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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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401 | Washington, George | Goddard, John | Instructions to John Goddard, 9 August 1775 | 1775-08-09 | Df , in Joseph Reed’s writing, DLC:GW ; Varick transcript , DLC:GW . The draft includes the... |
402 | Jefferson, Thomas | Smith, Robert | From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 11 October 1806 | 1806-10-11 | Mr. Madison was to set out on Monday last, & is expected here to-day. we have some matters of... |
403 | Holt, Charles | Madison, James | To James Madison from Charles Holt, 3 December 1801 | 1801-12-03 | Last Sunday evening, in great haste, I happened to direct a letter, on the subject of printing... |
404 | Jefferson, Thomas | Peyton, Bernard | Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 18 May 1821 | 1821-05-18 | I wrote about a week ago to mr Yancey to hurry down my tob o from Bedford . it was lying at... |
405 | Adams, Abigail | Lovell, James | Abigail Adams to James Lovell, 8 January 1782 | 1782-01-08 | Yes I have been Sick confined to my chamber with a slow fever. I have been unhappy through... |
406 | Hamilton, Alexander | Rice, Nathan | From Alexander Hamilton to Nathan Rice, 6 January 1800 | 1800-01-06 | I have received your letter of Decr. 17th. It was not my intention that the relative rank of your... |
407 | Adams, John Quincy | 26th. Wednesday. | 1782-06-26 | Stay’d at home all day. Mr. Artaud dined at Mr. Rimbert’s. In the afternoon Mr. D. went and took... | |
408 | Jefferson, Thomas | II. Second Draft by Jefferson, [before 13 June 1776] | ≈1776-06-01 | A Bill for new modelling the form of government and for establishing the Fundamental principles... | |
409 | Jefferson, Thomas | La Vingtrie, Bayard de | From Thomas Jefferson to La Vingtrie, 12 February 1788 | 1788-02-12 | Je ne connois personne ici, Monsieur, qui a des terres à vendre en Amérique, et meme s’il y en... |
410 | Pickering, Timothy | Adams, John | To John Adams from Timothy Pickering, 5 November 1798 | 1798-11-05 | I intended some time since to have returned an answer to the letter you did me the honor to send... |
411 | Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Maj. Gen. Steuben, 27 June … | 1779-06-27 | Letter not found : from Maj. Gen. Steuben, 27 June 1779. GW wrote Steuben on 1 July: “I have been... |
412 | Jackson, Henry | Washington, George | To George Washington from Colonel Henry Jackson, 15 … | 1780-01-15 | I receivd a note from Colonel Harrison this morning desireing I would State to your Excellency in... |
413 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 18 September 1773] | 1773-09-18 | 18. Went to a Barbicue of my own giving at Accotinck. Mr. Robt. Alexander & his Bror. George came... | |
414 | Washington, George | Lincoln, Benjamin | From George Washington to Major General Benjamin … | 1781-02-21 | I have lately been obliged to make so large a temporary detachment, that it becomes indispensibly... |
415 | Hamilton, Alexander | Washington, George | To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 24 … | 1794-09-24 | The Secry of the Treasury presents his respects to The President. He finds it will be... |
416 | Pseudonym: “A Stranger and a Friend” | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Pseudonym: "A Stranger and a … | 1808-06-22 | As you naturally take an Interest in every thing that relates to the Embargo; permit me to direct... |
417 | Hubley, Adam Jr. | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel Adam … | 1779-05-19 | By the resighnation of Colo: Hartley of the 11th Pennsya Regt—I, as eldest Lieut. Colo: of the... |
418 | Sherburne, John Henry | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Henry Sherburne, 29 June … | 1825-06-29 | I have the honor of transmitting herewith, an Engraving of John Paul Jones , which I received... |
419 | Washington, George | Parker, Thomas | From George Washington to Thomas Parker, 28 September … | 1799-09-28 | In a letter from General Hamilton, enclosing the one I now forwd to you, I am requested to... |
420 | Page, Jesse, and Wife | Jefferson, Thomas | Petition of Jesse Page and Wife, 1 December 1803 | 1803-12-01 | The Petition of Jesse Page, and Wife, of Ann Arundel County, in the State of Maryland;... |
421 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Thomas Boylston | John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 9 June 1801 | 1801-06-09 | I wrote you last week that I expected to sail on board the Catherine, Captain Ingersoll, from... |
422 | Fairfax, William | Washington, George | To George Washington from William Fairfax, 20 July 1757 | 1757-07-20 | I rec’d yr Favor of the 17th inst. this Day by your Messenger. The Narrative of the Deposition... |
423 | Jefferson, Thomas | Grymes, Philip Ludwell | From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Ludwell Grymes, 24 July … | 1800-07-24 | Your father & the late Peyton Randolph, as securities for John Randolph were answerable to mrs... |
424 | Thaxter, John | Adams, Abigail | John Thaxter to Abigail Adams, 27 November 1782 | 1782-11-27 | You will believe me, when I inform You, that I am grievously disappointed in only having to... |
425 | Perkins, William Lee | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from William Lee Perkins, 17 … | 1784-11-17 | ALS : University of Pennsylvania Library I had the honor to deliver the paper upon the Influenza... |
