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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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158851 | Adams, John | Watson, Elkanah | From John Adams to Elkanah Watson, 11 August 1812 | 1812-08-11 | Our country is in a high fever. So in all Europe—so are the four quarters of the globe. Who first... |
158852 | Bemis, Joseph | Adams, John | To John Adams from Joseph Bemis, 11 August 1812 | 1812-08-11 | Gentlemen of the town of Canton conven’d last evening in order to make an arrangement for the... |
158853 | Seaver, Ebenezer | Adams, John | To John Adams from Ebenezer Seaver, 11 August 1812 | 1812-08-11 | Since Mr Dearborn and myself vesited you on Saturday last, we have called on General Heath and... |
158854 | Madison, James | Barlow, Joel | From James Madison to Joel Barlow, 11 August 1812 | 1812-08-11 | As I write on short notice and in cypher, I must be very brief. The conduct of the F. Govt.... |
158855 | Cook, Orchard | Madison, James | To James Madison from Orchard Cook, 11 August 1812 | 1812-08-11 | The Merchants of this Place—who were Republicans lately forwarded to your Excely an... |
158856 | Willis, William | Madison, James | To James Madison from William Willis, 11 August 1812 | 1812-08-11 | I have had considerable oppertunities since the declaration of the present war, of finding the... |
158857 | Carey, Mathew | Madison, James | To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 12 August 1812 | 1812-08-12 | I take up my pen once more, for probably the last time, on the subject of the present crisis.... |
158858 | Brown, Benjamin | Jefferson, Thomas | Benjamin Brown to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1812 … | 1812-08-12 | I wrote the principal Agent of the Mut l A Society ( M r S Greenhow ) on the subject of the... |
158859 | Gibson & Jefferson | Jefferson, Thomas | Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1812 | 1812-08-12 | We inclose you as you direct a note for your Signature, to renew with at Bank— we have received a... |
158860 | Malcom, Catherine V. R. | Adams, John | To John Adams from Catherine V. R. Malcom, 13 August … | 1812-08-13 | If I have not addressed you before it was not that gratitude did not prompt an expression of the... |
158861 | Adams, John | Bentley, William | From John Adams to William Bentley, 13 August 1812 | 1812-08-13 | Mr Knox, a Son of General Knox, the Bearer of this Letter, was appointed a Midshipman on Board... |
158862 | Madison, James | Montgomery, John | From James Madison to John Montgomery, 13 August 1812 | 1812-08-13 | I have recd. and thank you for your favor of the 9th. I never considered an assault by the mob on... |
158863 | Coxe, Tench | Madison, James | To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 13 August 1812 | 1812-08-13 | It is with sincere reluctance, that I trouble you upon the subject of a vacancy which I am told... |
158864 | Gallatin, Albert | Madison, James | To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 13 August 1812 | 1812-08-13 | I received yours, of 7th only by yesterday’s mail. What I can do at this time here with respect... |
158865 | Greene County, Georgia Citizens | Madison, James | To James Madison from the Citizens of Greene County … | 1812-08-13 | 13 August 1812. “At a meeting … held at Greenesborough … for the purpose of addressing the... |
158866 | Adams, John | Seaver, Ebenezer | From John Adams to Ebenezer Seaver, 14 August 1812 | 1812-08-14 | I have the honour of your Letter of the 11th. It is all over with me. I can recollect an Old... |
158867 | Mansfield, Jared | Madison, James | To James Madison from Jared Mansfield, 14 August 1812 … | 1812-08-14 | 14 August 1812, New Haven. Recommends Alfred P. Edwards for the consulate at Lisbon. RC ( DNA :... |
158868 | Adams, John | Bemis, Joseph | From John Adams to Joseph Bemis, 15 August 1812 | 1812-08-15 | The last Evening I received the favour of your polite and obliging Letter of the eleventh of this... |
158869 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Miller, E. | From Abigail Smith Adams to E. Miller, 15 August 1812 | 1812-08-15 | Will you permit Listen to a Friend to your Reputation to your rising prospects, to your rising... |
158870 | Madison, James | Gallatin, Albert | From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 15 August 1812 | 1812-08-15 | I have just recd. your favor of the 13th. I had proposed to set out for Virga. on friday, and am... |
158871 | Dearborn, Henry | Madison, James | To James Madison from Henry Dearborn, 15 August 1812 | 1812-08-15 | I was this day honored with your letter of the 9th. inst. having been placed in a very unpleasant... |
158872 | Gerry, Elbridge | Madison, James | To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 15 August 1812 | 1812-08-15 | If there is any medical, or other office, which is or may soon be vacant, in or near Boston, it... |
158873 | Fayette County, Kentucky Citizens | Madison, James | To James Madison from the Citizens of Fayette County … | 1812-08-15 | 15 August 1812. “As the people of the United States being citizens of a free goverment, have a... |
158874 | Cutchins, Robert | Madison, James | To James Madison from Robert Cutchins and Others, 15 … | 1812-08-15 | 15 August 1812, St. Marys, Georgia. “Sundry Officers of the United States Navy” inform JM that... |
158875 | Gerry, Elbridge | Jefferson, Thomas | Elbridge Gerry to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1812 | 1812-08-15 | I received your letter of the 11 th of June , in my sick chamber, & the pure friendship which it... |
