Papers of John Adams Volume 19, February 1787 – May 1789 Front Matter Copyright Dedication Sponsorship Committees Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 3 February 1787To John JaySir I wrote a few Days Since by Col Franks who embarks in the French Packet from Havre De Grace, with the Morocco Treaty. There is no further Intelli... 6 February 1787From John JayDr: Sir Congress at length begins to do Business—seven States are represented, and Genl: St: Clair was three Days ago chosen President.— Since my las... 6 February 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Your favors by Colo. Franks have come safely to hand. he will set out from hence the 8th. inst. the packet being to sail from Havre the 10th... 7 February 1787From the Marquis de Lafayette J’ai Recue, monsieur, avec bien de la Reconnoissance les detaïls que vous avis la Bonté de m’envoïer; ils sont alarmans même pour Ceux qui Connoissen... 8 February 1787From Richard PriceDear Sir When I writ to you last week to return you my thanks for the instruction and pleasure given me by your Defence of the American Constitutions... 10 February 1787From Rufus KingDr. Sir Letters are this moment receivid from Genl. Lincoln giving the pleasing intillegence that he dispersed the Party under Shays on the morning o... 10 February 1787Thomas Barclay to the American CommissionersGentlemen. Since I wrote to you from hence the 6th. of last month I have been much aflicted with the Rheumatism in my Loins, which confin’d me to my ... 13 February 1787From Richard O’Bryen, Zaccheus Coffin, Isaac Stephens, Andrew Montgomery, and Alexander ForsythSir, Your three Letters to us, dated London the 29th. September, we received the 7th. Instant, and is exceeding Sorry to find by the Tenor of your Le... 15 February 1787From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I have continued to read your defence of the American states and admire the intelligence sagacity & firmness contained in it. at first it ap... 20 February 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I am now to acknoledge the receipt of your favor of Jan. 25. Colo. Franks sailed in the packet of this month from Havre for New York. this a... 21 February 1787From John JayDr Sir I had the Pleasure of receiving two Days ago your Letter of the 30th. November by Mr. Mitchel—it was the next Morning laid before Congress.— N... 23 February 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir The Notables met yesterday. the king opened the assembly with a short speech, wherein he expressed his inclination to consult with them on t... 23 February 1787From Theophilus Lindsey Mr Lindsey presents his due and most sincere respects to Mr Adams, was much mortified that he shou’d do him the honour to leave his name at Essex hou... 24 February 1787To John JaySir I do myself the Honour to transmit to Congress, a Letter from Mr Harrison, with an Account of Disbursements for Captain Erwin and his Associates ... 24 February 1787From Philip MazzeiMost esteemed & dear Sir, I took the liberty to trouble you with a letter by Col. Franks, in which I desired the favor of you to inform me abt. a law... 1 March 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear sir I am much obliged to you for your favours of Feb. 20. and 23 by Mr Carnes, and the curious Pamphlets. Opening a direct Communication between... 4 March 1787From the Duc de La Rochefoucauld d’Anville C’est du choc des idées, Monsieur, que naît la vérité: M. Turgot ne pouvoit pas être combattu par un plus digne adversaire; tous deux amans de la lib... 10 March 178725 April 1787From Ezra StilesSir In my Answer to the Letter I had the honor of receiveg from you last Fall by Dr Wales, I expressed my Apprehension that the Abbe Mably and some o... 14 March 1787From Matthew Robinson-MorrisSir, I receiv’d yesterday the favor of your letter together with the Defence of the American Constitutions; for which I beg, that you will return to ... 1 April 1787To Benjamin VaughanDear sir I am very much mortified to loose the Pleasure and Advantage of an Excursion to Windsor, to see Mr Herschell in Such Company: but the State ... 2 April 1787From John JayDr. Sir Since my last to you of 25th. February I have not been favored with any Letters from you.— Congress have made some Progress in my Report on y... 3 April 1787To Thomas BarclayDear sir— I have recieved in due time with great Pleasure all your Letters & Dispatches: But the Reason why I have not answ’d. them regularly, was th... 3 April 1787To C. W. F. DumasD. Sir. your Letter of the 13 of March was brought in to me but this moment— I am not able to give you any information you desire— a Gent. by the Nam... 3 April 1787To Wilhem & Jan WillinkGentlemen— I have received your favour of the 13th. of March with the three obligations inclosed: & I thank you for your care in the Business— inclos... 3 April 1787From Thomas BarclayDear Sir Inclosed is a letter for M. Jay Covering Copies of sundry letters to M. Lamb and of one to M. Carmichael, If you will take the Trouble of pe... 4 April 1787From the Board of TreasurySir. We have the Honor of Enclosing to you a Letter to Messrs: Wilhelm and Jan Willink, and Nicholas and Jacob Van Staphorst on the Subject of the In... 7 April 1787From David RamsaySir, By this time I suppose that the fame or rather the infamy of our new instalment law has reached you. I wish that it may not embarrass your hands... 9 April 1787From the Marquis de LafayetteMy dear Sir I Have long wished for a private opportunity to write to you, And while Expecting it, Have deprived myself of the pleasure to tell you my... 10 April 1787To John JayDear Sir The Public Councils of this Country, as far as they regard America, remain So exactly the same as to afford nothing new to communicate to Co... 11 April 1787William Stephens Smith’s Commission for His Mission to Portugal To William Stephens Smith Esquire Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America to the Court of Great Britain— The Secretary of the Unite... 11 April 1787William Stephens Smith’s Instructions for His Mission to PortugalDear Sir. Congress by their Resolution of February the 3d. 1787, determined, that the Letter to the Queen of Portugal herewith delivered you, should ... 14 April 1787From Patrick MillerSir I beg leave to present Your Excellency with the Account of an Invention for the Improvement of Naval Architecture, which is intended for the gene... 19 April 1787To John JayDear Sir I do myself the Honour to inclose the New Act of Parliament for regulating the Trade between the Territories of the United states of America... 19 April 1787To Rufus KingDr. Sir— Mr. Francis Upton, a Gentleman recommended to me by Mr: Hartley, will have the Honour to deliver you this Letter, He goes to NewYork, about ... 20 April 1787From Walter MowbraySir, As the intelligence I am to communicate is in my opinion of the highest consequence to the mercantile interest of America I presume any apology ... 20 April 1787From Thomas WrenSir, I think it requisite to inform you that we have in our town Mr. Waller Mowbray, a printer, in rather a confined way of business, but of fair & h... 21 April 1787To Thomas WrenDr. Sir— Your Letter of Yesterday 2 °Clock by express was delivered to me this morning— I waited on the secretary of State, at eleven & communicated ... 22 April 1787From Thomas WrenSir, I had the honour of receiving your favour this morning, and have now to add, to the former intelligence, [. . . .] man who had sollicited Mowbra... 30 April 1787To John JaySir Upon the Receipt of the first of the inclosed Letters from Dr Wren and Mr Mawbrey, by Express, I made Application to Government.— Lord Sidney was... 30 April 1787To Patrick MillerSir, I have received the elegant volume you did me the honor to address to me, and shall take the first favorable opportunity to transmit it to Congr... 30 April 1787From Thomas McKeanSir, I am much oblidged to you for the esteemed present of your Book, “in defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.... 1 May 1787To Philip MazzeiSir Your Favour of Feb. 24. I recd. but this Moment.