148111[Diary entry: 20 May 1788] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 20th. Thermometer at 67 in the morning—82 at Noon and 80 at Night. Wind at East in the Morning, and very heavy. Clear afterwards with the Wind at So. Wt. Rid in Company with Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Washington, the two Mr. Morris’s & Colo. Humphreys to my Mill, and returned home thro’ Frenchs & the Ferry Plantations, & by the Brick yard. Began to Sow Buck Wheat today at the Ferry. Business in...
148112To Thomas Jefferson from Moustier, 10 May 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
En bon François et en sincere ami des Americains-Unis, je me rejouis bien vivement de la marque de patriotisme que vous venez de donner en acceptant la place à laquelle vous avez été appellé pour rendre de nouveaux services à votre patrie. J’ignore encore si je suis destiné à retourner dans un pays dont l’estime m’est et me sera toujours pretieuse. Je puis avoir l’honneur de vous certifier...
148113To Benjamin Franklin from John Paul Jones, 14 September 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; AL (draft): National Archives; copy: United States Naval Academy Your much esteemed favor of the 6th. at 5 AM. I received the 8th. That kind letter from your Hand at so early an Hour adds much to former Obligations, but more especially as it found me in need of such Cordials; for I have yet received no other letter from the Eastward since the 17th. before...
148114[Diary entry: 2 October 1799] (Washington Papers)
2. Morning again lowering. Mer. at 58 and Light breeze from No. Et.—afterwards quite calm. Mer. 72 at Night and highest. After dinner Mrs. Herbert Mrs. Nelson &ca. went away.
148115[Diary entry: 19 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. Wind Westerly with appearances of Clouds but no rain here.
148116James Madison to Luther H. Read, 15 October 1832 (Madison Papers)
I have just rcd. your letter of the 4th relating to a claim from the heirs of Lewis Perrault, for supplies &c furnished by him in the Revolutionary War, for the Illinois Regiment, the papers & vouchers of the claim, having been, as is sd. put into my hands in the year 1783, to be prosecuted before the Legislature of Virginia. I wd. gladly comply with the requests of information on the subject,...
148117From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Eppes, 15 February 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
After writing my letter of this date which is to go by Govr. Nash now here on his way to N. Carolina, I went to his lodgings to chat an hour. He has proposed to me a land party which I think is hopeful and great and which he desires may be entirely secret. I have never adventured in this way in my own country because being concerned in public business I was ever determined to keep my hands...
148118To George Washington from Benjamin Lincoln, 16 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
Doctor Tilton has presented a large estimate of stores for the establishment of an Hospital in Virginia, which he is directed by the Director General to set up and superintend—I have conversed with Mr Morris on the subject, and find that the requisition cannot at present be complied with. I should be glad to know whether the measure of establishing an Hospital there is an absolutely necessary...
148119From Edward Hand to Moses Hazen, 6 July 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am ordered by the Commander in chief not to accept, or enter on the Genl Returns, the last return I received of your regiment, as he can not take notice of the promotions mentioned in it, untill they are announced to him officially. The Genl has applied to Congress for information on the subject—I hope his Answer will be such as may give satisfaction to the Gentlemen of your regts I am Dr...
148120Joseph E. McIlhenney to Thomas Jefferson, 17 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Peale of Philad a called upon my brother, and told him, he had reacieved a letter from you , requesting him to procure a young man, who would be willing to settle in Charlottsville . He, as a particular friend of my brothers, advised him to communicate the circumstance to me; which he did in a letter of the 5 th Instant. I immeadiately answer’d his letter, and requested him to inform M r...