158876 | Adams, John | Waterhouse, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 16 August 1812 | 1812-08-16 | You are So waggish and roguish with your Woofs and your Warps and your Webs, that I am almost... |
158877 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 16 August 1812 | 1812-08-16 | The flames of War, which are again spreading universally over Europe, have at length caught... |
158878 | Leiper, Thomas | Madison, James | To James Madison from Thomas Leiper, 16 August 1812 | 1812-08-16 | The appointment of Captain Callender Irvine to the office of Commissary General gives universal... |
158879 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 17 August 1812 | 1812-08-17 | Your favour of the Eighth, is another Monument to virtue and Piety, I would rather have your... |
158880 | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | Adams, Abigail Smith | From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith … | 1812-08-17 | Has not this long term of rainy weather made you sick? it has almost every body arround us—& I... |
158881 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 August 1812 | 1812-08-17 | I have recd yours of the 10th. and return as you request, the letter of Mr. Higginbotham. He will... |
158882 | Madison, James | Dinsmore, James | From James Madison to James Dinsmore, 17 August 1812 … | 1812-08-17 | 17 August 1812. Acknowledges receipt of Dinsmore’s letter of 5 Aug. [not found]. Has remitted... |
158883 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 August 1812 | 1812-08-17 | I have rec d yours of the 10 th and return as you request, the letter of M r Higginbotham . He... |
158884 | Portland, District of Maine Inhabitants | Madison, James | To James Madison from the Inhabitants of Portland … | 1812-08-18 | 18 August 1812. “We the Inhabitants of the town of Portland in the District of Maine legally... |
158885 | Adams, John | Waterhouse, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 19 August 1812 | 1812-08-19 | The History of Queen Ann’s reign and of the Treaty of Utrecht is So instructive, that it is worth... |
158886 | Gallatin, Albert | Madison, James | To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 19 August 1812 | 1812-08-19 | I was detained by indisposition & bad weather longer than I expected. I have found here your... |
158887 | Windham County Delegates | Madison, James | To James Madison from the Delegates of Windham County … | 1812-08-19 | 19 August 1812. “The delegates from the several towns of Windham County, in the State of Vermont,... |
158888 | Alrichs & Dixon | Jefferson, Thomas | Alrichs & Dixon to Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1812 | 1812-08-19 | Thy favour of 10 th Ins t came duly to hand. I hasten to inform that haveing succeeded beyond my... |
158889 | Peale, Charles Willson | Jefferson, Thomas | Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, 19 August … | 1812-08-19 | A rainey day, this you think should be a day of leisure with a farmer, such and sundays for... |
158890 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 August 1812 | 1812-08-20 | My son Ben sent me a quarter Cask of Old muscat Wine as a present from the Isle of Samos. The... |
158891 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Thomas Boylston | From John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 20 … | 1812-08-20 | Since I wrote you last, I have had no letter from you, or indeed from any person in the United... |
158892 | Westport, Connecticut Inhabitants | Madison, James | To James Madison from the Inhabitants of Westport … | 1812-08-20 | 20 August 1812. “The Inhabitants of the Town of Westport, in legal Town meeting assembled August... |
158893 | Jefferson, Thomas | Randolph, Thomas Eston | Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Eston Randolph, 20 August … | 1812-08-20 | The purchase of Pantops renders it necessary for me to understand exactly the conditions of the... |
158894 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 21 August 1812 | 1812-08-21 | Your letter of August 1st is still unanswered. It is full of truth, and useful information and... |
158895 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Peabody, Elizabeth Smith Shaw | From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw … | 1812-08-21 | Inclosed are two Letters for you & family or to Speak more correctly one for you, and one for Mrs... |
158896 | Lewis, Morgan | Madison, James | To James Madison from Morgan Lewis, 21 August 1812 | 1812-08-21 | The change of posture given to our national Affairs by the suspension of the Orders in Council... |
158897 | Madison, James | Delegations of Several Indian Nations | From James Madison to the Delegations of Several Indian … | 1812-08-22 | You have come thro’ a long path to see your father but it is a straight and a clean path kept... |
158898 | Indian Delegates at Washington | Speeches of Indian Delegates at Washington, [ca. 22 … | 1812-08-22 | White hair’s son spoke first. My Great father. I am your little son. I come to see and speak to... | |
158899 | Jones, William | Madison, James | To James Madison from William Jones, 22 August 1812 | 1812-08-22 | Upon a presumption that my letter of July 22d must have miscarried I now do myself the honor to... |
158900 | Adams County, Mississippi Territory Citizens | Madison, James | To James Madison from the Citizens of Adams County … | 1812-08-22 | 22 August 1812. At a meeting of “a large and respectable number” of citizens, “a committee of... |