— The Mass. Law in question obliged Masters of Vessells, before they landed a Passenger to give B... 3 May 1787From John JaySir In Obedience to the Orders of Congress I have the Honor of informing you, that Phineas Bond Esqr. has presented to Congress a Commission from his... 4 May 1787From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst We have to acquaint Your Excellency that the Time drawing now very near for the Payment of the Interest Two Hundred & Fifty Thousand Guilders due by ... 7 May 1787To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen The Letter from the Board of Treasury of the 4. of April, in which this is inclosed, I received open, on Fryday, together with the Bills fo... 8 May 1787To the Board of TreasuryGentlemen on Fryday last I had the Honour of your Letter of the fourth of April with two Bills of Exchange inclosed for Seventy five thousand Florins... 8 May 1787To John JayDr Sir I am honoured with your Letter of April 2d, and am happy to receive the Resolutions of Congress, inclosed in it, especially those of the twent... 8 May 1787To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen I have this Moment, four O Clock, your Letter of the 4.— I have this forenoon Sent to the Post Office two Letters for you. The Board of Tre... 12 May 1787From John JayDr Sir I had the Pleasure of writing you a few Lines on the 2d. of last Month, since which I have received and communicated to Congress your Letters ... 14 May 1787To John JayDear Sir Last Thursday, according to your Advice, I communicated to Lord Carmarthen, not officially but as private, tho authentic Intelligence, the R... 15 May 1787From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir It has been long matter of Surprise to me that the States of America when investigating the various forms of republicks should never have th... 15 May 1787From Cotton TuftsDear Sr. I recd. Yours by Capt. Cushing with 50 Vol. of the Defence &c Thirty of which, I put into the Hands of Mr Guild Bookseller, which were sold ... 15 May 1787From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst We have your excellency’s esteemed favors of 7th: and two of 8 Instant transmitting us Letters from the Board of Treasury. The detention whereof late... 18 May 1787From Benjamin FranklinSir, I received by Dr White the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 27th of January, together with two Copies of your Defence of the Am... 18 May 1787From James WarrenDear Sir I Thank you for your favour of Jany. 9th. & for the very valuable Present which Accompanied it. I have read your Book with great pleasure, a... 18 May 1787From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst Agreeable to what we had the honor to acquaint Your Excellency the 15th Instant, We have exerted ourselves to procure Money for Payment of the Intere... 18 May 1787Benjamin Rush to John Brown Cutting Dr Rush returns his thanks to Mr: Cutting for the elegant & agreeable manner in which he conveyed Mr Adams’s acceptable treatise on Goverment to him.... 19 May 1787From William Stephens SmithDr. Sir— I am under the disagreable necessity of informing you that Mr: Barclay is in Prison at this place—at the suit of Messrs: V & P. French & Nep... 21 May 1787To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen In answer to yours of the 15th, I have only to say I shall leave all to your Judgment ... 22 May 1787To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen I have this moment received your Letter of the 18th.— That Congress will most chearfully allow you Interest for the Money, you may advance,... 23 May 1787To John JayDear Sir Inclosed are Copies of two Protests of Bills of Exchange, received from the Board of Treasury. They are Duplicates. another Sett of Copies I... 24 May 1787From Philip MazzeiDear Sir, The information I have found in your letters has been of a great service to me, the last of the 1st. inst. not excepted, ’though you suppus... 29 May 1787From Antoine Marie CerisierMonsieur Je ne faisois que de sortir de la Maison lorsque Votre Excellence a bien voulu se donner la peine de passer; & n’étant revenu que fort tard ... 30 May 1787From the Marquis de LafayetteMy dear friend our Assembly is Ended; and altho’ the late depredations, and Confusion in the finances Make it Necessary to Encrease the Burthen of th... 1 June 1787Contract for the Third Dutch Loan On the first day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, appeared before me Pietre Galenus van Hole Notary of Amsterdam, adm... 7 June 1787From Pelatiah WebsterSir. Mr. John Churchman of This City Thinks he has Discover’d a Method by Which the Longitude at Sea or Land may be Ascertaind. by one Simple Observa... 12 June 1787To Antoine Marie CerisierDear Sir I received your frindley and obliging Letter at Amsterdam and was very Sory that I could not, by returning through Leyden, have the Pleasure... 12 June 1787To Philip MazzeiDear Sir Your favour of the 24. May is before me. To defend the Seperation of the Legislative Executive and Judicial Powers, from each other, and th... 14 June 1787From Joel BarlowSir Some months have elapsed since I recieved your very obliging favour of May 1786. I have followed the advice of you & your friend Doct Price in br... 16 June 1787To John JaySir Inclosed is a Copy of the Translation from the Dutch into English, of the Contract, entered into by me in behalf of the United States by Virtue o... 16 June 1787From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir yesterday for the first time I met with Admiral Darby and communicated to him what you said about the papers regarding America in Mr Jackson... 22 June 1787From Thomas WrenHonble. sir, At the request of Sir John Carter, I take the liberty to inform your Excellency, that Robt. Muir, detained in our goal, having lived upo... 25 June 1787To Thomas WrenDear Sir I have received your Favour of the 22d., and pray you to advance the three Pence per day, as you propose, on Account of the United States an... 28 June 1787To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord I have the Honour to inclose to Your Lordship, an authenticated Copy of a Resolution of Congress of the third of May, relative to Phineas Bon... 30 June 1787From William Stephens SmithDear Sir— By my Several Letters to Mrs: Smith since my departure your Excellency will have been regularly informed of my progress and the cause of my... 1 July 1787To Cotton TuftsMy dear Friend I have received your Favour of May the fifteenth, and am greatly obliged to you for your kind Attention to my little Affairs. Let me p... 1 July 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I returned about three weeks ago from a very useless voiage, useless, I mean, as to the object which first suggested it, that of trying the ... 4 July 1787From John JayDear Sir, I have been honored with your Letters of the 10th. 19. & 30 April and 1st: May last. Since the sitting of the Convention a sufficient numbe... 6 July 1787From Arthur Lee I received, my dear Sir, your Republics, & am much honord with the office you assign me. I had before read them & nothing material occurrd to me as a... 10 July 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I received with great Pleasure your favour of the first.— Your Excursion I dare answer for it, will be advantageous in many respects to our ... 10 July 1787From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur Votre Excellence verra par l’Extrait ci-joint la nécessité absolue & urgente que son contenu m’impose, d’avoir recours á Elle, com̃e Ministr... 10 July 1787From Thomas PinckneySir. I embrace the earliest opportunity of acknowledging your Excellency’s favors of the 21st. of April by Mr Miller and the 22nd of the same month b... 13 July 1787Thomas Barclay to the American CommissionersGentlemen I Do my self the honor to Inclose you the Books of 82 pages Containing All my Accounts respecting my Missions to Morocco, by which you will... 17 July 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have been duly honoured with your’s of the 10th. inst. and am happy to hear of the success of your journey to Amsterdam. there can be no d... 23 July 1787From Carter Braxton Sr.Sir. The acquaintance I had the honor to make with you in 1776 & the high opinion I then entertained of your Abilities & goodness of disposition—embo... 23 July 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Frouillé, the bookseller here who is engaged in having your book translated and printed, understanding that you were about publishing a seq... 24 July 1787From Christopher GadsdenMy Worthy Friend I am much obliged to You for your kind Remembrance of me, & the very Acceptable present You sent me, by Mr Gibbes, Your Defence of o... 25 July 1787From the Board of TreasurySir. — We are favor’d with your Letter of the 8th: of May last, transmitting Protests for Non Acceptance of the two Bills of Exchange for 75,000 Flor... 25 July 1787From John Jaymy dear Sir It gives me pain to have occasion so often to repeat that the irregular Attendance of the members of Congress has, for a long Time past, ... 