27301To Thomas Jefferson from André Limozin, 23 September 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my former of the 20th instant, I have received this day the Letter your Excellency hath honored me with the 21st. instant, inclosing me one for M. Charles Thomson Secretary of Congress which I shall deliver into the hands of Mr. Burgoin, if I can find out his Lodgings. The Carters left this Town the 4th. inst. with the Boxes, and was bound to deliver them unto your Excellency the 15th....
27302To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Bache, 10 March 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We yet remain without a Line from you; tho’ we have had the pleasure of hearing you were safe arrived; this is my third Letter to you, since you left us; I think I have never mentioned to you before, that Mr. Galloway, when the Enemy were at Trenton, passed over the Delaware and took protection, three of the Allens did the same, viz: John, Andrew, and...
27303From George Washington to Henry Knox, 21 April 1783 (Washington Papers)
The cessation of hostilities having been now proclaimed, you will permit any Citizens of the State of New York or of the United States to pass and Repass your Post with any Vessels, Boats or Water Crafts without any hindrance or molestation on their Reporting themselves to you or to such Officer as shall be appointed by you for the purpose. I am Sir Your most Obedt Servt Sent also to William...
27304To George Washington from Lieutenant William Colfax, 26 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
I am sorry I have occasion to address your Excellency on a subject so disagreeable to me; or draw your attention from Objects of greater importance. Major Gibbs has inform’d me, that my conduct was such, in his absence, as has incur’d your Exclys displeasure. my surprise can only be equalled by my concern; I hope I may be able to remove every impression of that Nature. Conscious of having done...
27305From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 23 June 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury respectfully submits to the President of the United States the Draft of an Agreement concerning the subscription on behalf of the U States to the Bank, agreeably to terms concerted with the Directors, in order that it may be considered by the President previous to it’s execution. The Secretary will wait upon the President for his Orders on Monday morning. LC ,...
27306Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Wells & Lilly, 13 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Hon. T. Jefferson Bo t of Wells & Lilly Janry 13. 1818 Stewart ’s first Diss n $1 .50 Playfair ’s do do 1 .50 Clavis Ciceroniana 3 V s 5 Greek Primitives
27307From Alexander Hamilton to Major General Nathanael Greene, [7 May 1778] (Hamilton Papers)
I am sadly distressed for want of a good saddle &c; and such is my situation, that I have no opportunity of procuring for myself. The one I got by your order the other day was of a coarser kind that would only do for my servant. As you are in the way of procuring matters of this kind, you will oblige me much, if you will give orders for purchasing a good saddle bridle holsters &c. for me....
27308From George Washington to Colonel Moses Hazen, 20 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have duly received Your favors of the 10th Ult. & 10 Inst. I am obliged to you for the Intelligence from Canada and should be happy if circumstances would authorize an implicit credit to be given to the whole of it. The persons who gave it to Major Whitcomb and Captain paulant, I fear, have taken it up in several parts upon slender grounds. The pressing situation of Affairs will not permit...
27309To James Madison from Samuel Smith, 18 April 1807 (Madison Papers)
In answer to your letter of 12th. Inst. I take leave to submit the following observations on the article which you did me the honor to enclose for my consideration. Article 11. This article is intended to adjust the difference that exists between the parties relative to the neutral trade. It appears to me completely to admit the British claims, for it emphatically says "all articles &c &c...
27310From Thomas Jefferson to Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 22 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
You remember how anxious I was, when with you at Marseilles, to get the admirable olive of your canton transferred to my own country, and how much trouble you were so kind as to take to effect it. it did not happen that any one of those among whom the plants were distributed took up the plan with the enthusiasm necessary to give it success, and it has failed. Mr. John Couper of St. Simon’s...
27311From George Washington to Major General William Heath, 8 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
I have lately recd a letter from the secretary of the Board of War in which he complains that you have drawn Arms for the full Complement of Henly’s, Lee’s and Jackson’s Regiments when there is scarce any chance of their being compleated, I therefore desire if the matter is so, that you may return all the supernumerary Arms into the Magazine at Springfield or Brookfield. As you will...
27312To James Madison from Reasin Beall, 23 January 1815 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ From Reasin Beall. Letter not found. 23 January 1815. “Relating to a contemplated removal of the Land Office from Canton, by authority vested in the President. Give his reasons for recommending Wooster as a suitable location” ( DNA : RG 49, Division D, Letters Received from Registers and Receivers of U.S. Land Offices, Canton, Ohio). John Sloane sent a similar letter to JM on 24 Jan. 1815...
