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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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157901 | Hamilton, Alexander | The Federalist No. 17, [5 December 1787] | 1787-12-05 | To the People of the State of New-York. AN objection of a nature different from that which has... | |
157902 | Adams, John Quincy | 30th. | 1785-01-30 | Mr. A. met Mr. Jefferson, at Paris, in the forenoon. 31 The Marquis de la Fayette was here in the... | |
157903 | Madison, James | Motion on Point of Order, [3 May] 1782 | 1782-05-03 | MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 297). The manuscript is in JM’s hand. Charles Thomson entered... | |
157904 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 6 May 1772] | 1772-05-06 | 6. Rid to the Mill, Doeg Run, and Ferry before Dinner. In the Afternoon Doctr. Rumney and Mr.... | |
157905 | Adams, John | Proclamation on Insurrection in Pennsylvania, 12 March … | 1799-03-12 | Whereas, combinations to defeat the execution of the law for the valuation of lands and... | |
157906 | Adams, John | Wednesday. May 22. 1771. | 1771-05-22 | At Plymouth. Put up at Wetheralls, near the County House—lodged with Mr. Angier, where we had a... | |
157907 | Adams, John Quincy | 14th. | 1785-09-14 | Dined at Lincoln, and immediately after dinner we again proceeded on our journey and by 5... | |
157908 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 17 February 1786] | 1786-02-17 | Friday 17th. Thermometer at 38 in the Morning—52 at Noon and 48 at Night. A thick fog till 9... | |
157909 | Franklin, Benjamin | Advertisement, 1 November 1750 | 1750-11-01 | Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , November 1, 1750. Whereas on Saturday night last, the house... | |
157910 | [February 1754] | ≈1754-02-01 | This winter, we had a vacation. In the winter of 1754 we had no snow at all save a smattering or... | ||
157911 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 3 July 1797] | 1797-07-03 | 3. Clear in the forenoon with a slight shower for a few minutes about 2 Oclock; afternoon Wind... | |
157912 | Washington, George | Card Playing Expenses, 1772–1774, 1 January 1775 | 1775-01-01 | Cards—& other Play Dr 1772 Feby 28— To Cash lost at Fredericksburg 2. 3.6 Mar. 2— To Ditto lost... | |
157913 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 25 February 1788] | 1788-02-25 | Monday 25th. Thermometer at 32 in the Morning—48 at Noon and 46 at Night. Calm and clear Morning.... | |
157914 | Franklin, Benjamin | Observations upon [Thomas Pownall], State of the … | ≈1769-01-01 | MS (copy): American Philosophical Society In December, 1769, or possibly in the following month,... | |
157915 | Washington, George | General Orders, 28 June 1780 | 1780-06-28 | [Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Hubley. Major James Moore[,]... | |
157916 | “A.” | Description of a Cipher, [23 May 1803] | 1803-05-23 | Pour se servir de l’Echiquier cy inclus, en place d’un Chiffre, afin d’empecher la decouverte de... | |
157917 | American Peace Commissioners | The American Peace Commissioners: Declaration of the … | 1783-02-20 | ADS and AD (draft): Massachusetts Historical Society; copies: Massachusetts Historical Society,... | |
157918 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 22 October 1788] | 1788-10-22 | Wednesday 22d. Thermometer at 49 in the Morning 60 at Noon and 60 at Night. Clear all day with... | |
157919 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 15 May 1770] | 1770-05-15 | 15. A Lowery cloudy Morning but clear afternoon & tolerably warm. | |
157920 | Marx, Joseph | Enclosure: Resolutions of the Creditors of Smith & … | ≈1819-07-06 | At a meeting of the Creditors of the late firm of Smith & Riddle , Richmond , July 6, 1819. ... | |
157921 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 26 April 1780] | 1780-04-26 | 26th. Lowering & cloudy all day the forepart of it without much wind but fresh afterwards, with a... | |
157922 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 23 January 1772] | 1772-01-23 | 23. Went up to George Town to convey Deeds to Messrs. Montgomerie Stewart & Wilson for the... | |
157923 | Adams, John | [Thursday October 26. 1775.] | ≈1775-10-26 | On Thursday October 26. 1775. The Subject again brought on the Carpet, and the same discussions... | |
157924 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 12 August 1770] | 1770-08-12 | 12. Rid to Belvoir after Dinner to see Sir Thos. Adams who was sick there. Adams’s frigate, the... | |
