16601From George Washington to George Plater, Charles Carroll, John Cadwalader, and Samuel Chase, 11 December 1784 (Washington Papers)
The Gentn who will have the honor of presenting this letter to you, is a Nephew of mine, heir to...
16602From James Madison to Rufus King, 26 July 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 July 1802, Department of State. “Agreeably to a suggestion in a letter from you to Mr Elias...
16603From James Madison to James Monroe, 18 February 1818 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 13th. I beg that you will not think of the pecuniary subject till...
16604From Benjamin Franklin to the Marquis de Castries, 2 April 1782 (Franklin Papers)
LS : William L. Clements Library; copy: Library of Congress I received the Letter your Excellency...
16605From James Madison to Jussuf Hoggia, 26 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
The Ambassador Mellimelli being about to return from his Mission, I make use of the occasion to...
16606To Alexander Hamilton from William Bingham, 21 July 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
Having a Packet of Papers which by your Desire were deposited with me, & which have long laid...
16607From John Adams to John Adams Smith, 27 April 1817 (Adams Papers)
I have received your luminous letter of 15th Feby. for which I thank you: but cannot enlarge upon...
16608From Benjamin Franklin to All Captains of Armed Vessels in the United States Service, 6 July 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft) and copy: Yale University Library Being well informed that William Gray, Esqr.,...
16609To Thomas Jefferson from John Ettwein, 19 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope You will pardon the Liberty I take in troubling You with this Letter and representing to...
16610Thomas Jefferson to Josiah Meigs, 16 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Your F favor of Feb. 15. has been recieved and I cordially con reciprocate your congratulns on...
16611To James Madison from Philippe-André-Joseph de Létombe, 19 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 19 August 1801. Acknowledged in JM to Létombe, 25 Aug. 1801 . Expresses his...
16612From Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King, [23–24 August 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
It is not yet finally determined that there shall be a publication & there has been some...
16613George Washington to Chevalier Destouches, 27 February 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
New Windsor [ New York ] February 27, 1781 . Is pleased with Destouches’s success in Chesapeake...
16614To George Washington from William Heath, 9 Oct. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from William Heath, 9 Oct. 1779. On 9 Oct., GW wrote Heath: “I have received...
16615[Account with Joseph Bass.] (Adams Papers)
£ s d May 31. 1775 pd. Jos. Bass a Dollar 0: 6: 0 pd. him before 2 Dollars 0: 12: 0 pd. him...
16616To John Jay from Maria Jay Banyer, 4 July 1823 (Jay Papers)
I yesterday rec d . your favor of the 1 st . & will with pleasure attend to your wishes...
16617A Conversation on Slavery, 26 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , January 30, 1770 Many Reflections being of late thrown out...
16618From Lambert to La Boullaye, 23 October 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
M. Jefferson, Monsieur, m’a representé que d’après le relevé que la Ferme – générale a donné de...
16619To Benjamin Franklin from Antoine-Joseph Raup de Baptestin de Moulières, 16 April 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Dès que les Etats-unis de l’Amerique commenceront a jouir de...
16620From George Washington to Amelia Leigh Lloyd, 7 May 1783 (Washington Papers)
I am at this place on a conference with Sir Guy Carleton—previous to my coming here I was honored...
16621To George Washington from Azariah Dunham, 6 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
In obedience to your request of Yesterday I send you inclosed a return of what beef and pork is...
16622[Diary entry: 29 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
29. Clear & moderate in the forenoon, Wind Southerly tho the River was quite shut up in the...
16623From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Pettit, [3 September 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
Two things I am charged by the General to write to you upon. One is to prevent any more wood...
16624From James Madison to John Armstrong, Jr., 22 May 1807 (Madison Papers)
The two last letters received from you were of Decr. 24. and Jany 16. The decree of Novr. 21st....
16625From Thomas Jefferson to Ninian Pinkney, 7 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 29. finds me here, which will account for your recieving the answer later. the...
16626From George Washington to John St. Clair, 13 August 1758 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 9th I was honourd with the 11th—39 Waggons are loaded with Stores according to...
16627[Diary entry: 20 July 1767] (Washington Papers)
20. Cloudy & Cool. Wind Eastwardly with a little light Rain.
16628Dialogues of the Dead, [ca. 22 April 1790] (Adams Papers)
Dialogues of the dead. Charlemain Frederick, Rousseau Otis. Rousseau. have you Seen Franklin,...
16629From George Washington to Brigadier General James Potter, 18 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
From the intelligence I have received I am persuaded the enemy are about to retreat from...
16630To Thomas Jefferson from James Monroe, 5 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to present to yr. acquaintance the bearer Mr. Voss of Culpepper county, a young man of...
16631DeWitt Clinton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 November 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed letters were written hastily & at short intervals of leisure to draw the public...
16632Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 25 September 1785 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Short’s return the night before last availed me of your favour of Aug. 12. I immediately...
16633From John Adams to Daniël Jan Bouwens, 7 November 1780 (Adams Papers)
I waited on Mr. Blomberg yesterday, but found him to ill to speak upon Business: I must therefore...
16634To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Attwood Digges, 23 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
My friend and old acquaintance Dr. Hamilton, of very respectable connections at Waterford...
16635Thomas Jefferson’s Notes within Joseph Bosworth’s “Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar,” ca. 15 Jan. 1825, 15 January 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
THE ELEMENTS OF Anglo-Saxon Grammar, WITH COPIOUS NOTES, ILLUSTRATING THE STRUCTURE OF THE SAXON...
16636Thomas Jefferson to Samuel J. Harrison, 18 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
As you expressed a wish to have a note of the wines I mentioned to you yesterday, I make one on...
16637To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel L. Hylton, 19 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I had written 12th. Inst. acquainting you I had agreeable to request hir’d Joseph and wd. send...
16638Thomas Jefferson to Christopher Clark, 5 November 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I had every thing packed and prepared yesterday to set out this morning for Mount Prospe c t ;...
16639To Benjamin Franklin from the Comtesse de Golowkin, 2 February 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Je vous remercie un million de fois, mon cher et bon Papa,...
16640Report on Instructions to John Jay, [2 May] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 25, I, 411–16). According to the endorsement and the printed journal, this...
16641Fernagus De Gelone to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received the money which settles all accounts. I am happy to have this new opportunity of...
16642From Thomas Jefferson to Gerard Walter, 20 May 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
N’ayant point de nouvelles de la porcelaine que vous avez eu la bonté de vous charger de...
16643To Benjamin Franklin from William Gordon, 13[-15] July 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have no great inclination to write: but think it of...
16644Thomas Jefferson to James Ronaldson, 12 January 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Nov. 2. arrived a little before I sat out on a journey on which I was absent...
16645To Alexander Hamilton from Stephen Cross, 18 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Newburyport [ Massachusetts ] October 18, 1792 . “In my letter of May 25th I mentioned that I...
16646From George Washington to William Pearce, 6 September 1795 (Washington Papers)
I was glad to find by your letter of the 30th of August, and the reports of the preceeding week,...
16647From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, July 1814 (Adams Papers)
I was very much gratified to find that it was not the Presidents, your own, or your family’s...
16648To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Lee, 24 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
In addition to my letr of this day, I beg leave to ask yr. attention to some matters which very...
16649From George Washington to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, 24 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I this morning received your letter of the 22d with its several inclosures. It is not my opinion...
16650Enclosure: William Tompkins’s Drawing and Measurements of Thomas Jefferson’s Mills and Canal, [by 10 June 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
If the proposed locks are to be as long as the present ones, they will reach from F to G. that is...