83251To James Madison from Thomas Appleton (Abstract), 11 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
11 June 1805, Leghorn . “The immediate departure of a vessel for the U. States furnishes me with an opportunity of forwarding the inclosed which arriv’d this morning. As the considerations which induc’d the Genoese to unite themselves to the french government were in the italian language, I have translated them for your convenience; but the <s>peech of the Doge and reply of the King being in...
83252From Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 17 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you be so good as to enable me this morning to fill up the blank in the following passage of the Message. ‘An account of the reciepts & expenditures of the year ending the 30th. of Sep. last, with the estimates for the ensuing year, will be laid before you by the Secy. of the Treasy. so soon as the reciepts of the last quarter shall be returned from the more distant states. it is already...
83253To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 31 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
On making out Capt. Barron’s orders I find that we are without your signature to any of the printed instructions to the commanders of our armed vessels, I have therefore the honor to enclose twelve copies, & to ask that you will be pleased to Sign & return them by the next Mail— Capt. Barron is hauling out of the Eastern Branch, & will have dropped down to Hampton Road before these...
83254To Thomas Jefferson from John Jordan, 4 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
I am about to remove from this plase and your man Brown has one of my Girls for a wife and they apeear unwilling to part and I am dispos’d to accommodate them by buying him if you will sell him for a price that I can afford to give and if it will not be too much trouble I would thank you to write me on the Subject and let me know your price, & oblige you Ob Svt NB any work that you may want...
83255From David Humphreys to John Singer Dexter, 29 October 1782 (Washington Papers)
As the Rhode Island Regt is under marching Orders for the Northward, the Commander in Chief thinks it will be necessary for you to precede the Corps, to make provision for them, previous to their arrival—It is on this account the Adjt Genl will send an Officer to relieve you; of which, His Excellency directed me to give you Notice. I am Dr Sir with great esteem Yours DLC : Papers of George...
83256From George Washington to Mathew Carey, 29 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
In the course of my whole existence, I never have before been made the subject of such extraordinary conduct as that which I have been obliged to suffer by your sending to me unsealed, through a public conveyance, my letter of the 22nd and yours of the 27th of this month. After the candid, and my heart witnessed for me not unfriendly part I had always acted towards you, I hoped, for the credit...
83257From James Madison to Thomas L. McKenney, 14 May 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. yours of the 10th. instant. Altho’ the Talk to the Indians was sent with a view only to its being officially filed, not to its publication, the tone of it in relation to a foreign power being better suited to the then state of war than to the present state of amity, no sufficient objection can lie against the use made of it in vindicating our Govt. from charges as unprovoked...
83258To James Madison from Caleb Wallace, 8 October 1785 (Madison Papers)
By Colo. Muter I troubled you with a short Line; and now have only Leisure to thank you for the Strictures on Government you were so kind as to favour me with. I have yet some other Qu[e]r[i]es on the Subject which I shall reserve for another Opportunity. At present I only beg leave to observe that the Constitution of Virginia provides for the Seperation we have in View in a Way that is...
83259From John Adams to William Plumer, 4 December 1814 (Adams Papers)
Chicanery has been So often concerted in nocturnal caucusses in this Country by both parties, that there is nothing very novel, however surprising and disgusting it ought to be, in the corrupt Election of one of your Councillors. A fortunate Scruple of Conscience which finally turned the Majority in favour of him whose right it was, may have important Consequences. Many a Nation has been Saved...
83260From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 22 January 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th Instant having reference to certain doubts arising out of the 61st Section of the Collection Law. As it is expected this matter will shortly undergo Legislative revision, I forbear for the present any particular remark on the subject. I am with great consideration Sir your obedt. Servant L[S] , RG 36, Collector of Customs at...
83261From Thomas Jefferson to the Speaker of the House of Delegates, 6 May 1782 (Jefferson Papers)
Purposing to decline the office of delegate for this county to which I have been lately elected, I take the liberty of declaring to you that I do not accept of the appointment, and of begging that this my act of renunciation may through your favor be communicated to the honourable the House of Delegates with every assurance to them and yourself of the very great respect with which I have the...
83262From George Washington to John Hanson, 10 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
I do myself the honor to transmit to your Excellency the inclosed pap ers No. 1, 2, 3, 4,: they contain a con tinuance of the Correspondance which has been produced between me, General Robertson and Sir Henry Clinton in the case of Capt. Huddy—that from Sir Henry Clinton did not come to hand till some days after the receipt of General Robertsons Letter and after my reply to the latter . I am...
83263To James Madison from Anthony Terry, 23 July 1802 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of writing you yesterday and the Vessel being still detain’d I have now to inclose you Copy of a letter I have just received from Mr. Wm. Kirkpatrick our Consul at Malaga. I have the honor to be most Respectfully—Sir—Your most obt. hble Servt. The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison , Secretary of State...
83264From Thomas Jefferson to Giacomo Raggi, 30 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Aug. 30. 23. agreed this day with Giacomo Raggi that he is to furnish me with a truncated column of marble of Carrara like that which supports my bust by Giracchi, & exactly according to a drawing I furnished him 16.I. diam. & 3/4I. English high, delivered on shipboard at Leghorn, for which I am to pay him 40. Dollars. he is also to furnish me with two alabaster vases 18.I. high for 6.D. each....
