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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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25151 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 8 September 1803 | 1803-09-08 | On the 12th. of the month just past, I arrived at Natchez;—on the day following I waited on... |
25152 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 31 October 1805 | 1805-10-31 | Having heard that the Commissioners for adjusting and reporting the evidences of claims to land... |
25153 | Briggs, Isaac | Wilkinson, James | From Isaac Briggs to James Wilkinson, 10 January 1807 | 1807-01-10 | The President directs me to say to thee;—“Three days ago, a pilot-boat, sent by the conspirators,... |
25154 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 7 May 1807 | 1807-05-07 | Permit me to introduce to thee, the bearer, John Thomas 3d. as a candidate for a clerkship in... |
25155 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 15 September … | 1806-09-15 | Thy friendly dated April 26. 06 I received some time ago—I intend to reply to it fully by next... |
25156 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 30 January 1802 | 1802-01-30 | Will the President do me the favor to accept the enclosed pamphlet ; and the additional one to... |
25157 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 17 November 1817 | 1817-11-17 | Be pleased to accept the enclosed little pamphlet as a small testimony of that esteem and love... |
25158 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 2 May 1803 | 1803-05-02 | Thy letter, dated 20th. of April, I received yesterday. I have had several applications for... |
25159 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 February 1823 | 1823-02-24 | Permit me to introduce to thee my young friend Herman Boye. He is by birth a Dane, very modest... |
25160 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 29 June 1807 | 1807-06-29 | Permit me to introduce to thee the bearer, Joseph Dunbar, a respectable citizen of the... |
25161 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 3 March 1806 | 1806-03-03 | About 12 days ago, I returned from an excursion up the Mississippi river. The object of this... |
25162 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 15 July 1808 | 1808-07-15 | Matthew Witherspoon has requested my introduction to thee. He is lately arrived from Liverpool.... |
25163 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 9 December 1805 | 1805-12-09 | I am apprehensive that what I am about to write would by a mind less benevolent than thine be... |
25164 | Briggs, Isaac | Isaac Briggs’s Account of a Meeting with Madison [1 … | 1820-11-01 | “11 mo. 1—Fourth day of the week. This morning, I went 5 miles to Montpelier, the se⟨at⟩ of James... | |
25165 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 22 February 1803 … | 1803-02-22 | 22 February 1803, Washington. “I am directed by the American Board of Agriculture to request thy... |
25166 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 1 March 1803 | 1803-03-01 | Agreeably to my promise , I have investigated thy Problem for finding the longitude by lunar... |
25167 | Briggs, Isaac | Briggs, Hannah | Isaac Briggs’s Account of a Visit to Monticello, 2–4 … | ≈1820-11-02 | In my last letter to you, dated on the 7, I brought down to my arrival at Monticello the narative... |
25168 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 27 February 1804 | 1804-02-27 | I am here, with Robert Williams, on my way to the seat of Government. We expect to sail for... |
25169 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 24 January 1801 | 1801-01-24 | As a member of the American Philosophical Society I take the liberty of addressing its President.... |
25170 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 15 May 1817 | 1817-05-15 | I arrived here the day before yesterday—and I have this day received the appointment of surveyor... |
25171 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 18 May 1805 | 1805-05-18 | By last mail, on the 11th. instant, I wrote to thee acknowledging the receipt of thy acceptable... |
25172 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 2 September 1804 | 1804-09-02 | Attending to the necessary observations under the frequent interruption of clouds—keeping a... |
25173 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 8 March 1823 | 1823-03-08 | On the 30th. of January last the Board of Public Works of Virginia elected, for their principal... |
25174 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 26 April 1802 | 1802-04-26 | It was with a high degree of satisfaction, I observed in a letter I lately received from my... |
25175 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 2 January 1804 | 1804-01-02 | Some time ago—very long after its date—the mail brought me thy favor of the 11th. of August. I... |
25176 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 26 November 1804 | 1804-11-26 | I am just arrived here in safety and good health after a journey, of the unavoidable delays,... |
25177 | Ellicott, Andrew | Washington, George | To George Washington from Andrew Ellicott, Benjamin … | 1793-06-29 | We trust we have manifested, during our employment in the city of Washington, our zeal for its... |
