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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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411 | 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... |
412 | 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... |
413 | 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... |
414 | 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... |
415 | 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;... |
416 | 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... |
417 | 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... |
418 | 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... |
419 | 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... |
420 | 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... |
421 | 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... |
422 | 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... |
423 | 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... |
424 | 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... |
425 | 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... |
426 | 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... |
427 | 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... |
428 | 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... |
429 | 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... |
430 | Washington, George | General Orders, 1 April 1779 | 1779-04-01 | At a General Court Martial whereof Colonel Hall was President March 1779. Ludwick Wolfe,... | |
431 | 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... |
432 | 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... |
433 | 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;... |
434 | 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... |
435 | 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... |
436 | 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.... |
437 | 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... |
438 | 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... | |
439 | 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... | |
440 | 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... |
441 | 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... |
442 | 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.... |
443 | 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... |
444 | 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... |
445 | 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... |
446 | Holley, Horace | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Horace Holley, 10 October 1824 | 1824-10-10 | When I had the pleasure to be at your house a few weeks since, you expressed a desire to have... |
447 | Herard, Claude Victoire | Jefferson, Thomas | Claude Victoire Herard (Leuba) to Thomas Jefferson, 8 … | 1819-12-08 | Vous trouverez la demarche que je fais près de Vous très extraordinaire, mais ayant entendu louer... |
448 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 July 1777 | 1777-07-11 | This Letter will go by the Hand of the Honourable Samuel Hewes Esqr., one of the Delegates in... |
449 | Bariatinskii, Ivan Sergeevich | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Bariatinskii, 9 September … | 1783-09-09 | L : American Philosophical Society Le Prince Bariatinskoy a l’honneur de remercier Monsieur... |
450 | Cross, Joseph | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Cross, 5 November … | 1799-11-05 | I have the honor to inform you, in answer to your’s of the 17th. October, that I obtained my... |
451 | Jefferson, Thomas | Jury Findings regarding Land Seized by David Michie, 30 … | 1812-07-30 | Albemarle county to wit An Inquisition for the Commonwealth , indented & taken on the lands... | |
452 | Bache, Sarah Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Sarah Bache, 2 October 1779 | 1779-10-02 | ALS : American Philosophical Society This Letter will be handed you by Coll Fluery, who is not... |
453 | Smith, William Steuben | Adams, Abigail Smith | From William Steuben Smith to Abigail Smith Adams, 12 … | 1813-06-12 | On the 24. May I had the very great satisfaction of receiving your kind letter of 23d. February.... |
454 | Jay, John | Washington, George | From John Jay to George Washington, 24 March 1788 | 1788-03-24 | M r . Jay presents his Compliments to his Excellency General Washington, & sends him herewith... |
455 | Howell, David | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from David Howell, 18 January 1806 | 1806-01-18 | The object of this Letter is to introduce to the Special notice of the president one of the... |
456 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 19 March 1796] | 1796-03-19 | 19. Clear & cold all day with the Wind fresh from No. W. | |
457 | Brongniart, Louise d’Egremont | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Louise d’Egremont Brongniart … | 1802-10-11 | Mme Brongniart est extrêmement reconnaissante des souhaits que monsieur Le president a la bonté... |
458 | Adams, John Quincy | 31st. | 1786-05-31 | Election day. This is a day of great festivity throughout the Country. The last Wednesday in May,... | |
459 | Washington, George | Wood, James | From George Washington to James Wood, 30 March 1773 | 1773-03-30 | I intended to have had a little further conversation with you on the subject of the Florida... |
460 | Custis, George Washington Parke | Washington, George | To George Washington from George Washington Parke … | 1798-07-12 | My not receiving any favour from you in answer to my last, and having received one from Doctor... |