promise, caused the Laws of the U. States “to promote the progress of useful arts &c.” to be examined; and finds that the last act passed on this subject, vizt on the 21st of Feby 1793 (repealing the first act of the 10th of April 1790), confines the granting of patents to citizens of the United States. The first act of the 10th April 1790 does not...