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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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158051 | Washington, George | General Orders, 28 July 1779 | 1779-07-28 | The extreme importance of having the works and defences at and about West-Point on both sides the... | |
158052 | Madison, James | Notes on Debates, 7 November 1782 | 1782-11-07 | MS ( LC : Madison Papers). See Notes on Debates, 4 November 1782 , ed. n. Immediately preceding... | |
158053 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 29 February 1796] | 1796-02-29 | 29th. A good deal of Rain fell in the Night. Fine Rain all day with the Wind at East. | |
158054 | “Catullus” | Catullus No. IV, [17 October 1792] | 1792-10-17 | Attempts in different shapes have been made to repel the charges which have been brought against... | |
158055 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 19 January 1772] | 1772-01-19 | 19. At home all day. In the Afternoon Majr. Wagener and Mr. John Barnes with Doctr. Craik came... | |
158056 | Adams, John | [Saturday June the 3d 1775.] | 1775-06-03 | Saturday June the 3d 1775. Congress however ordered the Letter to lie under on the Table for... | |
158057 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 August 1770] | 1770-08-08 | 8. Dined at Colo. Lewis’s. GW apparently clubbed at Weedon’s again this evening and played cards,... | |
158058 | Adams, John | 17 August., 17 August 1776 | 1776-08-17 | 17 August. The congress resolved that Gustavus Risberg be appointed an assistant to Clement... | |
158059 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 1 October 1768] | 1768-10-01 | Octr. 1. Clear and pleasant. Still forenoon but brisk Southwestwardly Wind afterwds. | |
158060 | Adams, John | [September 1796] | ≈1796-09-01 | The Summer is ended and the first day of Autumn commenced. The Morning is cold tho the Wind is... | |
158061 | Washington, George | Memorandum of Campaign Plans, 1 September 1778 | 1778-09-01 | Scotts light Infantry 1000—A Detachment of the same Number under Wayne & the whole Commanded by... | |
158062 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 2 August 1786] | 1786-08-02 | Wednesday 2d. Mercury at 65 in the Morning—70 at Noon and 70 at N. Much rain had fallen in the... | |
158063 | Minutes of the Committee on the Purfleet Magazine … | ≈1772-08-12 | Copy: the Royal Society; partial copy: American Philosophical Society <August 12: The Committee... | ||
158064 | Washington, George | General Orders, 9 October 1778 | 1778-10-09 | Particular Brigade returns to be made to the orderly Office on Monday next agreeable to a form... | |
158065 | Adams, John Quincy | 24th. | 1785-08-24 | One of the breast plates was broke, and we were obliged to send it a mile and half to be mended... | |
158066 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 27 January 1786] | 1786-01-27 | Friday 27th. Thermometer at 30 in the Morning— at Noon and at Night. Clear and pleasant all day;... | |
158067 | Adams, John Quincy | 17th. | 1786-06-17 | This day, the Bridge over Charlestown Ferry was compleated, and as the same day 11 years agone,... | |
158068 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 13 June 1797] | 1797-06-13 | 13. Very Warm with a brisk Southerly wind—a slight Shower of Rain. Mercury 83. | |
158069 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 30 March 1791] | 1791-03-30 | Wednesday 30th. The parties to whom I addressed myself yesterday evening, having taken the matter... | |
158070 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 3 February 1773] | 1773-02-03 | 3. Ground very hard froze which thawd but little being Cloudy & like for falling weather all... | |
158071 | Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth | Enclosure Y: Letter from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 2 … | 1790-11-02 | Having been requested to relate all that I know of General Greene’s connection with the late John... | |
158072 | Jefferson, Thomas | X. Draft of the Financial Section and Conclusion, 8 … | 1804-11-08 | The state of our finances continues to fulfill our expectations. eleven millions & an half of... | |
158073 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 28 February 1770] | 1770-02-28 | 28. Clear and pleasant with but little Wind & that Southwardly. | |
158074 | Obituary of Susanna Boylston Adams Hall, 29 April 1797 | 1797-04-29 | On Friday the 21 st. inst t. departed this life, in the 89 th. year of her age, M rs. Susannah... | ||
