Begin a
search
Author
Sort: Frequency / Alphabetical
- Washington, George (31,730)
- Jefferson, Thomas (20,505)
- Adams, John (10,109)
- Madison, James (8,649)
- Hamilton, Alexander (7,651)
- Franklin, Benjamin (4,918)
- Adams, John Quincy (3,548)
- Jay, John (1,772)
- Adams, Abigail (1,287)
- Monroe, James (993)
- Gallatin, Albert (940)
- Knox, Henry (792)
- Randolph, Edmund (767)
- McHenry, James (758)
- Heath, William (696)
- Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson (683)
- Pickering, Timothy (683)
- Adams, Abigail Smith (643)
- Coxe, Tench (629)
- Lear, Tobias (574)
- Lee, Arthur (561)
- Claiborne, William C. C. (558)
- Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de (555)
- Short, William (498)
- American Commissioners (447)
- Dearborn, Henry (416)
- Williams, Jonathan Jr. (406)
- Greene, Nathanael (374)
- Lincoln, Benjamin (362)
- Smith, Robert (354)
- Morris, Robert (342)
- Humphreys, David (341)
- Livingston, Robert R. (334)
- Smith, William Stephens (316)
- Jefferson, George (309)
- Wolcott, Oliver, Jr. (309)
- Adams, Thomas Boylston (296)
- King, Rufus (294)
- Schuyler, Philip (287)
- Peyton, Bernard (278)
- Huntington, Samuel (274)
- Lee, William (273)
- Treasury Department (270)
- Morris, Gouverneur (268)
- Dumas, Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric (259)
- Bourne, Sylvanus (257)
- Sullivan, John (242)
- Dumas, Charles William Frederic (241)
- Gates, Horatio (234)
- Jarvis, William (232)
Show: Top 10 / Top 50
Recipient
Sort: Frequency / Alphabetical
- Jefferson, Thomas (27,020)
- Washington, George (22,790)
- Madison, James (19,646)
- Franklin, Benjamin (9,482)
- Adams, John (8,987)
- Hamilton, Alexander (6,824)
- Jay, John (1,613)
- Adams, Abigail (1,602)
- Adams, John Quincy (1,110)
- Lee, Arthur (952)
Show: Top 10 / Top 50
Period
- Colonial (16,105)
- Revolutionary War (48,368)
- Confederation Period (17,802)
- Washington Presidency (27,431)
- Adams Presidency (13,564)
- Jefferson Presidency (29,403)
- Madison Presidency (15,471)
- post-Madison Presidency (15,392)
Dates From
Dates To
No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6351 | Adams, John | Boston Patriot | From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 8 June 1809 | 1809-06-08 | IN page 20, Mr. Hamilton says, my "conduct in the office of President was a heterogeneous... |
6352 | Adams, John | Fryday. May 2. | 1783-05-02 | Mr. Hartley came in to introduce to me his Secretary Mr. Hammond, whom he introduced also to... | |
6353 | Adams, John | Jenings, Edmund | From John Adams to Edmund Jenings, 12 March 1781 | 1781-03-12 | I am honoured with yours of 5. You will honour and oblige me much sir, by your Thoughts upon the... |
6354 | Adams, John | Rush, Richard | From John Adams to Richard Rush, 2 May 1814 | 1814-05-02 | While I am reading a Letter from you, I almost forget that I have lost my delightfull... |
6355 | Adams, John | Jay, John | To John Jay from John Adams, 26 March 1788 | 1788-03-26 | I have only Time to introduce to you and M rs Jay, my Daughter Smith and to recommend her to your... |
6356 | Adams, John | Boston Patriot | From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 25 August 1810 | 1810-08-25 | Soon after the petition of Leyden, I transmitted to Congress the following address of thanks with... |
6357 | Adams, John | [June 1773] | 1773-06-08 | Parson Turners Sermon, the spirited Election, Parson Haywards Artillery sermon, the 17 Letters,... | |
6358 | Adams, John | [February 1781] | ≈1781-02-23 | Went to the Hague, in the Trecht Schuit. At Leyden I have seen Mr. Vander Kemp, and Mr. and Mr. I... | |
6359 | Adams, John | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de | From John Adams to the Comte de Vergennes, 18 July 1781 | 1781-07-18 | I have received the Letter, Sir, which you did me the honour to write me of this Days Date: and I... |
6360 | Adams, John | Jay, John | From John Adams to John Jay, 4 January 1792 | 1792-01-04 | As the Week is approaching when you are to be expected at Philadelphia, I take this opportunity... |
