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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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17671 | Hamilton, Alexander | Seton, William | From Alexander Hamilton to William Seton, 15 August … | 1791-08-15 | Inclosed is a resolution of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund appropriating a certain sum for the... |
17672 | Washington, George | Clinton, George | From George Washington to George Clinton, 6 November … | 1780-11-06 | I have received your several favo⟨rs of the 18th 30th⟩ and 31st Ulto. I congratulate you upon... |
17673 | Clavière, Étienne | New-York Manumission Society | Étienne Clavière for the Société des Amis des Noirs to … | 1788-04-29 | La Société établie à Paris, à l’instar de celle d’Angleterre et d’Amérique, pour opérer... |
17674 | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 2 … | 1781-03-02 | Your Letters of the 25th and 26th are Both Come Yesterday to Hand, which Shows that the Expresses... |
17675 | Gibson, George | Washington, George | To George Washington from Colonel George Gibson, 23 … | 1779-01-23 | The Assembly of Virginia in their late Act passed for the reinlistment of their Troops have not... |
17676 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 31 March 1796] | 1796-03-31 | 31. Clear and warm but little Wind & that Easterly. | |
17677 | Washington, George | Boudinot, Elias | From George Washington to Elias Boudinot, 1 April 1777 | 1777-04-01 | I am authorizd by Congress to appoint a Commissary of Prisoners —The pay will, I expect, be about... |
17678 | Hamilton, Alexander | Washington, George | To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 21 June … | 1793-06-21 | Considerations, relative both to the public Interest and to my own delicacy, have brought me,... |
17679 | Hamilton, Alexander | Read, James (d. 1813) | From Alexander Hamilton to James Read, 21 April 1800 | 1800-04-21 | It has been communicated to me that Lieutenant Ross remains in this city, while there is no... |
17680 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 24 May 1780] | 1780-05-24 | 24. Clear Morning with but little wind, but pretty fresh afterwards and from the Eastward. | |
17681 | Washington, George | General Orders, 1 August 1776 | 1776-08-01 | It is with great concern, the General understands, that Jealousies &c: are arisen among the... | |
17682 | Knox, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Henry Knox, 7 July 1789 | 1789-07-07 | The Cherokees. This Nation of Indians consisting of separate Towns or villages are seated... |
17683 | Taylor, Lemuel | Madison, James | To James Madison from Lemuel Taylor, 29 May 1812 … | 1812-05-29 | 29 May 1812, Baltimore. Encloses a letter received from the supercargo of his ship, the Ploughboy... |
17684 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 21 January 1772] | 1772-01-21 | 21. Ground hard froze. Weather clear and very pleasant without any Wind. | |
17685 | Peyton, Bernard | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard Peyton, 26 January … | 1824-01-26 | Agreeable to the request contained in yours of the 23 d now before me, have this day remit d... |
17686 | Southall, Valentine Wood | Jefferson, Thomas | Valentine W. Southall to Thomas Jefferson, 19 July 1819 | 1819-07-19 | With the expectation that I should meet you in this place, where I’ve been for two or three days,... |
17687 | Franklin, Benjamin | Le Baron, —— | From Benjamin Franklin to Le Baron, [20 November 1778] | 1778-11-20 | Copy: American Philosophical Society I thank you for your readiness to serve Capt. Prince. His... |
17688 | Washington, George | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, [24 April … | 1794-04-24 | Pay to the Secretary of State in pursuance of the Act providing for the relief of such of the... |
17689 | Franklin, Samuel | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Franklin, 17 May 1771 | 1771-05-17 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I Received your kind favour of the 5 febr. and am verry Glad... |
17690 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 10 August 1770] | 1770-08-10 | 10. Something warmer with but little wind. | |
17691 | Hamilton, Alexander | Howell, Joseph, Jr. | From Alexander Hamilton to Joseph Howell, Junior, 22 … | 1790-04-22 | Inclosed you will receive a petition of John Wyley late a Captain in Colonel Jacksons Regiment in... |
17692 | Washington, George | Committee at Headquarters | From George Washington to the Committee at … | 1780-06-12 | I have received information which though not official—I deem authentic, that some of the states... |
17693 | Adams, John | Boston Patriot | From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 24 September 1810 | 1810-09-24 | The Hague, June 15, 1782—Wrote to Secretary Livingston. “This morning, I made a visit to the... |
17694 | Thomson, Charles | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Charles Thomson, 10 December … | 1758-12-10 | MS not found; reprinted from extract in [Charles Thomson], An Enquiry into the Causes of the... |
17695 | Washington, George | Laurens, Henry | From George Washington to Henry Laurens, 3–4 August … | ≈1778-08-03 | I do myself the honor of transmitting to Congress a copy of a Letter from General Knox, and of... |
