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From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 30 January …
WebTo James Madison. Paris Jan. 30. 1787. Dear Sir. My last to you was of the 16th of Dec. since which I have received yours of Nov. 25. and Dec. 4. which afforded me, as your letters always do, a treat on matters public, individual and oeconomical. I am impatient to learn your sentiments on the late troubles in the Eastern states.
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“The Deformed and Handsome Leg” and “La Belle et la …
Web4. This is the title BF attached to his draft and that Mathew Carey used when reprinting the bagatelle in The Columbian Magazine of October, 1786, pp. 61–2. The first posthumous edition of BF’s writings, however, reversed the adjectives, calling the piece, “The Handsome and Deformed Leg”: Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin … (2 vols., London, …
Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, [28 May …
WebThe history of the origin and establishment of the Pennsylvania Hospital has been briefly told in the preceding volume.4 To report on their stewardship and demonstrate reasons for continued support by the Assembly and the public, the Managers in the spring of 1754 decided to print an account of the institution’s history. Franklin prepared it, …
Afterword to Every Man His Own Doctor, 1736
WebIn 1734 Franklin reprinted John Tennent’s Every Man his own Doctor, which had been published earlier that year in a “second edition” in Williamsburg, Va.3 Franklin may have concluded this “third edition” with the address to his readers, which is reprinted below; but no complete copy is known.4 In 1736 he reprinted Tennent’s pamphlet in a “fourth …
Introductory Note: From Philip Schuyler, [31 January 1799]
WebIntroductory Note. [Albany, January 31, 1799] The opening paragraph of the letter printed below contains the first reference in Hamilton’s extant correspondence to a series of events that led to the chartering of the Manhattan Company. 1 This company, which eventually was to supply New York City with an inadequate water system and a …
To Thomas Jefferson from David Bushnell, [13] October …
WebFrom David Bushnell [redated from October 1787] Stamford, in Connecticut Octr. th. 1 1787. Sir. In the latter part of the year, one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, I received a letter from Colonel David Humphreys, and soon after, another from Doctor Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College, in Connecticut, informing me, that your
From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, with Enclosure, 10 …
WebTo Peter Carr, with Enclosure. Paris Aug. 10. 1787. Dear Peter. I have received your two letters of Decemb. 30. and April 18. and am very happy to find by them, as well as by letters from Mr. Wythe, that you have been so fortunate as to attract his notice and good will: I am sure you will find this to have been one of the most fortunate events
The Federalist No. 12, [27 November 1787]
WebThe Federalist No. 12 1. To the People of the State of New-York. THE effects of union upon the commercial prosperity of the States have been sufficiently delineated. Its tendency to promote the interests of revenue will be the subject of our present enquiry. The prosperity of 2 commerce is now perceived and acknowledged, by all enlightened
From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, 23 September …
WebTo Benjamin Rush. Monticello Sep. 23. 1800. I have to acknolege the reciept of your favor of Aug. 22. and to congratulate you on the healthiness of your city. still Baltimore, Norfolk & Providence admonish us that we are not clear of our new scourge. 1 when great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them
From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, [10 …
WebTo Elizabeth Hamilton. [Philadelphia, August 10, 1791] This day, my beloved, on my return from Brunswick I received your precious letters of the 31 of July & 3d. of August. 1 I was surprised to find you had received none from me; as without recollecting dates, I think one, which I wrote you, before my departure from New York, 2 ought to …
From Alexander Hamilton to Gouverneur Morris, [25 August 1802]
Web2. This was a loan of two hundred thousand Swiss livres from Jean Frederick Houst de Grandson, a European banker, to William Constable, a New York City merchant who had been a partner in Alexander Macomb’s purchase of land in northern New York. James Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont was the guarantor of the loan, and H and Morris …
Thomas Jefferson to Robert Walsh, 4 December 1818
WebTo Robert Walsh. Monticello Dec. 4. 18. Yours of Nov. 8. has been some time recieved; but it is in my power to give little satisfaction as to it’s enquiries. 1 D r Franklin had many political enemies, as every character must which, with decision enough to have opinions, has energy & talent to give them effect on the feelings of the adversary
Address on the Jay Treaty, 30 July 1795
WebAddress on the Jay Treaty 1. [ New York, July 30, 1795. “Mr. Hamilton said, ‘unless the treaty was ratified, we might expect a foreign war, and if it is ratified we might expect a civil war .’. He adds, ‘true, a gentleman observed to me, that a foreign war might be procrastinated by further negociations, but this would be degrading to
From Alexander Hamilton to Catharine Livingston and Elizabeth
WebAL, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress. 1 . Elizabeth Schuyler was, of course, the future bride of H and the second daughter of Philip Schuyler. It is assumed that the “Miss Livingston” referred to in the first sentence is Catharine, the youngest daughter of Governor William Livingston of New Jersey, for she was a close friend of
From Thomas Jefferson to Madame d’Enville, 2 April 1790
WebTo Madame d’Enville. New York April. 2. 1790. I had hoped, Madame la Duchesse, to have again had the honor of paying my respects to you in Paris, but the wish of our government that I should take a share in it’s administration, has become a law to me. Could I have persuaded myself that public offices were made for private convenience, I
From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 19 August 1785
WebTo Peter Carr. Paris Aug. 19. 1785. Dear Peter. I received by Mr. Mazzei your letter of April 20. I am much mortified to hear that you have lost so much time, and that when you arrived in Williamsburgh you were not at all advanced from what you were when you left Monticello. Time now begins to be precious to you.
Thomas Jefferson to Vine Utley, 21 March 1819
WebTo Vine Utley. Monticello Mar. 21. 19. Sir. Your letter of Feb. 18. came to hand on the 1 st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have puzzled me not a little, had it not been for the model, with which you accompanied it, of D r Rush’s answer to a similar enquiry. I live so much like other people, that I might
To Benjamin Franklin from Aaron Burr, 20 March 1753
Web8. Aaron Burr (1716–1757), Presbyterian clergyman, president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) from 1748 to his death. In 1753 the college was conducted at the parsonage of the First Church of Newark, which Burr also served as minister. He was renowned for his learning and, though he had no special training in …
From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, [August 1780]
WebTo Elizabeth Schuyler. [Teaneck, New Jersey, August, 1 1780] Impatiently My Dearest have I been expecting the return of your father to bring me a letter from my charmer with the answers you have been good enough to promise me to the little questions asked in mine by him. I long to see the workings of my Betseys heart, and I promise my self I
The Federalist No. 66, [8 March 1788]
WebThe [New York] Independent Journal: or, the General Advertiser, March 8, 1788.This essay was printed in New-York Packet on March 11. In the McLean description begins The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, As Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. In Two Volumes (New …
Proceedings of a General Court-Martial for the Trial of Major
Web1. Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the Trial of Major General Lee description begins Proceedings of a General Court Martial, Held at Brunswick, in the State of New Jersey, by order of His Excellency General Washington … for the Trial of Major General Lee (Philadelphia, 1778). description ends , 5–6. This court-martial concerned …
Saturday. Jany. 18th. 1766.
Web1. Rough draft of the greater part of JA’s third “Clarendon” letter. The printed version, in the Boston Gazette, 27 Jan. 1766, varies widely from the draft; compare JA, Works description begins The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1850–1856; 10 …
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