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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1551 | Stephen, Adam | Washington, George | To George Washington from Adam Stephen, 31 January 1756 | 1756-01-31 | I forgot to acquaint you, that The Governor, when I was at Williamsburgh, desird if possible, to... |
1552 | Adams, John | [February 1756] | ≈1756-02-01 | Pretty cold. Staid at Home, A.M. P.M. heard Mr. Maccarty. Lodg’d with him at night. Wrote to John... | |
1553 | Adams, John | February. 1756. 1 Sunday. | 1756-02-01 | Pretty cold. Staid at Home, A.M. P.M. heard Mr. Maccarty. Lodg’d with him at night. | |
1554 | Washington, George | Stephen, Adam | From George Washington to Adam Stephen, 1 February 1756 | 1756-02-01 | If you find that a good road by Ross’s Mill can be so easily cut; the sooner it is set about the... |
1555 | Washington, George | Walker, Thomas | From George Washington to Thomas Walker, 1 February … | 1756-02-01 | As the contention about the command is risen to the disagreeable height it now is; and would... |
1556 | Washington, George | Memorandum, 2–3 February 1756 | ≈1756-02-02 | John Sellers, Enlisted by Ensign Deane, was this day discharged; as not being legally Enlisted.... | |
1557 | Adams, John | 2 Monday. | 1756-02-02 | Wrote to John Wentworth by Coll. Josiah Willard. Spent the Eve, sup’d and lodg’d at Major... | |
1558 | Washington, George | Blagg, John | From George Washington to John Blagg, 2 February 1756 | 1756-02-02 | You are Hereby ordered to proceed with the utmost dispatch to Winchester; there to take upon you... |
1559 | Washington, George | Deane (Dean), John | From George Washington to John Dean, 2 February 1756 | 1756-02-02 | You are to take under your command all the men now quartered in this town; and proceed with the... |
1560 | Washington, George | Dinwiddie, Robert | From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 2 February … | 1756-02-02 | I can but return my very hearty thanks for your kind condescension in suffering me to wait upon... |
1561 | Morris, Robert Hunter | Washington, George | To George Washington from Robert Hunter Morris, 2 … | 1756-02-02 | I am favoured with yours of the 1st Instant, which I did not receive till my return on Wednesday... |
1562 | Adams, John | 3 Tuesday. | 1756-02-03 | Breakfasted at Gardiners. This morn the Weather clear’d away. As warm and brilliant as May. Kept... | |
1563 | Washington, George | Kirkpatrick, John | From George Washington to John Kirkpatrick, 3 February … | 1756-02-03 | You are to remain at this place until my return; unless you receive orders to the contrary from... |
1564 | Hog, Peter | Washington, George | To George Washington from Peter Hog, 3 February 1756 | 1756-02-03 | Incolsed are the pay Rolls for the Months of Decr & January you will See I have abt £4 in my hand... |
1565 | Adams, John | 4 Wednesday. | 1756-02-04 | A charming warm Day. Dined at Coll. Chandler’s with Mr. Pain, Abel Willard and Ebenr. Thayer.... | |
1566 | Shirley, William | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from William Shirley, 4 February … | 1756-02-04 | MS not found; printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1755–1756... |
1567 | Adams, John | 5 Thurdsday. | 1756-02-05 | A fair morning but some symptoms of a Change of Weather. Kept School. Spent the evening with... | |
1568 | Adams, John | 6 Fryday. | 1756-02-06 | A cloudy morning. About 10 the sun brake out. A warm Day. Dined at Mr. Paines. Kept school. Spent... | |
1569 | Adams, John | 7 Saturday. | 1756-02-07 | A Fair warm, day. Dined at the Judges. Drank Tea at Major Gardiners. | |
1570 | Adams, John | 8 Sunday. | 1756-02-08 | Heard Mr. Maccarty. Fine Weather. | |
1571 | Provincial Commissioners | Provincial Commissioners: Orders for Payment, [9 … | ≈1756-02-09 | DS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Charles Norris, brother of the speaker, was a trustee of... | |
1572 | Adams, John | 9 Monday. | 1756-02-09 | Fine Weather. Settled roads. Drank Tea and spent the Evening at Coll. Chandlers, very gaily, with... | |
1573 | Adams, John | 10 Tuesday. | 1756-02-10 | Fair Weather. Spent the Evening at Major Chandlers, with Major Greene and Mr. Maccarty. Charming... | |
1574 | Adams, John | 11 Wednesday. | 1756-02-11 | Serene Weather, but somewhat cool. I am constantly forming, but never executing good resolutions.... | |
