183401[Diary entry: 27 June 1785] (Washington Papers)
Monday 27th. Mercury at 77 in the Morning—79 at Noon and 77 at Night. A little rain in the Morning—with Clouds and appearances of it in the Afternoon, but none fell here. In the Morning there was but little wind. The Clouds which appeared in the Afternoon produced a good deal of wind from the West & No. West wch. changed the Air & made it much Cooler. Mr. Lee went away before Breakfast.
183402General Orders, 15 July 1775 (Washington Papers)
The Commanding Officers of each Regiment to report the Names of such Men in their respective Corps as are most expert in the management of whale boats. When any Commission’d, or non Commission’d Officer is sent upon any Detachment or Duty of Honor, or Fatigue, or to see the execution of any particular work: He is, so soon as the service is perform’d to make a Report thereof to his commanding...
183403[Diary entry: 13 September 1771] (Washington Papers)
13. Returnd to my Mothers to Breakfast and Surveyd the Fields before Dinner, returnd to Town afterwards. The survey covered about half of Ferry Farm, extending from the top of the Rappahannock riverbank, where the main house stood, several hundred yards northeast to a fence along a cornfield. GW apparently never platted this survey, but a plat based on his survey notes was drawn in 1932 for GW...
183404[Diary entry: 10 July 1790] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 10th. Having formed a Party, consisting of the Vice-President, his lady, Son & Miss Smith; the Secretaries of State, Treasury & War, and the ladies of the two latter; with all the Gentlemen of my family, Mrs. Lear & the two Children we visited the old position of Fort Washington and afterwards dined on a dinner provided by Mr. Mariner at the House lately Colo. Roger Morris but...
183405[Diary entry: 10 December 1771] (Washington Papers)
10. The above Gentlemen dined here as did Colo. Fairfax who went away in the Afternoon.
183406[Diary entry: 19 November 1798] (Washington Papers)
19. Do. at Doctr. Whites—Bishop. Raining.
183407Spain’s Finances and the Bills Drawn on John Jay Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Although Jay continued to hope that Spain would be able to loan him the funds needed to cover the bills Congress had drawn on him, Spain’s ability to raise funds to cover its own needs had been frustrated by its lenders’ refusal to accept repayment in vales reales . During the resulting crisis, full-blown by the end of August 1780, Floridablanca had ignored Jay’s requests for a meeting and, on...
183408[Diary entry: 7 May 1774] (Washington Papers)
7. Calm and pleasant in the forenoon, but a little Windy from the Eastward in the Afternoon.
183409Cabinet Meeting. Opinion on Proposals Made by William S. Smith Relative to the French Debt, [2 March 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
The President communicated to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War and the Attorney General of the United States, a letter from William S. Smith Esqr. of the 28th of February past, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with sundry Papers—No. I. II. III & IV. relating to a negotiation for changing the form of the debt to France; and required their opinion what...
183410New York Assembly. Report on a Letter from the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, [16 March 1787] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee appointed to consider of and report on the letter from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, to his Excellency the Governor, and the papers accompanying the same, together with the act of the Legislature, entitled, An act relative to Debts due to Persons within the Enemies Lines , reported, that it is the opinion of the Committee, that the said act ought to be...
183411Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 27 February 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Feb. 27. present Mad. Dearb. Smith. Rodney. agreed to discharge all the militia at the stations from the mouth of Cumberland upwards, to give up all boats & provisions siezed (except Blennerhasset’s) or pay the value, applying them in that case to public use; to institute an enquiry into the proceedings of Burr & his adherents from N.Y. to N. Orleans, & particularly to appoint good men at the...
183412[Diary entry: 25 June 1769] (Washington Papers)
25. Also very warm with the same shows but no rain fell here. Still & calm.
183413From Benjamin Franklin to Francis Hopkinson, 9 May 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania I have been so busy that I have not had time to go to the Customhouse about your Salary, since mine of Feby. 26. (but will now do it soon) nor to write to you since I saw the Bishop, which was some time after he receiv’d your Letters. He express’d a Pleasure in hearing of and from his Relations, enquir’d in what manner he could send Letters to you, and...