158075 | Washington, George | Farm Reports: Statement of Crops for 1789 | ≈1789-01-01 | AD , DLC:GW . For background to this document, see Farm Reports, 6–12 Dec. 1789, source note . A... | |
158076 | Partridge, Alden | Enclosure: Alden Partridge’s Table of Altitudes of … | 1815-09-06 | A Table. Containing the Altitudes of Mountains calculated from Barometrical Observation, by A... | |
158077 | Adams, John | 1772. Novr. 21. | 1772-11-21 | Next Tuesday I shall remove my Family to Boston, after residing in Braintree about 19 Months. I... | |
158078 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 25 May 1770] | 1770-05-25 | 25. Dined at the Palace & attended a Committee of the Association at Hayes. Spent the Eveng.... | |
158079 | Jay, John | John Jay: Account of Conversation with Franklin … | ≈1783-09-01 | AD : Columbia University Library Dr. Franklin lived at Pha. in the Neighbourhood of Mr Boudinot... | |
158080 | Georgia Land Commissioners | Report of the Georgia Land Commissioners, 14 February … | 1803-02-14 | 14 February 1803, Washington. Describes the land in the Mississippi Territory disputed by South... | |
158081 | Washington, George | General Orders, 21 August 1780 | 1780-08-21 | [Officers] For the day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Patterson[,] Lieutenant Colonels... | |
158082 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 4 March 1760] | 1760-03-04 | 4. High Westerly Wind—clear & cool. | |
158083 | Adams, John | Resolution approving appointment of a committee to call … | 1776-01-24 | 24 January 1776. Resolution approving appointment of a committee to call in misprinted bills of... | |
158084 | Washington, George | Cash Accounts, August 1759 | ≈1759-08-01 | Cash Augt 9— To Cash of Sampson Darrel for the Rent of Mrs Gists Pl[antatio]n £6. 1.8 10— To... | |
158085 | Washington, George | Acct. of the Weather in Decr. [1774] | ≈1774-12-01 | Decr. 1st. Clear and pleasant, with but little Wind and that Southerly. 2. Cool & frosty in the... | |
158086 | Adams, John Quincy | 31st. | 1787-07-31 | A cold north-east storm. Reading and writing all day. Wrote a letter to my mother, and one to my... | |
158087 | Franklin, Benjamin | Contract between Vergennes and Franklin, 16 July 1782 | 1782-07-16 | DS : Archives Nationales; DS , two copies, and transcript: National Archives Contrat entre le Roi... | |
158088 | Adams, John Quincy | 26th. Wednesday. | 1782-06-26 | Stay’d at home all day. Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimbert’s. In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took... | |
158089 | Jefferson, Thomas | II. Second Draft by Jefferson, [before 13 June 1776] | ≈1776-06-01 | A Bill for new modelling the form of government and for establishing the Fundamental principles... | |
158090 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 18 September 1773] | 1773-09-18 | 18. Went to a Barbicue of my own giving at Accotinck. Mr. Robt. Alexander & his Bror. George came... | |
158091 | Washington, George | General Orders, 1 April 1779 | 1779-04-01 | At a General Court Martial whereof Colonel Hall was President March 1779. Ludwick Wolfe,... | |
158092 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 November 1788] | 1788-11-08 | Saturday 8th. Thermometer at 52 in the Morning—62 at Noon and 62 at Night. Clear all day, with... | |
158093 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 8, 27 March 1729 | 1729-03-27 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , March 27, 1729. ——Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri... | |
158094 | Jefferson, Thomas | Jury Findings regarding Land Seized by David Michie, 30 … | 1812-07-30 | Albemarle county to wit An Inquisition for the Commonwealth , indented & taken on the lands... | |
158095 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 19 March 1796] | 1796-03-19 | 19. Clear & cold all day with the Wind fresh from No. W. | |
158096 | Adams, John Quincy | 31st. | 1786-05-31 | Election day. This is a day of great festivity throughout the Country. The last Wednesday in May,... | |
158097 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 9 January 1772] | 1772-01-09 | 9. Very pleasant Mild Morning, & Clear day. Abt. Noon the Wind blew pretty fresh from the... | |
158098 | 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... | |
158099 | 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... | |
158100 | 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... |