174461To George Washington from Major General John Sullivan, 2 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
Nothing can be more painful to me than the Repetition of a request which is known to be...
174462To Thomas Jefferson from Maryland" Pseudonym: "A Citizen of Washington County, 23 February 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
At a time, when addresses are pouring in upon you from every quarter of the Union, requesting...
174463To James Madison from Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 31 March 1795 (Madison Papers)
Bw. Dandridge presents his compliments to Mr. Madison, & by direction of The President, asks the...
174464To Thomas Jefferson from Gustavus H. Scott, 31 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I am induced by the great interest which you manifest in behalf of the V a University, to beg the...
174465[Diary entry: 7 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
7. Mr. Martin Cockburn & Mr. Geo. Mason Junr. dined here. George Mason, Jr. (1753–1796), was the...
174466From George Washington to John Hancock, 1 April 1776 (Washington Papers)
This Letter will be deliver’d you by Jonathan Eddy Esq. the Gentlemen from Nova Scotia who I...
174467To George Washington from William Fairfax, 17 June 1757 (Washington Papers)
I receiv’d yr Express this Morning at Belvoir in Compa. with Mr & Mrs Carlyle and soon after set...
174468From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 24 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
Your two Favors of the 21st & 22d Instant with the inclosed papers are come to Hand. I lament,...
174469From John Adams to Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 2 August 1799 (Adams Papers)
I have received your report of the 24th of July 24th & have read the documents which attended to...
174470To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Cooper, 25 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have but a Moment to write by the Mars a Vessel belonging...
174471From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, [17 May 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the instant. Not having seen the law which provides the Naval...
174472From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 6 June 1800 (Jay Papers)
My Letter to you by the last post informed you, that the Doct r’s . Medicine was producing its...
174473Lambert Wickes to the American Commissioners, 4 January 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I this day received yours 26th. Decemr. and shall pay due...
174474To George Washington from Lund Washington, 24 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Lund Washington, 24 March 1779. GW wrote Lund Washington on 3 April :...
174475To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 17 April 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Newport [ Rhode Island ] April 17, 1792 . “I should have been very happy to have received by the...
174476To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 9 January 1795 (Washington Papers)
E. Randolph has the honor of sending to the President the Virginia Act concerning the shares, in...
174477General Orders, 25 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
Peter McBride Matross in the 2d regiment of Artillery charged with "mutinous behavior," Joel...
174478From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 12 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Such was the accumulation of business awaiting me here, that it was not till this day that I...
174479From John Adams to United States Senate, 27 March 1798 (Adams Papers)
I nominate Griffith John McRee Esqr. of North Carolina to be Collector for the District of...
174480From Benjamin Franklin to [Hugh Roberts], 27 February 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library I receiv’d your kind Letter of Nov. 27. You cannot...
174481To George Washington from Major General Israel Putnam, 30 May 1777 (Washington Papers)
By Capt. Mitchell and two other Gentlemen who went (the day before Yesterday) to New York, with a...
174482George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 13 July 1777 (Hamilton Papers)
Pompton Plains [ New Jersey ] July 13, 1777. Discusses supplies sent to Schuyler. Is astonished...
174483From George Washington to Colonel Stephen Moylan, 28 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
When you have crossed the North River with your regiment you will proceed to the neighbourhood of...
174484To George Washington from Nathaniel Chipman, 22 February 1791 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a letter from Governor Chittenden on the Subject of appointing a...
174485[Diary entry: 18 July 1795] (Washington Papers)
18. Breakfasted in Baltim[or]e—dined & lodged at Spurriers where my sick horse died. spurriers :...
174486To Benjamin Franklin from George Whitefield, [16 April 1746] (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , May 22, 1746. As it is a Minister’s Duty to provide Things...
174487From George Washington to Major General Israel Putnam, 14 September 1777 (Washington Papers)
By express this moment receivd from General Dickonson, the Enimy have crost over from Newyork &...
174488To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Hyde, 10 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
having been Called the Command of a Volunteer Troop of Horse Composed of the Counties of Jackson,...
174489From George Washington to Nicholas Cooke, 14 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
Your Favors of the 8. & 11th Instant are duly received the former I laid before the General Court...
174490To Thomas Jefferson from John Nicholson, 14 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been honored with the receipt of your Letter of the 6th Ult. and in obedience to your...
174491[Diary entry: 25 October 1769] (Washington Papers)
25. Clear & tolerably pleasant Wind being moderate & So. Westwardly.
174492To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 13 November 1825 (Adams Papers)
You will not be displeased, I am confident, if I address you again a few lines—perhaps—one or...
174493[From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Thomson, 8 February 1785] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 8 Feb. 1785 . Entry in SJL reads: “Chas. Thomson. Receipt his of Oct. 26.—send letters...
174494David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 26 June 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I received in due course your letter of 9 th April —but, heard nothing of the machine you...
174495From Benjamin Franklin to Schweighauser, 17 September 1779 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress I have now before me your favours of july 31. & Aug. 19. Your testimony...
174496From Abigail Smith Adams to George Washington Adams, 9 January 1813 (Adams Papers)
I was much pleased with the improvement of in your hand writing. I have had to regret all my Life...
174497From John Jay to John Adams, 25 July 1787 (Jay Papers)
It gives me pain to have occasion so often to repeat that the irregular attendance of of the...
174498To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Cooper, 17 December 1773 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): British Museum In this letter, written the day after the Tea Party, Cooper confined...
174499From George Washington to Major General Stirling, 13 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
Herewith Inclosed are your Lordships discretionary Instructions —In addition to what you read in...
174500From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 15 October 1772 (Washington Papers)
By the Martha Captn Brooke I have an oppertunity of Inclosing you the Invoices for York River,...
174501[Diary entry: 26 January 1787] (Washington Papers)
Friday 26th. Mercury at 36 in the Morning—46 at Noon and 46 at Night. In the Morning early it...
174502To James Madison from Richard Rush, 2 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
The attorney general has the honor to return to the President the papers put into his hands...
174503From James Madison to Stagg, Snell, and Company, 8 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 19th. Ult. and in answer have to inform you, that by a Letter...
174504To John Adams from Edmund Randolph, 2 April 1795 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor of returning to you the letter of Mr. J. Q. Adams. It is one among the many...
174505To Benjamin Franklin from Dumas, 27 May 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai profité de l’ajournement de certaine Assemblée, & de...
174506To Thomas Jefferson from James Monroe, 8 January 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I have yours of the 27. Decr., for which I thank you. I have made some comments on one item in it...
174507Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 1 June 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I was duely favor’d with yours covering a note for the renewal yours for $3,000 at the Farmers...
174508To Benjamin Franklin from [Louis-Valentin Goëzmann] de Thurn, [c. 19 November 1783] (Franklin Papers)
AL : University of Pennsylvania Library M. de Thurn, de la Societé Roiale de Metz, issû d’une...
174509To James Madison from James Dill, 27 April 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 April 1812, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County. Encloses a handbill received “yesterday” by express...
174510To James Madison from James Barbour, 8 January 1821 (Madison Papers)
I understood when at your house that you were in want of a good riding horse. In consequence when...