104401Robert Walsh to James Madison, 22 April 1836 (Madison Papers)
It is probable that I shall go abroad about the end of next month to divide a twelvemonth between...
104402Queries on Louisiana: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
EDITORIAL NOTE The news that had arrived on the evening of 3 July, of the cession of Louisiana to...
104403From George Washington to John Hancock, 10 August 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your Excellency will permit me to introduce to your particular Notice & Attention M. Genl D....
104404From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, 20 June 1795 (Hamilton Papers)
A considerable alarm has been spread this morning by a report that the Treaty had been disagreed...
104405To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 19 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received two pressing letters, one from the Surveyor of the Port of Warren & Barrington...
104406From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 11 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
Three days since, I received your Excellency’s Letter of the 4th with the inclosed resolutions,...
104407From George Washington to Major General Israel Putnam, 20 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
On the 17th I wrote you that Genl Poor, with his Brigade was to proceed to Enfield to conduct the...
104408To John Jay from James Lovell, 11 July 1780 (Jay Papers)
By a Letter from Mess rs . Gardoqui & Sons of May 3 d . rec d . yesterday I have the pleasure of...
104409From George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 1 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have the pleasure of yours of the 23d Jany by Majr Wyllys and thank you for your...
1044101779. June 30. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Mr. Marbois, this Morning, upon my Enquiry, told me, that the Chevalier de la Luzerne is the...
104411From George Washington to Edmund Randolph, 22 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
I send you a letter of the 26th Ulto from William Bingham Esquire to the Secretary of the...
104412A Bill for Establishing a Naval Militia, 30 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
A Bill for establishing a Naval militia Be it enacted Etc. that every free, able-bodied, white,...
104413To George Washington from John Lamb, 22 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
Presuming on your kind attention to me, in the course of the late War; I am emboldened to solicit...
104414From James Madison to Thomas L. McKenney, 12 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 7th. accompanied by the printed papers concerning the translation...
104415Copy of a Protestant Episcopal Church Petition to the General Assembly of Virginia, [July?] 1785 (Madison Papers)
Whether JM wrote the petition calling for repeal of the act incorporating the Protestant...
104416[The Defence No. XXVIII], [2 December 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
ADf , in the handwriting of Rufus King, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; The [New York]...
104417From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 23 September 1814 (Adams Papers)
Your favr. of the 12th has revived or awakened my Pen which had fainted or Slept for many Weeks...
104418From Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Corny, 2 April 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the happiness, my dear friend, to arrive in Virginia after a voiage of 26. days only, of...
104419[Ferdinand Grand]: Memorandum for the American Commissioners, [before 28 August? 1778] (Franklin Papers)
AD (draft): American Philosophical Society Le Congrés a authorisé ses Comissionaires a emprunter...
1044204th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon Coll. Vallentin arriv’d from Holland and brought us, letters from my Father. Mr. D...
104421Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on Writing to the King of Prussia Concerning the Marquis de Lafayette, [14 January 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
At a meeting of the heads of departments at the President’s, on the fourteenth day of January...
104422To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Harrison, 22 December 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Pleasure to inclose you the Resolution of the General Assembly for your impartial...
104423To George Washington from Guy Carleton, 7 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
Having been appointed by His Majesty to the Command of the Forces on the Atlantic Ocean and...
104424To George Washington from William Heath, 19 June 1783 (Washington Papers)
In the month of Jany 1780 Capt. Sewall lost all his Baggage by fire at West point, upon his...
104425Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 9 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
some time past I thought that I had found a young man in the Watch making line, that would have...
104426Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
Although “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law” was John Adams’ first contribution to...
104427From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
Havg. written to the office for a statement of our affairs with Algiers, I have recd. the...
104428From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 18 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
I have received your two letters of this date, and thank you for the intelligence which they...
104429From the Citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, to the President of the United States, The Address of the Inhabitants of … (Washington Papers)
That America should remain in peace and enjoy the blessings of their free government undisturbed...
104430To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Patton, 9 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your polite note of the 6th inst. and in compliance with your request, I have...
104431John Bondfield to John Adams, 25 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
You will have receiv’d advice before this of the departure of M r Jay for London. I was at Passi...
104432To George Washington from Major Christopher French, 5 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
Notwithstanding I claim’d my release, in a Letter I did myself the honor to write you a fortnight...
104433To George Washington from John Page, 14 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
As the Time is now almost arrived when you will proceed to appoint the Officers of Government, I...
104434Notes on Buffon’s Histoire naturelle, [completed ca. May 1786] (Madison Papers)
Rural St. Thomas’s parish in Orange County, Virginia, was not totally isolated from the world of...
104435From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Rose, 4 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I promised you the stages & distances of the route from your house by Slate & Elkrun churches to...
104436From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 23 February 1795 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed is the explanation from the offices concerning Mr. L’s claim. The Treaty made by Mr. Jay...
104437Benjamin Franklin and John Adams to the Massachusetts General Court, 22 May 1778 (Adams Papers)
Passy, 22 May 1778. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams ,...
104438To James Madison from Lafayette, 23 December 1806 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ From Lafayette. Letter not found. 23 December 1806, Paris. JM is appointed as Lafayette’s agent...
104439From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 31 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I think it should further be observed to mr Beekman that in order that the public may not be made...
104440To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon: Four Letters before November 30, 1778 (Franklin Papers)
(I) AL : American Philosophical Society; (II) ALS : American Philosophical Society; (III) and...
104441To James Madison from Jesse Green, 27 November 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 November 1810, Concord, Sussex, Delaware. Encloses annual return of the militia of Delaware....
104442From James Madison to Benjamin Fry, 20 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 April 1802, Department of State. “Agreeably to your letter of the 10th Inst, I have written...
104443Robert Auchmuty to Thomas Hutchinson, 14 September 1768 (Franklin Papers)
The great esteem I have for you in every point of light, perhaps renders my fears and doubts for...
104444To Benjamin Franklin from a Committee of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 13 July 1771 (Franklin Papers)
LS : University of Virginia Library For many years the Massachusetts General Court had passed...
104445Lancelot Minor to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
your letter of the 14 th of last month came to hand by last mail. I feel disposed to do any thing...
104446From John Adams to Richard Rush, 3 February 1811 (Adams Papers)
I have read, my dear Sir, with great pleasure your elegant Eulogium, in your favour of the 27th...
104447From Thomas Jefferson to the Board of Trade, 18 February 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
The Board, in order to give Satisfaction as far as they are able to Colo. Legras and Major...
104448Thomas Gimbrede to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Gimbrede has the honor to offer to M r Jefferson a Little Sketch in Cameo , which if he...
104449To Alexander Hamilton from Colonel Azariah Dunham, 6 April 1780 (Hamilton Papers)
Morristown [ New Jersey ] April 6, 1780 . Reports supply of beef in Morris County and supply of...
104450To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 3 August 1796 (Washington Papers)
In my letter of the 30th ulto which was forwarded by post the first instant, I had the pleasure...