62821From George Washington to Adrienne, Marquise de Lafayette, 25 November 1784 (Washington Papers)
If my expression was equal to my sensibility, I should in more elegant language than I am Master...
62822To James Madison from Jacob Crowninshield, 22 July 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 July 1802, Salem. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 12 July [not found] enclosing a commission for...
62823To Benjamin Franklin from the Veuve de Précorbin and Other Commission Seekers, 28 March 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Even as the peace negotiations were getting under way,...
62824To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Hichborn, 5 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I coud not leave this place without intimating to you a Circumstance, which gives me some little...
62825Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 5 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved last night yours of Apr. 1 . that of Mar. 20 . mentioning the refusal of the note of...
62826From James Madison to David Gelston, 19 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury has communicated to me the report made to you by the British Ship...
62827To Alexander Hamilton from Ambrose Spencer, 21 April 1801 (Hamilton Papers)
Hudson [ New York ] April 21, 1801 . “I enclose you the case, in the cause of Staats & others vs...
62828From Abigail Smith Adams to Richard Rush, 24 March 1817 (Adams Papers)
I was rejoiced when I found the justice of Congress had made some necessary Provision for the...
62829Thomas Simpson to the American Commissioners, 3 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <Brest, July 3, 1778: Thank you for your interposition on my...
62830To Thomas Jefferson from James Cole Mountflorence, 12 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Philadelphia ], 12 Nov. 1791 . Proposes leaving on 16 or 17 Nov. for Richmond and North...
62831Thomas Jefferson to John A. Morton, 6 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My friend D r Barton for the benefit of his health proposes a voyage across the Atlantic , and a...
62832To Benjamin Franklin from Marie-Elisabeth Fournier, 30 October 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Connoissant votre bon Coeur toujours disposé à obligér et...
62833To George Washington from Major General Stirling, 28 Sept. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from Major General Stirling, 28 Sept. 1779. On 30 Sept., GW wrote Stirling: “I...
62834From Thomas Jefferson to Madame Townsend, 15 October 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of receiving yesterday, Madam, from Commodore Jones, the inclosed letter for you,...
62835To George Washington from Robert R. Livingston, 2 May 1783 (Washington Papers)
I was yesterday honored by the receipt of your Letter of the 22d April—I am happy to find that...
62836II. Extract and Commentary Printed in the Paris Moniteur, [25 January 1797] (Jefferson Papers)
Notre état politique a prodigieusement changé depuis que vous nous avez quitté. Au lieu de ce...
62837To George Washington from Brigadier General William Irvine, 27 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
On considering the business your Excellency laid before the Board yesterday —so many Matters of...
62838From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 1 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you be so good as to consider & direct how the 3000. D. may be apportioned in the details of...
62839From James Madison to the Prince Regent of Great Britain, 4 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have made choice of John Q. Adams, one of our distinguished citizens to reside near your Royal...
62840[Diary entry: 1 July 1767] (Washington Papers)
1st. Clear and very Cool. Wind at No. West.
62841From John Adams to Henry Marchant, 20 March 1790 (Adams Papers)
Your favours of 19. Dec r. 18. Jan. and 7. March are all before me.— I am much obliged to you for...
62842From George Washington to Richard Henry Lee, 16 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 5th Inst. as also that of the 11th by Baron Kalb, are both to hand —It is not...
62843To Thomas Jefferson from Cyrus Griffin, 4 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to offer the most sincere congratulations upon your election to the Office of...
62844Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Cranch, 2 September 1785 (Adams Papers)
At the Bath hotel I received my dear Neices Letter of April. I have told your Sister and other...
62845To James Madison from Philip Pendleton, 1 March 1790 (Madison Papers)
I am informed that a vacancy has happened in the Supreme Court for the Western Territory, which...
62846To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 23 October 1780 (Adams Papers)
The discovery of Arnold’s treachery, and the new Bennington Affair in the South, have given fresh...
62847To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Munroe, 20 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
T Munroe presents his best respects to the President. He has the honor to send enclosed a rough...
62848From Thomas Jefferson to Isaac A. Coles, 9 January 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the curious record inclosed in yours of the 29 th Ult. I did not before know that...
62849To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 8 February 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last of the 25th. ulto. sent by the way of Havre I have received the letter which Mr....
62850From Benjamin Franklin to James Searle, 28 January 1781 (Franklin Papers)
AL : S. Howard Goldman (New York, 1976) Mr Franklin presents his Compliments to Mr Searle, is...
62851Motion on Court of Appeals, [12 April] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 137–40). Docketed, “Motion of Mr Madison April 12. 1781 Referred to Mr...
62852John Steele to Thomas Jefferson, 31 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 23 d instant enclosing $18 came duly to hand—The Notes I got changed at par....
6285326th. (Adams Papers)
The Vacation being at end; Charles and I left Braintree at about 10 o’clock. My Cousin has been...
62854To Benjamin Franklin from [Richard Price], 8 July 1777 (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society The writer of this presents his best respects to Dr....
62855Thomas Jefferson to Chapman Johnson, 5 January 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I observe that a petition has been presented to the legislature by the Rivanna company for an...
62856To George Washington from George Washington Motier Lafayette, 31 August 1795 (Washington Papers)
après bien des peines et des traverses, c’est en Amérique, c’est auprès de vous, que je viens...
62857From François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, 13 July 1814 (Adams Papers)
How was I delighted in Seing your handwriting on the Addres—I could not guess—it was a Letter—I...
62858To Thomas Jefferson from Rufus Easton, 21 February 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Conscious of the purity of the motives by which I have been actuated—conscious that the political...
62859[Diary entry: 12 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
12. Wind fresh from the So. Wt. in the forenoon. Then shifting to the No. West blew hard but...
62860I. “Letters from a Distinguished American,” No. 1, 14 July 1780; 17 January 1782 (Adams Papers)
I Have not till lately obtained a sight of a number of Pamphlets, ascribed indeed to Mr. Galloway...
62861To James Madison from James P. Watson, 31 December 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 December 1804, New York. “Having a desire to give an answer to those respectable merchants who...
62862To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Eston Randolph, 30 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I would have replied to your much esteem’d favor of the 3d. inst. immediately—but having had the...
62863To John Adams from John Eager Howard, 18 May 1797 (Adams Papers)
I was yesterday at your house, with some Ladies who had the honor of paying their respects to...
62864To James Madison from David Bard, 24 January 1809 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Alfred Balch has intimated a wish to be employed by Govt. as bearer of dispatches which, it...
62865To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Clarke, 10 July 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
I herewith enclose a Statement of our acct. by which you will find the balance in your favr. to...
62866Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 2 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your esteemed favor 28 th ulto: did not reach me until this morning— When the additional drafts...
62867To James Madison from Gideon Gooch, 28 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
I Recd. yours To-day. I wrote you by the Satturdays mail and in closed you forty dollars also in...
62868John Thaxter to John Quincy Adams, 4 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
I had the pleasure of your agreeable favour of the 31st. of August this day, and am much obliged...
62869From James Madison to Lewis Deblois, 19 August 1822 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of July 23. having taken a circuit thro’ Montpellier in Vermont, has but just come to...
62870VI. To the Boston Gazette, 8 February 1773 (Adams Papers)
Two or three anecdotes, were omitted in my last, for want of room, which may be here inserted, in...