183251Enclosure: Livingston’s Steam Engine, 26 January 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( PPAmP ); endorsed for the APS American Philosophical Society : “Livingston’s Steam Engine.”
183252Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
After the official adjournment of the Second Continental Congress on 1 August, another meeting...
183253Master List of Subscribers to Central College, [after 7 May 1817], document 5 in a group of documents on The Founding of … (Jefferson Papers)
Subscriptions to the Central College from persons residing in the county of Albemarle and in...
183254To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Hutchinson, 26 March 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; letterbook copy: Massachusetts Archives, Office of the...
183255The Death of John Jay: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
During Jay’s retirement, his health had generally been a mixture of his usual ailments and the...
183256Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 22 February 1777 (Jay Papers)
Beverly Robinson Esq r : appeared before the Committee of ^ appointed by ^ the Convention ^ of...
183257From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 6 April 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society As the Stamp Act is at length repeal’d, I am willing you...
183258To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 12 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
The writer of this Communication deems it his duty as one of a suffering Community to state to...
183259John Jay, Anti-Slavery, and the New-York Manumission Society: Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
New York of the 1780s had the highest slave population of any of the northern states. One of...
183260Introductory Note: To George Washington, [10 May 1796] (Hamilton Papers)
The opening paragraph of this letter contains the first reference in Hamilton’s extant...
183261To Alexander Hamilton from ———, [October 1789] (Hamilton Papers)
Answers. 1st The construction upon which vessels are built in this State, admits of their...
183262Enclosure VIII: Map of the Reserved Tract including Fort Chartres (Jefferson Papers)
MS ( DNA : RG 46, Senate Records, 1st. Cong., 3rd. sess.).
183263Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
Josiah Marshall had lived in Plympton from 1747 until 1753, and had then spent five years at...
183264Introductory Note: From Philip Schuyler, [17 July 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
This letter contains the first explicit reference to the Grange, Hamilton’s country home in upper...
183265Madison and the Collapse of the Spanish-American Empire: The West Florida Crisis of 1810, 20 April 1810 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
The letter of Samuel Fulton to JM, 20 April 1810 , introduces one of the more dramatic...
183266Meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 20 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
At a meeting of the trustees of the sinking fund, Present: The Secretary of State, the Secretary...
183267Editorial Note (Jefferson Papers)
Following the chartering of Central College early in 1816, the purchase the next summer of land...
183268Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
On 25 July 1768 the legally qualified voters of Rowley’s West Parish met to determine how the...
183269Petition for the Pennsylvania Hospital, 23 January 1751 (Franklin Papers)
DS : Pennsylvania Hospital January 23, 1751 The founding of the Pennsylvania Hospital is one of...
183270From George Washington to William Pearce (Washington Papers)
[This letter was misdated in the volume and will be included in Presidential Series 17 .]
183271To Benjamin Franklin from Baynton, Wharton & Morgan, 28 August 1766 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Library of Congress We are now to acknowledge the Receipt of your very kind Favors, of the...
183272Editorial Note: Documents on the American Tobacco Trade (Jefferson Papers)
The documents in this group reveal what a powerful ally Jefferson had in Simon Bérard and the...
183273To Benjamin Franklin from George Read, [August? 1766] (Franklin Papers)
Draft: Library of Congress I now return you my most sincere thanks for the immediate Application...
183274Extract of a Letter from London, 5 June 1771 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , August 1, 1771 William Strahan had accused Franklin of...
183275Avoiding the Maelstrom of Saint-Domingue, 1 May–1 June 1801 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
During the undeclared naval war with France, Congress had prohibited trade with Saint-Domingue...
183276The Preliminary Articles: Second Draft Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
The first draft of the preliminary treaty was based on purely American proposals and Oswald soon...
183277Provincial Maneuvers Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
In December 1775 the extralegal provincial congress was the only effective governing body in New...
183278General Orders, 25 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
The General Court Martial of which Capt. Read was president, having tried Lieut. Leyborn of 2d....
183279Enclosure: [Statements of the Revenue Arising from the Postage of Letters], [26 December 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
Statement of the Revenue Arising from the Postage of Letters, &c. from the 1st of October, 1789,...
183280Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Policy Concerning Presents to Foreign Diplomats (Jefferson Papers)
Soon after taking office, Jefferson was obliged to address himself to the task of terminating...
183281To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 15 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have taken the liberty to call your attention to certain Strictures contained in the 2d & 3d...
183282Role in the First Congress Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Eventually the stalemate over New York’s choice of congressional delegates was broken, and on 27...
183283Observations on Mr. Parker’s State of the Account, [undated] (Franklin Papers)
AD : Haverford College Library This undated document is placed here for convenience because it...
183284From Benjamin Franklin to William Cullen, 20 December 1766 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society I beg Leave to recommend to your favourable Notice two...
183285Note on Marginalia in Benjamin Wilson, Observations upon Lightning, [after 21 March 1773 and before 30 March 1773?] (Franklin Papers)
Benjamin Wilson was a hardy controversialist. When he lost his case against Franklin in the...
183286Editorial Note: Jefferson’s Proposed Revision of the Virginia Constitution (Jefferson Papers)
When Jefferson stopped off in Richmond in May on his way back to Monticello, his discussions with...
183287Privy Council: Referral of Franklin’s Application for a Land Grant, 10 February 1766 (Franklin Papers)
MS Minutes: Public Record Office Franklin’s interest in Nova Scotia lands has been examined in...
183288To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 21 April 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 April 1812, New York. Having just learned that the government intends to appoint an additional...
183289To Benjamin Franklin from John Tunnicliff, 21 December 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Received your kind Letters for which I return you my Best...
183290Editorial Note: The Admission of Kentucky and Vermont to the Union (Jefferson Papers)
A piece of doggerel in Bache’s General Advertiser at the opening of Congress voiced the politics...
183291Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
In November 1768 Adams undertook the defense of John Hancock in what, politically, was his most...
183292Editorial Note on Franklin’s Part in the Congressional Debate of July 30 to August 1, 1776 (Franklin Papers)
Richard Henry Lee’s famous resolution of June 7, 1776, called for independence and confederation....
183293The Case of Robert Randall and Charles Whitney, 28 December 1795–13 January 1796 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
In September 1795 John Askin and six other British merchants in Detroit formed a partnership with...
183294[October 1758] (Adams Papers)
How it is with you I know not, but if I am rightly informed, I am yet alive and not dead. And to...
183295Madison and the Hiatus at the State Department, 4 March–2 May 1801 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
In mid-December 1800 Jefferson wrote JM and asked him to come to Washington before 5 March to...
183296To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 20 July 1813 (Madison Papers)
There appears to be at this time 11. Sail of Armed Vessels Vitze. 4. 74s. Certainly 2 64s. 74...
183297Memorandum from Henry Dearborn, with Jefferson’s Notes, on or before 28 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
the papers exhibited by Govr. Mercer relating to the demand made by the State of Maryland, on the...
183298From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Templeman, 29 October 1766 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Royal Society of Arts I received with the enclos’d Letter an improv’d Compass for the...
183299To James Madison from the Merchants and Traders of Harrisburg, [ca. 2 March 1814] (Madison Papers)
Memorial of the Merchants & traders in the Borough of Harrisburg respectfully represent. That...
183300Editorial Note (Adams Papers)
The issue addressed by John Adams and William Brattle in this exchange in the pages of the Boston...