31 July 1787From John JayDr Sir Since my last to you of the 4th. Instant I have been honored with yours of the 8th. 14th. & 23d. of May last, which have been communicated to ... 1 August 1787From William WhiteSir, Relying on your Excellency’s Regard to literary Merit & Yr Readiness to encourage the Cultivation of the Sciences in this Country, I take the Li... 1 August 178724 August 1787From John Brown Cutting Mr Cutting presents respectful compliments to the American Minister and returning his warmest acknowledgments for the entertainment and invaluable in... Volumes 2 and 3 of John Adams’ A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America[view document]... 25 August 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir On my return from an Excursion to Devonshire with my Family, where We have been to fly from the Putrefaction of a Great City in the Summer h... 28 August 1787From the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux Nous aurions desiré, Monsieur, lire dans votre langue l’exemplaire de votre ouvrage, nous avons prié un de nos amis qui sçait l’anglois de nous en fa... 30 August 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Since your favor of July 10. mine have been of July 17. 23. & 28. the last inclosed a bill of exchange from mr̃ Grand on Tessier for £46–17–... 1 September 1787From Joseph WillardSir, I feel myself under great obligations to you, for the valuable present of your Defence of the American Constitutions, which was delivered me by ... 2 September 1787From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir The conversation you honored me with the last time I dined at your house has affected me most sensibly & made me change my opinion of the pe... 3 September 1787From Richard Henry LeeDear Sir, Since my letter to you of december 1785 from Chantilly in Virginia in answer to the letters that you were pleased to write me on the 26th. ... 4 September 1787To Count Semon Romanovich Vorontsov Mr Adams presents his Compliments to the Ambassador from Russia, and does himself the Honour of conveying to his Excellency, a Small Packet. There ar... 5 September 1787To C. W. F. DumasDear Sir I am very much concerned that an absence in the Country should have So long delayed My Answer to your Letter of the tenth of July. There is ... 5 September 1787To Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir— I have received with much Pleasure your Letter without a date— nothing can ever give me more satisfaction than the reflection that I may ha... 5 September 1787From Count Semon Romanovich Vorontsov Le Cte de Woronzow à I’honneur de remercier Monsieur Adams pour deux exemplaires d’un poeme sur l’Amerique qu’il a eu la bonté de lui envoyer, il le ... 6 September 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir. I am Sorry to give you the trouble of this Commission: but I fear it will not be effectually done but by you—and therefore let me beg the ... 6 September 1787From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I had the pleasure to receive your favor this morning shall be very happy to receive you & mrs Adams your own day tuesday 11th: pray tell Co... 7 September 1787From the Chevalier de PintoMonsieur. J’ai eû ordre de ma Coûr de faire parvenir à votre connoissance, que quoique on ait differé jusqu’ici de repondre au project d’un Traité de... 10 September 1787To John JayDear Sir Inclosed is a Letter from the Portugese Minister, to me of the 7. of September and my Answer of this day the tenth. This is So pointed a Pr... 10 September 1787To the Chevalier de PintoSir. I have received the Letter, which you did me the honour to write me, on the 7th. of this month, and have observed with great satisfaction; the a... 20 September 1787From Elbridge GerryMy dear sir The proceedings of the Convention being this day published, I embrace the Oppertunity of transmitting them by a Vessel which is to sail t... 20 September 1787From David RamsayDear Sir, Your favor of July 14th with the pamphlet of letters addressed to Dr. Calkoen came to hand a few days since. Many thanks to you for that pr... 21 September 1787From the Chevalier de La Luzerne Monsieur trumbull ma fait remettre monsieur, la lettre dont la charge votre excellence.1 jai été bien faché de n’etre pas chez moi lors qu’il sest do... 22 September 1787To the Marquis of Carmarthenmy Lord— I do myself the honor to inclose to your Lordship a Letter this moment received, from the Master of a Vessel belonging to the United states ... 22 September 1787To John JayDear Sir There was Yesterday in the River, an Impress of Seamen, and Several American Vessells had their Men taken from them. An Application was made... 22 September 1787To John JayDear Sir Your private Letter of the twenty fifth of July is very friendly and obliging as usual. give yourself no concern about my Apprehensions of y... 23 September 1787To John JayDear Sir The Accounts from Holland and France are very discouraging: So much so that it would be imprudent to enter into a detail of Evils that are i... 24 September 1787To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord In Obedience to the orders of Congress I do myself the Honour, to inclose to your Lordship a Memorial to His Majestys Ministers of this days ... 25 September 1787To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord— I am under the necessity of again troubleing your Lordship, with the Complaint here enclosed of Robert Cushing a Citizen of the United state... 25 September 1787From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur Ce pays est conquis & soumis au vainqueur. Il ne manque plus que la soumission d’Amsterdam; & je ne vois pas de meilleur parti qu’elle puiss... 28 September 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I received your favors by Mr. Cutting, and thank you sincerely for the copy of your book. the departure of a packet-boat, which always gives... 1 October 1787To C. W. F. DumasSir. Col. Forrest, informed me last Night that he delivered you the Letter I wrote by him. in which were orders upon the Bankers of Amsterdam to pay ... 1 October 1787Memorial to the States GeneralHigh and Mighty Lords.— The Subscriber Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, has the Honour to acquaint your High Mightinesses ... 1 October 1787To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen having understood with much anxiety and Concern the unfortunate and critical situation of Public affairs in your Republick and particularly... 3 October 1787To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord— It is with concern, that I do myself the Honour to inclose to your Lordship a Letter which I received this morning from Charles Baldwin a Ci... 3 October 1787From John JayDr. Sir Still I am unable to give you satisfactory Information on the old and interesting Subject of your Return. My Report on it is not yet decided ... 3 October 1787From Arthur LeeDear Sir, I enclose you the long expected production of the Convention. I am inclind to think you will deem it somewhat too Aristocratic. An Olegarc... 7 October 1787From Philip MazzeiStimmo: Signor mio, Il nostro degno amico Sigr: Jefferson mi comunicò tempo fa i progressi di Vostr’ Eccellenza nella lingua toscana, e il suo deside... 9 October 1787To John JayDear Sir France appears at this Moment, in the Light of a Simple People Sincerely disposed to Peace, benevolence and Humanity, and judging of the dis... 9 October 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I Sent you a Copy of my Second Volume by Mr Barthelemy the French Chargé here now Minister, with a Letter about Money matters. in your favou... 