24951Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your dft: favor S. Garland for $231, was presented & paid this day, with the addition of $19.86 interest from 12 Oct r “20.” —say in all $250.86, which is at your debit. My clerk informs me your Books from Balto: were ford d on the 18th: Inst: , by a careful Waggoner to the care of Ja s Leitch Esq e of
24952Thomas Jefferson to John Taylor, 14 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved three days ago your favor of the 3 d with it’s benevolent proposition respecting our deceased & unfortunate friend W. C. Nicholas . he left no son under a course of education. of his three sons, the eldest, Col o Robert , is engaged in an enterprise in Louisiana with his brother in law John Smith . the second is hesitating between that and the study of the law. they are both of them...
24953To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 16 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have been honored with your’s of the 13th. from Gray’s, where I am happy you have secured a safe and agreeable retreat. I had kept a copy of your letter to Genl. Turreau. I think it adviseable to publish the list of bills drawn by Genl. Armstrong, because it will convey useful information to the claimants, will free us from the trouble of answering numerous enquiries, and it is not too...
24954Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 4 May 1797 (Adams Papers)
I this day receiv’d your kind Letter from Springfield. I Set you down in Brookfield in my mind that day however I think you did right to go on as fast as you could the President must want both you & mr Brisler & could I think you would have any rest after you arriv’d I should feel better about you. but I do hope you will not think of Staying thro the hot months your Life is of too much...
24955From George Washington to Elkanah Watson, 10 August 1782 (Washington Papers)
The Masonick Ornamts which accompanied your Brotherly Address of the 23d of Jany last, tho’ elegant in themselves, were rendered more valuable by the flattering sentiments, and affectionate manner, in which they were presented. If my endeavours to avert the Evil, with which this Country was threatned by a deliberate plan of Tyranny, should be crowned with the success that is wished—the praise...
24956To George Washington from David Waterbury, 19 June 1781 (Washington Papers)
Agreeable to your Excellency’s Orders of the 1 3th instant I send enclosed an exact return of the Troops under my Command—I likewise enclose a Letter from Greenock in Scotland intercepted by some of my Troops upon Long Island. am with respect your Exellency’s most Obt Humble Servant DLC : Papers of George Washington.
24957To Thomas Jefferson from Bernard Peyton, 30 July 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
By M r Johnson you will recieve a book, for d to my care by Gen l J. G. Swift of New York— MHi .
24958[Diary entry: 6 June 1773] (Washington Papers)
6. Very Cool Wind being fresh from the No. West, & Cloudy.
24959John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
Yours of 29 July came by this days Post, and made me very happy. Nabby, Charles, and Tommy, will have the small Pox, well, I dont doubt. Tell John he is a very lucky young Gentleman, to have it so much better, than his Mamma, his sister, and Brothers. Mr. S amuel A dams will set out for Boston, on Monday, the 12. of August. I shall write by him. But I will not neglect Writing a few Lines by...
24960To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 21 April 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, April 21, 1791. “I have been Honor’d with your favour of 11th Inst.… I am much obliged Sir, by your friendly communication and advice Respecting the Future prospect of a further Compensation to be made the Officers of the Customs.… I will Continue to execute the Duties of my Office, presuming, that it cannot be the Interest or Intention of the Legislature to appoint a person as...
24961From John Jay to John de Neufville & Son, 29 July 1780 (Jay Papers)
Your favor of the 13 th Ins t. was delivered to me last Evening— I admire the generous principles which lead you to take so decided & friendly a part in favor of America— I have too great confidence in the Honor; Justice & gratitude of Congress to Suspect that they will permit you to be sufferers by your Exertions in their favor— On the contrary I am persuaded they will entertain a proper...
24962John Stagg, Jr., to Tobias Lear, 23 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of War has directed me to transmit to you, for the President’s perusal, the enclosed dispatches, just received from Brigadier Wilkinson and Governor Blount, dated the 12th ulto. I am Sir, Most respectfully, Your obedt Servt ALS , DLC:GW ; LB , DLC:GW . The letter from James Wilkinson to Henry Knox of 12 Feb. has not been identified. According to GW’s executive journal, this...
24963To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 27 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I leave the office under the care of Mr Nourse, and if I can stand the journey will set off for New York this day, but feel much indisposed. Please to let me know whether you approve the recommendations of Messrs. Langdon & Whipple for officers of the revenue cutter, and in that case to send me their names with which I may fill blank commissions. I have presumed to get a commission for the...
