182801Deed of Manumission for Robert Hemings, 24 December 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
This indenture witnesseth that I Thomas Jefferson of the county of Albemarle have manumitted and made free Robert Hemings, son of Betty Hemmings: so that in future he shall be free and of free condition, with all his goods and chattels and shall be discharged of all obligation of bondage or servitude whatsoever: and that neither myself, my heirs executors or administrators shall have any right...
182802Resolution on Pensions for Wounded Veterans, 3 December 1784 (Madison Papers)
Resolved, that it is the opinion of this committee , That the Executive ought to be authorised to put on the pension list all officers and soldiers, who have been wounded in the service of their country, and whom they may think entitled to the same, upon application being made to them therefor. Printed copy ( JHDV Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Begun and...
182803[Diary entry: 14 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
14. Ditto—at Ditto—on Ditto.
182804General Orders, 17 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
182805[Diary entry: 3 August 1769] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear with more warmth—but not hot.
182806Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 8 July 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
1805. July 8. Present the 4. Secretaries. privateers are now blockading Charleston, the capes of Chesapeake & Dealaware and capturing vessels without the smallest pretext, merely because they are rich. it is determd by unanimous consent (except mr Gallatin, who dessents) that the vessels being some without commns, some with insfft commns & some doing what their commns do not warrt all of which...
182807Orderly Book, 6 November 1758 (Washington Papers)
Camp at Loyal Hannon Novr 6 1758 Parole Savanna Morning Orders A return to be given in to the brigade Majr immediately of the Number of Persons belonging to each Corps that draw Provisions including Officers Soldiers Women & Servants Specifying those unfit for Duty. The Sick who are going down to Reas Town are to set of this day at 12 OClock to take 4 Days Provisions All the Bakers amongst the...
182808[Diary entry: 11 May 1771] (Washington Papers)
11. Returnd to Eltham with Colo. Bassett, after dining at Mrs. Campbells.
182809[Diary entry: 22 March 1785] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 22d. Mercury at 45 in the Morning, 52 at Noon and 51 at Night. Mizling Morning and very little Wind. About 8 Oclock it sprung up at No. West, & encreasing, blew hard all the remaining part of the day from that point & West. Mrs. Grayson sent me 8 Yew & 4 Aspan trees & Colo. Mason some Cherry Grafts. Planted the intermediate holes round the Walk in the Wilderness on the right and filled...
182810April 1787 (Washington Papers)
Sunday. first. Mercury at 36 in the Morning—54 at Noon and 50 at Night. Wind at No. West in the Morning and Southerly afterwards but not very fresh at any time of the day—Weather clear. At home all day. Mr. Hunter, Mr. Rumney, Mr. Porter, Doctr. Craik and a Captain Nixon dined here—all of whom except Mr. Hunter went away after it. In the evening, one Young who lives on Colo. Balls place, a...
182811Cash Accounts, October 1772 (Washington Papers)
Cash Octr 7— To Ditto [cash] Won at Cards £ 2. 5. 0 10— To Ditto Won at Ditto 12. 8. 0 11— To Ditto receivd for Wool 0.16. 0 19— To Cash receivd from Mr Geo: Johnston by his Brother Wm for [Anthony] Gholson & [David] Rankins Rents recoverd by him 30.15. 0 To Ditto recd of Messrs John & Geo. Fowler for the following Bills belonging to the Estate of Colo. Thos Colvill viz. Adam Stewart on...
18281222 Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Made several Visits &c.
182813[Diary entry: 30 June 1787] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 30th. Dined at a Club of Genn. & Ladies at the Cool Spring—Springsbury and spt. the Evening at home.
182814[Diary entry: 29 July 1771] (Washington Papers)
29. Rid to the Ferry Plantation the Mill—Doeg Run & Muddy hole & returnd to Dinner.
182815Constitutional Convention. Second of Benjamin Franklin’s Motion that Proposed Executive Serve Without Pay, 2 June 1787 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, June 2, 1787. On this date Benjamin Franklin moved that the expenses of the proposed Executive should be paid but that he should receive “no salary, stipend fee or reward whatsoever” for his service. “The motion was seconded by Col. HAMILTON with the view he said merely of bringing so respectable a proposition before the Committee, and which was besides enforced by arguments that...
182816[Diary entry: 20 May 1769] (Washington Papers)
20. Wind Northwardly & cool—with thunder and lightning in the Night & high E. Wind.
1828173d. (Adams Papers)
I attended meeting twice this day. Mr. Shaw as usual had company in the evening. I conversed with Madam. Charles and Tom went out in the evening.
182818[Diary entry: 31 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
31. Cool with the Wind at No. West but not very hard.
182819[Diary entry: 9 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Clear, warm, & still abt. Noon. Afterwards cooler Wind being risen from the Southward.
