1590917 Saturday. (Adams Papers)
All this past Week my designs have been interrupted, by the Troubles and Confusion of the House....
159092[Diary entry: 15 March 1774] (Washington Papers)
15. Pretty cool in the Morning but moderate & pleasant afterwards.
159093Account of the King’s College Commencement, 28 May 1764 (Jay Papers)
A publick Commencement was holden on Tuesday last, at St. George’s Chapel, in this City. The...
159094Franklin’s Sketch of Articles of Peace, [between 10 and 13 December? 1782] (Franklin Papers)
Copy: South Carolina Historical Society That there shall be a firm & perpetual Peace &ca. A...
159095[Diary entry: 1 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
Aug. 1st. Went to Belvoir & dined. Returnd in the Afternoon.
15909626th. (Adams Papers)
Office as usual. Dr. Kilham, returned to Town this evening. I passed an hour or two with Mr....
159097[Diary entry: 12 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
12. Wind Northerly in the forenoon and rather Cool but warmer afterwards & clear all day.
159098General Orders, 10 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
For the day tomorow Major General Lord Stirling Colonel Webb for Picquet Major Gibbs Inspector 2d...
159099Conversation with George Beckwith, 12[–30] July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Lieutenant Colonel Beckwith. The gazette of the United States, published this morning gives us...
159100General Orders, 27 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
The officers are desired to make Returns of any Rope-Makers, they may have in their respective...
159101John Jay’s Notes on Conversations with Benjamin Franklin, 19 July 1783–17 April 1784 (Jay Papers)
19 July 1783 D r . Franklin told me that not long after the elder Lewis Morris (who was once...
159102General Orders, 1 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
The troops to hold themselves in the most perfect readiness to march at the shortest notice. The...
159103Saturday Septr. 12th. [i.e. 13th]. (Adams Papers)
Breakfasted in Salem: saw Amory and Learned. Dined at Ipswich. We got to Newbury-Port, at about...
159104[Diary entry: 11 June 1781] (Washington Papers)
11th. Received Letters from the Marqs. de la Fayette, containing information of Lord Cornwallis’s...
159105Review of James Hillhouse, Propositions, 12 April 1808 (Adams Papers)
Review Propositions for amending the Constitution of the United States, Submitted by Mr Hillhouse...
159106[Diary entry: 21 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
21. Quite warm—still—and tolerably clear.
159107[Diary entry: 16 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
16. Clear & cool tho the Wind was Southwardly.
159108Continental Congress Motion on Vermont, 5 December 1782 (Hamilton Papers)
Whereas it appears to Congress by authentic documents that the people inhabiting the district of...
159109[Diary entry: 4 January 1760] (Washington Papers)
Friday Jany. 4th. The Weather continud Drisling and Warm, and I kept the House all day. Mrs....
159110Contract between the Secret Committee and Thomas Mumford for Supplying Gunpowder, 28 November 1775: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Owner anonymous; transcript furnished by courtesy of Dr. Joseph E. Fields, Joliet, Ill. (1957)...
159111Notice of a Land Lottery, 8 April 1768 (Jefferson Papers)
For disposing of ( by way of Lottery ) the several valuable tracts of land that are below...
159112Monday January 1st. 1787. (Adams Papers)
I received, two letters, and a couple of Packets of newspapers, from Europe, they were the more...
159113[Diary entry: 28 December 1797] (Washington Papers)
28. Clear with but little Wind. Mer. from 15 to 34. Mr. Lear went away after breakfast. Began to...
159114Vice Admiralty Court Minute Book Entry: 29 October 1768 (Adams Papers)
Wm. Sheaffe, Esqr., Dy. Collector &c. vs. Brigt. Triton. Sewal His Honor the Judge gave his...
159115The Examination Number XIII, [27 February 1802] (Hamilton Papers)
The advocates of the power of Congress to abolish the Judges, endeavor to deduce a presumption of...
159116[Diary entry: 4 April 1787] (Washington Papers)
Wednesday. 4th. Mercury at 44 in the Morning—73 at Noon and 70 at Night. Wind southerly, and...
159117[Diary entry: 18 May 1773] (Washington Papers)
18. Clear & pleasant being at the same time a little warm.
159118Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on George Divers’s Answer to Interrogatories in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, [after 23 July … (Jefferson Papers)
M r Divers’s answer . Notes on it. These answers of mr Divers are to be considered as if given...
159119[Diary entry: 11 August 1771] (Washington Papers)
11. At home all day. Miss Polly Brazier dined here. Polly Brazier may be a relation of Capt....
159120General Orders, 26 May 1780 (Washington Papers)
[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Irvine[,] Major Reid[,] Brigade Major Church...