29221To James Madison from the Inhabitants of Charlemont, Massachusetts, 10 July 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 July 1812. “The memorial & remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of Charlemont in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts humbly sheweth; that they hold in the highest estimation the right Solomnly guarranteed to them as free Citizens of a great Republic by the Constitution of their Country; of peaceably assembling together & of expressing their Opinion, of the measures...
29222To Benjamin Franklin from “Charles de Weissenstein,” 16 June 1778 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères We print this long letter in full because Franklin replied to it at almost equal length. He was convinced that the initiator of the proposals made here was King George himself. But the circumstances of the time make such an assumption questionable. Bona fide agents of Whitehall had already sounded out the commissioners to the point where...
29223To James Madison from Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, 2 May 1816 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Charles, Grand Duke of Baden. 2 May 1816, Karlsruhe. Announces the birth of his son and prince the previous evening. RC ( DNA : RG 59, Communications from Heads of Foreign States, Baden). 1 p.; in French; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Charles.
29224To Thomas Jefferson from Charles IV, 20 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Los achaques de que adolezco, no permitiendome soportar por mas tiempo el grave peso del Gobernio de estos Reynos, hé resuelto, despues de la mas seria deliberacion, abdicar la Corona en favor de mi muy amado Hijo Fernando, Principe de Asturias, para gozar en clima mas templado, la tranquilidad de la vida privada. Os comunico esta mi determinacion, añadiendo o s que, estando bien persuadido de...
29225Robert Charles to Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Correspondence, 16 February 1756 (Franklin Papers)
Extract printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1755–1756 (Philadelphia, 1756), p. 172. Each October from 1751 through 1756 Franklin was appointed to the committee to correspond with the Assembly agents in England. In addition to representing the Assembly in the continuing dispute with the Proprietors, the agents often responded to inquiries from British officials...
29226To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Charles: Receipt, 26 January 1758 (Franklin Papers)
ADS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Received from Benjamin Franklin Esqr. Twenty Six Guineas, on Account of the Province of Pensylvania for which Sum I hereby promise to be accountable. Endorsed: No. 56 Jany. 26—1758 Robt. Charles £27 6. 0 BF recorded this payment in his accounts, but Charles did not mention it in the accounting for his agency submitted on Aug. 10, 1762; he was paid for...
29227Order in Council, 2 September 1760 (Franklin Papers)
DS (two) and copy: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission On July 4, 1760, Francis Eyre, Robert Charles and Franklin’s solicitor, drew up and presented on behalf of his clients a petition to the King in Council asking to be heard in opposition to the Board of Trade report on the nineteen Pennsylvania acts. Then Eyre prepared “long Observations on the Report being 8 close Brief Sheets,...
29228Robert Charles: Rights and Privileges of the Pennsylvania Assembly; and Richard Jackson: Answers to Questions Asked, 24 … (Franklin Papers)
MS : American Philosophical Society Perhaps stimulated by the sweeping attack on the privileges of the Pennsylvania Assembly made by proprietary lawyers at the April 20th hearing on William Smith’s petition, Franklin requested Robert Charles to prepare extracts from the charters and laws of Pennsylvania setting forth the powers and privileges of its Assembly, to summarize the usages and rights...
29229To Benjamin Franklin from Robert Charles, 17 July 1765 (Franklin Papers)
AL : University of Pennsylvania Library Mr. Charles presents his Compliments to Doctor Franklin and desires the favour of his Company at the Letter feast on friday next at the Kings Arms tavern Cornhill. For Charles, formerly the Pa. agent in England, now comptroller of the Inland Office of the Post Office, see above, VI , 230 n; IX , 332 n; X , 242 n. For this “feast,” see the document next...
29230Robert Charles to Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Correspondence, 12 August 1756 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society We have lately received Mr. Franklin’s Letter Dated from New York the 4th. of last month with the Several Papers therein referred to, and shall endeavour to make the best use of the seasonable Intelligence and Pertinent Observations where with He has furnished us. After all the Proofs which the Assembly have now given of Zeal for the Publick Cause, and of...
