1From Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, 19 March 1759 (Franklin Papers)
...receiving such Amendments as are found proper and necessary, they are agreed upon and...
2Benjamin Franklin and John Foxcroft to Anthony Todd, 10 June 1763 (Franklin Papers)
..., which we suppose will in time be thought proper and necessary, if the Packets are...
...and such deputies as he thought proper and necessary. It was also decided to...
4Pennsylvania Assembly: Instructions to Richard Jackson, 22 September 1764 (Franklin Papers)
...at this Distance, of giving all the proper and necessary Hints on this important Business; but...
5Intended Vindication and Offer from Congress to Parliament, [before 21 July 1775] (Franklin Papers)
...Interest of the Confederate Colonies, it seems proper and necessary to examine them in our own...
6To George Washington from Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., 17 July 1775 (Washington Papers)
...quantity of ammunition as Trumbull and his council “should judge proper and necessary” (
7[In Congress, Spring 1776, and Thomas Paine] (Adams Papers)
...have very inadequate Ideas of what is proper and necessary to be done in order to form...
8John Adams to Abigail Adams, 13 February 1776 (Adams Papers)
...are unaccustomed to Arms, it may be proper and necessary for such popular Orators as Henry and...
9From George Washington to John Hancock, 26 February 1776 (Washington Papers)
...say, that I will do every thing that shall appear proper and necessary.
10John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
...to have very inadequate Ideas of what is proper and necessary to be done, in order to form...
11From George Washington to John Hancock, 7 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
...to be taken upon the occasion as they may think proper and necessary.
12Resolutions of the Virginia Convention Calling for Independence, 15 May 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
...to whatever measures may be thought proper and necessary by the Congress for forming...
13Protest against the First Draft of the Articles of Confederation, [before 20 August 1776] (Franklin Papers)
...shall appear to us to make them proper and necessary; but leaving to the Congress with...
14From George Washington to John Hancock, 28 June 1776 (Washington Papers)
...Canada, sprang from a want of proper and necessary supplies of provisions. Mr Trumbull too...
15To George Washington from John Hancock, 23 December 1776 (Washington Papers)
...such Continental business as may be proper and necessary to be done at Philadelphia,”...
16To John Jay from Robert Morris, 12 January 1777 (Jay Papers)
...to execute such continental business as may be proper and necessary to be done at...
17George Washington to Robert Morris, George Clymer, and George Walton, 12 April 1777 (Hamilton Papers)
...to execute such continental business as may be proper and necessary to be done at Philadelphia...
18From George Washington to John Hancock, 22 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
..., which is, without doubt, a very proper and necessary measure. With much respect & esteem...
19From George Washington to Major General Israel Putnam, 8 January 1779 (Washington Papers)
...the abuses practiced in the sound appear to be very proper and necessary.
20From George Washington to Major General John Sullivan, 1 July 1779 (Washington Papers)
..., or particular occasional purposes is certainly proper and necessary, but an expedition of...
21From Benjamin Franklin to Gabriel-Louis Galissard de Marignac, 19 August 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...time with such Books as you may judge proper and necessary for him, and I shall chearfully pay...
22From George Washington to the Board of War, 6 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
; which is no doubt a proper and necessary one; but it is to be apprehended the distinction...
23From George Washington to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 9 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
...as far as Hartford—will be proper and necessary consisting of the supplies which those...
24To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Thomson, 20 November 1779 (Jefferson Papers)
...is apparent: And as it may be proper and necessary that you should be informed of the...
25To George Washington from Captain Patrick Campbell, 28 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
In War, it may be found proper and necessary, to remove Prisoners from one place to another; My...
26To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 26 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
...exercise those coersive measures which on other occasions may be proper and necessary.
27To George Washington from Major General Alexander McDougall, 24 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
...that can be proposed, for want of proper and necessary Means to execute them, are to me...
...to such Measures as might be proper and necessary for facilitating it. He further...
29From Thomas Jefferson to Steuben, 8 December 1780 (Jefferson Papers)
...forward, your sanction may not be proper and necessary to justify any loans or advances...
30To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Huntington, 21 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
...Congress assembled, deeming it proper and necessary to communicate to their Constituents in...
31Report on Instructions to John Jay, [2 May] 1781 (Madison Papers)
...would readily consent to such measures as might be proper and necessary for facilitating it”...
32William Jackson to John Adams, 26 October 1781 (Adams Papers)
...retrospect affords me. But it is proper and necessary that your Excellency should be informed...
33To Benjamin Franklin from Henry Royle et al., [23 November 1781] (Franklin Papers)
...provided fitted with proper and necessary accommodations for ourselves and families...
34X. Resolution of the States General Authorizing the Signature of the Dutch-American Treaty and Convention on Recaptures … (Adams Papers)
...determine, whether it would not be proper and necessary to authorize them to conclude and...
35From George Washington to Guy Carleton, 27 November 1782 (Washington Papers)
..., that no Goods, besides those really proper and necessary for the officers and Men, be...
36To George Washington from George Clinton, 6 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
...it to procure an Order that may be proper and necessary to warrant the Measure she solicits. I...
37Continental Congress Report on Reduction of Expenses in the War Department, 7 April 1783 (Hamilton Papers)
...and report such eoconomical measures as may be proper and necessary beg leave to report the...
38To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 26 May 1783 (Madison Papers)
...in dijesting & settling Opinions, however proper and necessary to be observed in Courts which...
39Virginia Delegates to Benjamin Harrison, 1 November 1783 (first) (Madison Papers)
...the purchase of “goods and articles proper and necessary for the Indians” was...
40From Benjamin Franklin to Ingenhousz, 16 January 1784 (Franklin Papers)
...to make one, I think it extreamly proper and necessary to send an ingenious Man here for...
41Enclosure I: Commission for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerce, 16 May 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
...: “Whereas we have judged it proper and necessary that treaties of amity and commerce...
42From John Adams to Hendrik Fagel, 10 June 1785 (Adams Papers)
...of your Advice, if you think it proper and necessary for me to take any farther Steps...
43From Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 11 July 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
...we buy peace. But as it is proper and necessary that we should establish a small marine...
44New York Assembly. Resolution on the Call of a Convention of the States, [17 February 1787] (Hamilton Papers)
...met in such Convention, shall judge proper and necessary, to render them adequate to...
45H. G. Letter XI, 6 March 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
...States conceived a Convention to be a proper and necessary expedient. They appointed one, this...
46To James Madison from George Nicholas, 8 May 1789 (Madison Papers)
...had both declared that it was proper and necessary to indulge the district with a...
47To James Madison from Joseph Jones, 28 May 1789 (Madison Papers)
...open—it appears to be equally proper and necessary for the information and satisfaction of...
48From George Washington to the Georgia Legislature, 18 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
...condition of the States as may appear proper and necessary—for I am duly sensible that many...
49To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 22 August 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
...⅌ Ann.—He thinks it will be proper and necessary that he should pass some time in...
50Militia, [16 December] 1790 (Madison Papers)
...or carried beyond what is evidently proper and necessary. Now to exempt the members...