182820Import Duties, [25 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
A fifteen-cent duty on Jamaica rum was approved. The House then took up the twelve-cent duty on other spirits. Smith (Maryland), in order to introduce the principle of discrimination between treaty and nontreaty countries, moved for a six-cent per gallon duty on French brandy ( Gazette of the U.S. , 29 Apr. 1789). Mr. Madison . Discriminations however small may have a good political effect;...
18282131st. (Adams Papers)
This day I dined at a tavern in town with the French Consul and several other Gentlemen: in the evening I went to the Play, which is certainly nothing extraordinary, but is as much as can be expected from such a Place as this.
182822[Diary entry: 6 August 1787] (Washington Papers)
Monday—6th. Again met in Convention agreeably to adjournmt. & recd. the report of the Com[mitt]ee. Dined at Mr. Morris’s and drank Tea at Mr. Meridiths.
182823Contract for the Fourth Dutch Loan, [13 March 1788] (Adams Papers)
On the thirteenth Day of March in the Year one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight, appeared before me Pieter Galenus van Hole Notary of Amsterdam, admitted by the Honorable Court of Holland, His Excellency the Honorable John Adams Esquire in Quality as especially empowered and authorized by the United States of America in Congress Assembled, for and in Behalf of said States of America, to...
182824General Orders, 6 November 1776 (Washington Papers)
As the late movements of the enemy will require some change of our present disposition, the General most earnestly requests, that the men who have been at the Hospital, and out of Camp on any other account, may be immediately collected and join their respective regiments. It is with the utmost astonishment and abhorrence, the General is informed, that some base and cowardly Wretches have, last...
182825Method of Ratifying the Constitution, [31 August] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison considered it best to require Conventions; Among other reasons, for this, that the powers given to the Genl. Govt. being taken from the State Govts. the Legislatures would be more disinclined than conventions composed in part at least of other men; and if disinclined, they could devise modes apparently promoting, but really, thwarting the ratification. The difficulty in Maryland...
182826[Diary entry: 17 October 1774] (Washington Papers)
17. Somewhat Cool especially towards the Evening Wind being westerly.
182827[Diary entry: 10 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. At home all day.
182828Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, 29 September 1755 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1754–1755 (Philadelphia, 1755), pp. 169–76. The final session of the 1754–55 Assembly, September 15–30, was utterly fruitless. Governor Morris made plain his contempt by delaying his attention to the most trifling matters and by withholding his principal message for nine days. In turn the Assembly sent him a series of nagging...
182829Columbian Centinel, Death and Funeral of John Adams, 8 July 1826 (Adams Papers)
“ Lord, now let thy Servant depart in Peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation .” ON the late festive day, it was mentioned by many citizens who had called in the morning to pay their respects to the venerated Sage, at his residence in Quincy, that his eventful life was rapidly ebbing, but few thought the bright day which was then passing would be his last. Intelligence of his demise was...
182830[Diary entry: 17 September 1799] (Washington Papers)
17. Morning clear—but little wd. & that No. Westerly. Mer. 66—calm all day. Mer. 80 at highest & 74 at Night. Doctr. Thornton went away after breakfast & Mr. Thos. Peter & his brother Lieutt. Peter came to Dinner. lieutt. peter : George Peter had been appointed a second lieutenant in the 9th Infantry on 12 July 1799 ( HEITMAN [3] Francis B. Heitman. Historical Register and Dictionary of the...
182831[Diary entry: 14 July 1795] (Washington Papers)
14. Do. Northerly & fresh—cooler.
182832[Diary entry: 7 April 1775] (Washington Papers)
7. Mr. Adam went away after Breakfast. I continued at home all day.
182833[Diary entry: 4 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
4. Wind pretty fresh & somewhat Raw from the Southward.
182834General Orders, 10 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
A court of enquiry consisting of four members, & Major General Lord Stirling president, to sit at 12 o’clock to day, at the president’s quarters, and examine into the conduct of Major General Sullivan in the expedition commanded by him to Staten Island in the month of August last[.] Major Taylor, and others, who can give information of this matter are to attend: But if the court see cause to...
182835[May 1. Fryday. 1778.] (Adams Papers)
May 1. Fryday. 1778. Dined with the Duke D’Ayen, the Brother of the Duke de Mouchy and the Father of the Marchioness de la Fayette. The House, the Gardens, the Walks, the Pictures and Furniture all in the highest Style of magnificence. The Portraits of the Family of Noailles, were ancient and numerous. Among them was a Picture of Noailles the Ambassador, in England at the time of the Regency...