1834148th. (Adams Papers)
The town met this afternoon to make choice of representatives for the ensuing year. Jonan. Greenleaf Esqr. Theop Parsons Esq. Captn. W. Coombs, and Mr. Jonan. Marsh, were the persons elected. We met in the evening at Putnam’s lodgings. Stacey desired to join the Club, and was accordingly received. Little did not come; and as we began to be impatient we sent over to Dr. Swett’s for him. But...
183415[Diary entry: 4 July 1799] (Washington Papers)
4. Morning heavy. Mer. at 74 and Wind So. Et. Clouds in every qr. & sprinklings of Rain. Mer. 80 at Night. Went up to Alexa. and dined with a number of the Citizens there in celebration of the anniversary of the declaration of American Independe. at Kemps Tavern. kemps tavern : Peter Kemp ran the Globe Tavern at the northeast corner of Cameron and Fairfax streets. The tavern had had several...
183416[Diary entry: 1 May 1795] (Washington Papers)
May—1st. Came to Wilmington.
183417General Orders, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
Varick transcript , DLC:GW .
183418[Diary entry: 22 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
22. Clear with the Wind pretty fresh from the Eastward.
183419The Supreme Court: Procedures and Cases: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Article III of the United States Constitution, dealing with matters judicial, provided that the judicial power of the United States be vested in a Supreme Court and such inferior courts as Congress shall establish. The Supreme Court was to have original jurisdiction “in cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls”, and those in which a State is a party. In all other cases...
183420[Diary entry: 30 June 1771] (Washington Papers)
30. At Home all day. Miss Nancy Peake &ca. dined here as did Price Posey & went away in the Afternoon as Miss Nancy McCarty also did.
183421Introductory Note: To Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, [16 December 1793] (Hamilton Papers)
On December 16, 1793, the Speaker of the House of Representatives “laid before the House a Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting that a new inquiry into his official conduct may be instituted, in some mode most effectual for an accurate and thorough investigation; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.” Because of Republican criticism of the manner in which the 1793...
183422[Diary entry: 16 January 1768] (Washington Papers)
16. At home all day at Cards—it snowing. GW lost 3s. 6d. in playing cards with his friends ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 269).
183423Articles of Agreement with Louis Timothée, 26 November 1733 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania Articles of Agreement indented [and] made the 26th Day of November Ao. Di. 1733 Between Benjamin Franklin of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensilvania Printer of the one Part and Lewis Timothée of the said City Printer (now bound on a Voyage to Charlestown in South Carolina) Of the other Part: Whereas the said BF and LT have determined to...
183424Advice of Council Embodying the Militia of Three Western Counties, 30 October 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
The board having reason to believe that a number of spirited citizens in the Counties of Botetourt, Montgomery and Washington are willing to proceed on Service to the Southward, and being of Opinion that large succours thrown in to General Gates may enable him to recover possession of the Country lately assumed by the enemy and put a speedy termination to the evils of conquest under which our...
183425General Orders, 21 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
It is in future directed that general court martials not only investigate and ascertain the time lost to the service by the non-commissioned officers and soldiers found guilty by them of desertion, and the amount of expenses accruing to the United States by their pursuit and apprehension, but that the number of days, months, or years so lost, be distinctly noticed in the sentence and added to...
183426[January 1756] (Adams Papers)
At Worcester. A very rainy Day. Kept school in the forenoon; but not in the afternoon, because of the weather and my own indisposition. JA had come to Worcester “about three weeks after his commencement” at Harvard to keep a school. (Commencement in 1755 fell on 16 July.) The circumstances of his appointment are related in his Autobiography. The school he kept was the “Center School,” built in...
18342714 Sunday. (Adams Papers)
Heard Mr. Maccarty all Day upon Abrahams Faith, in offering up Isaac. Spent the Evening, very Sociably at Mr. Putnams. Several observations concerning Mr. Franklin of Phyladelphia, a prodigious Genius cultivated with prodigious industry.
