44161To James Madison from Robert C. Foster, 6 January 1824 (Madison Papers)
On the 22. of June 1822, I took the liberty of addressing you, by way of enquiry, on the subject of some property in your vicinity, belonging to the Children of James Camp Decd. which on the 17th. of August following, you were so good as to answer, inclosing a transcript from the records of your supreme Court, for which, I tender you my thanks, but wishing further information on the subject, I...
44162To James Madison from Robert C. Foster, 22 June 1822 (Madison Papers)
It may be deemed a trespass for a stranger to address you and that too on business of a private nature, but trust your goodness will pardon the liberty, when I say to you, I am not personally acquainted with any man in your County, and that as Guardian for some amiable orphan Children, I want information on a subject relative to their interest. Some years ago perhaps Eight or nine, John S....
44163To John Adams from Theodore Foster, 16 February 1801 (Adams Papers)
In the event of the Hon. Benjamin Bourn being appointed a circuit judge in the first circuit, under the act providing for the more convenient organization of the courts of the United-States, we beg leave to recommend to you the Hon. Ray Greene , for the office of judge for the district of Rhode–Island, now held by Mr: Bourn. Mr. Greene has been uniformly and deservedly esteemed in private...
44164To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 25 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
At the Close of my Letter, by the last Mail, I mentioned the Liberty I should presume to take, in requesting your Opinion of the Adviseableness and Practicability of an annual Publication , intended to give a correct Historical View of the great National Measures, adopted by the Government, illustrative of the Reasons and Motives of the Public Counsels more especially those of the Executive...
44165To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 1 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been informed that you have appointed or are about to appoint Pierpoint Edwards Esqre. of Connecticut, Minister from the United States to the Court of Spain.—I have Reason to beleive that it would be agreeable to him that Thomas Lloyd Halsey Junr Esq. of this Town should accompany him as Secretary of the Embassy;—and being well acquainted with Mr. Halsey, I hope not to be considered as...
44166To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 20 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The Bearer hereof is Major General William Barton of the State of Rhode Island, who is now about setting out for the City of Washington, where he has Business to transact. His Good Character and military Exploits, in our Revolutionary War, obtain’d for him the honorable Notice of his Country mentioned on the Record of Congress which will transmit his Name and Memory to Posterity— This Letter...
44167To George Washington from Theodore Foster, 3 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
It is with very great Regret that I inform your Excellency of the Death of the late worthy William Channing Esqr. Attorney for the United States, within the District of Rhode Island, who died at Newport on the 21st Ulto. He was a firm and able Friend and Supporter of the present National Constitution. He was prudent, discrete and conciliating in his Conduct as a Public Officer: and his private...
44168To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 29 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I most sincerely thank you for your Letter of the 11th. Ulto. and for the highly obliging Assurance you give Me of communicating verbally Such Information as may enable Me “ to give to Posterity a genuine Veiw of the Transactions of the Day ” in the Work, which I mentioned as contemplated, in my Letter of July 25. I feel the Arduousness of the Undertaking, which I should not have dared to...
44169To George Washington from Theodore Foster, 18 February 1790 (Washington Papers)
Knowing your Excellency to possess that Benevolence of Disposition which so much contributes to the General Happiness of the United States, and in which all the Citizens of the Union so much confide, I cannot refrain from soliciting your Attention to a Matter, which though more especially interesting to Me personally, is yet attended with such Circumstances connected with the Public, as will I...
44170To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 28 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
When I last had the Honor of being in your Company, you was pleased to say a Letter from Me would be acceptable, at any Time.—I hope not to abuse your Goodness in permitting Me to enjoy what I esteem, not only a great Honor, but, a particular Favour, that of direct epistolary Communications, relative to the Business and Police of the State, as it may be connected with the supreme executive...
44171To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 23 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
When I last had the Honor to be in Company with you, I took the Liberty to mention that I was personally acquainted with John M: Forbes Esqr. of this City, who was lately nominated, by President Adams, and with the Concurrence of the Senate was appointed Commercial Agent, for the United States at Havre, in France. I then proposed to write to your Excellency, on his case, upon my Arrival, in...
44172To John Adams from Theodore Foster, 16 February 1801 (Adams Papers)
I have long been acquainted with Samuel Bayard Esq. of New Rochelle, in the State of New York, where he has Settled with and has an amiable Family, having married Miss Pintard of that Place, a Relation of the Family of Mr. Boudinot, Director of the Mint.—He has had a Liberal Education. He practiced Law a Number of Years, at the Bar of Pensylvania—Served Six Years as Clerk of the Supreme Court...
44173To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Foster, [4 August 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
[ August 4, 1791. On September 1, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Foster : “I have had the pleasure of receiving your two letters of the 23rd July & 4th of August.” Letter of August 4 not found. ] Foster, a Providence, Rhode Island, lawyer, had served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1776 to 1782, as town clerk of Providence from 1775 to 1787, and was appointed judge of the Court of...
44174To George Washington from Theodore Foster, 26 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor to inform your Excellency that on the Twelfth Day of the present Month, I was appointed by the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations One of the Senators to represent that State, in the National Government. That on the Evening before last I arrived in this City and yesterday had the Honor of being admitted and sworn as a Member of the Senate of the...
44175To John Adams from Theodore Foster, 1 October 1811 (Adams Papers)
I expect this Letter will be delivered to you, by my worthy and respectable Friend and next Door Neighbour, Doctor Solomon Drown of this Town, who has had a liberal Education—has travelled in Europe, and is a Fellow and Professor of Brown University in this State.— He is about to travel with his Lady through the Town of Braintree, on a Visit to some of her Relations, being herself related to...