29231Joseph Charless to Thomas Jefferson, 26 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
By advice of General William Clark I take the liberty to enclose the within to M r Meriwether , as the Most certain Mode of ensuring its Safe arrival. I am not fond of forcing myself on the attention of the Great, however as this sheet has afforded the opportunity, which I expect may never again happen,—Be pleased to accept my poor prayers—May you live long without disease of Mind or Body,...
29232Enclosure I, 15 October 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
The Committee appointed to Report on Mr. Jefferson’s Letter Delivered in the following report, which was agreed to, and the President was requested to furnish the Vice president with a Copy to be delivered to Ralph Izard Esqr. The Committee to whom was referred a Letter from the Honorable Thomas Jefferson Esqr. requesting information relative to the products, Exports, Imports and other...
29233Memorial of Charleston Merchants to the Senate, 2 November 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Charleston, 2 Nov. 1797. They represent that by the laws of South Carolina and by practice of long standing, the wharves onto which imported goods are unladen in the city of Charleston are privately owned and the proprietors of the wharves have collected fees for the weighing of merchandise. The present collector of the port refuses to recognize the wharfholders’ agents as weighers. He...
29234To John Adams from Sc., Citizens of Charleston, 5 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
At a meeting of the Citizens of Charleston, at St. Michaels Church on the fifth of May 1798, pursuant to public notice—The following resolutions were unanimously adopted–vizt. Resolved, That the citizens of Charleston, having seen, with deep regret, the alienation of the French republic from the United States, learnt, with sincere satisfaction, the appointment of a solemn embassy, composed of...
29235To James Madison from the Citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, 27 June 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 June 1812. “Whereas the Representatives of the American People having for the vindication of the Honor and long invaded rights of their Country declared War against Great Britain, and her Dependencies, our avowed and implacable enemy—It becomes the sacred and imperious duty of every Patriot Citizen to gird on his sword and meet the event with energy and resolution. “Carolinians have been...
29236To George Washington from Charleston, South Carolina, Merchants, 9 November 1793 (Washington Papers)
The Memorial of James & Edward Penman & Co., North & Vesey and Jennings & Woddrop of Charleston South Carolina merchants Sheweth That your Memorialists, deeply impressed with the deplorable situation to which many of the Inhabitants of St Domingo, now residing in this City with their families, have been reduced, from Affluence, to Want of the necessaries of Life, undertook to send a Small...
29237Memorial of Charleston Wharfholders to the Senate, 10 November 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Charleston, 10 Nov. 1797. The owners and lessees of wharves in the city of Charleston represent that a compact among planters, merchants, and wharfholders to regulate the docking of vessels and the landing, weighing, and storage of goods in the city was codified by an act passed by the assembly of South Carolina on 12 Apr. 1768. That law specified rates for weighing merchandise, established...
29238To George Washington from the Charles Town Academy Trustees, 13 October 1798 (Washington Papers)
The Trustees of the Charles Town Academy, beg leave to state to you the real situation of the school under their Gurdeanship; hoping that an institution calculated, & designed to dissemenate useful knowlege may meet with some encouragement from You—They have under many discouraging circumstances, and after encountering many difficulties been enabled to complete a two story brick House in this...
29239To George Washington from Charlestown, Mass., Selectmen, 22 July 1795 (Washington Papers)
The treaty now pending between the United States of America and Great Britain having much engaged the attention of this part of the country. The Inhabitants of this town have been led legally to convene in their corporate capacity agreeable to the constitution of this Commonwealth, for the purpose of taking the same into consideration and have ⟨Vote⟩d. 1st That this town do disapprove of the...
29240To Benjamin Franklin from ――― Chariot, 27 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society M. Charlot, neveu de Monsieur Charlot cy devant chef du Bureau de la Guerre, a l’honneur de présenter son respect très-humble à Monsieur franklin, et le prie de lui marquer le jour et l’heur qu’il pourra le Voir. A l’hôtel de Monseigneur le Grand Ecuyer de france au Carousel A Paris In effect an undersecretary, and an influential one; his bureau was charged...