183428[Diary entry: 24 January 1774] (Washington Papers)
24. At home all day. Mrs. Blackburn her Son & Miss Ellzey as also Mrs. Brown, came to Dinner & Doctr. Brown in the Afternoon as also did Valene. Crawford. Christian Scott Blackburn (b. 1745) was the wife of Col. Thomas Blackburn of Rippon Lodge. Her son here is probably her elder son, Richard Scott Blackburn (d. 1804–5), whose daughter Jane Charlotte Blackburn was later mistress of Mount...
183429The Washingtons in Barbados (Washington Papers)
The arrival at Bridgetown, on Carlisle Bay, is not well documented because pages are missing from the diary at this point. There are no collateral data such as newspaper listings of shipping arrivals, for not a single copy of the Barbados Gazette for 1751 is known to exist. The first two diary entries after the Washingtons disembarked are supplied by Jared Sparks, who obviously saw them while...
183430[March 27. Fryday.] (Adams Papers)
March 27. Fryday. On Wednesday Evening Mr. Barrons died, and Yesterday was committed to the Deep, from the Quarter Deck. He was laid in a Chest made for the purpose by the Carpenter; about a Dozen twelve pound Shot were put in with him and then nailed up. The Fragment of the Gun which destroyed him, was lashed on the Chest, and the whole launched overboard, through one of the Ports, in...
183431Enclosure: Conrad Hanse’s Account, 29 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson, esquire, 1801. To Conrad Hanse Dr. Augt. 29. To a new plain, well-finished Chariot , with plated Dolls. Harness for 4 Horses, and 2 postillion Saddles. 1206 MS ( DLC ); in unknown hand. In a statement of TJ’s account, John Barnes entered at 18 Sep. a payment to Hanse of $1,000 for the chariot (statement of private account from John Barnes, 30 Sep., in ViU ;
183432Deposition of James Lewis in Jefferson v. Michie, 1 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Edx. Note : On 1 Sept. 1815 James Lewis appeared at the house of Thomas Wells in Charlottesville and gave a deposition in the case of Jefferson v. Michie ( Tr in ViU: TJP-LBJM ; entirely in George Carr ’s hand) that was similar to the testimony he had given in the same case on
183433Monday 14th of August 1780. (Adams Papers)
This morning Pappa went out and at about 10 o clock came back . At about 1 o clock Commodore Gillon came and we went with him to dine at a Gentleman’s house whose name is Staphouse. Captn. Joyner, Pappa, Commodore Gillon Brother Charles, and myself dined there. After dinner we all went on board Commodore Gillon’s ship. Pappa, Mr. Staphouse and Captn. Joyner went on foot but Commodore Gillon...
183434[Diary entry: 15 June 1771] (Washington Papers)
15. Finished Ditto in the Neck.
183435March [1764] (Washington Papers)
29. Grafted as follows viz. 8 Bullock Heart Cherry’s: these are a fine large bla: Cherry, ripe in May, but not early. They begin the first Row in the Nursery next the Quarter—& at that end next to the Ray Grass Field. Between these and the rest a Stake is drove. Then— 8 of the finest early May Cherry—ending at another Stick. Then— 6 of the large Duke Cherry, ending at a stick likewise all in...
183436The Jay Treaty: Appointment and Instructions: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Jay was selected as envoy extraordinary to Great Britain after two previous missions to London had failed and after Washington decided against the three other men he had considered as possible appointees. Of all the candidates, Jay was the most experienced in diplomacy. As his confirmation process would reveal, however, he was as controversial as any of the others, particularly in the South...
183437[Diary entry: 17 July 1785] (Washington Papers)
Sunday 17th. Mercury at 74 in the Morning—76 at Noon and 76 at Night. Clear forenoon with the Wind pretty brisk from the Southwest—which continued all day with appearances of rain in the Afternoon but little or none fell here. Fanny Bassett and Nelly Custis went to Church at Alexandria. Dined at Mr. Ramsays & returned in the Evening. Mr. Ridout and Son called here between breakfast and Dinner...
