29351Silence Dogood, No. 2, 16 April 1722 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The New-England Courant , April 16, 1722. Histories of Lives are seldom entertaining, unless they contain something either admirable or exemplar: And since there is little or nothing of this Nature in my own Adventures, I will not tire your Readers with tedious Particulars of no Consequence, but will briefly, and in as few Words as possible, relate the most material Occurrences of...
29352To Thomas Jefferson from John McMenamy, 1 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I have taken the liberty of informing your Honour that I have a plan to lay before you. that would inform you at any time your Shipping could enter any port in my part of the World, Or com out of any port, Or if they were spoke with at Sea or along Shore when wind would be best to bring them to their intended port. And as it is the first thing of the kind I belive ever offered to the Public I...
29353[Diary entry: 11 May 1760] (Washington Papers)
Sunday May 11th. Mrs. Washington we[nt] to Church. My black pacing Mare was twice Coverd. Proposd a purchase of some Lands which Col. F[airfa]x has at the Mouth of the Warm Spring Run joing. Barwicks bottom. He promisd me the preference if he shd. sell but is not inclind to do it at prest.
29354To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 5 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Thompson the gentleman whom I mentioned last summer to you as a Candidate for a Consulship has applied to me again on the same subject by a letter which I inclose to you now. I will not repeat my desire that my representation may not have the least weight, as I know that it ought not, and of course am fully convinced that it will not. However as in this case perhaps the inquiry into the...
29355General Orders, 25 August 1782 (Washington Papers)
The Board of officers appointed to settle the rank of the subaltern Officers of the Connecticut Line have reported the following Arrangement—which the Commander in chief is pleased to approve and declare to be final—vizt. No. Lieutenants regimt 1 Ephraim Kimberly 5 2 David Judson 4 3 William Colfax 5 4 Nathn Beers 3 5 Chas Miller 1 6
29356To Thomas Jefferson from Elias Vanderhorst, 10 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Bristol, 10 Apr. 1793 . He has not heard from TJ since sending his last letter of 31 Dec. by the Charles via New York and a duplicate by the Fabius via Philadelphia. The enclosed accounts of imports and exports in American ships here for the last half of 1792 would have been sent sooner, but he only recently learned that TJ expected them. To ensure more accurate accounts, he suggests that TJ...
29357To James Madison from James Monroe, 1 August 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have seen Ld. Hawkesbury & expect to be presented to the King soon. I shall mention in my next publick letter what passed, which was not material, otherwise than as it alluded to the state in wh. I found the negotiation when I arrived at Paris, & the late treaty formed with G. B. for admitting her into the mississippi by Mr. King as I understand is the case of which I had heard nothing & of...
29358From Thomas Jefferson to Jacques Necker, 26 September 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of waiting on you at Versailles the day before yesterday , in order to present you my respects on my departure to America. I was unlucky in the moment, as it was one in which you were gone out. I wished to have put into your hands at the same time the inclosed state of the British Northern fishery for the years 1788 and 1789, by which you will see that they have lost in one...
29359Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 14 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to trouble you againe respecting my preparation of going to the western country. I am desireous to go to view it before I carry my family if I can do so without too much inconvenience to us both as much depends on my mooving this comeing fall on a letter which I expect to recieve in a few weeks from one of my brothers. when my brothers was here in Jan:y I made arraingments with them to...
29360To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Dick, 5 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
The Bearer of this, Capt. Minor, returns directly. Your Excellency will please issue a Warrant for One Hundred thousand pounds to come by him for the use of the Gun Factory; The sum sounds high, but it is not near equal to One thousand pounds in good Times, and will soon be out. Workmen’s Wages are from £15 to £35 ⅌ Day, and could not be had under a great deal more, if it was not for their...