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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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2201 | Coxe, Tench | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe and Richard … | 1792-08-02 | In addition to the Circumstances relative to the Case of the Secretary at War, transmitted from... |
2202 | Lear, Tobias | Washington, George | To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 26–27 May 1795 | ≈1795-05-26 | I had the honor of writing to you on the 20th instant, and therein acknowledged the receipt of... |
2203 | Adams, John | 1761. Friday [6] Feby. | 1761-02-06 | I have now almost finished the first book of Peter Lancelotts Institute, which first Book is... | |
2204 | Adams, Abigail Smith | Adams, John Quincy | From Abigail Smith Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 April … | 1813-04-05 | I have already written to you, in replie to your Melancholy Letter of Sepbr 20th. and have... |
2205 | Jay, John | Draft of The Federalist 4, [before 7 November 1787] | ≈1787-10-01 | The Parties and Divisions am gst us many [may?] several Ways bring Destruction upon our Country,... | |
2206 | Boudinot, Elias | Washington, George | To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 16 August … | 1779-08-16 | Since my recovery from my late Indisposition so far as to attend to any Business, I have been... |
2207 | Pinckney, Charles | Washington, George | To George Washington from Charles Pinckney, 2 May 1791 | 1791-05-02 | I beg leave to remind you that I shall expect the honour of your company at dinner on Thursday at... |
2208 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 24 September 1769] | 1769-09-24 | 24. Clear and pleasant. Wind Northwardly but not cold nor hard. | |
2209 | Stricker, John | Madison, James | To James Madison from John Stricker and Others, 3 … | 1815-08-03 | § From John Stricker and Others. 3 August 1815, Baltimore. “We the Undersigned Merchants of the... |
2210 | Olney, Jeremiah | Washington, George | To George Washington from Jeremiah Olney, 14 December … | 1782-12-14 | I have the Honor to Inclose your Excellency a Letter from Lieut. John M. Greene of my Regmt... |
2211 | Washington, George | Dickinson, Philemon | From George Washington to Major General Philemon … | 1777-11-04 | I have received your Letter of the 1st Inst. informing me of the delay of the Governor and... |
2212 | Washington, George | Washington, William Augustine | From George Washington to William Augustine Washington … | 1798-06-26 | If you could have foreseen the length of passage, to which your letter of the 23d of April was... |
2213 | Otis, Mary Smith Gray | Adams, Abigail | Mary Smith Gray Otis to Abigail Adams, 23 April 1802 | 1802-04-23 | Indolence shall no longer prevent my acknowledging, the pleasure I felt (my dear M rs Adams) from... |
2214 | Madison, James | Resolution of the Aldermen and Common Council of the … | 1814-07-18 | Resolved unanimously by the board of Aldermen and board of Common Council of the City of... | |
2215 | Pichon, Louis-André | Madison, James | To James Madison from Louis-André Pichon, 17 October … | 1804-10-17 | Mr. Pichon has the honor to present his respects to Mr. Madison and his regrets that the reports... |
2216 | Jefferson, Thomas | Smith, Robert | From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 19 March 1803 | 1803-03-19 | I wrote you on the 17th. on the subject of the stores for Algiers, since which your’s of the... |
2217 | Madison, James | Washington, George | From James Madison to George Washington, 6 April 1789 | 1789-04-06 | The arrival of R. H. Lee yesterday has made up a Quorum of the Senate. A Quorum in the other... |
2218 | Jefferson, Thomas | Linn, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Linn, 5 February … | 1798-02-05 | I had the honor before of acknoleging the receipt of [your] favor of [May] […] and of stating... |
2219 | Poinsot, Peter | Jefferson, Thomas | Peter Poinsot to Thomas Jefferson, 24 June 1820 | 1820-06-24 | Je profite de la Goëlette Fénélon C a pitaine Mayhew de Fairhaven faisant voile pour Norfolk ,... |
2220 | Washington, George | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from George Washington: Résumé, 9 … | 1783-12-09 | Copy: Library of Congress ⟨Philadelphia, December 9, 1783: Dr. Witherspoon, whom you know, is... |
2221 | Ponçins, Marquis de | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from De Ponçins, 29 August 1785 | 1785-08-29 | Vôtre excellence verra par les deux lettres que j’ay l’honeur de lui adrësser cy inclus, que j’ay... |
2222 | Dumas, Charles William Frederick | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 8 April 1791 | 1791-04-08 | The Hague, 8 Apr. 1791 . The conferences at Reichenbach, The Hague, and Svishtov have placed the... |
2223 | Barton, Benjamin Smith | Jefferson, Thomas | Benjamin Smith Barton to Thomas Jefferson, 23 March … | 1813-03-23 | I find there is to be a “physician” general of the arm. of the U. States —I have the vanity to... |
2224 | Beccaria, Giambatista | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Beccaria: résumé, 16 December … | 1779-12-16 | ALS and copy: American Philosophical Society; four drafts: American Philosophical Society <Turin,... |