44176To Alexander Hamilton from Theodore Foster, 23 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
[ July 23, 1791. On September 1, 1791, Hamilton wrote to Foster : “I have had the pleasure of receiving your two letters of the 23rd July & 4th of August.” Letter of July 23 not found. ] Foster, a Providence, Rhode Island, lawyer, had served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1776 to 1782, as town clerk of Providence from 1775 to 1787, and was appointed judge of the Court of...
44177To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 21 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to accept my sincerest Thanks, for your Letter of the 6th. Ulto., which I Recd. the 15th,—the Day the General Assembly of this State met, at Newport, which I was obliged to attend during the Session. For more than a Fortnight, after my Return home, I was so much afflicted by an Inflamation in my Eyes and Face, (the Effect of a Sudden Cold), as to be unable to write. I should...
44178To Thomas Jefferson from Theodore Foster, 19 May 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Governor Fenner happened to be at the Post Office on Sunday Morning last, when the Mail was opened and recd. from thence the Letter, which you did me the Honor to write to me on the 9th Instant.—He delivered it to me a few minutes afterward at my House, when he shewed me the Letter which he wrote you respecting the Appointment of an Attorney for the United States, in the District of Rhode...
44179To John Adams from Theodore Foster, 13 February 1801 (Adams Papers)
The Act to provide for the more convenient organization of the Courts of the United States, contemplating the appointment of judges of the Courts in the several circuits, we take the liberty of recommending to you Benjamin Bourn Esqr: the present district judge of Rhode Island as a proper character to fill the office of a judge of the circuit Court in the circuit with which that State is...
44180To George Washington from Joseph Stanton and Theodore Foster, 3 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
The Act establishing the New Revenue System, imposing Duties on Spirits imported, and those distilled within the United States, requires a Supervisor to be appointed in each State, for carrying it into Execution, and considering it a Duty that we owe to the State which we have the Honor to represent in the National Legislature, to recommend to your Excellency such a Character for this Office...
44181To George Washington from Joseph Stanton and Theodore Foster, 29 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
It being necessary that the Vacancy, in the Naval Office, in the District of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations should be filled soon, we beg leave to recommend and request that Ebenezer Thompson Esqr. of Providence may be appointed to that Office. He was educated in the Mercantile Business which he followed till the late War. He is a Good Accountant and well...
44182To George Washington from William Foster, 23 June 1786 (Washington Papers)
In the Season of Warr when too often the voice of Humanity and the calls of Justice are stifled in the Rage and Tumult of the Contest, ’Twas Yours sir in the midst to exhibit that a delicate adherence to the Virtues of the mind may be united in the Breast of the Warrior and the Statesman. In the beginning of the late unhappy dispute I was (not in Arms) taken going to Boston and carryed to your...
44183To James Madison from William Foster, 14 January 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 January 1802, Boston. States that at the end of the Adams administration his son-in-law, Otis, had obtained an appointment for his son, William Foster, Jr., at Morlaix but it was never confirmed. Does not want “this paltry appointment” to be confirmed and solicits “your friendship in Obtaining from our worthy President an appointment in North or South France as Commercial agent or in Spain...
44184To James Madison from William Foster, Jr., 21 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 February 1810, Boston. Solicits an appointment in Spain, Portugal, Italy, or South America on the basis of his knowledge of French and Spanish and his acquaintance with several New England political figures. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Foster”). 2 pp. The folder containing Foster’s letter also has an undated sheet bearing JM’s notation: “Wm. Foster jr. was named by Mr....
44185To James Madison from William Foster Jr., 7 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
Before the declaration of war with England, and immediately after that event I took the liberty of addressing to the ex Secretary of war some general remarks on the unguarded state of our Coast, and on some evident departures from modern military architecture in forts existing, The general want of military plans of our Harbours & Bays, and the adjacent country; I allso observed to his...
44186To Thomas Jefferson from Anthony Fothergill, 8 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Dr. Fothergill cannot leave the City of Washington without offering his grateful acknowledgments to the President of the U:S: for his repeated civilities, & kind hospitality. Wishing him uninterrupted health & prosperity, begs leave to request his acceptance of these little tracts as a slender token of remembrance. RC ( DLC ); partially dated; addressed: “To His Excellency The President of the...
44187To James Madison from Anthony Fothergill, 28 March 1809 (Madison Papers)
Being just recovered from a long indisposition, permit me now to tender you my sincere congratulations on your elevation to a station of the highest dignity your Country could confer. A station however, at this juncture, as arduous as it is honorable, & which will call forth all your Virtues & Magnanimity to adorn. May your Administration be crowned with the happy adjustment of the existing...
44188To Benjamin Franklin from John Fothergill, 25 October 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society When I received, My honoured Friends obliging letter by Dr. Waterhouse, little did I exspect, it would not be in my power to return a more speedy Answer. But I will not take up any more of my time in making apologys, as I mean this to be a long letter but to proceed to the business—after entreating my Friend to allow me to forget that I am writing to a...
44189John Fothergill to Lord Dartmouth, [6 February 1775] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Papers of the Earl of Dartmouth deposited in the Staffordshire County Record Office; copy: Norfolk Record Office This letter is a companion piece to the extract from Barclay to Pemberton below, March 18; each is a requiem for the peace negotiations. The background of Fothergill’s was his meeting with Barclay and Franklin two days earlier to discuss the answers to the “Hints.” The...
44190To Benjamin Franklin from John Fothergill, [before 24 April 1778] (Franklin Papers)
AL (incomplete): American Philosophical Society; copy of AL : Archives du Ministère des affaires étrangères There is, I doubt [ not ] one man in this kingdom who was permitted to be born for its chastisement, if not destruction. By education, by flattery, by disposition, capable of supposing himself superior to every other mortal, Unfeeling, unalterable. Perswaded there is no virtuous...