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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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158051 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 28 April 1795] | 1795-04-28 | 28. Arrived at Bladensburgh. | |
158052 | Franklin, Benjamin | Comments on Turgot’s Plan for a Single Tax, [after 3 … | ≈1777-07-03 | Reprinted from Gustave Schelle, ed., uvres de Turgot et documents le concernant (5 vols., Paris,... | |
158053 | Return of Arms, Stores, &c., Belonging to the State of … | 1779-07-17 | [Text reproduced in illustration section following p. 254.] Tabular MS ( DLC ); entirely in TJ’s... | ||
158054 | Washington, George | General Orders, 31 October 1781 | 1781-10-31 | For the Day Tomorrow Brigadier General Hazen Lieutenant Colonel Cochran Major Graham Brigade... | |
158055 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 27 September 1788] | 1788-09-27 | Saturday 27th. Thermometer at 60 in the morning—68 at Noon and 72 at Night. Clear Morning with... | |
158056 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson’s List of Books to be Acquired in … | 1820-10-21 | Grammatica Anglo-Saxonica ex Hickesiano Thesauro excerpta. Institutiones grammaticae... | |
158057 | Adams, John Quincy | Tuesday[7th]. | 1784-09-07 | Dined at Mr. Tracy’s and went in the evening to see la métromanie , and Crispin Rival de son... | |
158058 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 13 September 1795] | 1795-09-13 | 13. Breakfasted in George Town and reached Mt. Vernon to dinner. | |
158059 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 27 December 1769] | 1769-12-27 | 27. Dined and lodgd at Dumfries with Mr. Boucher & J. P. Custis who overtook us on the Road.... | |
158060 | Adams, John | [March 1774] | ≈1774-03-02 | Last evening at Wheelwrights, with Cushing, Pemberton and Swift. Lt. Govr. Oliver, senseless, and... | |
158061 | Dyson, Marcus | Enclosure: Marcus Dyson’s Drawing and Description of a … | 1816-05-06 | EXPLANATION A . The reservoir made of copper in form of an half oval (flat Side next the body)... | |
158062 | Washington, George | An Acct. of the Weather—in Feby. [1769] | ≈1769-02-01 | Feby. 1st. Ground not froze. Day calm & warm & mostly clear—but sometimes lowering. 2. The Ground... | |
158063 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 7 January 1785] | 1785-01-07 | Friday 7th. Road to my Mill, Ferry, Dogue run, & Muddy hole Plantations. Preparing my dry well,... | |
158064 | Madison, James | Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of … | 1826-10-07 | The board met pursuant to adjournment: present the same members as yesterday. Resolved that the... | |
158065 | Hamilton, Alexander | Report on the Petition of Robert Oliver and Hugh … | 1795-02-02 | [To the President of the Senate] The Secretary of the Treasury to whom was referred by the... | |
158066 | Virginia Court of Appeals | Decision of Virginia Court of Appeals in Peyton v. … | 1812-01-07 | Virginia to wit, At a Court of Appeals held at the Capitol in Richmond the seventh day of January... | |
158067 | Editorial Note: The Virginia Cession of Territory … | With the acceptance by Congress of the Virginia cession on 1 Mch. 1784, the national domain came... | |||
158068 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 25 April 1772] | 1772-04-25 | 25. Went a Hunting with Colo. Bassett. Found nothing. | |
158069 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 14 October 1770] | 1770-10-14 | 14. Very pleasant but wind fresh in the Afternoon. | |
158070 | Cushing, Thomas | Resolution of the Massachusetts House of … | 1770-10-24 | DS : Massachusetts Historical Society This resolution marks the beginning of Franklin’s most... | |
158071 | Editorial Note: Unofficial Diplomacy on Indian Affairs | In the spring of 1791 the governments of Great Britain and the United States became suddenly... | |||
158072 | Adams, John | Oct. 7. Monday. | 1782-10-07 | Mr. D umas has been out, upon the Discovery.—Neither Mr. V. nor Mr. G. could guess the Reason,... | |
158073 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 February 1769] | 1769-02-08 | 8. Colo. Lewis and son set of to go home but being stopd at Colchester by Ice returnd in the... | |
158074 | Jefferson, Thomas | Form of Recruiting Commission, [28 November] 1779 | 1779-11-28 | To Gentleman: You are appointed, and forthwith are to proceed, to recruit men to serve in the... | |
158075 | Adams, John | [Tuesday. September 17th. 1776.] | 1776-09-17 | Tuesday. September 17th. 1776. The Committee appointed to confer with Lord Howe, agreable to the... | |