27313[April 7. Tuesday 1778.] (Adams Papers)
April 7. Tuesday 1778. We travelled from Les Ormes, the splendid Seat of the Marquis D’Argenson, to Mer. We passed through Tours, Amboise and several small Villages. Tours was the most elegant Place We had yet seen. It stands on the River Loire which passes through Na n tes to the Sea. We rode upon a Causey made in the River Loire, for many miles. The Meadows and River Banks were very beautifull.
27314To James Madison from John Hatley Norton, 15 June 1793 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 15 June 1793. Acknowledged in JM to Norton, 12 Sept. 1793 , which also mentions another letter (not found) from Norton. Both letters inquire about the possibility of presenting a claim to Congress for damages inflicted by Continental troops on houses in York County during the Revolution.
27315From Thomas Jefferson to Philippe de Létombe, 22 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I fear you will consider me as taking much too great a liberty in what I am now about to ask of you; and yet I have had such experience of the friendliness of your disposition, and feel such a consciousness of a reciprocal disposition to serve you, that I am emboldened to go on. being now obliged to fix myself here, I find as great difficulty in composing my houshold, as I shall probably find...
27316To John Adams from Samuel Cooper, 8 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
Being Just inform’d of an opportunity of writing to you by the Way of Bilboa, I snatch my Pen, to give you a laconic Account of Things here. Last Monday all the Towns in this State assembled for Choice of a Governor, Lt. Governor, and Senators, according to the New Constitution, of the peaceable Establishment of which, I gave you some Account in my last. In this Town, for Governor Mr. S. Adams...
27317From John Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 17 May 1821 (Adams Papers)
Last night I received and read your lovely Letter of the 11th: As the three Cantabridgeans were here—they and I and all the family Uncle Aunt and Cousins all enjoyed the Luxury of it at Supper. It made a great impression on all of Us, especially upon George who with great dignity enjoined it upon his Brothers to lay the contents of it to heart. We all rejoice in the hope of seeing you in July...
27318From Thomas Jefferson to Mayer & Brantz, 6 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour covering a bill of lading has been duly recieved, as has also the package of books in good order: and I have now the pleasure to inclose you a draught of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Baltimore for 181D. 90c the amount. I pray you to be assured that I duly estimate this kind attention on your part & return you my thanks for the same. Accept my salutations and...
27319From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, 7 January 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
My last to you was of the 2d. of August: since which’I have recieved yours of June 4. and Sep. 3. The letter to M. de Rieux, inclosed in the last, has been forwarded, and you may be assured of every aid of counsel I can give him. His own dispositions are good and prudent, and his industry exemplary.—I spoke with Mr. Madison yesterday on Dohrman’s affair. Nothing new has arisen on it since my...
27320Thomas Jefferson to William Steptoe, 13 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Correa and mr Gilmer are here, and can stay three days only. these they wish to pass in Botanising the circumjacent country, & would be thankful for your advice and much more for your company. will you do us the favor to come and breakfast with us tomorrow; as they will set out on their pre peregrinations after an early breakfast. on Sunday we all depart for the peaks of Otter & Natural...
27321“Les Mouches à Mme Helvétius,” [December? 1780] (Franklin Papers)
Printed by Benjamin Franklin, Passy, Yale University Library The sole clue to the dating of this bagatelle, for which no manuscript survives, is a phrase Franklin jotted on the back of a letter he drafted in late December: “Les Mouches.” Indented at the top of the page, these two words give every appearance of being the title line for an intended draft of the bagatelle commonly known in...
27322George Divers to Thomas Jefferson, 28 February 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sorry I cannot supply you with all the pot-herbs wanted, we have not the sweet marjoram. sweet basil. or summer savory. I send you some pot marjoram winter savory and Thyme, From my ill state of Health the triming my grape vines had been neglected till I fear’d they would be injured by bleeding, the day I prun’d them was unfavorable and was very near giving me a nother Pleurisy a recourse...
27323To Alexander Hamilton from James McHenry, 13 March 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
I received your private letter of the 10th inst. last night. The mode in which the laws are published prevents me from receiving any of them sometimes for six weeks or two months after their being inacted, unless I take copies of them from the originals lodged with the Secry. of State and get them printed. This is what I have done with the organization and eventual army acts, and shall as soon...
27324Saturday the 26th of August 1780. (Adams Papers)
This morning at about eight o clock Mr. Le Roi came here and went with Pappa, brother Charles and myself to buy some books. We went through the Exchange into a street call’d Kalve Straat. We went to 2 booksellers shops and Pappa bought a Latin Grammar and some Greek testaments. After this we went along another road back again, coming we came through the Exchange. At about twelve o clock we got...