183438Enclosure: Report of Aaron Willard and Moses Child, 14 February 1776 (Washington Papers)
We the Subscribers being appointed by his Excellency general Washington agreeable to an order of the Continental Congress to Repair to the Province of Novia Scotia for the following purposes Viztt to Inquire into the Disposition of the Inhabitants of Sd Province Towards the common Cause of america the Condition of their Forti[fi]cations Quantity of warlike Stores the number of Soldiers and...
183439[Diary entry: 3 September 1771] (Washington Papers)
3. A Breeze from the Northwest but very sultry notwithstanding—quite clear.
183440General Orders, 2 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
Captain Thomas Buchanan and Ensign Andrew Johnson of the 1st Penn sylvania Regiment are appointed the former Pay Master and the latter Quarter Master to the same, from the 2nd of June last—Likewise Lieutt Aaron Norcross is appointed Adjutant to the same from Feby 20th last. Varick transcript , DLC:GW . Thomas Buchanan (c.1747–1823) of Newville, Pa., who had been appointed a third lieutenant in...
18344122d. (Adams Papers)
I took a ride in the forenoon with W. Cranch. Mr. Cranch came home from Boston, and brought young Waters with him. Mr. Weld, with his wife and her Sister pass’d the afternoon here; and when I return’d from my father’s Library, where I went to take a list of his Law-Books; I found Mr. Norton here: he has some thoughts of going to Menotomy to-morrow, to Mr. Fiske’s ordination; and made this a...
183442[Diary entry: 28 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Went to Nomony Church & returnd to my Brother’s to Dinner.
183443General Orders, 10 April 1778 (Washington Papers)
Whereas many Inconveniencies may arise in settling the recruiting Accounts of the Army for want of the officers being acquainted with the mode of stating the said Accounts, the Commanding Officer of each Regiment and Corps is therefore requested to apply to the Auditors of the Army who will furnish them with blank forms by which that business will be much facilitated, and render the adjustment...
183444[Diary entry: 25 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
Thursday 25th. Rid to all the Plantations. In the Neck Began with 4 plows to break up flush field No. 4 (in 6 feet ridges) for Indn. Corn & Potatoes next yr. and began also to get to a yard wed for the purpose the Buck Wheat—also to get up the Hogs for Porke. At Muddy hole began also to get in, and thresh out the Buck Wheat. That which grew on the experimental half acre yielded only 3¾ Bushls....
183445[Diary entry: 17 December 1798] (Washington Papers)
17. Breakfasted at Barneys—bated at Hartford. Dined at Websters and lodged at Baltimore.
183446[Diary entry: 29 June 1769] (Washington Papers)
29. Eliab Roberts, William Acres, Joseph Wilson & Azel Martin set into work today—& I think workd but indifferently. The Wheat on the other side the Run was not cut down. Michael Davy Schomberg & Ned Holt were left with Morris’s People to finish it. Eliab Roberts, William Acres, Joseph Wilson, and Azel Martin were retained by GW as harvesters at the rate of 5s. per day, with an allowance of...
183447[Thursday May 9. 1776.] (Adams Papers)
Thursday May 9. 1776. A Committee of the whole:—Mr. Harrison reported a Resolution, which he read and delivered in. The Resolution of the Committee of the whole was again read, and the determination thereof, at the Request of a Colony was postponed till tomorrow.
183448[Diary entry: 23 March 1771] (Washington Papers)
23. Clear and pleasant with the Wind pretty fresh from the Northwest but not cold.
183449The Case of Cadwallader Colden II Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
One of the most influential Loyalists imprisoned by the New York authorities was Cadwallader Colden II (1722–97), son of the former lieutenant governor. Although he repeatedly insisted that he be classified as a neutral, Colden felt himself bound by his oath to the king and was openly hostile to the notion of independence. If left at large, many Whigs believed he could become a focal point for...
183450[Diary entry: 25 July 1765] (Washington Papers)
25. Began to Sow Do. at the Mill.