25178 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 21 May 1817 | 1817-05-21 | On the 15 or 16 instant I wrote to thee from New York , informing thee that I had received an... |
25179 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | Isaac Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1816, with … | 1816-05-07 | Thy kind favor, of Apr 17. 16 , had been forwarded from Brookeville to this place, my present... |
25180 | Briggs, Isaac | Madison, James | To James Madison from Isaac Briggs and Thomas Moore, 16 … | 1809-04-16 | The Bearer, Thomas Robertson, we understand is an Applicant for the place of Agent of the United... |
25181 | Briggs, Isaac | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Briggs, 16 March 1805 | 1805-03-16 | Being informed that the office of United States’ Attorney for the district of Orleans is now... |
25182 | Briggs, Joseph | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Briggs, 17 August 1804 | 1804-08-17 | I have the honor to enclose to you, by order of His Excellency Governor Claiborne, a list of... |
25183 | Briggs, Joseph | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Briggs, 16 August 1804 | 1804-08-16 | His Excellency Governor Claiborne, in consequence of a severe attack of fever, common at this... |
25184 | Briggs, Joseph | Madison, James | To James Madison from Joseph Briggs, 25 August 1804 … | 1804-08-25 | 25 August 1804, New Orleans. “By last mail I had the honour of writing the President of the... |
25185 | Briggs, Mary Brooke (Brooke) | Jefferson, Thomas | Mary B. Briggs to Thomas Jefferson, 7 March 1816 | 1816-03-07 | Although personally unacquainted,—I have, from my infancy, been taught to love and revere Thomas... |
25186 | Briggs, Robert | Madison, James | To James Madison from Robert Briggs, 26 July 1823 | 1823-07-26 | My pecuniary necessities compell me to ask the amount of your a/c. Professional engagments deny... |
25187 | Briggs, Robert | Madison, James | To James Madison from Robert Briggs, 5 July 1821 | 1821-07-05 | I received yours of the 12 Ultimo several days since but my time has been so occupied as to... |
25188 | Briggs, Rufus | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Rufus Briggs, 14 May 1804 | 1804-05-14 | your goodness will readily excuse my thus addressing myself to you, when I inform that I have... |
25189 | Briggs, Samuel | Madison, James | To James Madison from Samuel Briggs, 2 May 1805 | 1805-05-02 | Since Mr. Eaton’s departure from hence in March last, no good opportunity has offered for Sicily... |
25190 | Briggs, Wesson | Madison, James | To James Madison from Wesson Briggs, 6 June 1814 … | 1814-06-06 | § From Wesson Briggs. 6 June 1814, Washington. “I lament to be again obliged to trouble you on... |
25191 | Bright, Michael | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Michael Bright, Champion … | 1782-02-21 | ALS : American Philosophical Society We are very sorry to inform you that after makeing our... |
25192 | Brightthought, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Brightthought, 22 March … | 1803-03-22 | to you that are interested in the public Welfare of your Country Whose greattest Ambition is to... |
25193 | Brig, John | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from John Brig, 15 July 1779 | 1779-07-15 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I make free to trouble you with these few lines as knowing... |
25194 | Brillon, —— | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from ――― Brillon, 28 July 1777 | 1777-07-28 | AL : American Philosophical Society M. Brillon est passé pour avoir l’honneur de voir Monsieur... |
25195 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise Boivin d’Hardancourt | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon, [1 September … | 1777-09-01 | ALS : American Philosophical Society Madame Brillon fait dire a son aimable papa que le jour est... |
25196 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise Boivin d’Hardancourt | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon, 25 [November] … | 1780-11-25 | AL : American Philosophical Society J’envoye sçavoir de vos nouvélles mon bon papa; lès miénnes... |
25197 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise Boivin d’Hardancourt | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon, 16 [November] … | 1779-11-16 | AL : American Philosophical Society Je vous assure mon bon papa que je méttrai toute mon... |
25198 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise Boivin d’Hardancourt | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Anne-Louise Boivin … | 1781-06-05 | AL : American Philosophical Society Je suis dans un beau pays, je suis avéc un bonne maman qui... |
25199 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise Boivin d’Hardancourt | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon, 22 July 1784 | 1784-07-22 | AL American Philosophical Society Je ne suis point anguille comme le pretend monsieur votre fils... |
25200 | Brillon de Jouy, Anne-Louise Boivin d’Hardancourt | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Madame Brillon, 22 [February] … | 1781-02-22 | AL : American Philosophical Society J’ignore les usages d’un autre monde mon cher papa; mais je... |