182836Comments on Petition of Kentuckians, [27 August] 1782 (Madison Papers)
Printed copy ( Thomson, “Debates,” Charles Thomson, “Debates in the Congress of the Confederation from July 22d to September 20th, 1782,” Collections of the New-York Historical Society , XI (1878), 63–169. pp. 146–47). See Comments on Temple, 1 August 1782 , headnote. About two years had elapsed since discontented settlers in Kentucky addressed two memorials to Congress asking for statehood....
182837Enclosure B: [List of Sundry Petitions], [18 April 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Abstract of the subjects of sundry petitions praying the renewal of Certificates, and Observations thereon. No. 1. The petition of Josias Clapham referred 18th November, 1791, sets forth. That he was possessed of two Certificates issued from the Loan Office of Virginia, No. 12, dated 16th. October 1786, for 1632 ³⁸⁄₉₀ dollars, in his own name, 231, “ 1st. January 1778
182838[Diary entry: 1 May 1771] (Washington Papers)
May 1st. Wind tolerably fresh from the South East, with appearances of Rain but none fell.
182839Monday [6 January]. (Adams Papers)
At Home. Mr. Smith and Mr. Penniman dined here.
182840Proclamation on the Treaty of Fort Harmar, 29 September 1789 (Washington Papers)
By the President Of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas by Virtue of Powers given by the United States in Congress assembled, to Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Territory Northwest of the Ohio, and Commissioner Plenipotentiary for treating with the Indian Nations in the Northern Department, a Treaty was concluded at Fort-Harmar, on the ninth Day of January last past, by the...
182841[Diary entry: 12 April 1785] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 12th. Mercury at 50 in the Morning, 58 at Noon and 66 at Night. Clear all day; Wind until late in the afternoon, pretty fresh from No. West—Sunset red with appearances of dry Weather. Plowing, rolling, and Harrowing my ground for grass seeds. Sowed on the inner side of the Post & rail fences running from the Kitchen to the South Haw, ha! & from the Servts. Hall to the North Haw ha!...
182842[Diary entry: 26 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Warm, still, & very smoky. In the Evening the Wind very fresh from the Southward.
182843Enclosure: Plan of Attack, c.15 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
The troops are to march [ ] at [ ] o Clock and move by the right, making a short halt at the Creek, or run next on this side Clements’s. Every officer, and non commissioned officer will remain with, and be answerable for every man in their platoons. No soldier to be permitted to quit the ranks on any pretence whatever, untill a general halt is made, and then to be attended by one of the...
182844Operating under the Continental Boycott Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
By the late summer and early fall of 1775, the regulation of American trade under the association of the previous year preempted a heavy share of debating time in the Continental Congress. According to the terms of the association, imports from Great Britain and Ireland were to cease after 1 December 1774, while exportation of goods from the colonies was to end in September 1775. The problems...
18284526 [i.e. 27] Thurdsday. (Adams Papers)
Drank Tea at the Colonels with a Number of Ladies. Spent the Evening partly at Putnams and partly at Gardiners.
182846Agreement with the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of the United States, [28 January 1795] (Hamilton Papers)
Agreement between Alexander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of the United States of the one part; and the President, Directors & Company of the Bank of the United States of the other part; made January the Twenty eighth 1795. The said President Directors & Company shall forthwith transfer or cause to be transferred into the name of Messrs. Wilhem & Jan Willink & Nicholas & J. Van...
182847[Diary entry: 5 January 1798] (Washington Papers)
5. Little or no wind all day. In the evening it sprung up at No. Wt. Mer. from 30 to 36. A Mr. Fisk who came here on Wednesday evening went away this morning. Last night there fell about three Inches of Snow. Thawing all day.
182848From John Adams to the President of Congress, 13 September 1783 (Adams Papers)
Paris, 13 Sept. 1783. RC and enclosure ( PCC , No. 84, V, f. 201–214). LbC ( Adams Papers ); APM Reel 106. With this letter John Adams sent Congress a copy of the 2 Sept. Anglo-Dutch preliminary peace treaty, which he indicated he had just received and transcribed. The treaty arrived as an enclosure with a letter of 12 Sept. from Gerard Brantsen, one of the Dutch peace negotiators ( Adams...
182849[Diary entry: 20 July 1787] (Washington Papers)
Friday—20th. Dined at home, and drank Tea at Mr. Clymers.
182850David Hall’s Remittances to England, 1757–1765 (Franklin Papers)
MS account book: American Philosophical Society [June 2, 1757] The partnership agreement with David Hall, Jan. 1, 1748, provided that Hall was to pay one half the net income of the printing office to Franklin at every monthly clearing of accounts. Apparently such strict regularity did not prove feasible and Franklin did not insist upon it. During his prolonged trip to England, however, he did...