24964To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Story, 2 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Deign to accept of the inclosed.—Secretary Dearborn can give you a particular account of the Author, as he sat under his ministry several years.— Your’s with the deepest Veneration MHi : Coolidge Collection.
24965Drafting Instructions for Meriwether Lewis: Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
A brief, undated set of four comments jotted in pencil by James Madison is the earliest evidence of Jefferson’s drafting of official instructions to Meriwether Lewis for the expedition to the Pacific ( Document I ). Due to an alteration that Jefferson made in his endorsement on that document, the date of its receipt is not clear but could be as early as 12 or 13 Apr. Jefferson’s practice,...
24966To George Washington from John Price Posey, 27 January 1787 (Washington Papers)
This will Acknowledge the receipt of your Letter Dated 12th Inst.—the Contents of which Woud have been hurtfull to the Feelings of allmost any Man that Cou’d not have Justified his Conduct but I am happy in this Instance & doubt not I can Satisfie you that I have not Acte’d with that unjustice to you as you So pointedly have Charg’d me with. The Answer of Mr Hill to you be not a Little...
24967To George Washington from Anne-César, chevalier de La Luzerne, 25 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have reced the Letter your Excelly did me the honor to write me the 18 Instant with the amount of expences incurred by the Expresses which formed the communication with the Marquis de Vaudreuil the Treasurer of our Army will pay to your Quarter Mr General the 537 Dollars he has been so kind as to advance for that purpose—I beg also that you would please to send me the amount of expences...
24968From George Washington to Miles Smith, 27 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
A few days ago I was favoured with the receipt of a letter from William Strickland Esqr. of York in England; which, as it was introductory of you, to me, I presume it must have passed through your hands. It would have afforded me much pleasure if you had been the bearer of that letter; and if at any time, business or inclination should induce you to make a tour into this State (Virginia) I...
24969From George Washington to Warner Lewis, 24 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 9th instant, enclosing a duplicate of the letter you were so obliging as to write to me on the 11th of March came duly to hand, and I sincerely thank you for the attention you have bestowed on the matter I took the liberty of troubling you with. I thought I had acknowledged the receipt of the last mentioned letter before I left Mount Vernon, but suppose from the multitude of...
24970To Thomas Jefferson from William Branch Giles, 16 April 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
After the date of my last letter to you from Philadelphia, I inclosed to Mr. Shippen the statement of your demand against him as representative of Mr. Banister. I also submitted to his inspection your letter to me relatively to that subject, and informed him that I was authorised to receive the amount, and close the transaction. Mr. Shippen acknowledged himself the proper person to receive the...
24971To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 15 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have received a proposition from Mr. Perry the owner of the lands which separate the two tracts of the University which I think of so much importance to that institution as to communicate to the visiters by letter in their separate situations. The University tract of 100 acres is ¾ of a mile distant from that of the Observatory of 153 acres. The water which supplies the cisterns of the...
24972To James Madison from George Nicholas, 24 July 1785 (Madison Papers)
I am very unhappy to find by your letter which has just now come to hand that two of mine to you have miscarried. I found that no alterations could be made to the remonstrance* without injury and immediately had it copied and sent to the counties I mentioned in a former letter. One of my letters must certainly have reached you before this but for fear of accident shall desire my brother to...
24973From James Madison to Lieut. Gibbon, 17 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
The dispatches with which you are charged for Mr. Pinkney, you will deliver to him in London. The Schooner Union in which you take your passage, is to land you at some convenient place on the English Coast, on her way to Havre de Grace. You will let Mr. Pinkney know that the Union, after receiving at that place dispatches from Genl. Armstrong, is to pass over to Cowes or Portsmouth, in order...
2497411th. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
This forenoon I went with Mr. D. to see Mr. Normandes. Several persons dined here. After dinner Mr. D. went and took a ride. Took a walk upon the quay after supper.
24975To George Washington from Major General Robert Howe, 21 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
The following Extract of a Letter just sent me dated the 18th Inst: from your Excellency’s Quarters coming from an Agent who I have directed to correspond with General Arnold—& the Letter being brought as I hear by a Horseman from Robinson’s House, He may probably have conveyed to you the Intelligence it contains, & have rendered my troubling you unnecessary —As however it may possibly be...
24976To George Washington from William Irvine, 7 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
Since my last letter to your Excellency, Col. Waibert, the Engineer, has been continually teazing me for leave to go to Philadelphia, which I informed him I could by no means grant without your permission. If your Excellency has nothing more in view for him in this quarter than barely to Superintend repairing the works at this Post, his attendance may, without injury to the Service, be...
