77741From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 12 September 1780 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Madison Papers). The address sheet is missing, but Pendleton wrote on the letter: “James Maddison, Esqr. Sepr. 12. 1780.” Although the originals of most of the letters from Pendleton to JM have not been found (see headnote to Pendleton to JM, 27 August 1780 ), JM’s letters to Pendleton, insofar as their present location is known, are with one exception in two repositories—the Library...
77742Robert S. Garnett to Thomas Jefferson, 13 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour to acknowledge your favour of the 18 th of June ; and thank you for your attention in returning the testimonials I had forwarded to you, relating to Don Marcos Escopinichi . I am obliged to you for your information relative to the price of board &c, in Charlottesville . It s cheapness, independently of the many circumstances which recommend the situation, will no doubt...
77743To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, [February 1790] (Hamilton Papers)
to british Goods and habits in trade than any other Circumstance. Mr. De Marbois & Mr. De Cheamont & the Count de Moustier & Mr. de la forest in Newyork have so far enterd into those Ideas that in several conversations with them they have conceded to me that it was therefore the Interest of france to promote the growth of manufactures in America & nothing is more evident in my View of things....
77744From Thomas Jefferson to John van Heukelom & Son, 10 September 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
The purpose of the present is to acknowlege the receipt of your letter of March 1786. and to assure you that it never came to my hands till last night. You will probably have thought me guilty of a neglect of which I beg you to be assured I am incapable towards you.—Probably by this time you have arranged your matter with Mr. Barclay. He is gone to America with the express view of selling his...
77745To George Washington from Edward Newenham, 9 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
It appears an Age to me, Since I had the Honor & Sincere pleasure of a Letter from you; my pen has not been Idle, for I wrote Several Letters, which, from not hearing from you, I fear were captured by Ships in the service of the French Republic. This has been the most Severe Winter, that we have had these 50 years; the Frost begun on the 21st of last December & it was a Constant frost & Snow...
7774630th. Thursd. (Adams Papers)
This day I din’d at Mr. Greigg’s a merchant of this Place. In the evening I went to the assembly, which is much more brilliant here than I have seen it any where: in Stockholm they are much more so, but there were no assemblies there while I was in town on account of the mourning for the Death of the Queen Dowager, which is at present finish’d: this is said to be for opu lence the second City...
77747From John Adams to John C. Herbert, 10 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I receive your patriotic Address with great Pleasure. I rejoice that you highly appreciate the fair Inheritance you have received from your Forefathers, the Enjoyment of equal Liberty and Laws: and have no suspicion that you will want valour, to repell the assaults of its Invaders. I agree with you that War with all its incidental ills is preferable to base submission: and applaud your...
77748From Benjamin Franklin to [Grey Cooper], [1764?–1775] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Frank Glenn, Kansas City, Missouri (1955) I used to put two Ounces of Bark finely powdered into a Bottle of Wine, and let it stand 24 Hours, in which time it will have given to the Wine a sufficient Quantity of its Virtue, and the Powder itself will be pretty well subsided. When I had drank two or three Glasses out of the Bottle, I used to fill it up with fresh Wine, because the Bark...
77749From George Washington to the Officer Commanding Artillery at Chester, N.Y., 16 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
You will be pleased immediately to send to this place, the two 12 pounders & the 24 now with the park properly Officerd & manned, they will receive their orders here —I have to observe that the heavy pieces which came down some time ago, had but one Officer with them—the matter I wish to be attended to—The remaining Officers & Men I desire you will hold in readiness to move at a moments...
77750To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 12 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I sincerely wish something might be done for Mr Hanson. But he is not himself aware of the nature of the duties of the proposed auditor. He is not merely to settle the accounts, but to superintend the collection of the revenue. This, which has heretofore engrossed more than one half of the Comptroller’s personal attention to the detriment of his other duties, requires daily decisions on the...
77751From John Adams to Cotton Tufts, 28 June 1789 (Adams Papers)
I have received your favour of the 22.— M rs Adams, M r Charles and Miss Louisa, arrived on Wednesday the 24 th. after a tedious Passage of five days from Newport. We are all very happy. M r Samuel Tufts needs no other merit but that of being your Brother, to convince me that he has a great deal: but if he is a Candidate for any Employment he must apply directly to the first Magistrate. The...
77752[Diary entry: 5 August 1787] (Washington Papers)
Sunday—5th. Dined at Colo. Ogdens and about 4 oclock set out for Philadelpa. Halted an hour at Bristol and reached the City before 9 Oclock.
77753To Thomas Jefferson from John Paul Jones, 23 June 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
After the War, I made application to Congress, for authority to return to Europe, to settle with and receive from the Court of France, the Prize-Money due to the Citizens and Subjects of the United-States, who had served under my Orders on board the Squadron which his most Christian Majesty was pleased to equip and support under the Flag of America. Congress passed the enclosed Act for that...
77754To James Madison from Fulwar Skipwith, 18 July 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 July 1804, Paris. “The inclosed copies of correspondence between our Minister & myself, respecting the American Vessels captured by French privateers & condemned in the different ports of Spain, I deem of sufficient importance to communicate, tho’ I presume the Minister himself will not fail to make you fully acquainted with the subject upon which it treats. With this correspondence you...
77755[Diary entry: 19 June 1774] (Washington Papers)
19. Clear and pretty Cool. Wind chiefly Eastwardly.
77756To James Madison from the Delegates of Strafford County, New Hampshire, 7 October 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 October 1812. “Possessing equal rights with our fellow Citizens, and constitutionally assembled, to consider the great evils which we feel, and to avert the greater consequent Evils, which we fear, while we address you with the frankness of independent Freemen, we approach you, with that high deference and respect, due to the chief Magistrate of a great Nation, over whom you have the honor...