9 October 1787From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur, En réponse à l’honorée vôtre du 1er. de ce mois, J’ai reçu & fait parvenir les Lettres que V.E. a eu la bonté d’écrire au Président, à Mr. ... 9 October 1787From Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst We have Your Excellency’s favor of 1st: Inst: advising it as most safe and prudent in your Opinion from what you had learned of the unfortunate and ... 11 October 1787Ratification of the Third Dutch Loan Be it Remembered that the within Contract or Engagement entered into by the honble: John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of Amer... 12 October 1787From the Marquis de LafayetteMy dear friend Amidst the Buzzling of Interior and foreign Affairs, I am glad to find an Opportunity to Remind you of Me, Which May Be free from the ... 15 October 1787From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I have read, more than once your defence of the constitutions of America and am instructed, entertained and convinced. you have proved your ... 16 October 1787To Cotton TuftsDear Sir I am very happy to learn, by your Letter of the 30. June that my Son is with Mr Parsons at Newbury Port. There is so much Appearance of War,... 16 October 1787From John JayDr. Sir Since my last to you of the 3d. Instant I have not been favored with any Letters from you. I have at length the Pleasure of transmitting to y... 18 October 1787To Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir Let me thank you kindly and cordially for your Letter of the fifteenth. Such is the melancholly Lot of Humanity, that I cannot pretend to pr... 18 October 1787From Hendrik FagelMonsieur. J’ai eû l’honneur de bien recevoir Votre Lettre du 1. du courant, par laquelle Vous m’avez envoyé un Memoire pour Leurs Hautes Puissances, ... 24 October 1787From the Marquis of Carmarthen Lord Carmarthen presents his Compliments to Mr. Adams, he has had the Honor to receive his Note, and will not fail to inform His Majesty of the Atten... 24 October 1787From Isaac StephensSir Sir By the hand of Doctor Warner Consul Logie Doctor which Returns to London I hope you will Ricive these few Lines He has attended Us Since bein... 25 October 1787To Hendrik FagelSir I have received the Letter you did me, the honour to write me, on the eighteenth of October instant, and am extreamly Sorry to learn, that the Co... 25 October 1787To John JayDear Sir I do myself the Honour to inclose Copy of Mr Fagels Letter to me of the 18th. and of my Answer of this day. and of my Letter to Mr. Dumas of... 27 October 1787To the Marquis de LafayetteDr. Sir— I thank you for your Letter & the Proceedings of Auvergne— The Provincial assemblies, if they act only as Councillors of the King must opera... 27 October 1787From Rufus KingDr. Sir I intended to have written to you previously to my departure from New York— Mr. Jay has undoubtedly transmitted to you the late Acts of Congr... 28 October 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Mr Daniel Parker will have the Honour to deliver you this. He is an intelligent American, and well informed as any Man you will see from hen... 30 October 1787From the Marquis de LafayetteMy dear Sir I am Much Better pleased with Your Second Volume than with the times—And the politics of this Book Agree Better with me than those of the... 30 October 1787From Theophilus Lindsey Mr Lindsey presents his most respectful compts to Mr Adams, with many thanks for his acceptable present. Mr L. hopes that America is now reaping som... 2 November 1787From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur, Malades mon Epouse & moi, je ne puis qu’en peu de Lignes accuser à V. Excellence la réception, & remercier de la Lettre dont Elle m’a honor... 3 November 1787From Antoine Marie CerisierMonsieur Dans le tems où le Parti Républicain alloit triompher où son succès alloit être affermi sur la base la plus inébranlable, celle d’une influe... 4 November 1787From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir Tho revelling in what you justly call luxury, planting and adorning the place round me, yet you have presented me with the highest luxury in... 10 November 1787To Thomas JeffersonMy dear sir Mr Boylston is going to Paris, with a Cargo of Sperma Cæti oil, and will be obliged to you for any Assistance or Advice you can give him.... 13 November 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir This will be delivered you by young mr̃ Rutledge. your knowledge of his father will introduce him to your notice. he merits it moreover on h... 15 November 1787To John JayDear Sir The Attack upon Mr Dumas, is but a Part of that system of Intimidation, that the present Tryumphant Party in Holland is pursuing, and if one... 15 November 1787To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentn. I have received the Letter, you did me the honor to write me, on the 9th. of this month: informing me that His Excellency Mr. Jefferson has ap... 19 November 1787From Patrick MillerSir I had the honour to receive Your Excellencys letter of the 30th. April. In the treatise on Naval Architecture which I requested you to transmit t... 24 November 1787From Joseph BarrellSir I request the Liberty (in behalf of those who are engaged in the enterprize) to present to your Excellency a Medal which was struck to be distrib... 28 November 1787From Cotton TuftsDear Sr. On Saturday last, the Genl Court rose, having sat Five Weeks, but few Matters of Importance were accomplished. The first Thing that came und... 30 November 1787To John JayDear Sir I do myself the Honour to inclose the Kings Speech at the Opening of Parliament as it has been transmitted to me from the Marquis of Carmart... 6 December 1787To Antoine Marie CerisierDear Sir. After much anxiety on your account and many ineffectual Inquiries after your health & welfare, I was happy to learn by Your Letter, that yo... 6 December 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear sir The Project of a new Constitution, has Objections against it, to which I find it difficult to reconcile my self. but I am so unfortunate as ... 7 December 1787From John Lillie Jr.May it please your Excellency. Nothing but the importance of the following subject which immediately concerns myself could have induced me to beg you... 10 December 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear sir I last night received, the Ratification of my last Loan and the inclosed Resolution of Congress of 18 July last, for the Redemption of Priso... 12 December 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir In the month of July I received from Fiseaux & Co. of Amsterdam a letter notifying me that the principal of their loan to the United states ... 14 December 1787From Henry Remsen Jr.Sir Mr. Jay having been, and still continuing too much indisposed to attend to Business, has directed me to acknowledge the Receipt of your Letters o... 16 December 1787To John JayDear Sir Two Days ago, I received the Letter, you did me the Honour to write me, on the 16. of Octr. with its Enclosures. The Approbation of my Condu... 16 December 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I wrote you on the 12th instant, that is to say, by the last post. but as that channel of conveiance is sometimes unfaithful I now inclose y... 18 December 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Last night I received your Letter of the 12. Mr Jarvis and Commodore Jones are arrived here from New york both charged with large Dispatches... 25 December 1787To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir By the last Post I answered your Letter of the 12, and Yesterday received yours of the 16.— Com. Jones has before now delivered you dispatch... 25 December 1787To Mercy Otis WarrenMadam The Sack of Rome, has So much Merit in itself that for the honour of America, I Should wish to See it acted on the Stage in London before croud... 25 December 1787From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst Being without any of Your Excellency’s esteemed favors unreplied to, The Purport of the present is to acquaint you, that on the 22nd: Inst: we receiv... 