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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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174471 | Editorial Note | On 25 March 1774, aroused at the presumption which Boston had earlier displayed in dumping the... | |||
174472 | Washington, George | General Orders, 11 March 1776 | 1776-03-11 | That there may not be the least pretext for delay (as the General is determined to march the... | |
174473 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1787-03-19 | This morning the junior’s Prescott, and Wier, were publicly admonished for having had riotous... | |
174474 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 15 May 1798] | 1798-05-15 | 15. Morning—clear, with but little Wind & that No. Easterly Mer. 52—same through the day. Mer. 64... | |
174475 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 5 February 1774] | 1774-02-05 | 5. Cloudy & a good deal like Snow with little or no wind. | |
174476 | Virginia House of Delegates | Bill to Establish the Places of Holding Courts in the … | 1776-11-04 | For fixing the places of holding courts for the counties of Pittsylvania and Henry Be it enacted... | |
174477 | Madison, James | Appropriation for Operating the Federal Government, [2 … | 1791-12-02 | In Committee of the Whole, Parker of the Virginia delegation requested an examination of the... | |
174478 | Adams, John Quincy | 10th. | 1783-01-10 | Dined with Mr. C. B. Wadström: bad weather all day. | |
174479 | To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Price, 15 December … | 1766-12-15 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I received the inclosed letter from Dr. Priestly last... | ||
174480 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 30 November 1768] | 1768-11-30 | 30. At home all day. Colo. Mason & Mr. Cockburne came in the Evening. Martin Cockburn, son of Dr.... | |
174481 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 2 June 1774] | 1774-06-02 | 2. Also very hot. Wind from the Southward but not fresh. | |
174482 | Taylor, Charles | Account of Charles Taylor, [4 November] 1819 | 1819-11-04 | To Charles Taylor Dr. £ 1818 Septr. 14th To ʒiv Anodyne Linament &c for N. Josiah 6/. 0.. 6.. 0... | |
174483 | Washington, George | General Orders, 14 November 1780 | 1780-11-14 | [Officers] For the Day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Huntington[,] Colonel Marshall[,] Lieutenant... | |
174484 | Washington, George | Cash Accounts, September 1773 | ≈1773-09-01 | Cash Septr 13— To Cash won at Cards £ 0. 7. 6 20— To Cash of David Rankin for Rent 4. 0. 0 23— To... | |
174485 | Washington, George | General Orders, 19 June 1778 | 1778-06-19 | The Commanding Officers of Corps are to pay the greatest attention to keeping their men within... | |
174486 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 20 July 1769] | 1769-07-20 | 20. At home all day. Majr. Waggener came here to Dinner & stay’d all Night. | |
174487 | Jefferson, Thomas | Enclosure: Jefferson’s Notes on Brazil and Mexico, 22 … | 1790-07-22 | Brazil contains as many inhabitants as Portugal, that is to say about two millions. These are of... | |
174488 | Franklin, Benjamin | Humourous Reasons for Restoring Canada, 27 December … | 1759-12-27 | Printed in The London Chronicle: or, Universal Evening Post , December 25–27, 1759. News of the... | |
174489 | Adams, John Quincy | 3d. | 1788-07-03 | Between nine and ten I went with my father from Braintree. We got into Cambridge at about twelve.... | |
174490 | Croÿ, Anne-Emmanuel-Ferdinand-François, duc de | The Duc de Croÿ’s Account of a Dinner with Franklin, [1 … | 1779-03-01 | Reprinted from the vicomte de Grouchy and Paul Cottin, eds., Journal inédit du duc de Croÿ,... | |
174491 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 9 September 1768] | 1768-09-09 | 9. Proceeded to the Meeting of our Vestry at the New Church and lodgd at Captn. Edwd. Paynes. The... | |
174492 | Jefferson, Thomas | Memorandum Books, 1810 | ≈1810-01-01 | Jan. 1. Recd. from Jonathan Shoemaker on acct. 50.D. Pd. Edmund Bacon 70.D. out of which he is to... | |
174493 | Adams, John | Inscription on the tomb of Henry Adams, March 1822 | ≈1822-03-01 | In memory of Henry Adams who took his flight from the dragon persecution in Devonshire in England... | |
174494 | Adams, John Quincy | Wednesday 22d Of December. | 1779-12-22 | Rain’d all day with intermissions. At about 3 o clock PM we went a Gunning with Flamand. We got... | |