426 | Putnam, Daniel | Adams, John | To John Adams from Daniel Putnam, 23 May 1818 | 1818-05-23 | Will you allow me Sir, the honor of presenting, and afford me the gratification of perusing the... |
427 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 24 February 1816 | 1816-02-24 | I have for many Months made it a rule, to enclose to you a Newspaper, every week, and I have... |
428 | Burwell, Nathaniel | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Nathaniel Burwell, 11 August … | 1791-08-11 | Carter’s Grove, 11 Aug. 1791 . In response to TJ’s of 1st, he is sorry to report failure of... |
429 | Shecut, John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge | Jefferson, Thomas | John L. E. W. Shecut to Thomas Jefferson, 13 October … | 1814-10-13 | Your very obliging letter of the 25. Ult , has been received and I cannot but be grateful for the... |
430 | Adams, John | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 17 August 1780 | 1780-08-17 | ALS : American Philosophical Society I never was more amuzed with political Speculations, than... |
431 | Jefferson, Thomas | Worthington, Vachel | Thomas Jefferson to Vachel Worthington and George W. … | 1819-06-17 | I am very sensible of the testimony of respect rendered me by the Calliopean society , in naming... |
432 | Hamilton, Alexander | Clinton, George | From Alexander Hamilton to George Clinton, [25 December … | 1782-12-25 | Perhaps before this reaches you, you will have heard that the British have impliedly acknowleged... |
433 | Jefferson, Thomas | Coffyn, Francis | From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Coffyn, 8 August 1787 | 1787-08-08 | I was informed in the course of the last year that there was in the prison of Dunkirk a person of... |
434 | Ingraham, Nathaniel | Jefferson, Thomas | Nathaniel G. Ingraham, Alexander Phoenix, William … | 1812-02-13 | Four of your fellow Citizens overwhelmed by the calamities of the times, with large families... |
435 | Washington, George | General Orders, 1 April 1779 | 1779-04-01 | At a General Court Martial whereof Colonel Hall was President March 1779. Ludwick Wolfe,... | |
436 | Bourne, Sylvanus | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Sylvanus Bourne, 10 May 1792 | 1792-05-10 | I am in this moment favoured with a letter from Mr Bourne informing of my having lost my Object... |
437 | Hamilton, Alexander | Washington, George | To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 4 … | 1795-02-04 | The circumstance of having offered my late report to Congress to the two houses which rendered... |
438 | Williams, John | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Williams, 15 May 1798 | 1798-05-15 | At this important Crisis, when war with all its train of Calamities seems ready to burst upon us;... |
439 | Adams, John | Jay, John | From John Adams to John Jay, 30 November 1786 | 1786-11-30 | Your Favour of the fourth of october, I have had the Honour to receive, and have dispatched the... |
440 | Washington, George | Webb, Samuel Blachley | From George Washington to Colonel Samuel Blachley Webb … | 1777-06-07 | By Mr Turnbull who is just past this for Philadelphia I am informd that you have lately drawn 500... |
441 | Popkin, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lieutenant Colonel John … | 1779-07-08 | Beg leave to lay before your Excellency the pretentions that the Regiment commanded by Colo.... |
442 | Mease, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Mease, 10 March 1791 | 1791-03-10 | Had I indulged my own feelings, I should long since have imbraced the opportunities which... |
443 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 November 1788] | 1788-11-08 | Saturday 8th. Thermometer at 52 in the Morning—62 at Noon and 62 at Night. Clear all day, with... | |
444 | Franklin, Benjamin | The Busy-Body, No. 8, 27 March 1729 | 1729-03-27 | Printed in The American Weekly Mercury , March 27, 1729. ——Quid non mortalia Pectora cogis Auri... | |
445 | Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du … | Washington, George | To George Washington from Lafayette, 27 December 1797 | 1797-12-27 | It is a Melancholy thought to Me that While I Could Be So Happy at Mount Vernon, I am Still... |
446 | Washington, George | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 31 December … | 1793-12-31 | I perceive by the Gazettes, that the Philosophical Society of this City, is required to meet on... |
447 | Jarvis, William | Madison, James | To James Madison from William Jarvis, 24 June 1804 … | 1804-06-24 | 24 June 1804, Lisbon. “I was honored a few days since with your favour of the 8th. of March past.... |
448 | Adams, Abigail | Shaw, William Smith | Abigail Adams to William Smith Shaw, 20 March 1798 | 1798-03-20 | I received your Letter of Jan’ry 23 d and was gratified to find your Hand writing improving. I... |
449 | Acheson, Thomas | Madison, James | To James Madison from Thomas Acheson, 1 September 1812 | 1812-09-01 | I addressd. your excellency a few days ago on the rumourd. defeat and Surrender of Genl. Hull’s... |
450 | Randolph, Martha Jefferson | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Martha Jefferson Randolph, 20 … | 1808-02-20 | This will be Delivered to you My Dear Father by Beverly Randolph whom you may reccollect to have... |