6361 | Adams, John | May 2. Saturday. | 1778-05-02 | Dined at Mr. Izzards, with Mr. Lloyd and his Lady, Mr. Francois and much other Company. After... | |
6362 | Adams, John | Adams’ Minutes of Josiah Quincy’s Opening for the … | 1770-11-29 | Josa. Quincy. 3 main Divisions, under the last there will be many Sub divisions. 1st. whether any... | |
6363 | Adams, John | 1774 Aug. 29. Monday. | 1774-08-29 | Rode to Trenton upon Delaware River, to break fast. At Williams’s the Tavern at Trenton Ferry, We... | |
6364 | Adams, John | Holmes, Abraham | From John Adams to Abraham Holmes, 14 October 1821 | 1821-10-14 | I have received your letter of the 8. Oct & I thank you for your civilities. It is a comfort in... |
6365 | Adams, John | Pickering, Timothy | From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 17 October 1798 | 1798-10-17 | I have recd your favour of the 17th and return you three Warrants signed, which you may fill up... |
6366 | Adams, John | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 10 … | 1817-12-10 | I rejoice in all your Felicities described in your favour of 29th. Nov. What a Contrast between... |
6367 | Adams, John | Huntington, Samuel | From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 87 … | 1780-06-26 | The Resolutions of Congress of the 18th. of March respecting the paper bills, appeared first in... |
6368 | Adams, John | United States Congress | From John Adams to United States Congress, 18 January … | 1799-01-18 | The communication relative to our affairs with France alluded to in my address to both houses at... |
6369 | Adams, John | Jay, John | John Adams to John Jay, 20 April 1784 | 1784-04-20 | I am extreamly Sorry, to read in your Letter of the 8 th. that you think of embarking for... |
6370 | Adams, John | Adams, Charles | John Adams to Charles Adams, 10 March 1794 | 1794-03-10 | Your Letter of Yesterdays Date has given me much Pleasure. I recognize in it, my own son. Your... |
6371 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 17 February 1793 | 1793-02-17 | We have had Such falls of Snow and rain that I Suppose the Mail has been retarded and I have no... |
6372 | Adams, John | Dumas, C. W. F. | From John Adams to C. W. F. Dumas, 19 January 1783 | 1783-01-19 | I have yet to acknowledge the Receipt of your Favours of the 26. 27. 30. & 31 of Dec r. and 2 of... |
6373 | Adams, John | [Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress, 6 … | 1774-09-06 | Mr. Henry . Government is dissolved. Fleets and Armies and the present State of Things shew that... | |
6374 | Adams, John | Smith, William Steuben | From John Adams to William Steuben Smith, 30 May 1815 | 1815-05-30 | Your favour of the 22nd has Sensibly affected me; You need not however regret your birth, nor... |
6375 | Adams, John | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de | From John Adams to the Comte de Vergennes, 21 July 1781 | 1781-07-21 | Since my Letter of the nineteenth, Sir, another Point has occurred to me, upon which it seems... |
6376 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 May 1777 | 1777-05-06 | We have no News here but what comes from you—except that all is well and quiet at Ticonderoga,... |
6377 | Adams, John | Contract for the Third Dutch Loan to the United States … | 1787-06-01 | On the first day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, appeared before... | |
6378 | Adams, John | Gerry, Elbridge | From John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, 19 March 1780 | 1780-03-19 | The British Admiralty sent Orders to Portsmouth the 21st. Feby., for the Departure of a small... |
6379 | Adams, John | Lovell, James | John Adams to James Lovell, 12 December 1784 | 1784-12-12 | I am ashamed to confess that your Letter of the 5. of July is unanswered. But my dear Sir, I have... |
6380 | Adams, John | Lee, Richard Henry | From John Adams to Richard Henry Lee, 25 July 1778 | 1778-07-25 | Passy, 25 July 1778. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography Diary and Autobiography of John Adams ,... |