17696 | Madison, James | Leonard, Jonathan | James Madison to Jonathan Leonard, 28 April 1829 | 1829-04-28 | I have duly recd. yours of the 10th. instant, with a Copy of "the History of Dedham".[dagger]... |
17697 | Washington, George | Alexander, William Lord Stirling | From George Washington to William Lord Stirling … | 1781-12-25 | I have the pleasure of Your Lordships favor of the 13th. If the accounts which General Schuyler... |
17698 | Harrison, Robert Hanson | Hancock, John | Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hanson Harrison to John … | 1776-09-12 | His Excellency being called from Head Quarters to day on business of Importance which prevents... |
17699 | Butler, G. E. | Washington, George | To George Washington from G. E. Butler, 5 June 1792 | 1792-06-05 | The humble Address of E. Butler In all humility Sheweth that he and Family is Distress’d to the... |
17700 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 March 1793 | 1793-03-02 | Your Letter from your Sick Chamber if not from your Sick bed, has made me so uneasy that I must... |
17701 | Madison, James | Jones, Joseph | From James Madison to Joseph Jones, 28 March 1796 | 1796-03-28 | Letter not found. 28 March 1796. Acknowledged in Jones to JM, 26 Apr. 1796 . Probably encloses... |
17702 | Ellicott, Andrew | Madison, James | To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, 22 January 1817 | 1817-01-22 | I address you thus familiarly as an old friend, for the purpose of introducing to your... |
17703 | Joy, George | Madison, James | To James Madison from George Joy, 24 May 1808 | 1808-05-24 | The case referred to in the printed Paper enclosed in my letter of the 2nd: Inst: Vizt. that of... |
17704 | Madison, James | Amendment to Report on Restoring Public Credit, [17 … | 1783-04-17 | MS ( NA : PCC , No. 26, fol. 419). In JM’s hand. Docketed by him, “Report of Committee to which... | |
17705 | Adams, John Quincy | 14th. Wednesday. | 1782-08-14 | In the forenoon Mr. D. went and took a walk. Walk’d with him after dinner in the summer garden.... | |
17706 | Cutting, Nathaniel | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Cutting, 9 July 1792 | 1792-07-09 | The Letter which I have the honor to hand you herewith is of an ancient date from Messieurs Havd.... |
17707 | “Tully” | Tully No. I, [23 August 1794] | 1794-08-23 | For the American Daily Advertiser. To the People of the United States . Letter I. It has from the... | |
17708 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 17 … | 1799-10-17 | I am thus far, My Dear Eliza, on my way to New York. But I am under a necessity of viewing the... |
17709 | Limozin, André | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from André Limozin, 25 December … | 1788-12-25 | Le Havre, 25 Dec. 1788 . Introduces “Mr. Fraser a Gentleman who made very long travells in all... |
17710 | Ingenhousz, Jan | Pichler, Carl Joseph, Baron von | Ingenhousz to Baron von Pichler, 29 December 1777 … | 1777-12-29 | Extracted from AL (draft): Yale University Library This letter paraphrases what must have been a... |
17711 | Paterson, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Brigadier General John … | 1780-07-15 | I have this moment heard it reported by Officers in Camp, that I have sent a petition to you, by... |
17712 | Gardiner, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Gardiner, 9 August 1807 | 1807-08-09 | In presuming to submit the inclos’d proposals for your consideration, I have in view only the... |
17713 | Hamilton, Alexander | Washington, George | To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 24 March … | 1796-03-24 | I had the honor to receive yesterday your letter of the 22. The course you suggest has some... |
17714 | Jefferson, Thomas | Harrison, Benjamin | [From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Harrison, 16? … | 1780-11-16 | [ Richmond, 16? Nov. 1780. JHD, Oct. 1780, 1827 edn., p. 19 (16 Nov.): “The Speaker laid before... |
17715 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, James Jr. (1753–1786) | From Alexander Hamilton to James Hamilton, 22 June 1785 | 1785-06-22 | I have received your letter of the 31st of May last, which, and one other, are the only letters I... |
17716 | Washington, George | Sullivan, John | From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan … | 1779-12-15 | I had the pleasure of receiving a few days since by Capt. Bruin your letter of the 1st instant. I... |
17717 | Adams, John Quincy | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Quincy Adams, 9 December … | 1796-12-09 | I received at Amsterdam on the 5th instt the Letter which you did me the honour to write me on... |
17718 | Dennis, John | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Dennis, 17 February 1801 | 1801-02-17 | I take the liberty of recommending as a circuit Judge for the Districts of Maryland & Virginia,... |
17719 | Washington, George | Livingston, William | From George Washington to William Livingston, 14 … | 1778-02-14 | I do myself the honor of transmitting you a Letter from the Committee of Congress, now here.... |
17720 | Jefferson, Thomas | Washington, George | To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 17 October … | 1792-10-17 | In a letter from Monticello I took the liberty of saying that as soon as I should return here,... |