24977To James Madison from Isaac Cox Barnet, 30 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
The peculiar hardship of my Situation obliges me to address you on the subject of various claims mentioned in my former letters from 25th September 1800 to 24 December 1801, to none of which I have yet received an answer. The accounts and vouchers which accompany this, I beg your attention to. I have presumed upon the validity and justice of these claims, by drawing on the Department of State...
24978From Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 17 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 11 th it referred to something said to be inclosed, without saying what, & in fact nothing was inclosed. but the preceding mail had brought me the Nat l Intellig r of the 7 th & 9 th in which was a very able discussion on the mode of electing our President, signed Phocion. this, I suspect, is what your letter refers to. if I am right in this conjecture; I...
24979From George Washington to Brigadier General Edward Hand, 21 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
I am favd with yours by Genl Clinton. I have furnished Genl Schuyler with the Resolve of Congress directing the Expedition to Chemung, and desired him in conjunction with Governor Clinton and yourself to take the matter fully into consideration, that if thought practicable at this season of the Year it may be undertaken, if not, that I may stand justifiable to Congress for laying it aside. You...
24980To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 1 September 1807 (Madison Papers)
I think with you we had better send to Algiers some of the losing articles in order to secure peace there while it is uncertain elsewhere. While war with England is probable every thing leading to it with any other nation should be avoided, except with Spain. As to her, I think it the precise moment when we should declare to the French government that we will instantly seise on the Floridas as...
24981[Diary entry: 3 October 1773] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear, Wind at So. West & Warm.
24982To Alexander Hamilton from Ebenezer Stevens, 11 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I am offerd a good House in Washington Street on the North River, with an Office, for two hundred pounds pr. Annum & the Taxes, for the Accommodation of the Adjutant Genl.—I have taken the Deputy Adjt Genl. to view it, he Seems pleased with the accommodation of the Same—it being new & in a good neighborhood— If you approve of my engaging it—on the terms mentioned, I will have it effected, I do...
24983From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 7 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose you three hundred & fifty dollars to cover two drafts I make on you in favr. of Saml. & S. Myers for 150. D. & of Moran for 200. D. which be pleased to honour when presented. affectionate attachment & salutations. P.S. Take the reciept, if you please, as paid for S. Dyer. PrC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Mr. George Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ in ink on verso. Recorded in SJL with the...
24984From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 11 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
According to my letter of yesterday I now inclose you the treasurer’s order on mr Gibbons for 600. D. which I hope will get to hand in time to prevent disappointment. will you be so good as to send to Monticello a hogshead of best molasses, but in a double case in sound & good condition or it will be no better than a hogshead of water when it arrives there. if there is any syrop of punch to be...
24985Jonathan Jackson to John Adams, 7 June 1784 (Adams Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of three Letters from you & to ask pardon for the appearance of Neglect in not doing it before—the several Vessels bound to America have taken up my time in writing, together with the business consequent upon Letters received by several Arrivals from thence— I have your’s of the 1 st May in answer to one by M r Parker—of the 4 th inclosing Col o Pickering’s...
24986To George Washington from Robert Edge Pine, 17 September 1787 (Washington Papers)
This Work was Executed, by Order of his late Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland and a few Setts given to the most Illustrious Millitary Characters in Europe—after which, the Plates were distroyed His R. H. having been pleased to give this Sett to the late John Pine, who Engrav’d it—his Son, Robt Edge Pine, has now the honour of presenting it to his Excellency General Washington. AL...
24987To George Washington from John Jay, 15 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Jay has the honor of transmitting herewith enclosed to the President of the United States, a memorial and a translation of it, from the Marquis de Lotbiniere, a respectable Canadian now here in very indigent circumstances, and who says, with great appearance of truth, that his attachment to the american cause has rendered him so obnoxious to the british government as to render it...
24988From John C. Calhoun to Thomas Boylston Adams, Jr., 11 March 1824 (Adams Papers)
You are hereby notified, that the President has this day conditionally appointed you a Cadet in the service of the United States; and that, on repairing to West Point, in the State of New York, in the month of June next, and reporting yourself to the Superintendent of the Military Academy, you will be examined for admission into that Institution, and, if qualified, will be admitted,...