77757To John Adams from William Gordon, 22 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
The beginning of March I forwarded to You and friend Dana a joint letter, which I hope if received will be answered by one or other of you. The people, you will have heard before this can get to hand, have agreed upon a form of government, not so good as the Report of the Committee, but better than I expected. We begin to think of the ensuing elections. It is thought that Mr. Bowdoin or Mr....
77758To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 8 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
This application being made under the proviso of the 2d Section of the act to prevent intrusions, the spring can be rented only to the actual settler; & there being no competition, we may fix the conditions & price of salt, but not rent to the lowest bidder. It is useless in this instance to fix the price; for the spring is too weak to supply one thousandth part of the demand; nor are there...
77759To Thomas Jefferson from Catesby Jones, 27 November 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I am guardian to a youth that I wish to receive his education at the University of Virginia. He has read through latin—and in greek the New Testament & Græca Minora—.—Some progress in arithmetic—geography &C—.— He is a youth of good capacity & wishes (at this time) to be a Physician—So that, as I wish to indulge him in this respect, in giving him a general education that might be attended to...
77760Donald Fraser to Thomas Jefferson, 4 February 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
You will herewith receive a Biographical Sketch of Yourself, Subject to correction & additions:— Likewise, a copy of a Prospectus of a work of mine nearly ready for Press,—& a Small Pamphlete Pamphlite which I lately published; the Perusal of the latter, may amuse Your Daughters. P.S.— Motto [for my “Biographical Compendium” ] By candour led, our various page, displays, Some traits of those...
77761Abigail Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw, March 1778 (Adams Papers)
I was meditating a Letter to my dear Sister when her agreable favour reachd my Hands. Tho my own felicity is over cast, I can rejoice in that of my Friends and tis with pleasure I hear of your Health and happiness which are very dear to me. The Scene which I have had to pass through, and in which you so kindly sympathize has put to the full proof all my fortitude and patriotism, and required...
77762To Alexander Hamilton from William S. Smith, 15 November 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Your Letter of the 14th. has been delivered by Mr. Meridith of Brooklyn, who has come forward to give evidence in the case of Lt. Ladlie—he shall be properly intorduced to the Court, and all the papers relative to the affair, which you sent me, shall be delivered to morrow to the Judge advocate, who is Capt. White of the 11th— I am informed that the two Companies of Artillerists mentioned in...
77763To Alexander Hamilton from Robert Purviance, 21 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Baltimore, August 21, 1794. “I am to Acknowled[g]e the receipt of your favor of the 14 Instant, covering a Letter to the Exec[u]tors of General Williams and another to Mr. Richmond his late Deputy.… The backward state in which the late Collectors Books stand at this moment, leaves me at a loss to Judge when I shall be enabled to pass a receipt for the Bonds and other property of the United...
77764Thomas Jefferson to James Semple, 2 October 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
When I had the pleasure of seeing you for a moment in Charlottesville , I understood you were on your way to mr Carr’s to engage him to accept a professorship in the college of W m & Mary . concluding thence that you take an interest in the success of that institution I take the liberty of communicating to you that President Meigs late of the University of Georgia is desirous of coming farther...
77765To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Gratien, 22 October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Monsr John Diot, faisant Et agissant Pour Messrs Chs Torris & Compagnie De Dunkerque, armateurs Du prince noir, ma representé, que cetoit le vœu de votre excellence et qu’il Desiroit En son particulier, qu’il fut vendu pour Une somme De Mille Livres, a Made. Buttler, Les Effets contenus En plusieurs malles Trouvés à Bord du Dublin, navire anglais pris Et...
77766To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 30 September 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 30, 1790. “In Conformity with the 12th Section of the Act for Registering & Clearing Vessels I herewith enclose Copies of the Memos, enclosed on Certificates of Registry, of the Change of Masters that appear to have taken place in Vessels belonging to this district. Inclosed also are the Certificates of Registry of Vessels given up in consequence of the...
77767From Mercy Otis Warren to Abigail Smith Adams, November 1813 (Adams Papers)
I did not my dear Mrs. Adams, write by yr Son when last in Plymouth, because I wished to retain the very valuable Letters of the American Minister at Petersburg, a little longer in my hand.—I wish’d my Son Winslow and his father to peruse them, which from sickness and other causes they could not do immediately.—I have not communicated them to any eye but those of my Son’s, though I think them...
77768To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph T. Townsend, 28 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with due deference that I presume to address the patron of our National Government; tho’ it may be considered rather impertinent in a person whose station & situation in society is nothing more than a private Citizen—whose professional calling or occupation is only that of the Farmer & Miller—and from one who has never sought political trust or popularity, prefering as an individual the...
77769From George Washington to Charles Pettit, 22 September 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Charles Pettit, 22 Sept. 1778. Pettit wrote in his second letter to GW of 23 Sept. : “I was honoured with the Receipt of your Excellency’s Letter of the 22nd respecting the forwarding of Provisions to the French Fleet.”
77770To Thomas Jefferson from Mary Ingraham, 30 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
After You have heard the Petition presented for an unhappy Man, will you not Sir lend a favorable ear to mine? It is a Wife petitioning for the liberty—for the life of her husband, for will not his health—his life be the sacrifice of an imprisonment embittered by the painful reflection of a suffering Wife and five lovely children consign’d to poverty and distress. We Sir have no Parent to...