1575 | Pennsylvania Assembly | Pennsylvania Assembly: Address to the Governor, 11 … | 1756-02-11 | Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1755–1756 (Philadelphia,... | |
1576 | Adams, John | 12 Thurdsday. | 1756-02-12 | A cool, but pleasant morning. Heard Mr. Welman Wellman preach the Lecture, and drank Tea, with... | |
1577 | Franklin, Benjamin | Mecom, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 12 February 1756 | 1756-02-12 | MS not found; reprinted from Jared Sparks, ed., A Collection of the Familiar Letters and... |
1578 | Hughes, William | Stewart, Robert | Enclosure: William Hughes to Robert Stewart, 12 … | 1756-02-12 | I wrote to you on Sunday Concerning the Imbaselment of the Stores which I have Recoverd and am... |
1579 | Adams, John | 13 Fryday. | 1756-02-13 | A pleasant morning. Saw my classmates Gardner, and Wheeler. Wheeler dined, spent the afternoon,... | |
1580 | Adams, John | 14 Saturday. | 1756-02-14 | Good Weather. This afternoon took a Vomit of Tartar Emet. and Turbith mineral, that worked 7... | |
1581 | Adams, John | 15 Sunday. | 1756-02-15 | Charming Weather. A.M. staid at home reading the Independent Whig. Very often Shepherds that are... | |
1582 | Adams, John | 16 Monday. | 1756-02-16 | A most beautiful morning. We have the most moderate Winter that ever was known in this country.... | |
1583 | Charles, Robert | Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Correspondence | Robert Charles to Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of … | 1756-02-16 | Extract printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1755–1756... |
1584 | Hubbart, Elizabeth | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Elizabeth Hubbart, 16 … | 1756-02-16 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I enclose you a Catalouge of all the large and part of the... |
1585 | Adams, John | 17 Tuesday. | 1756-02-17 | A clowdy Day. Dined at Mr. Greenes. | |
1586 | Adams, John | 18 Wednesday. | 1756-02-18 | A charming morning. My Classmate Gardner drank Tea with me. Spent an Hour in the beginning of the... | |
1587 | Adams, John | 19 Thurdsday. | 1756-02-19 | No man is intirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life. Men of the most exalted... | |
1588 | Adams, John | 20 Fryday. | 1756-02-20 | A dull Day. Symptoms of Snow. Writing Tillotson. That is, copying out extracts from the published... | |
1589 | Pennsylvania Assembly | Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, 20 … | 1756-02-20 | Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1755–1756 (Philadelphia,... | |
1590 | Adams, John | 21 Saturday. | 1756-02-21 | A Snowy day. Snow about ancle deep. I find by repeated experiment and observation, in my School,... | |
1591 | Adams, John | 22 Sunday. | 1756-02-22 | Suppos a nation in some distant Region, should take the Bible for their only law Book, and every... | |
1592 | Franklin, Benjamin | Hubbart, Elizabeth | From Benjamin Franklin to Elizabeth Hubbart, 22 … | 1756-02-22 | MS not found; reprinted from The Massachusetts Magazine, or Monthly Museum of Knowledge and... |
1593 | Adams, John | 23 Monday. | 1756-02-23 | Fair weather. Crawford spent the Evening here. | |
1594 | Franklin, Benjamin | Position of Troops in Northampton County, [23 February … | 1756-02-23 | AD : Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Capt. Vanetten at Minisinks, a Lieut. and 30... | |
1595 | Adams, John | 24 Tuesday. | 1756-02-24 | A fine morning. We are told that Demosthenes transcribed the history of Thucidides 8 times, in... | |
1596 | Morris, Robert Hunter | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Hunter Morris … | 1756-02-24 | Printed form with MS insertions in blanks; American Philosophical Society After the bitter... |
1597 | Adams, John | 25 Wednesday. | 1756-02-25 | Fair and cold Weather. An extream cold night. | |
1598 | Spangenberg, Augustus Gottlieb | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Augustus Gottlieb … | 1756-02-25 | Copy: Archives of the Moravian Church, Bethlehem Mr. Nathanael Seidel, the Bearer of this, can... |
1599 | Adams, John | 26 Thurdsday. | 1756-02-26 | Fair cold morning. An extream cold Day. | |
1600 | Carter, Landon | Washington, George | To George Washington from Landon Carter, 26 February … | 1756-02-26 | The Bearer Mr John Lawson having heard of nothing to discourage his Military inclination now... |