5751Benjamin Rush to Abigail Adams, 15 August 1778 (Adams Papers)
I set down with great pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from Mr. Adams dated...
5752From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 3 April 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
Agreeably to your letter of the 25th of March, which with its inclosures have come duly to hand,...
5753[Diary entry: 17 August 1769] (Washington Papers)
17. Mr. Jno. Lewis & W. Washington dind here. We drank Tea with My Lord.
5754To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 11 September 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
In answer to your enquiry in your letter of the 4th. inst. I can only say that I knew Mr. Matzei...
5755IX. Albert Gallatin’s Remarks on the Draft Message, [on or before 16 November 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
foreign powers friendly — effect if redress is meant, it seems wrong to raise expectations which...
5756From Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson, 24 April 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received my dear Maria, your letter of Mar. 26. I find I have counted too much on you as a...
5757Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 8 April 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I should not so soon have troubled you with a reply to your friendly favor of Mar. 15. but for...
5758To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Jr., 28 December 1779 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society; copy: Yale University Library I have received your Favour...
5759To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 2 October 1795 (Washington Papers)
Yesterday I was honoured with your letter of the 28th ulto. In my letter of last Monday I...
5760To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 14 January 1803 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed are some intermediate numbers of the Leyden Gazette just recd. & which serve towards...
5761From Thomas Jefferson to Frederick Beasley, 25 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to the rev d mr Beasley for the copy he has been so kind as to...
5762From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Burney, 10 July 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
I took the liberty, through Mr. Paradise, of asking your advice in the purchase of a harpsichord....
5763To George Washington from Le Brun, 30 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Le Brun, 30 March 1794. An entry of 15 May in GW’s journal of proceedings...
5764To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 13 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
You have not returned any answer in the case of Colo. Worthington’s resignation. He recommends...
5765From John Adams to P. S. Townsend, 3 April 1820 (Adams Papers)
Be pleased to accept my best thanks for your Anniversary discourse before the Lyceum of natural...
5766To George Washington from the National Assembly of France, 20 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
The national assembly has worn during three days mourning for Benjamin Franklin, your...
5767From George Washington to John Lambert, 20 November 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to John Lambert, 20 Nov. 1798. Lambert’s letter to GW of 24 Oct. : “Answd Nov....
5768Enclosure: Bond to Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 26 March 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Jefferson of Monticello in the county of Albemarle...
5769From James Madison to Albert Gallatin (Abstract), 18 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
18 February 1805, Department of State . “Mr. Samuel Emery having in his favor an order for 894...
5770From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy Adams, 1 February 1807 (Adams Papers)
I enclose two letters my be loved friend which I request you will give to Adelaide I have not...
5771Abraham Whipple to the Commissioners, 19 August 1778 (Adams Papers)
I had the pleasure of writing you July 31 from Paimbeufe where I had been wind bound for fifteen...
5772October 21. Tuesday. (Adams Papers)
Dined at Amiens, and put up, at night, at Abbeville. The Roads are the best I have ever seen in...
5773To George Washington from Henry Knox, 3 September 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have seen your Excellencys favor of this date directed to General McDougall, and myself. For my...
5774To Benjamin Franklin from Henry Laurens, 28 March 1784 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Library of Congress; copy: University of South Carolina Library The 20th. Instant I had the...
5775Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 13 June 1795 (Adams Papers)
I should be unpardonable if I neglected this Opportunity of writing to you by a private hand, &...
5776From James Madison to Samuel T. Anderson, 5 July 1823 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter on the subject of your account with the U.S. and asking whether there...
5777[Diary entry: 14 July 1788] (Washington Papers)
Monday 14th. Thermometer at 74 in the morning 79 at Noon and 76 at Night. Calm Morning, with very...
5778To Thomas Jefferson from John Ledyard, 7 February 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
A gentleman in this town informs me that the Indians who have been asked their opinions about...
5779To Benjamin Franklin from Count Andreas Peter von Bernstorff, 8 March 1780 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Library of Congress; copies: Columbia University Library, National Archives; press copy:...
5780To Alexander Hamilton from William Short, 27 July 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Morris has just recieved a letter from his correspondent at Antwerp in which he informs him...
5781Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 7 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
It is very long, my dear friend, since I have written to you. the fact is that I have was...
5782To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 6 September 1796 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 6, 1796. Second letter of September 6 not found. ] In the “List of...
5783To James Madison from Henry Lee, 22 April 1808 (Madison Papers)
It belongs to me to try to aid those I esteem & who stand in need of it. Such is the case with...
5784[October 1795 (1)] (Washington Papers)
1. Little or no wind & very pleasant. 2. Wind Easterly—clear & pleasant. 3. Do. Southerly & warm....
5785From Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley, 8 May 1775 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Harvard University Library I arrived here on Friday Evening, and the next morning was...
5786From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Thomas, 16 April 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
Being informed you have a much larger supply of oil than will shortly be necessary for your works...
5787Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Eston Randolph, 25 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I ought perhaps sooner to have informed you that mr Crav. Peyton had assigned to me your note for...
5788From George Washington to Brigadier General William Maxwell, 20 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
I was favored with your letter of yesterdays date this evening. I have informed Governor...
5789From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 23 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
I have been successively honoured with your Excellency’s dispatches of the 12th 13th & 16th and...
5790To George Washington from Charles Mynn Thruston, 21 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
That there is existing at Kentuckey a powerful faction for placing that Country under the...
5791[Diary entry: 25–28 August 1766] (Washington Papers)
25 - 26. 27. & 28. Spreading flax at Home.
5792From George Washington to Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, 3 March 1777 (Washington Papers)
I am to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 10th of last month, with the enclosed...
5793[Diary entry: 14 November 1769] (Washington Papers)
14. Dined and Supped at Mrs. Campbells. GW on this date paid 2s. 6d. to a tailor and lost 7s. 6d....
5794[December 1770] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Reachd home from Wests after an absence of 9 Weeks and one Day. 2. At home all day...
5795To Alexander Hamilton from John F. Hamtramck, 20 January 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
Conformably to the Direction I Received from General Wilkinson, I have the honor to enclose you a...
5796To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 6 August 1764 (Washington Papers)
in my Last Letter to you I told you I had in Closd the weights of the Crops of tobaco but in...
5797From Thomas Jefferson to James Wood, 17 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I am honored with your favor of the 8th. instant and have laid the same before the President of...
5798To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 2 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
The tranquillity in which I found this province is uninterrupted: and every appearance promises a...
5799To John Adams from Horatio Gates Spafford, 16 July 1816 (Adams Papers)
It is with great pleasure that I have observed, of late, the continued evidences of thy health so...
5800Editorial Note: Report on Commerce (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson’s report on commerce was his last effort as Secretary of State to achieve his...