29241To George Washington from Edward Charlton, 19 June 1773 (Washington Papers)
I recd Your letter this day, and sent it ⅌ Captn Younghusband for Liverpool, Colo. Lewis recd £200 from me at first, then Exchge was not settled, but before he left town, I Paid him the remaining £8. I suppose he sent you the Accot before, is the reason of his not accounting with you for it. I am Sr Yr Humble Servt ALS , DLC:GW . GW’s letter has not been found. See GW to Fielding Lewis, 20...
29242To John Jay from John Charlton, 19 December 1799 (Jay Papers)
with respect to the pamphlet on the efficacy of Olive Oil in pestilential diseases, which I had the honor of receiveing from you last August, I have to remark that we have been some time in possession of it. the letter from Doctor Blane, whose reputation stands high, I consider as a very important communication, tho’ I must take the liberty of differing in opinion from you, with respect your...
29243To John Jay from John Charlton, 18 October 1802 (Jay Papers)
I received your very friendly favor of the 12 th . ins t . with the liberal compensation enclosed, for which be pleased to accept my acknowledgements, but allow me to assure you that I should have been more gratified, had you be^en^ contented to have placed my attempt for the relief of M rs . Jay to friendly the score of friendship. I am with great Esteem & Regard your devoted friend & humble...
29244To James Madison from Thomas U. P. Charlton, 5 June 1815 (Madison Papers)
The people of this City, have been as distinguished for their patriotism, as for a consistent uniform and zealous support of republican administrations. They have on no occasion listened to the voice of faction, when the interests of the Country, or the measures of government have called for their services and acquiescence. They believed, the late war to have been just, necessary and...
29245To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas U. P. Charlton, 28 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit a man who has ever held in high veneration those principles which have uniformly characterised your official conduct, to express his congratulation on your appointment to the presidency of the Union:—and to indulge himself with an expectation, that the measures of your administration may ultimately prove as beneficent, as they are at present anticipated by a majority of your Countrymen—...
29246To George Washington from Colonel Charlus, 1 March 1781 (Washington Papers)
Je n’ai point voulu partir pour Suivre Mr de la fayette dans l’Expedition, que votre excellence a projette contre le gal arnold Sans obtenir d’elle la permission d’etre temoin des Succès, que Son courage, et Son zele peut nous donner lieu d’Esperer. Mon attachement pour la cause commune, et L’amitiée, que Mr de la fayette veut bien avoir pour moi m’engagent à lui demander de Servir comme...
29247To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Charlus, 27 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society M. Le Cte. de Charlus Qui arrive de L’Amerique a L’honneur de faire Mille Complimens à Monsieur francklin & de Lui adresser Trois paquets que Le Général Waschington L’a chargé de lui remettre; M. de Charlus Sera très empressé à avoir L’honneur de voir incessamment Monsieur francklin, & auroit désiré en profiter à Son arrivée. Notation: M le Comte de Charlus...
29248To Benjamin Franklin from the Abbé de Charmois, with Franklin’s Note for a Reply, 29 October 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Le nommé francisque Sube, ci devant Soldat au regiment d’agenois, compagnie de peyre, á servi dans vos guerres, et á Recû plusieurs Blessures au Siege d’yorc; il est actuellement dans sa patrie à Tours, ou on lui á envoié avec son congé absolû les certificats les plus honorables. Ce Brave Soldat auroit envie de retourner dans vos Etats, et il le desire...
29249[To Thomas Jefferson from Charpentier, 2 April 1789] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Paris, 2 Apr. 1789 Recorded in SJL as received 3 Apr. 1789. Not found.]
29250To Benjamin Franklin from John Charretié, 23 October 1784 (Franklin Papers)
L : American Philosophical Society Mr Charretier presents his respects to Mr Franklin, and sends by the bearer two parcels he brought from London. Mr. C was obliged to go to Versailles immediately on his arrival but will have the honor to wait upon his Excellency when he returns Addressed: B. Franklin Esqr / &c &c &c / at / Passy Notation: Charretier 23 Oct 1784— These parcels were doubtless...