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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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631 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 12 August 1770] | 1770-08-12 | 12. Rid to Belvoir after Dinner to see Sir Thos. Adams who was sick there. Adams’s frigate, the... | |
632 | Dearborn, Henry | Madison, James | To James Madison from Henry Dearborn, 17 October 1815 | 1815-10-17 | From my own knowledge of Majr. Harris’s charactor and services, and from information received... |
633 | Madison, James | Breckinridge, James | From James Madison to James Breckinridge, 27 November … | 1827-11-27 | This will be handed you by Mr. Jesse B. Harison of Lynchburg. He offers himself as Successor to... |
634 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 4 August 1806 | 1806-08-04 | The inclosed letters from Cathcart & Mellimelli explain the unexpected & perplexing determination... |
635 | Coxe, Tench | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 25 September … | 1794-09-25 | As you mentioned your intention of reinvesting the proceeds of the late Sale in lands, I have... |
636 | Jefferson, Thomas | Monroe, James | List of Books Sold to James Monroe, [10 May 1784] | 1784-05-10 | Books sold to Colo. Monroe s Chastellux Felicité publique. 2.v. 13. 6 Helvetius de l’homme. 3.v.... |
637 | Smith, Thomas | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Smith, 30 August 1790 | 1790-08-30 | [ Philadelphia, August 30, 1790. On September 23, 1790, Hamilton wrote to Smith : “I duly... |
638 | Smith, Samuel Stanhope | Adams, John | To John Adams from Samuel Stanhope Smith, 14 August … | 1798-08-14 | In consequence of the death of Colo. Innes it is probable that a variety of characters will... |
639 | Jefferson, Thomas | Section of a Bill for Settling Disputed Presidential … | ≈1800-01-01 | Title—a bill supplementary to the act &c strike out the first 11. sections. leave Sect. 12. 13.... | |
640 | Wolcott, Oliver Jr. | Washington, George | To George Washington from Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 20 … | 1793-10-20 | I have had the honour to receive your Letter dated the 14th instant and have lost no time in... |
641 | Adams, John Quincy | 16th. Tuesday. | 1782-07-16 | Stay’d at home all day. Mr. D. went to the court Comedy to see a Russian play. Stormy windy weather. | |
642 | Jackson, Jonathan | Adams, John | To John Adams from Jonathan Jackson, 10 August 1785 | 1785-08-10 | I had the pleasure of receiving your Letter from Paris of the 18 th. March just before I embarked... |
643 | Jay, John | Washington, George | To George Washington from John Jay, 17 July 1788 | 1788-07-17 | Since my arrival here I have written you two or three hasty letters—being constantly involved in... |
644 | Massachusetts Legislature | Washington, George | To George Washington from the Massachusetts … | 1789-10-24 | The Governor & Council present their respectful compliments to the President of the United States... |
645 | Liles, Jacob | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Liles, 12 April 1808 | 1808-04-12 | The Representation and Petition of Jacob Liles of the County of Wake in the State of North... |
646 | Adams, John | Gerry, Elbridge | From John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 27 November 1778 | 1778-11-27 | I have not received a Line, nor heard a Syllable from you Since my Arrival, but I know your... |
647 | Smith, Isaac | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Isaac Smith, 8 February 1800 | 1800-02-08 | I have the painful Task to inform you that my Son Charles Smith Lieutt. in the first united... |
648 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 8 September 1773] | 1773-09-08 | 8. Clear, calm, and warm. | |
649 | Conway, Françoise-Antoinette-Jeanne Langlois du … | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from the Comtesse Conway, 27 March … | 1779-03-27 | ALS : American Philosophical Society Je ne puis vous exprimer Combien je suis fachée d’être La... |
650 | Hamilton, Alexander | McHenry, James | From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 4 January … | 1800-01-04 | Such progress has now been made in recruiting the sixteenth regiment that the appointment of a... |
651 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 April 1796 | 1796-04-30 | I am not surprized at your Anxiety expressed in your Letter of the 25 th. which I rec d... |
652 | Barlow, Joel | Madison, James | To James Madison from Joel Barlow, 19 December 1811 | 1811-12-19 | As an additional apology for detaining the Frigate as well as for believing that an answer... |
653 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin’s Conjecture on the Foregoing, [after 12 … | ≈1772-08-12 | Copy: the Royal Society The Aurora Boreales , tho’ visible almost every Night of clear Weather in... | |
654 | Berckel, Engelbert François van | Franklin, Benjamin | E. F. van Berckel to Benjamin Franklin: A Translation … | 1778-09-23 | The undersigned, Councilor Pensionary of the City of Amsterdam, has the honor to inform all the... |
655 | Washington, George | General Orders, 26 December 1780 | 1780-12-26 | Varick transcript , DLC:GW . | |
656 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 4 May 1775 | 1775-05-04 | I have but little news to write you. Every thing of that kind you will learn by a more accurate... |
657 | Williams, Otho H. | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Otho H. Williams, 26 January … | 1791-01-26 | Baltimore, January 26, 1791. “… there is an expedient (which I have some reason to suspect has... |
658 | Cabell, Joseph Carrington | Jefferson, Thomas | Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 14 October 1817 | 1817-10-14 | I thank you for the use of the enclosed papers, which I have copied, and now commit to the first... |
659 | Cabell, William H. | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from William H. Cabell, 15 … | 1807-09-15 | I have the honor to enclose you Major Newton’s letters from the 4th to the 11th instant... |
660 | Longacre, James B. | Madison, James | James B. Longacre to James Madison, 14 October 1833 | 1833-10-14 | It is entirely owing to circumstances apart from my own intentions, that I have deferred the... |