83265[Diary entry: 25 October 1773] (Washington Papers)
25. Clear and Warm with but little Wind.
83266To Alexander Hamilton from Adam Hoops, 15 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Captain Read reports that young Parker enlisted with him at West point in may last & Voluntarily a few days after his enlistment Capt Read was informed by a Mr Howard from Massachussetts that Parker was the son of a very respectable Physician of that State and that he was certain he had ran away from College where he had formerly known him—the lad was examined and Confessed that he had left...
83267To George Washington from Marinus Willett, 14 July 1793 (Washington Papers)
I beg youll excuse me for Intruding on you a few thoughts. If the accounts from the southard published in our papers are true—It appears that the Lower Creeks are the people who are at present hostile to Georgia—(and the Tallasee King who is a weak man of little influence and easily perswaded to any thing) —That this should be the case is not a little misterious—Those Indians have prety...
83268From Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 11 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
S. T. Mason arrived here yesterday. I had immediately a conversation with him on the resignation he had meditated. he finally promised to serve again if reelected, and that he would write to you to say so for him. lest he should delay it, I drop you this line, but you must not name me as the channel because of the ground it furnishes our enemies for clamour. accept assurances of my constant &...
83269Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 29 June 1784 (Adams Papers)
We receive this night a letter of the Express with advice of his arrival with 3 truncks in brussel, but to his great Surprise as well as ours the Same are arrested there, and complains much there ab t. of M r. Barclay, whom he had requested several time to enquire if he could take and transport the same with Safety, who assured him not to anxious ab t. it, and in consequence he had reposed on...
83270To George Washington from Henry Knox, 3 October 1787 (Washington Papers)
By this time my dear Sir, you will have again renewed your attention to your domestic affairs, after the long absence occasioned by the convention. I flatter myself with the hope that you found Mrs Washington and your family in perfect health. Every point of view in which I have been able to place the subject induces me to believe, that the moment in which the convention assembled, and the...
83271From George Washington to Major General Philip Schuyler, 7 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
Before this I presume You have received a Letter from Congress inclosing sundry Resolutions of the 22, 23 & 24 Ulto among Which was One, Empowering their Commanders in Chief in every Department to Negociate an Exchange of Prisoners, upon the Plan there[i]n pointed out: There were two Others Mentioning the Case of Colo. Allen & the Persons taken with him. That the Views of Congress might be...
83272To George Washington from Benjamin Lincoln, 18 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
I consider, my dear General, that not only the happiness of the people under the new government but that the very existance of it depends in a great measure upon the characters and abilities of those who may be employed in the judiciary and executive branches of government. Under this government I hope yet to live and to leave in its arms a large and an extensive family I cannot therefore be...
83273From Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Chastellux, 10 July 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
The letters of May 26. and Sep. 7. with which you honored me found me retired from business altogether and at a very great distance from the seat of government. I immediately forwarded to the President that which was directed to him, and I consulted with some of my friends who were in Congress to know whether that body had in any instance undertaken to provide for or assist any of the officers...
83274To James Madison from Elijah Craig, September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I Take the liberty to Request your Attention to a petition from our County For a division of the saim which is not Yit ready and is a matter of Considerable Consiquence, and as we know their will Be violent opposition against it from intrestd Men who are byased by selfintrest. My Greatest reasons for wishing a division Is we are so numerous our roads veary bad And much the greatest in the...
83275Notes on the Bank of the United States and Internal Revenues, [10 November 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
Treasury. Bank statements . private. General result. [i.e. the bank US.] bank notes in circuln 5,200,000 Specie 5,000,000 deposits. govmt 3,560,000 due by banks, treasy. bills. ⎞ Individuals 5,240,000 8,820,000 & other bills immedly. ⎟ 1,450,000 14,020,000 convertible into specie ⎠
83276[Diary entry: 4 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Cold and sometimes Raining. Wind Westwardly.
83277John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 6 June 1778 (Adams Papers)
I am not favord with any of your Commands since the 18th Ultimo. All the advertizements containd therein are at Sea and some of them far advancd on their Passage. I had the honor to write you the 12. 16. 26 and 30th Ultimo per post which I suppose got duely to hand, to the last I shall be confirmd next Post as the honor paid to my drafts will be notified me by the Holders. Since Cap. Tuckers...
83278To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 5 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Letter of the 1st instant, came to my hands yesterday. I regret the indisposition of General Knox; but hope, as there is yet time for consideration of those matters I referred to the heads of the Departments, no inconvenience will result from the delay, occasioned thereby; unless it should continue much longer. At George Town, I met Mr. Randolph; and by a Letter just received from Mr....
83279Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, 3 June 1794 (Adams Papers)
I arrived in Philad a: on Sunday Morn g & was not a little disappointed at finding you had taken your departure only the Day before; I hastened my return from Reading, that I might reach Philad a: before you left it. My Journey has been as pleasant as I co[uld] wish, & I have returned not a little prejudiced in favor of the State of Pennsylvania. If my conject[ures] are well founded, it will...
83280To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 8 December 1810 (Madison Papers)
I found among my papers the inclosed survey of La Fayette’s lands adjacent to N. Orleans. Whether it be the legal survey or not I do not know. If it is, it gives a prospect of something considerable after the 600. yards laid off round the ramparts. I inclose it to you as it may possibly be of use. With me it can be of none. I inclose you also a piece in MS. from Dupont on the subject of our...