29 December 1787From François Adriaan Van der KempMonseigneur! L’année passé j’avois l’honneur de communiquer a votre l’Excellence mon desir de passer en Amerique avec ma famille pour m’etablir dans ... 31 December 1787From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Mr. Parker furnishes me an opportunity of acknoleging the receipt of your favors of Nov. 10. Dec. 6. 10. 18. & 25. which I avoid doing thro ... 2 January 1788To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen— I last night received your favour of the 25th. of last month— Mr. Jefferson has received lately by Commodore Jones further proceedings of ... 2 January 1788From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I had hopes given me that I should have had the pleasure of seeing you here & I did not despair till the Snow came now it will not be long b... 4 January 1788To Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir, I am in your debt for several very friendly letters, all of which shall be answered hereafter. I have had a great cold, which brought with ... 4 January 1788To Wilhem WillinkGentlemen Inclosed are Coupons to the amount of one thousand Eight hundred florins, part due in Febry & part in June as I shall embark with my family... 6 January 1788To François Adriaan Van der KempSir As I had suffered much Anxiety on your Account during your Imprisonment, your Letter of the 29. of last month gave me some relief. I rejoiced to ... 8 January 1788From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst We are honored with Your Excellency’s respected favor of 2d. Inst: with Copy of the Resolution of Congress conveying your Recall, and a Testimony of ... 11 January 1788From Philip MazzeiStimmo: e Carmo: Signore, È comparso alla luce un’elogio dell’Abate di Mably, scritto sotto gli auspici dei 2. vecchi Abati ben noti a Vostr’ Eccelle... 11 January 1788From Wilhem & Jan WillinkSir We have before us your Excell favor of 4 ins inclosing 20 Coupons due 1 febr @ 40 ff 800— 20 do. — 1 June next 501000— f 1800— Whch: payment we ... 12 January 1788To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord I do myself the Honour of transmitting to your Lordship, for the Information of his Majestys Ministers, a Collection of Papers relative to ce... 13 January 1788From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I informed you in my letter of the 31st. of December of the measures I had taken relative to the reimbursement of the 51,000 gelders to Fize... 21 January 1788To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord I do myself the Honour to inclose to your Lordship, for the Consideration of his Majestys Ministers, the Papers relative to the Brigantine Ja... 21 January 1788To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord I do myself the Honour to inclose to your Lordship a Resolution of Congress of the fifth day of October last, by which I am permitted to retu... 22 January 1788To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstGentlemen— I have received the Letter, you did the honor to write me, on the 8th. of Jan: inst. tho’ dated 8. February, by mistake— I have since rece... 23 January 1788To William CranchMy dear Nephew I am much obliged to you for your kind Letter of the 5. of December, and for a former one, and for the important Intelligence conveyed... 24 January 1788From the Marquis of CarmarthenSir, I have received the Honour of your Letter of the 21st. Instant, and I have given Directions for the necessary Notice to be sent to the Treasury ... 25 January 1788Memorial to the States GeneralHigh & Mighty Lords— The Subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, has the Honour to communicate to your High Mightines... 25 January 1788Memorial to William V, Prince of Orange The subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United states of America has the Honour to acquaint his Most serene Highness, that the said United ... 26 January 1788To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord I have the Honour to inclose to your Lordship an original Letter from Governor Smallwood of Maryland; and a Petition from Mr Forrest relative... 29 January 1788From Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst We are honored with Your Excellency’s respected favor of 22d. Inst:—informing us You and Colo: Smith will require £3000— Stg: previous to your Depart... 5 February 1788From Herbert Croft Mr. Croft takes the liberty to present his compliments to Mr. Adams. His friend Mr. Shippen was to have done him the honour of introducing him to Mr.... 6 February 1788From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir The Commissioners of the treasury have given notice to Willincks & Van Staphorsts that they shall not be able to remit them one shilling til... 12 February 1788To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have received your Letter of the 6th. and had before received the Same Information from Amsterdam. I know not how to express to you, the S... 12 February 1788To Cotton TuftsMy dear Friend Every Question you ask about the new Constitution Shows that you understand the subject as well as I can pretend to do, and that you a... 12 February 1788From Hendrik FagelMijn Heer! Ik heb mij deeser dagen vereïrt gevonden met UWEd. Missive, gedateert uit Londen den 25 Januarÿ deezes Jaars, waarbij UWEd. mij toezend ee... 14 February 1788To John JayDear Sir I Yesterday received Mr Remsens Letter of the 14. of December, with the Journals and Gazettes inclosed. At the last Conferences at Whitehall... 14 February 1788From John JayDear Sir As this Letter will go by the way of Ireland, and may be exposed to accidents in the Course of its Route, I decline entering into Particular... 16 February 1788To John JayDear Sir There is no Maxim more clearly Settled in all Courts, and in all Negotiations between Nations, than that Sovereign Should always Speak to So... 20 February 1788John Adams’ Address to George III, King of EnglandSir As the Period of my Mission to your Majesty is on the Point of expiring I have Solicited the Honour of this Audience, that I might have an opport... 20 February 1788From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I am in hopes daily of receiving a letter from you in answer to my last. the delay of the letters which contained the proposition to the boa... 21 February 1788To John JayDear Sir Yesterday I had my Audience of Leave of His Majesty. I Shall not trouble you with any Particulars, of the previous steps to obtain this Audi... 27 February 1788From John BowringSir, Seeing in the Gazette of Saturday last that you had taken leave of his Majesty, & presuming you are soon about to return to America, I should fe... 21 February 178828 February 1788John Adams’ Address to Charlotte, Queen of EnglandMadam As the Period of my Mission to His Majesty is expiring, I have requested the Honour of this Audience that I might have an oppertunity in taking... 28 February 1788To the Earl of AilesburySir It was my earnest desire to have obtaind an Audience of Leave of the Queen that I might have had an opportunity of presenting to Her Majesty befo... 28 February 1788To Benjamin RushMy dear Friend The Letter that accompanies this, is from a Character so respectable, that I beg leave to recommend it to your particular Attention.Th... 28 February 1788From Ezra StilesSir Last Sum̃er I wrote you acknowleding the Receipt of the Abbe Mably’s Pamphlet, and your Letter accompanying it. On the 19th. Inst. I received the... 2 March 1788From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I received this day a letter from mr̃s Adams of the 26th. ult. informing me you would set out on the 29th. for the Hague. our affairs at Am... 6 March 1788Memorial to the States GeneralHigh and Mighty Lords The Subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, has the honour to communicate to your High Mightine... 7 March 1788Memorial to William V, Prince of Orange The Subscriber, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, has the Honour to communicate to your Most Serene Highness, a Resolution ... 13 March 1788Contract for the Fourth Dutch Loan On the thirteenth Day of March in the Year one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight, appeared before me Pieter Galenus van Hole Notary of Amsterda... 