27325Notes of a Tour through Holland and the Rhine Valley, 3 March–23 April 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
Memorandums on a tour from Paris to Amsterdam, Strasburg and back to Paris. 1788. March. 3. Post Face of country Soil Produce Animals Inclosures Wood Bourget Louvres Chapelle } broad low hills reddish loam, some sand corn none none none Senlis
27326To Benjamin Franklin from Charles Drouet, 16 June 1777 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Les offres Gracieuses et obligeantes que vous avez eu la bonté de me faire presence du Capitaine Jean Burnel, me donne la hardiesse de vous informer du malheur irreflechy qui luy est arrivé hier. Vers les 9 heures du matin un des Pilotes de notre port amena chez moy un Anglois se disant etre Capitaine d’un petit Sloupe fraudeur et avoir eté poursuivy...
27327Thomas Jefferson to William Eustis, 5 November 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson asks permission of the Secretary at war to discharge what he believes to be a duty in making known the proffers of the writer of the inclosed, for which purpose he incloses his letter. of the writer he never before heard, nor knows any thing more than from the letter. he only recollects that there was a family of that name over the mountains when he used formerly to visit that...
27328From Alexander Hamilton to Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 19 September … (Hamilton Papers)
You will herewith receive duplicates of my letters to you under date the 28th. ultimo. I have now to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 1st. of June last enclosing your account current with the United States to that day. Mr. Short has been instructed [to place] with you a credit in favor of our Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of France for one hundred five thousand Guilders. The...
27329From George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 31 July 1795 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 27th instant was received by the last Post to Alexandria. I thank you for the information contained in it; as I shall for any further communication of the sentiments of the people respecting the treaty, which you may be able to obtain, and think worthy of transmission: for, as it is an interesting subject, on which mens minds are a good deal occupied, I should like, as far...
27330From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Smith Adams, 15 March 1814 (Adams Papers)
The peircing cold air of this Month has made me quiver so that I could not quit the fire side scarcely for a moment, & it has gone to the marrow of Mr Peabody’s bones, so that it has made him very lame again, & is obliged to walk with a cane—But otherways he is a well as could be expected, for which I desire to be grateful, to that gracious Being who has brought us to see the return of another...
27331Privy Council: Order for a Grant of Land for Benjamin Franklin, 26 June 1767 (Franklin Papers)
MS : Minutes: Public Record Office Not content with his share in the Nova Scotia lands granted in October 1765 to Alexander McNutt and a group of Philadelphians (above, XII , 345–50), Franklin petitioned the Privy Council in January or February 1766 for a grant in his own name for 20,000 acres, wherever he or his agent might choose them in Nova Scotia. On Feb. 10, 1766, the Privy Council...
27332From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 6 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Since the date of my message of January 17th. a letter of the 26th. of November has been recieved from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the US. at London, covering one from the Secretary for foreign affairs of that government, which, being on the subject of that message, is now transmitted for the information of Congress although nothing forbids the substance of these letters from being...
27333From George Washington to Brigadier General William Woodford, 8 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have received Your Letter of Yesterday with the report of the Field Officers of the Virginia line. The Agreement and plan entered into at White plains and sanctioned by the Committee of Arrangement as stated by the Board, will warrant the Opinion which they have given—and place the point with respect to filling vacancies in the Virginia line, in a much clearer light than I had conceived of...
27334To George Washington from Henry Knox, 17 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Secretary of War having examined the Report of Colonel Timothy Pickering, Commissioner at a late Council or treaty of the five Nations of Indians, so called, at Tioga Point—humbly Reports to the President of the United States: That the main object of the said Council was to conciliate the said Indians, to prevent their listening to the invitations of the western hostile Indians, by...
27335To George Washington from Captain John Stokes, 14 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Capt. John Stokes, 14 Feb. 1779. GW wrote Stokes on 15 Feb. : “I have received your letter of yesterday.”
27336VI. An Examination of the Claim of New York, May 1774 (Adams Papers)
1753. In the year 1753 a Committee of the Council of N York in a Report upon the Petition of Mr. Levingston and others Stated the Facts and arguments in support of the Claim of that Province relative to its Eastern Boundary. 1763. In the year 1763 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay ordered a very particular State of the Controversy between this Government and the Government of New York...
27337[Diary entry: 12 February 1769] (Washington Papers)
12. Ground still froze hard & no thaw; Morning cloudy with the Wind at No. Wt. as it contind. to be all day. Afternoon clear.
