159631Abigail Adams to John Thaxter, 9 December 1781 (Adams Papers)
I do not take up my pen by way of reply to any Letter of yours— that is not in my power. 15 Months have elapsed since the date of your last. I must take you a little to task to give you an opportunity of justifying yourself. Here are no less than 3 of the Heathen deities arrived from your port without a single Syllable from You. Minerva— surely it is her peculiar province to communicate...
159632From Alexander Hamilton to Tobias Lear, 2 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Yr. letter of the 15 of Decr. last was delayed in getting to hand by the circumstance of its having gone to N. York while I was at Phila. and of its having arrived at Phila. after I had set out on my return to N. York. The very painful event which it announces had, previously to the receipt of it, filled my heart with bitterness. Perhaps no man in this community has equal cause with myself to...
15963316th. Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Stay’d at home all day. Very bad weather. Strong wind, and rain.
159634To Thomas Jefferson from Brissot de Warville, 10 February 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Nous croirions Vous Manquer, Mr. Claviere et moi, et trahir la cause de L’humanité, si, formant ici une Société pour L’abolition de La traite des Nègres à L’Instar de celle de Londres, Nous ne Vous faisions pas part de cette entreprise, et si nous ne vous invitions pas à concourir à ce projet par Votre appui et Vos Lumières. Nous avons fixé à Mardi prochain La 1ère. assemblée dont L’objet est...
159635From John Adams to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 31 October 1798 (Adams Papers)
I return you the commissions inclosed in yours of the 22d signed and desire you to fill the blanks with the names you report in favor of. I return you the letters of recommendation you sent me & send you a letter from Mr McDowel I am &c MHi : Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.
159636To Thomas Jefferson from Lafayette, June 1785–May 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter, My dear Sir, Will Be delivered By M. de la Tagnerette a Gentleman Well Acquainted with financeering Matters who is one of the farmers of the Postoffice. He has some ideas Regarding our tobaccoes which I Advised Him to Communicate You. Bonjour My dear friend. LAF. RC ( MHi ); without indication of addressee or date. This letter could have been written at any time between 1785 and...
159637To George Washington from Col. Richard Butler, 23 June 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Col. Richard Butler, 23 June 1779. GW wrote Butler on 24 June: “I have received your two favours of the 22d and 23d.”
159638To George Washington from Colonel Israel Shreve, 14 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
I Receivd your instructions by Col. Barber, shall meet the Majestrates to morrow, in the mean time we are Doing Every thing to Collect Sheep and Cattle the Sheep I Directed to be killed and sent in Sleds about Eighty Carcases Just now sets of[f], twenty oxen will be Sent off to morrow morning, one hundred sheep will be Ready by next Wensday —and another Small Drove of Cattle, If the...
159639[Diary entry: 8 September 1773] (Washington Papers)
8. Mrs. Craig, Mrs. McCarty, Mrs. Chichester & Miss Nancy McCarty came here to Dinner & stayd all Night. mrs. craig : GW probably means Mariamne Ewell Craik, a cousin of Mrs. McCarty. GW and others sometimes spelled Craik’s name “Craig.”
159640From George Washington to Major General Steuben, 20 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received your letters of the 29th of January and 1st of February containing an account of the enemy’s motions ’till that period, and of your dispositions to counteract them. The effect you mention of deranging the measures of the state for succouring General Greene was to be expected—it is however an evil of the most serious nature, and I am persuaded if the enemy continue in the...