26 March 1788To George ClintonDear sir Give me leave to introduce to you Col Smith and his Lady, two Persons in whose Welfare I am in an high degree interested. Mrs Smith as a you... 26 March 1788To John JayDear Sir I have only Time to introduce to you and Mrs Jay, my Daughter Smith and to recommend her to your Patronage and Mrs Jays Friendship. I shall ... 29 March 1788From Samuel Fitch Mr Fitch presents his Compliments to Mr Adams. & begs Leave to Remind him That the latter End of the Year 1774 & very early in 1775 Mr. Adams borrowe... 30 March 1788To the Marquis of CarmarthenMy Lord The Letter of Recall, herewith enclosed never reached my hand till this Moment when I was ready to Step into the Carriage for Portsmouth wher... 4 April 1788From Richard PriceMy dear Friend I have just received the favour of your letter, and feel an impatience to thank you for it. Your recommendation of Mr Neckar’s book ra... 5 April 1788To Thomas Brand HollisMy Dear Sir, If ever there was any philosophic solitude, your two friends have found it in this place, where we have been wind bound, a whole week, w... 9 April 1788To Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir, I have, to day, received your kind letter of the 7th and the valuable books that accompanied it. Mariana, Corio, and Ramsay, for which I mo... 7 May 1788From John HancockSir I Lodge this Letter with the Pilot at the Light House to deliver you, which will inform you that I have given him directions to hoist a Signal wh... 17 May 1788From John Brown CuttingDear Sir, This moment I have been notified of the first opportunity I have known since your departure of writing to Boston. Altho it be past eleven a... 25 May 1788From the Marquis de LafayetteMy dear Sir I Will not Enter on a detaïl of European Affairs, Still less So of our trouble in france, as M. Barret will tell You What Has Happened Si... 28 May 1788From John Brown CuttingDear Sir, I made up a parcel (directed for you by the Commerce) on the evening of the 17th; but Mr Prentice who was to forward the same to Gravesend ... 6 June 1788From John AverySir, Agreeably to the directions of the two branches of the General Court I have the honor to inform you that you have been this day elected a Delega... 18 June 1788From the Massachusetts General Court Ordered that Caleb Strong, Joseph Bradley Varnum, and Thomas Dawes esqrs, with such as the honorable House may join be a committee, to present to the... 18 June 1788To the Massachusetts General Court To the Honourable the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The kind and condescending Congratulations of So illustrious a Body as the Leg... 18 June 1788From John Thaxter Jr.Sir, If amidst the vast Concourse of Friends who have eagerly pressed to welcome your safe Arrival to your native Country, you have not found your fo... 2 July 1788From Benjamin RushDear Sir, Permit an old friend to congratulate you upon your safe arrival in your native country. I rejoiced in reading, of the respectful manner in ... 4 July 1788From John Jay I congratulate you my dear Sir! most cordially on your Return to your native Country, and am greatly pleased with the Reception you have met with— Yo... 4 July 1788From Arthur LeeMy dear Sir, Give me leave to congratulate you on your happy arrival in your native Country; & on the respectable reception that has attended it. I b... 4 July 1788From Daniel RoberdeauDear Sir The public papers anounce your return with your family to your native land, and I cannot refrain my congratulations particularly as to the s... 4 July 1788Ratification of the Fourth Dutch Loan Be it remembered that the within Contract or Engagement, entered into by the Honorable John Adams Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of Am... 7 July 1788From Samuel Allyne OtisDear Sir Permit me tho late to congratulate you & your amiable Lady upon a return to your native Country, The pleasure & delights of which you must r... 12 July 1788From John Brown CuttingMy Dear Sir, I have now the honor to inclose you a copy of the southern whale fishery bill—which I cou’d not obtain early enough to send forward when... 12 July 1788From William VaughanDear Sir Our worthy friend Dr. Price has requested me to forward to you the last Volume of Gibbons’s History, and the appendix, to compleat your Sett... 18 July 1788To John JayDear Sir I am honoured with your Letter of the 4. of July and thank you for your friendly Congratulations on my Arrival. The Decision of the Conventi... 18 July 1788To Arthur LeeDear Sir I am much obliged to you, for your kind Congratulations on my Arrival, and Mrs Adams returns you her Compliments and Thanks. The Accession o... 25 July 1788From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! Being returned at New-york, after a yourneÿ of five weeks in the countrÿ, to take a view of the land, I wished to employ this moment to inform y... 1 August 1788From Ezra StilesSir Upon receiving a third Book, but a Duplicate of the first Volume of you Work, I acknowledged it in the inclosed Letter, which I sent to New York ... 2 August 1788From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have received with a great deal of pleasure the account of your safe arrival and joyful reception at Boston. mr̃ Cutting was so kind as to... 10 August 1788From Arthur Lee I receivd your favor, my dear Sir, by which I perceive you are once more a farmer at Braintree—a real Cincinnatus without being of that noble Body wh... 21 August 1788From Nicolaas & Jacob van StaphorstSir Permit us to offer you our most hearty and sincere Congratulations on Your and your Lady’s safe Return to your Native Country, after a long Absen... 23 August 1788From Joshua BarneySir, Since I had the honor to Command the packett-ship Genrl. Washington. in 84. I have lived at this place in hopes long before this, to have been c... 27 August 1788From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur C’est avec tout l’intérêt qui suit des sentimens que vous me connoissez, que j’appris il y a quelques semaines votre heureuse arrivée avec v... 1 September 1788From Zabdiel AdamsDear and respected Sir— The time once was when I had the pleasure of being often in your company, & hearing from your mouth entertaining conversation... 13 September 1788From Ezra StilesSir Some Men by their Merits call upon themselves the Attention of the whole Republic of Letters; and amidst a Profusion of Honors from the most illu... 15 September 1788To Perez MortonSir On saturday night, I received your letter of the tenth of this month, and with it a letter inclosed to you from his excellency Mr Bowdoin of the ... 8 October 1788From John Brown CuttingMy Dear Sir, Many unexpected obstacles have concur’d to detain me man months longer than I either wish’d or meant to remain here. I have not however ... 11 October 1788To John JayDear Sir The multiplied Cares attending the Removal of a Family, from one Country to another; and beginning a new Course of Life or resuming an old o... 12 October 1788From John Brown CuttingMy Dear Sir, The following was the return of the Greenland Fishery on the 17th of June last. made here London shipsNumber of FishWhitby ShipsNumber o... 20 October 1788From Jeremy BelknapSir In a Letter of October 7th recd from Dr Rush of Philadelphia I find the following Paragraph “Mr John Adams will probably have all the [. . .] of ... 2 November 1788To Theophilus ParsonsDear Sir From the Conversation that pass’d, between you and me, when I had the Pleasure to See you for a few moments at this place, I am apprehensive... 4 November 1788To Ezra StilesSir. Last night, I received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me, on the thirteenth of September, informing me of the Honour that has been do... 1 November 178830 November 1788From Paul R. RandallSir Having applied to Congress for the payment of my salary—being in despair of obtaining it from Mr Lamb—they have been pleased to refer my memorial... 