6381 | Adams, John | Adams, Abigail | John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 January 1795 | 1795-01-29 | The public Prints, announce the Death of my old esteemed Friend General Roberdeau, whose Virtues... |
6382 | Adams, John | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 20 … | 1806-02-20 | That showers of hot stones or cold stones may have fallen, in the neighbourhood of Volcanoes, is... |
6383 | Adams, John | Adams’ Minutes of Defense Evidence, Continued: 30 … | 1770-11-30 | Dr. Richard Hyrons. About 7 o Clock. Saw several soldiers at my own door a little after 8,... | |
6384 | Adams, John | Tudor, William, Jr. | From John Adams to William Tudor, Jr., 25 July 1820 | 1820-07-25 | Liberty Tree in Boston, was a very aged and a very large Elm—in the front yard of Deacon Elliot... |
6385 | Adams, John | Belknap, Jeremy | From John Adams to Jeremy Belknap, 24 July 1789 | 1789-07-24 | I have, this morning received your Letter of the 18 th. , George Chalmers, I have Seen in London.... |
6386 | Adams, John | Huntington, Samuel | From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 74 … | 1780-05-28 | Paris, 28 May 1780. LbC in John Thaxter’s hand ( Adams Papers ). Although a letter from John... |
6387 | Adams, John | [Miscellaneous Expenses, August–September 1774.] | ≈1774-08-01 | a Guinea to the lame Man pd. the Barber 2£:5s:0d. Philadel. 1£:16s. L.M. 6 Dollars.—pd. 2... | |
6388 | Adams, John | Van der Kemp, François Adriaan | From John Adams to François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 20 … | 1813-05-20 | The promised Anecdote of Quaker Benevolence is this. In June 1775, The British Man of War Asia,... |
6389 | Adams, John | [June 8. 1778.] | 1778-06-08 | June 8. 1778. Dined with Mr. Alexander, and went to the Concert. There were two Gentlemen of the... | |
6390 | Adams, John | [January? 1761.] | ≈1761-01-01 | I am an old Man, seventy odd, and as I had my Education, so I have spent my whole Life, a few... | |
6391 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 20 February 1809 | 1809-02-20 | When you informed me that Mr Cooper in his Life of Dr Priestly had ascribed to that Philosopher,... |
6392 | Adams, John | Capellen tot den Pol, Joan Derk, Baron van der | From John Adams to Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den … | 1780-12-09 | I have received the Letter, which you did me the Honour to write me, on the 28. Ultimo. The... |
6393 | Adams, John | Osgood, Samuel | John Adams to Samuel Osgood, 9 April 1784 | 1784-04-09 | on the 5 th , I received your Favour which came by Coll Herman, and another long Letter with it.—... |
6394 | Adams, John | 19 Thurdsday. | 1756-02-19 | No man is intirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life. Men of the most exalted... | |
6395 | Adams, John | Sever, William | From John Adams to William Sever, 2 October 1775 | 1775-10-02 | I do myself the Honour of writing to you for the sake of introducing to you Three Gentlemen,... |
6396 | Adams, John | 1782. Oct. 2. | 1782-10-02 | Walked Yesterday to the House in the Woods in the rain. To day will dine with me Comte Sarseneld,... | |
6397 | Adams, John | [Saturday September 7. 1776.] | 1776-09-07 | Saturday September 7. 1776. A Letter of the 5th. from Charles Preston, Major of the 26th.... | |
6398 | Adams, John | Tiffany, J. H. | From John Adams to J. H. Tiffany, 30 April 1819 | 1819-04-30 | Of Republicks the Varieties are infinite—or at least as numerous, as the tunes and changes, that... |
6399 | Adams, John | Adams, John Quincy | From John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 6 December 1804 | 1804-12-06 | In your Letter of the 26 of November, to your Brother, you express a “Wish that I could See the... |
6400 | Adams, John | Adams, John Quincy | John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 13 March 1794 | 1794-03-13 | This morning I had the Pleasure of your Letter of the 2 d of this month. The Town meeting did... |