2225 | Jefferson, Thomas | Crowninshield, Jacob | From Thomas Jefferson to Jacob Crowninshield, 13 May … | 1806-05-13 | I was able to get from Washington a few days ago, and am here for about three weeks to unbend, as... |
2226 | Gimbrede, Thomas | Enclosure: Thomas Gimbrede’s Engraving of the First … | ≈1812-01-30 | Engraving ( ViCMRL ). On 3 Mar. 1812 Gimbrede sent copies of this engraving to James Madison from... | |
2227 | Jay, John | Dumont, John | From John Jay to John Dumont, 27 February 1790 | 1790-02-27 | I was favored with yours of the 28 th . Ult. just as I was preparing to go out of Town— it was... |
2228 | Jefferson, Thomas | Jones, John Paul | From Thomas Jefferson to John Paul Jones, 27 June 1786 | 1786-06-27 | Since I had the honour of seeing you the other evening a letter from the board of treasury is... |
2229 | Cooper, Samuel | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Cooper, 15 August 1774 | 1774-08-15 | AL (draft): British Museum This letter brought Franklin his earliest first-hand news, as far as... |
2230 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1810 | 1810-06-04 | I have rec d your two letters of the 25. & 30. Ult . I have not yet seen any of the Secretaries... |
2231 | Heath, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from Major General William Heath … | 1778-10-30 | At the pressing request of Brigadier General Hamilton, I have given permission to Captain Masters... |
2232 | Commissioners for the District of Columbia | Washington, George | To George Washington from the Commissioners for the … | 1794-03-23 | Major Ellicott’s, Briggs’s and Benjamin Ellicott’s Letters of the 29th of June, and 28th of... |
2233 | Genet, Edmé Jacques | Adams, John | Edmé Jacques Genet to John Adams: A Translation, 28 … | 1780-02-28 | I have written to Ostend for the two gazettes in question. In the meantime, I will continue,... |
2234 | Adams, John | Evans, Robert J. | From John Adams to Robert J. Evans, 14 February 1820 | 1820-02-14 | As the Anecdote of Mr Paine seemes to be have given you some amusement, I will give you another... |
2235 | Franklin, Benjamin | Parker, James | Power of Attorney to James Parker, 5 November 1764 | 1764-11-05 | Copy: Bureau of Land Records, Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg Know ALL Men by these... |
2236 | Rhode Island Ratifying Convention | Washington, George | To George Washington from the Rhode Island Ratifying … | 1790-06-09 | I had on the 29th Ulto the Satisfaction of addressing you after the Ratification of the... |
2237 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 18 January 1768] | 1768-01-18 | 18. Went to Court & sold Colo. Colvils Ld. Returnd again at Night. As an executor for Thomas... | |
2238 | Walton, William, Jr. | Madison, James | To James Madison from William Walton Jr. (Abstract), 6 … | 1805-02-06 | 6 February 1805, Santo Domingo . “Considering it the duty of every citizen of the U.S. to assist... |
2239 | Editorial Note | In the fall of 1775 Adams worked in the congress to the point of exhaustion; by December he asked... | |||
2240 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson … | 1806-12-15 | I have received only one letter from you—that of 25. Novr: since I left you—And none from any of... |
2241 | Franklin, Benjamin | Poor Richard, 1734 | ≈1734-01-01 | Poor Richard, 1734. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1734 … By Richard Saunders, Philom.... | |
2242 | Gallatin, Albert | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 19 August … | 1805-08-19 | David Parmelee, who is recommended, [and] applies for the appointt. of agent, will make an... |
2243 | Washington, George | General Orders, 1 September 1782 | 1782-09-01 | Regiments and corps which have lately Joined are to make themselves acquainted with all standing... | |
2244 | Franklin, Benjamin | Thomson, Charles | From Benjamin Franklin to Charles Thomson, 9 March 1784 | 1784-03-09 | Transcript: National Archives I received a few Days since a Letter from Annapolis dated June 5th.... |
2245 | Turner, Samuel | Madison, James | To James Madison from Samuel Turner, 20 September 1812 … | 1812-09-20 | 20 September 1812, Hormuz , “ His Majesty’s Ship Salvador del Mundo .” “Presumeing that you are... |
2246 | Gardiner, Robert C. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Robert C. Gardiner, 29 August … | 1803-08-29 | 29 August 1803, Gothenburg . Wrote last on 6 Apr. and 2 Aug. Encloses “extracts of a tryal held... |
2247 | Madison, James | Somerville, William C. | From James Madison to William C. Somerville, 22 May … | 1823-05-22 | J. Madison presents his respects to Mr. Somerv⟨ille⟩ with thanks for the volume on the past &... |
2248 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 21 December 1769] | 1769-12-21 | 21. Very pleasant, being clear & wind Southwardly. | |
2249 | Lyman, William | Madison, James | To James Madison from William Lyman, 11 May 1808 | 1808-05-11 | I have the honour at this time herewith to transmit by the Osage No. 1 of the Account Current of... |
2250 | Editorial Note on Promissory Notes, 1780 | ≈1780-01-01 | Now that Franklin was distributing printed promissory note forms to prisoners receiving... |