30941To Thomas Jefferson from John Hartwell Cocke, 15 April 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Thinking that fresh Shad wou’d be a rarity, I avail myself of an occasion I had of sending up to the University, to forward you a few of the first we have obtained this Season. CSmH : Jefferson File.
30942To Thomas Jefferson from Pseudonym: "A Cotton Planter", 5 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
From reports respecting the appointments in the Army, it appears that being a Federalist is an advantage to a candidate, at which I am much surprised, & think it will be a slur on your Administration; for altho’ I cannot suppose that intentionally you prefer Federalists to Republicans, but that you are deceived by those who apply & those on whom you depend for information respecting the...
30943[Diary entry: 8 August 1771] (Washington Papers)
8. Cloudy forenoon with appearances of Rain but none fell. Afternoon clear.
30944[Diary entry: 2 April 1769] (Washington Papers)
2. At home all day. In the afternoon Mr. Rozer Mr. Carroll—Mr. Sydebotham & Mr. Magowan came here. Several Carroll families were living in Maryland at this time. The visitor may have been Charles Carroll (1702–1782) of Annapolis; his son Charles Carroll (1737–1832) of Carrollton in Frederick County, Md., a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Daniel Carroll (1730–1796), of Frederick...
30945To George Washington from Fielding Lewis, Jr., 28 February 1787 (Washington Papers)
I am grately Obliged to you for the timber you was pleased to give me Neare Recter town —am Sorrey that it never has been in my power to Come to See you Since peace Owing to the Distressd Situation I have been in ever Since—(til now) Your Mentioning my being in Fairfax and never going to Se you is Very Right, but when there, I was Obliged to be evry day indevoring to make up Money to discharge...
30946General Orders, 11 July 1776 (Washington Papers)
General Spencers Brigade, instead of repairing to their Alarm post, to hold themselves in readiness to march to morrow morning at four O’Clock—The Brigadier General will attend at Head Quarters this evening for orders, which he will deliver on the parade, to morrow morning, to the brigade. As the weather is very warm, there will be the greatest danger of the Troops growing unhealthy, unless...
30947To Thomas Jefferson from George Buchanan, 21 August 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I hope I have not taken too great a liberty in Dedicating the enclosed to you, the subject I know corresponds with your principles, and the civilities which I had the honor of receiving from you while in Paris, not being obliterated from my memory, enduced me to it. And should it meet with your approbation it will add much to my satisfaction. I have sent the President a Copy, accompanyed with...
30948To James Madison from Thomas M. Willing and Thomas W. Francis, 14 February 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 February 1804, Philadelphia. “In the year 1795 or 1796 at the Request of Mr James Leander Cathcart and Mr. Wollaston, we joined each of them in a Bond as security to the United State[s] for the sum of Five thousand Dollars. “This security was required before their Commissions as Consuls could Issue.” Understanding that Cathcart’s commission has ceased and presuming his accounts with the...
30949From John Adams to Richard Rush, 15 September 1817 (Adams Papers)
I will now venture to congratulate you upon your relief from a part of the heavy burthen which has been imposed upon you for So many months. And above all I congratulate you, my son and myself on your future destination. Had Providence permitted me to choose Events my heart would have dictated none other. Accept my Thanks for your uninterrupted and invariable kindness to me and my Friends, and...
30950To James Madison from Anthony Morris, 20 September 1826 (Madison Papers)
The letter & blank form enclosd were sent to me here by the Register of the Treasury, I now forward them to you, hoping they will establish to your Satisfaction the claim to the dividends in question, and enable the Exr. of your Fathers Estate to receive the Amount at his pleasure, should any thing further be requisite I beg you always to command my Services with perfect freedom. With every...