157925 | Jefferson, Thomas | Section of a Bill for Settling Disputed Presidential … | ≈1800-01-01 | Title—a bill supplementary to the act &c strike out the first 11. sections. leave Sect. 12. 13.... | |
157926 | Adams, John Quincy | 16th. Tuesday. | 1782-07-16 | Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. went to the court Comedy to see a Russian play. Stormy windy weather. | |
157927 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 September 1773] | 1773-09-08 | 8. Clear, calm, and warm. | |
157928 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin’s Conjecture on the Foregoing, [after 12 … | ≈1772-08-12 | Copy: the Royal Society The Aurora Boreales , tho’ visible almost every Night of clear Weather in... | |
157929 | Washington, George | General Orders, 26 December 1780 | 1780-12-26 | Varick transcript , DLC:GW . | |
157930 | Jay, John | John Jay’s Motion for an Instruction to the Delegates … | ≈1776-07-10 | ^ Resolv [ ed ] ^ Whereas it is no less consonant to Reason than confirmed by the Experience of... | |
157931 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 31 January 1786] | 1786-01-31 | Tuesday 31st. Thermometer at 42 in the Morning—40 at Noon and 34 at Night. The morning was a... | |
157932 | Burger, John | Coroner’s Inquest, [13 July–2 August 1804] | ≈1804-07-13 | City & County of Newyork } ss An Inquisition Indented taken for the People of the State of... | |
157933 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 9 April 1796] | 1796-04-09 | 9. Thick morning, but clear afterwards with a brisk So. Westerly wind—ground very dry. Smoaky. | |
157934 | Adams, John Quincy | 21st. | 1786-06-21 | This day the Seniors leave, College; there is no recitation in the morning, and prayers are... | |
157935 | Madison, James | Military Establishment, [9 December] 1794 | 1794-12-09 | Nicholas called for a committee “to enquire how far the act of Congress for the defence of the... | |
157936 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1743 | ≈1743-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1743. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1743 ,... By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
157937 | Adams, John Quincy | 11th. | 1785-02-11 | Paris Afternoon. Coll. Humphreys and Mr. Short, went with us to see Astley’s equestrian exercises... | |
157938 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 26 December 1770] | 1770-12-26 | 26. At Home all day alone. | |
157939 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson’s Estimate of Grain Needs, [ca. 1 … | ≈1819-10-01 | Estimate of grain from Oct. 1. 19 —to July 7. 20 40 weeks Resources | |
157940 | Adams, John | Avril 15. Mecredi. | 1778-04-15 | Went Yesterday to return the Visits, made me by American Gentlemen. Dined this Day, with Madam... | |
157941 | Adams, John Quincy | 4th. | 1785-10-04 | I began this day to translate the Eclogues of Virgil. What a difference between this Study, and... | |
157942 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 7 March 1786] | 1786-03-07 | Tuesday 7th. Thermometer at 34 in the Morning—⟨4⟩6 at Noon and 42 at Night. Morning clear &... | |
157943 | Jefferson, Thomas | II. Jefferson’s Notes on the Hessian Fly, [24 May–18 … | ≈1791-05-24 | Conrad Lasher. 16. miles above Poughkeepsie. The Hessian fly remains on the ground among the... | |
157944 | Adams, John Quincy | 30th. Sunday. | 1782-06-30 | In the forenoon Mr. D went to Mr. Wolff’s. In the afternoon I went and took a ride with him. Fine... | |
157945 | Washington, George | General Orders, 13 August 1781 | 1781-08-13 | For the Day Tomorrow Major General Howe Lieutenant Colonel Millen For Picquet Major Ashley... | |
157946 | Adams, John | Tuesday May 6. | 1783-05-06 | Dined at Mr. Jays. Lt. General Mellville, who is here to solicit for the Inhabitants of Tobago,... | |
157947 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 15 March 1788] | 1788-03-15 | Saturday 15th. Thermometer at 46 in the Morning—58 at Noon And 56 at Night. The Wind, tho’ there... | |
157948 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 29 May 1775] | 1775-05-29 | 29. Dined at the City Tavern. Spent the Evening in my own Room. | |
157949 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 22 September 1773] | 1773-09-22 | 22. My Brother and my self rid to my Mill & returnd to Dinner. | |
157950 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 March 1770] | 1770-03-08 | 8. Went to Belvoir with Mr. Magowan, dined and Returnd in the afternoon. |