184101Annual Message to Congress: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
By October 1804, composing the annual message to Congress was a part of Jefferson’s autumn...
184102Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
Ann Josselyne of Marlborough claimed that John Harrington of the same town was the father of her...
184103Political Changes and Challenges in the War of 1812: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Jay’s retirement from the governorship coincided with the onset of a decline in the fortunes of...
184104From Benjamin Franklin to Daniel Burton, 21 November 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Being informed that Mr. Jonathan Odell purposes...
184105To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Wharton, [June 1766] (Franklin Papers)
ALS (incomplete): American Philosophical Society [ First part missing ] That the Proprietors must...
184106Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, [2 April 1821] (Madison Papers)
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia at the said University on Monday the...
184107Enclosure: [List of Clerks Engaged in Registers Office], 11 May 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Division of the Treasury Records Names Salary Employment Revenue arising from Impost, Tonnage...
184108Editorial Note
(Adams Papers)
Adams returned to Braintree from Philadelphia on 21 December 1775 and departed from Watertown for...
184109Editorial Note: Notes on Commerce of the Northern States (Jefferson Papers)
Among Jefferson’s well-ordered archives at Monticello was one category labeled “Rough draughts,...
184110The Disputed Election of 1792: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
From spring 1792 through March 1793 the state of New York was rocked by a stormy political...
184111Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
The litigation arising from Samuel Clap’s will is illustrative of two very important features of...
184112From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Williams, 28 April 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have received several of your kind Favours since my...
184113To Benjamin Franklin from James Pemberton, 1 May 1766 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: Historical Society of Pennsylvania It is not with a view to add to the number of thy...
184114The Federalist Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
To refute the numerous articles critical of the Constitution that New York newspapers were...
184115To George Washington from Officers among the Sappers and Miners, 19 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
[ West Point, 19 Dec. 1780 ]. Capt. Lt. David Bushnell and four other officers write about “the...
184116Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
In June 1765 at Boston, James Warden endorsed two bills of exchange drawn on a New York...
184117John Jay and the New York State Constitution of 1777 Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
On 10 May 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for the “respective...
184118From Benjamin Franklin to ———, 6 January 1766 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society I have attentively perus’d the Paper you sent me, and am of...
184119Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Upon his marriage to the widow of Daniel Parke Custis on 6 Jan. 1759, GW assumed the management...
184120An American in England Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
The Definitive Peace settled, Jay could now contemplate a long-deferred trip to England to...
184121To Thomas Jefferson from Philadelphia Merchants and Others, 2 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The Memorial of the subscribers, Merchants and others of the City of Philadelphia Respectfully...
184122John Jay and the New York Gradual Abolition Act of 1799: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
According to William Jay, John Jay, himself a slaveowner but a longtime opponent of slavery,...
184123To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Galloway, 13 January 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received your favours of Sept. 26, and Novr. 9th. We are...
184124Madison’s National Gazette Essays, 19 November 1791–20 December 1792 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
JM wrote eighteen unsigned essays that Philip Freneau published in the National Gazette between...
184125Silas Deane: A Worrisome Correspondent Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
During the late summer and fall of 1780, Jay’s heavy burden of diplomatic duties was hardly...
184126Invoice from William Duane, 3 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
1802 To Wm. Duane. Dr. Jany. 4th. To 1 Glass Inkstand 1. Feby 3 To 1 Bottle Red Ink ...
184127Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
On 14 October 1772 George Dawson, an officer of the royal navy, who since at least 1768 had been...
184128Enclosure: [Account of Funded Stock on the Books of the Treasury], March 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
An Account of Funded Stock on the Books of the Treasury, on which Attachments have been Laid....
184129From Benjamin Franklin to Charles Thomson, 27 September 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Library of Congress I received your very kind Letter of May 20. which came here while I was...
184130Editorial Note (Madison Papers)
When JM returned to Virginia in 1772, after three years at the College of New Jersey, the colony...
184131Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 18 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Carstairs has politely favoured us with the perusal of a letter from you , requesting a copy...
184132John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 15 November 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot appease my melancholly commiseration for our Armies in this furious Snow Storm, in any...
184133Introductory Note: From Philip Schuyler, [31 January 1799] (Hamilton Papers)
The opening paragraph of the letter printed below contains the first reference in Hamilton’s...
184134Editorial Note: Jefferson’s “General Form” of a Treaty (Jefferson Papers)
“I am now to take my leave of the justlings of states,” Jefferson wrote Madison on the day he was...
184135Madison’s Authorship of The Federalist, 22 November 1787–1 March 1788 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
After the adjournment of the Federal Convention and his return to Congress in New York, JM did...
184136Portuguese-American Diplomacy: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
On 7 May 1784, Congress instructed its commissioners in Europe to negotiate treaties of amity and...
184137Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
E ditorial note . In Feb. 1795 GW resumed making notations on the calendar pages of his almanacs...
184138Information to Those Who Would Remove to America, [before March 1784] (Franklin Papers)
Printed at Passy, [1784]; AD (draft): Yale University Library; copy: Library of Congress When...
184139Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
John Adams had long contemplated the manner in which the history of the American Revolution, and...
184140Madison and Lafayette’s Louisiana Lands, 26 October 1809 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
A full account of the American efforts to recompense the marquis de Lafayette for his...
184141Congressional Resolution Changing John Jay’s Instructions for Negotiating a Treaty with Spain, 25 August [1785] (Jay Papers)
On a Report of a Committee to whom was referred a letter of the 15 th . from the Secretary for...
184142From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 27 February 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I wrote you a few days ago by Mr. Penrose via Mary land,...
184143To George Washington from the Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons Emigrating from Foreign … (Washington Papers)
You are now approached by a society thro their Committee whose province it is to take the...
184144To Benjamin Franklin from Sir John Pringle, [1766–1775] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society Sir J Pringle’s Compliments to Dr. Franklin and acquaints him...
184145Changes at King’s College Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Samuel Johnson’s relationship with the King’s College Board of Governors was often difficult....
184146Account with St. Mary’s College, 30 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Account with St. Mary’s College. 30 June 1806. Records payment by JM of $222.53 ½ on John Payne...
184147Editorial Note: The Connecticut-Pennsylvania Territorial Dispute (Jefferson Papers)
The far-reaching dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania over their conflicting charter...
184148To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Galloway, 27 February 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I wrote to you by the Packet, inclosing a Copy of the...
184149Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
During a monthlong visit to Poplar Forest , 19 Nov.–20 Dec. 1817, Jefferson attempted to clarify...
184150Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
In these cases the defendants stood accused of violating province laws forbidding interference...