27338Commission for James Monroe, 1 October 1814 (Madison Papers)
The office of Secretary of State being now vacant, I do, in pursuance of the act passed on the 13th of February 1795, entitled “An act to amend the act entitled An act making alterations in the Treasury and War Departments,” authorize and appoint you to discharge the duties thereof, until a regular appointment be made. Given under my hand at the City of Washington the first day of October...
27339To James Madison from Samuel Greenhow, 7 December 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 December 1804, Richmond. “Having received through your politeness two letters from Mr. Monroe; In order to insure a certain and speedy conveyance to the Answer which it has become necessary that I should give, I take the liberty to forward the letter inclosed, to your Care, with a request that you will be so good as to suffer it to accompany your next dispatches to that Gentleman. His...
27340To John Adams from Pierre Auguste Adet, 13 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
J’aurois desiré pouvoir vous présenter mes hommages Comme ministre de L’a Republique française, j’ose esperer que vous me permettrés de vous Les offrir comme particulier. j’aurois deja sollicité cette Faveur si ma santé ne m’en Eut empechè. je ne puis plus differer de vous la demander, quoique je sois Loin de me bien porter. j’ai des Choses extrêmement importantes à Vous Communiquer. je vous...
27341To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 18 August 1789 (Madison Papers)
The day before yesterday I returned hither from Leesburg. There I was confronted with Mr. Henry, and for three days we lay along side of each other, with our best cannon in action. It was a diverting scene, taken in the whole. My client Chas. Carter must have been defeated, if a single point of four had gone against him; and to obtain one, every thing was tried in the way of assertion,...
27342From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 10 May 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
According to [advices] in my letter of the 6th. inst. I now inclose to you the bill of lading for 28. packages & 1. doz. chairs by the sloop Sally capt. Potter, which sails tomorrow morning. be so good as to forward them, when recieved, by the Milton boats. No. 28. will perhaps require new wrapping, being hinges done up in paper, as they were not thought of till all the other packages were...
27343Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ewell, 28 September 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return after an absence of three weeks from home, I found here your favor of the 6 th inst. I concur with you entirely in favor of hospitals, and think the religion of a place more justly tested by the number of it’s hospitals than of it’s churches. I return you the Note inclosed in your letter , and sincerely sympathise with your misfortunes, which the evils of the times have suffered...
27344To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 8 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 8 July 1805, Amsterdam. “I had the honor to address you on the 6th Inst on the interesting letter from you of the 23 May & I have no doubt you will be convinced that I made no misrepresentation to you in the Case in question. Should you need a confirmation Mr. Biass of Baltimore will be ready I shou[l]d presume to give it as in a letter to me since my last arrival here...
27345To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, 18 February 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai reçu Mon Illustre Docteur le pacquet Sur les ballons que vous avez eûe la bonté de m’envoyer je les examinerai et en ferai l’usage que vous désirez. Je vous envoye un pacquet que Je comptois vous porter depuis Long-tems mais que la rigueur de la Saison m’a empêché de vous aller remettre Mais bien malgré moi Je vous assurre. Je compte m’en dédommager au...
27346To James Madison from Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, 5 July 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 July 1812. Expresses gratitude for the opportunity to send the enclosed letters to his children with the U.S. minister’s dispatches to JM, since only diplomatic correspondence is sure to reach its destination. Hopes for JM’s continued interest in his sons, who are good and useful men. Intends to join his sons in the U.S. as soon as possible. Tr ( DeGH ). 1 p. In French.
27347To George Washington from Giuseppe Ceracchi, 31 October 1791 (Washington Papers)
I take the liberty to enclose to you a Copy of a Memorial which I have the honor of presenting this day to Congress—Give me leave to submit it to the Friend and Patron of the fine Arts as well as to the President of the United States. I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Sir Your most obedient and most humble Servant LS , DLC:GW . The son of a Roman goldsmith, sculptor Giuseppe...
27348To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 31 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
This package has been in the hands of the Banditti on the Road from Mexico DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
27349From Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Hamilton, 25 June 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 8th. inst. could only be recieved on my return here, and I have this morning been considering of it’s contents. I think with you that it will be interesting to recieve from different countries the details it enumerates. Some of these I am already in a regular course of recieving. Others when once well executed, will scarcely need to be repeated. As to these I already possess...
27350Robert Fulton to Thomas Jefferson, 29 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
As every advance in the arts which may You take a lively interest in every discovery which may be of use to america will give you pleasure, I I will communicate to you a discovery which one I have made, and on which I have just finished