174495 | Washington, George | Cash Accounts, April 1775 | ≈1775-04-01 | Cash Apl 1— To Messrs Robt Adam & Coy 1200 Pern [£] 75. 0. 0 3— To Merchds. 0. 2. 6 17— To... | |
174496 | Continental Congress | Proclamation Announcing Ratification of Definitive … | 1784-01-14 | By the United states in Congress assembled. A Proclamation. Whereas Definitive articles of peace... | |
174497 | Adams, John | Proposed Article Regarding American Trade with Great … | 1783-04-27 | Article. Manufactures. foreign Commodities. It is agreed, that American Merchants shall be... | |
174498 | Washington, George | IV-B. John Parke Custis’s Estate Account, c. November … | ≈1761-11-01 | Dr Mr John Parke Custis 1759 Currt Mony Sterling £ s. d. £ s. d. 1759 Oct. To Balle of your Acct... | |
174499 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 4 April 1771] | 1771-04-04 | 4. Wind high and boisterous from the Eastward with great appearances of Rain (except being cold). | |
174500 | Adams, John Quincy | 19th. | 1786-02-19 | Mr. Evans preach’d in the forenoon from Luke XV. 18. 19. I will arise and go to my father, and... | |
174501 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 18 October 1797] | 1797-10-18 | 18. Clear & pleasant—Wind West. Mer. 61. Mr. Law & Cap. Turner went away after breakfast & Mr.... | |
174502 | Adams, John Quincy | 30th. | 1787-10-30 | Sauntered about town, the chief part of the day: attended in the gallery of the house of... | |
174503 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 29 March 1768] | 1768-03-29 | 29. Raw, cold, & cloudy forenoon. Clear & more moderate Afternoon, Wind being pretty fresh from... | |
174504 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 1 July 1771] | 1771-07-01 | July 1st. Tolerable cool all day with Clouds. Wind Northwardly in the Morning, & Eastwardly in... | |
174505 | Adams, John | Suffolk Sessions July 1766. | ≈1766-07-01 | D omin us Rex vs. Francis Keen, for stealing Cask Molosses. Dus. Rex vs. Mary Gardiner, for a... | |
174506 | Hamilton, Alexander | New York Ratifying Convention. Third Speech of July 2 … | 1788-07-02 | Power of Restraint dangerous—we may have a War of defence—therefore dangerous. The reasoning... | |
174507 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 12 September 1785] | 1785-09-12 | Monday 12th. Thermometer at 66 in the Morng.—68 at Noon and 71 at Night. Wind pretty fresh at No.... | |
174508 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 26 June 1768] | 1768-06-26 | 26. At Home. Doctr. Rumney went away in the Afternoon. | |
174509 | Tinslet, Peter | Suit Against the Estate of William Ronald: Order and … | In the Court of Chancery Virginia: Between Thomas Jefferson plt and William Bentley administrator... | ||
174510 | Washington, George | Orders, 19 June 1756 | 1756-06-19 | A court martial to sit immediately to try all prisoners that shall be brought before them.... | |
174511 | Adams, John Quincy | 9th. | 1787-04-09 | This is the last week in which our Class attend recitations; and, this morning Mr. Burr gave us... | |
174512 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 5 June 1798] | 1798-06-05 | 5. Morning, Mer. 65—but little wind & that Southerly. Appearances of Rain in the afternoon but... | |
174513 | Adams, John | Fryday. Decr. 20th. 1765 | 1765-12-20 | Went to Boston. Dined with Mr. Rowe, in Company with Messrs. Gridley, Otis, Kent, and Dudley.... | |
174514 | Adams, John Quincy | 6th. | 1787-11-06 | Mr. Parsons went this morning to Salem, where the supreme Court sits this week. I pass’d this... | |
174515 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 20 November 1768] | 1768-11-20 | 20. Very Cloudy with great appearances of Snow but none fell. Wind fresh from No. West & very cold. | |
174516 | Hamilton, Alexander | Continental Congress Report on a Letter from the … | 1783-02-20 | The Committee to whom were referred the letter from The Commander in Chief with its inclosures... | |
174517 | Madison, James | Motion on Management of Navy, [28 June] 1781 | 1781-06-28 | MS ( NA : PCC , No. 28, fol. 137). Resolved That the management & direction of the navy be,... | |
174518 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 31 December 1774] | 1774-12-31 | 31. Clear but pretty cool. Wind fresh from No. West. | |
174519 | Adams, Deacon John | Will of Deacon John Adams, with Comments by His Son … | ≈1760-01-08 | In the Name of God Amen. The Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven... | |
174520 | Enclosure: [An Abstract Statement of the Sum], [24 … | 1792-08-24 | Purchases of the Public Debt: Dollars. Amount thereof extinguished, 1,456.743 38 Warrants drawn... |