158076 | Washington, George | General Orders, 15 June 1781 | 1781-06-15 | It is with singular pleasure the Commander in Chief congratulates the army on the success of our... | |
158077 | Adams, Thomas Boylston | Thomas Boylston Adams, anecdotes, 1811 | ≈1811-01-01 | Thomas Adams, brother of John Quincy Adams, was one of the Circuit Judges of Masstts Court very... | |
158078 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 15 April 1769] | 1769-04-15 | 15. Began to Plant Do. at the Mill. Sowed Oats in the Inclosure behind the Quarter. | |
158079 | Washington, George | Memorandum, 17 September 1755 | 1755-09-17 | Lieutt Colo.—Adam Stephen Andrew Lewis—Major Captains Lieutenants Ensigns 1st Peter Hogg 2 Jno.... | |
158080 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 26 May 1799] | 1799-05-26 | 26. Clear with the Wind at No. Wt. but not cold. Mer. at 64 in the Morng. and 66 at Night. Mr. &... | |
158081 | Introductory Note: From Robert Morris, [27 April 1796] | This letter is the first in Morris’s correspondence with Hamilton that refers to a debt which... | |||
158082 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 July 1790] | 1790-07-08 | Thursday 8th. Sat from 9 o’clock till after 10 for Mr. Jno. Trumbull, who was drawing a Portrait... | |
158083 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 16 February 1775] | 1775-02-16 | 16. Calm, at least very little Wind & that Southerly. Clear & exceeding pleasant. | |
158084 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 December 1771] | 1771-12-08 | 8. After breakfast Mr. Pendleton & Mr. Crawford went away as Miss Mason & Miss Scott did yesterday. | |
158085 | Madison, James | Proposed Constitutional Amendment, [ca. 9 July] 1803 | 1803-07-09 | For amendment to the Constitution Louisiana as ceded by France is made part of the U. States.... | |
158086 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 2 July 1769] | 1769-07-02 | 2. Clear, warm, and still, their being very little wind & that southwardly. | |
158087 | Adams, John Quincy | 27. | 1788-11-27 | Thanksgiving day. Dull weather. | |
158088 | Blount, William | Enclosure I: Patent Issued by William Blount, 10 August … | 1792-08-10 | Literal copy of a patent given by Govr. Blount. No. 6. William Blount governor in and over the... | |
158089 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 13 June 1775] | 1775-06-13 | 13. Dined at Burn’s in the Fields. Spent the Evening at my Lodging’s. | |
158090 | Washington, George | Traveling Expenses of Martha Washington, 1 July 1783 | 1783-07-01 | An Acct of Mrs Washingtons Expences from Virga to my Winter Quarters & back again to Virginia... | |
158091 | Adams, John | 1774. Septr. 12. Monday. | 1774-09-12 | Attended my Duty on the Committee, untill one O Clock, and then went with my Colleagues and... | |
158092 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thomas Jefferson’s Note for Destutt de Tracy’s Treatise … | 1816-04-06 | A Note communicated to the Editor. Our author’s classification of taxes being taken from those... | |
158093 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 31 July 1770] | 1770-07-31 | 31. Again very warm & still—especially in the Evening and Night. | |
158094 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 31 July 1762] | 1762-07-31 | 31. Guy finished the 3 sides of Garden all to Capp[in]g Pill[a]r. B. Mitchell went away. Burgis... | |
158095 | Jefferson, Thomas | Estimate of Troops for South Carolina, [ca. 29 March … | 1780-03-29 | for the war till Sep. 30 1780. terms not specifd Total exp. befr. Sep. 30. 80. Detachmt. from the... | |
158096 | Adams, John | Quincy July 12. Tuesday. | 1796-07-12 | Yesterday mow’d all the Grass on Stony field Hill. To day ploughing for Hilling among the Corn... | |
158097 | Washington, George | Inquiries Concerning the Defense of New York, June 1781 | ≈1781-06-01 | Inquire minutely into the number of men which compose the present Garrison of New York and its... | |
158098 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 28 June 1771] | 1771-06-28 | 28. Rid by the Ferry Plantation & Mill to Doeg Run Quarter & Meadow. Returnd home by Muddy hole... | |
158099 | Stretch, Joseph | Enclosure B: [Statement of the Interest Due on the … | 1790-09-01 | Florins Florins 1791 February 1st: One Year’s Interest on the second Loan 2,000 000. @ 4 ⅌ Cent... | |
158100 | Washington, George | General Orders, 31 August 1782 | 1782-08-31 | The Commander in cheif cannot help expressing his thanks to the officers commanding divisions,... |