2 December 1788To Jean LuzacDear Sir. It is with great and sincere Pleasure, that I have to acknowledge the receipt of your friendly and obliging Letter of the 26th of August. Y... 2 December 1788To Benjamin RushDear Sir A multiplicity of avocations have prevented me, from answering your friendly Letter of the 2d of July, till I am almost ashamed to answer it... 2 December 1788To Wilhem & Jan WillinkGentlemen. I have received your friendly Letter and am much obliged to you for your kind remembrance and felicitations. I also thank you for the Trou... 3 December 1788To Thomas Brand HollisMy dear Friend. If I had been told at my first arrival that five months would pass, before I should write a Line to Mr: Brand Hollis, I should not ha... 5 December 1788From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I had the pleasure of writing to you on the 2d. of Aug. and of adding a P.S. of Aug. 6. you will have known since that that the interpositio... 18 December 1788From Samuel Allyne OtisDear Sir I flattered myself my friends would have supported my election for the District of Suffolk but I am dissappointed, But long dissciplined in ... 2 January 1789To Thomas JeffersonMy dear Friend Give me leave to introduce to you John Coffin Jones Esqr, an eminent Merchant of Boston and a late Member of the Legislature from that... 4 January 1789From Paul Joseph Guerard de Nancredesir I have the Honor to send you inclosed, the prospectus of a french periodical publication lately offered to the patronage of the Americans— I feel... 14 January 1789From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I now do myself the pleasure to inclose to you a copy of the Arret explanatory of that of Sep. 28. on the subject of our whale oils. mr̃ Nec... 17 January 1789From Stephen HigginsonSir You may recollect that the Court of France by an edict, about 2 Years since, opend a trade to the Americans to Mauritius and the french settlemen... 22 January 1789From John Brown CuttingMy Dear Sir I arrived here in six weeks from the Downs whence the ship in which I came took her departure on the 5th of Novr; a day which all the whi... 22 January 1789From Benjamin Rushmy dear friend, Your affectionate and instructing letter of Decemr 2nd: did not reach me ’till yesterday.— I embrace with my Affections, as well as m... 23 January 1789From John Eager HowardSir, I have the honor to enclose a proclamation which will inform you of the result of the late elections in this State. The federal ticket has been ... 23 January 1789From John JayDear Sir Having read in the Papers of to Day, an Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in France to one at Boston, mentioning an Edict excluding forei... 28 January 1789From Sylvanus BourneSir Pardon the liberty I take, and permit me to call to your Excellency’s recollection, a Person who (at the time the Committee of Convention for fra... 31 January 1789From Samuel Allyne OtisDear Sir Probably before this will reach you the election of Vice President will be determined, upon which I may venture to congratulate you Sir, as ... 8 February 1789To Benjamin RushMy Dear Friend Your obliging favor of the 22d Ult I recd. last night.— I remember so much of the transactions, at the formation of the Pensilvania Co... 10 February 1789From John Murray How grateful, how thankful, this moment I feel— To who, for what? To the infinitely good, the infinitely great, who, having the hearts of all in his ... 12 February 1789From Abraham FullerHond Sir Since I made the last return of the number of Polls in the Commonwealth, to your Honr, I find a Mistake of 45 Polls, being Short of the numb... 18 February 1789From William CushingDear Sir— I know you will forgive me if I draw your attention, a moment, from the weighty matters that employ it, to the Subject of libels & liberty... 21 February 1789From Benjamin Rushmy dear friend, Few events have happened since the 17th of septemr: 1788, which have afforded me more pleasure than your election to the Vice preside... 1 March 1789To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir The inclosed Letter from The Hon. Stephen Higginson Esqr, is upon a Subject of so much Importance, and contains so much Information that I c... 1 March 1789From Tench CoxeSir Having just recd. a letter from my friend Doctor Rush, which contained the enclosed pacquet for you, I do myself the honor of covering it to you ... 2 March 1789To Mercy Otis WarrenDear Madam Your friendly Letter of the third and twentieth of February, I did not receive till Saturday last. To your Friend, who has now been return... 3 March 1789From Tristram DaltonDear Sir The accounts received of the votes given for Vice President of the federal Senate render your Election to that high Office undoubted— will y... 4 March 1789From Elbridge GerryMy dear Friend I find on enquiry that you are elected Vice-president, having three or four times the number of votes of any other candidate. Maryland... 5 March 1789From Richard PriceDear Sir Having been very happy in your friendship, and much honoured by it while you resided in this country, I cannot avoid taking the opportunity ... 7 March 1789To William CushingDear Sir I am greatly obliged, by the Letter you did me the Honour to write me on the 18th. of February; and regret very much the Want of Leisure to ... 10 March 1789From Ebenezer StorerDear Sir I had yesterday the honour to go to Braintree on purpose to pay my respects to you on the commencement of the new Federal Government, & to a... 16 March 1789Address from the Inhabitants of MarbleheadSir the Inhabitants of Marblehead in Common with their fellow Countrymen have ever felt Strongly impressed with Sentiments of gratitude and satisfact... 19 March 1789From Benjamin RushMy dear friend, From the influence as president of the senate, and a Citizen of massachussets, that you will have in the Councils of our Nation, and ... 2 April 1789Address from Rhode Island FederalistsSir, The Federalists of this State though denied the Priviledge of giving you their Suffrages, are peculiarly happy, to find your Excellency by so de... 2 April 1789From Mercy Otis WarrenDear Sir— You are too well acquainted with the history of the world & the distresses of mankind to expect to stand on the eminence of rank, fortune, ... 3 April 1789From John Brown CuttingMy Dear Sir, This letter will be presented to you by the Hon. William Smith Esquire one of the representaives in Congress from the State of South Car... 6 April 1789From John LangdonSir, I have the honor to transmit to you the information of your being elected to the office of Vice-President of the United States of America. Permi... 10 April 1789From Richard PetersMy dear Sir I should be wanting in those Evidences of my very sincere Respect & Esteem for you which I shall ever be happy in shewing, if I did not t... 12 April 1789From James Lovell Advised and even pressed, by Friends near me and at a Distance, “to go on to New York;—to be in the Way of soliciting, counteracting” and such kind o... 13 April 1789From John Bubenheim Bayard It is with great sincerity, I beg leave to congratulate your Honor on your election as Vice President of the United States— the many high offices you... 13 April 1789From Robert Treat PaineMuch respected Freind When we were going to the first Congress our worthy Freind Hawley, gave us in writing some broken hints— I take Liberty to imit... 19 April 1789From William Stephens SmithMy dear Sir— I had the Pleasure of receiving your letter of the 10th. inst. the last evening, and should have done myself the Honour of meeting you a... 20 April 1789From Samuel Allyne OtisSir After my most sincere congratulations upon your arrival at the present Seat of the Federal Goverment, I do myself the honor to enclose you a Copy... 21 April 1789John Adams’ Address to the SenateGentlemen of the Senate: Invited to this respectable situation by the suffrages of our fellow citizens, according to the Constitution, I have thought... 21 April 1789From Jabez BowenSir, I hope this will find you in Health and that Harmony and Unanimity prevails in the Councels of the United States, altho we cannot yet joyn, them... 22 April 1789From Benjamin LincolnMy dear sir At my last interview I mentioned to your Excellency my apprehensions that there were some influential characters in the United States, wh... 22 April 1789From Benjamin Rushmy dear friend, Accept of my sincere Congratulations upon your arrival in new york, and upon your advancement to the second honor in the United State... 22 April 1789From William TudorMy dear Sir I had not the Pleasure of bidding You a personal Adieu on the Monday of your leaving this Town, because I could not have done it without ... 