24989To James Madison from William Grayson, 28 May 1786 (Madison Papers)
Your letter has come safely to hand; & I should have wrote to you sooner but could not find any thing to communicate worth your acceptance: till lately Congress have been perfectly inactive: for about a fortnight past we have had a tolerably full representation; however Delawar has grown uneasy & left us, and Connecticut having prevailed on Congress to accept her cession moves off tomorrow. It...
24990To Thomas Jefferson from “The Voice of A Sybil,” [before 6 November 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
In my travels, through several countys of the state of Pennsylvania, three different, political sentiments obtruded themeselvs upon my observations. the first was a very impatient desire to see Your speak, to the insuing Congress—the scecond was, an Extreem apprehention, least federalism, and the Constitution should fall together—and a new one be formed by the present government—And the third...
24991Indian Lands, [28 February] 1795 (Madison Papers)
On 17 February Washington forwarded to Congress the laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly authorizing the Yazoo land sales (on those sales, see JM to Monroe, 27 Mar. 1795 , and n. 4). The House appointed JM to a select committee chaired by Sedgwick, who on 26 February reported resolutions authorizing “the military force of the United States to apprehend … all persons who, unauthorized by...
24992Thomas Simpson to the Commissioners, 25 May 1778 (Adams Papers)
I addressed you on the 8th. of this Instant on a very disagreeable affair, not recieving any answer, or order from your Honours, I concluded my letter had miscarried, or your attentions were required on greater objects, and therefore was determined to rest a while, until you might be at leisure, to think on the matter, I had wrote you of. But the treatment I have since recieved from Captn....
24993From Thomas Jefferson to Timothy Pickering, 1 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Having from time to time through the winter and down to the present day received repeated information that the post rider between Richmond and Charlottesville, and consequently along the rest of that line, has been and continues extremely unpunctual, sometimes not going even as far as Charlottesville (only 75 miles of the route) for three weeks, and often missing a fortnight, I have thought it...
24994John Adams to Charles Adams, 11 May 1794 (Adams Papers)
Your Favour of April 19. I believe has not yet been acknowledged. The Extracts from the King of Prussia were very acceptable. Yesterday I received your favour of May 9 th.— You ask whether there might not exist Such an Equality in Society as the Democrats of this Day Seem to advocate? Yes my Son, there are many Such Societies, in the Forrests of America, called Indian Tribes. Yet among these...
24995To James Madison from Harry Toulmin, 28 November 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 November 1810, Fort Stoddert. “The situation of our country here [which] becomes every day so truly critical … will excuse me, I hope, if I should even communicate to you more frequently or more fully than may be deemed absolutely necessary.” Has no doubt that “the alarm excited in the summer, induced the government to take the best measures” possible, but the “judicial arm is (for the want...
24996Andrew Oliver to ——, 12 August 1769 (Franklin Papers)
I have been in this city for some time past executing (with others) his Majesty’s commission for settling the boundary between this province and that of New-Jersey. I left Boston the 11th July, since which my advices from London have come to me very imperfect; but as my friend Mr. Thompson writes me that he had drawn up my case and with your approbation laid it before the D. of Grafton, I...
24997From Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 17 September 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I have sent from this place, together with my own baggage, two hampers and two boxes, which when arrived at Havre I have taken the liberty to order to be separated from my baggage and sent by the first vessel to New York to your address. The marks and contents are as follows: TI. No. 30. } These are hampers containing samples of the best wines of this country, which I beg leave to present TI....
249986th. (Adams Papers)
Down upon the water side, and along upon the marshes with my cousin all the forenoon, but we were obliged to retire before we wished. In the afternoon I wrote an answer to Mr. Belknap. I have ventured upon a step, which perhaps some persons may censure; but as the circumstances are I know not what else to do, and if I am justified in the minds, of men, possessed of candid and liberal...
24999To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 11 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
I suppose we must dispatch another packet, by the 1st. of Apr. at farthest. I take it to be an universal opinion that war will become preferable to a continuance of the embargo after a certain time. Should we not then avail ourselves of the intervening period to procure a retraction of the obnoxious decrees peaceably if possible? An opening is given us by both parties sufficient to form a...
25000To Thomas Jefferson from George Weedon, 1 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the Honor of addressing you the 28th Ulto. and then communicated the position the Troops had taken that are under my Command. What gave rise to the change, was Intelligence received of a Boat from Portsmouth, with a British Officer and 16 Men being on the overnight at Mr. Trebells. The Officer was very inquisitive, ask’d where the Marquis was, where the Baron, and where I was; what sort...