1To George Washington from Jeremy Belknap, 19 July 1784 (Washington Papers)
Great and Good Sir, After the multitude of addresses which have been presented to you in the course and at the conclusion of the late war, it would be needless for an obscure individual to repeat the voice of admiration and gratitude which has resounded from every part of America for the eminent services which you have rendered to this country. It shall be my part, Sir, to ask your acceptance...
2To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 20 October 1788 (Adams Papers)
In a Letter of October 7 th rec d from D r Rush of Philadelphia I find the following Paragraph “Mr John Adams will probably have all the [. . .] of our State for the Vice Presidents Chair.” I have the Honor to be Sir / Y r respectful & obed t Serv t RC ( Adams Papers ); addressed: “The Hon M r Adams”; endorsed: “J. Belknap / Oct
3To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 30 May 1789 (Adams Papers)
I should not have thought of troubling you with the inclosed sermon, if it had not been suggested to me by a friend who heard it that it seemed to be formed on the principles which were advanced in your defence of the American Constitutions & to recommend such Checks and Balances in Ecclesiastical as you had thought necessary in civil Government. If in this view of it, or any other it may be...
4To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 18 July 1789 (Adams Papers)
It was a very singular pleasure to me to receive a Line from you approving the discourse which I did myself the honor to send to you; the good opinion of such a Gentleman as M r Adams & the very great honor w ch he has done me will not easily be effaced from my remembrance. Not till this Week have I met with the political annals of George Chalmers printed in London 1780 in one Vol 4 to. From...
5To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 19 September 1789 (Adams Papers)
Your last favor of the 24 th July should not have been so long without a reply had I not supposed that your attention must be so employed by the great national business as to leave You no leisure for a Correspondence with me— Indeed had the Occasion been pressing I might have taken advantage of your very obliging offer, to propose Questions to you; but as another time would do as well for me I...
6To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 10 March 1790 (Adams Papers)
By your indulgence in permitting me to ask you any questions, I am emboldened to send you one of my circular letters; by which you may see that I intend to leave no practicable source of information unexplored. If it should be in your power to suggest any thing relative to either of the topics mentioned, I should be happy in receiving the communication. There is another point about which I...
7To George Washington from Jeremy Belknap, 25 October 1790 (Washington Papers)
It was my happiness to receive from under your hand, and afterward from your Mouth an approbation of the first Vol. of my history of New Hampshire —After a long but necessary Interruption I have resumed & am continuing the work wch I hope will be ready for publication next spring. In searching for materials of information respecting the Controversy between N. Hampshire & Vermont toward the...
8To John Adams from Jeremy Belknap, 31 January 1793 (Adams Papers)
I beg leave to congratulate you on your reelection as Vice President of the United States; and to ask your acceptance of a specimen of a monthly publication in wch you will find that your name & those of other American worthies are in future to be inscribed on a map of the Globe Yesterday we had an Academy meeting When Mr Fisher Ames & Dr Barton were chosen members—I enclose to you a...
9To George Washington from Jeremy Belknap, 31 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
I beg leave to lay before you a specimen of a monthly publication in which you will find an account of a new discovery in the pacific ocean, by one of our Citizens who has given the names of the principal Characters in the United States to several islands between the Tropics. It is a pleasing reflection that our Countrymen carry their zeal & patriotism into the most remote regions, and that...
10To George Washington from Jeremy Belknap, 14 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
The favourable reception which you gave to my History of New Hampshire encourages me to present you the first volume of an American Biography. In the 326th page I have given a particular description of the place originally called St Croix, in hope that it might throw some light on the Controversy with the British Government respecting the Eastern boundary of the United States. The prosecution...