23 April 1789From Robert DuncanSir. Permit me to join the Citizens of America in heart felt Congratulations on your Excellencys appointment to the Vice Presidency of the United Sta... 23 April 1789From the Comte de SarsfieldMy dear friend Lorsque nous nous Sommes quittés, Jeme Suis dit qu’il ne falloit pas penser a vous Ecrire parce que, quand on parle tout Seul, c’est l... 25 April 1789From John Rodgers Dr. Rodgers presents his most respectful Compliments to His Excellency the Vice President of the United States, & informs Him, there are two Pews set... 25 April 1789From Nathaniel Peaslee SargeantDear Sr.— when I had the pleasure of conversing with you at Boston I took the freedom to recommend Mr. William Pickman of Salem for some place in the... 28 April 1789From Jabez BowenSir, In Examining the Debates in the Lower House of Congress I find Melasses mentioned as Charged with a Duty on Importation of six Cents. which sum ... 28 April 1789From William TudorDear Sir I have never known more Pleasure discovered amongst all Ranks of Citizens, than what appeared here, on the news of our Two Presidents safe A... 30 April 1789From Wilhem & Jan WillinkSir We had the pleasure of waiting on you in may & in Octr. Ao.Do: in forming you by the latter of your good luck of your number 995. of the Obligats... 2 May 1789To Pierpont EdwardsSir I have received the letter you did me the honour to write me, on the twenty Seventh of last month, inclosing the Freedom of the City of New Haven... 3 May 1789To William TudorDear Sir Your favr. of 22 Ult. is recd.— I was well aware that many of my Friends and the Well Wishers to good Govt, would be prevented from making t... 3 May 1789To Cotton TuftsMy dear Friend Every Thing has happened, as I could wish Since I left you, excepting the delay of making Provision for my Subsistance; and this has p... 7 May 1789From Mercy Otis WarrenSir. Presuming on the Confidential & unremiting Friendship that has long subsisted between us; Grounded on the close connextion commenced with mr War... 8 May 1789To Benjamin LincolnDear Sir I have received your kind favour of April 22d and Shall not be easy till it is answered, though it is not easy to find the time, amidst the ... 9 May 1789To William TudorDear Sir Thank you for your favour of 28. Ult.— There is an entire harmony, between the two Persons you Speak of, and there is no probability of its ... 10 May 1789From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Since mine of Jan. 14. yours of Jan. 2. & Mar. 1. have been handed to me; the former by mr̃ Jones, whom I am glad to know on your recommenda... 11 May 1789From Samuel Allyne OtisDear Sir You will pardon me a few observations upon some apprehended arrangements, by a Committee of conference now in being— When Mr Thomson was my ... 11 May 1789From James SearleDear Sir I persuade myself that even surrounded as you are with the Plaudits of a gratefull & Sensible Country, you will not be displeased to receive... 13 May 1789From Joseph WillardSir, I have just received a letter from Dr Price, enclosing one to your Excellency, which he desires me to convey to you, and I now transmit it. Your... 14 May 1789To Roger ShermanMy dear Friend Inclosed is a Letter of Thanks to our fellow Citizens of New Haven and to Mr Edwards, for the most endearing Compliment I ever receive... 15 May 1789To James SearleDear Sir I received your friendly Letter last Evening, and thank you for your kind Remembrance, of your Old Friend. To hear of your Success and Prosp... 15 May 1789From John BondfieldSir Permit me join in the United Voice of America. Accept my sincere Congratulation on the Nomination to the High Office Confer’d on you by the Choic... 16 May 1789Address from the Senate to George WashingtonSir, We the Senate of the United States, return you our sincere thanks for your excellent speech delivered to both Houses of Congress; congratulate y... 1 May 178916 May 1789George Washington’s Queries Regarding Presidential Conduct The President of the United States wishes to avail himself of your sentiments on the following points— 1st Whether a line of Conduct, equally distant... 17 May 1789John Adams’ Reply to George Washington’s Queries Regarding Presidential Conduct The Vice President of the United States has the honour to present his humble Opinion, on the Points proposed, for his consideration. 1. That an Assoc... 17 May 1789To Benjamin RushDear Sir Your favour of the 19 of March deserves a particular consideration and answer, which I have not, till now, been able, from a multitude of av... 18 May 1789To Jabez BowenSir— I have received your two letters of April 21 and 28th and am obliged to you for introducing your Brother Oliver Bowen Esqr, to whom I wish succe... 18 May 1789From Benjamin LincolnDear sir I have just been honoured by the receipt of your favor of the 8th. instant— I have not time, as I must soon leave town, to observe now on th... 18 May 1789From William TudorDear Sir Your very obliging & confidential Letters of the 3d. and 9th. of May I received on the 15. I mention their coming to my Hands together only ... 19 May 1789From Jabez BowenSir, On the 6th. of this Month was held our General Election for Officers for the Ensuing Year; they are nearly the same as the last, saving a few mo... 19 May 1789From William SmithDear Sr. As the Revenue Act has past the House & it is probable may now be before the Senate, I will take the freedom to hint to you the uneasiness t... 20 May 1789To Richard PriceMy dear Friend— I last night received your friendly letter of March the fifth: and am happy to find that I have a place in your remembrance. There ar... 21 May 1789To Arnold WellesSir— I have received the letter you did me the honour to write me, on the fifth of this month and thank you for your obliging congratulation on the e... 22 May 1789To William HindmanSir— I have received your kind letter of April 24th—recommending Gustavus Scott Esqr for employment in the Law Department— The President is you know ... 22 May 1789To Nathaniel Peaslee SargeantDear Sir— I received with pleasure your friendly letter of the 25th of April—your recommendation of Mr William Pickman has great weight with me. but ... 26 May 1789To Hendrik FagelSir— Mr Van berckel informs me that you were desirous of seeing the second and third Volumes of the Defence &c When I gave orders for the first to be... 26 May 1789To Benjamin LincolnDear Sir. I am, this Evening favoured with yours of the 18. In Answer to your Question, I ask another.— Where is the Sovereignty of the Nation lodged... 27 May 1789To William SmithDear Sir— I have received your obliging Letter of the 19th. a drawback on Rum exported is admitted by the House, and I believe will not be taken off ... 27 May 1789To William TudorDear Sir I have received your favour of the 18th. but cannot agree with you that “a considerable Period must elapse before the United States can aris... 27 May 1789From Paul R. RandallSir I take the liberty of laying before you a memorial epistle, I have presented to the President stating my right to presume upon the publick attent... 28 May 1789To William TudorDear Sir What is there which the new Government possesses, on which to found its Authority.? Has it Honours? has it pleasures? has it profits to best... 28 May 1789From Richard PetersDear Sir Until I met with your Letter to Day I could not conceive I had been so remiss as not before this Time to have acknowledged the Favour of it.... 29 May 1789To Mercy Otis WarrenMadam— A little before my departure from Braintree I received your favour inclosing a letter from Mrs Walker. last night I received that of the 7th M... 30 May 1789From Jeremy BelknapSir, I should not have thought of troubling you with the inclosed sermon, if it had not been suggested to me by a friend who heard it that it seemed ... 30 May 1789From James Bowdoinsir The attachment of Mr. Boid to the American Cause has, as you are Sensible, occasioned the forfeiture to the British Government of all his Lands u... 30 May 1789From Benjamin LincolnDear sir I am fully in sentiment with you respecting the danger of an established aristocracy and had I fully explained my self when I mentioned the ... 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