115th. (Adams Papers)
Thanksgiving Day, a day of feasting throughout the State. Custom (and I know not but law also) has established, that towards the End of the year, the Governor, should appoint a certain day, for returning thanks to the supreme being for his favours during the course of the year, and the Custom is, universally, to have something extraordinary on that day, to feast upon. We had a sermon in the...
2From John Adams to John Jay, 15 December 1785 (Adams Papers)
There are mysterious Movements, of various kinds, that ought to be observed and reflected on, although We cannot draw any certain Conclusions from them. General Faucett, is often at the Levee, not indeed, on Wednesdays, nor at the Drawing Room on Thursdays, on which occasions the Foreign Ministers attend, but on Frydays, when there are no Strangers, and when only the Ministers of State, and...
3From John Adams to Philip Mazzei, 15 December 1785 (Adams Papers)
In your favour of Oct r. 29, You inform me that The Marquis has observed in Germany, that the Lies which are Spread to our disadvantage, must be injurious to our national honour, if We neglect to contradict them.— When I came first to Europe now approaching to Eight Years ago, my Indignation was roused, at the Shameless Falshoods which were continually propagated, and I took a great deal of...
4[Diary entry: 15 December 1785] (Washington Papers)
Thursday 15th. Thermometer at 40 in the Morng. 45 at Noon and at Night. Moderate & clear all the fore part of the day with the Wind at So. East, but not fresh. In the Afternoon it began to lower—at Dusk turned very cloudy and in the Night set in to a constant rain. Mr. Shaw went up to Alexandria, after dinner, to a Ball I presume. And in the Evening Joseph Winzor & Willm. Kirchwall 2 of my...
5To George Washington from Mary Bristow, 15 December 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Mary Bristow, 15 Dec. 1785. When writing to Mary Bristow on 2 June 1786 GW refers to “your favr of the 15th of December last.”
6To John Jay from John Adams, 15 December 1785 (Jay Papers)
There are mysterious Movements, of various kinds, that ought to be observed and reflected on, although we cannot draw any certain Conclusions from them. General Faucett, is often at the Levee, not indeed, on Wednesdays, nor at the Drawing Room on Thursdays, on which occasions the Foreign Ministers attend, but on Frydays, when there are no Strangers, and when only the Ministers of State, and...
7From James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 15 December 1785 (Madison Papers)
I wrote to my father a day or two ago by Col: Burnley to which I refer. The principal step since taken by the H. of Delegates has been the rejection of a bill on which the Assize scheme depended. The majority consisted of 63 agst, 49. Yesterday the vote of the Speaker decided in the affirmative a resolution to repeal the Act which permits Masters to free their slaves. I hope the bill which...
8Act Giving Executive the Power to Deal with Aliens, 15 December 1785 (Madison Papers)
BE it enacted by the General Assembly , That it shall and may be lawful for the governor, with the advice of the council of state, to apprehend and secure, or cause to be apprehended and secured, or compelled to depart this commonwealth, all suspicious persons, being the subjects of any foreign power or state, who shall have made a declaration of war, or actually commenced hostilities against...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Pierre-André Gargaz, 15 December 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Avec un profond respect, j’ai l’honneur de vous rapeler la liberté que je pris, il y a quelque tems de vous presenter une Brochure intitulée union souveraine , inventée par Henri le Grand, en vous priant de la garder si vous adoptiez l’union entre tous les souverains, ou de me la renvöier si vous ne l’adoptiez pas. Come vous la gardates j’eus l’agreable satisfaction de vous voir aprobateur du...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Patience Wright, 15 December 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
In Mr. Smiths absence the politicall afairs of Irelands traid with America was transacted with great suckssess wonderfuly brott forward by gentlemen who from principl have acted with the same spirit which first brot forward the Independence of the America States and all other Revolutions in Church and States of all Nations. You will see by their letters to me and other Circumstances of...