Papers of John Adams Volume 21, March 1791–January 1797 Front Matter Copyright Dedication Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus Documents 1 March 1791From George Washington Certain matters touching the public good requiring that the Senate shall be convened on Friday the 4th ... 2 March 1791To Henry MarchantDear Sir This morning I received your kind Letter of Feb. 19 and I thank you for the handsome Charge to the Jury in the Newsp... 3 March 1791From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I am much in your debt for letters by mr Knox General Mansell & Mr Broome who seems an excellent citizen we had an American dinner ... 5 March 1791From Charles Storerdear sir, By direction of your son I take the liberty to enclose to your Care a letter for him, and have to request you to fo... 6 March 1791From John AveryMay it please Your Excellency Sir having observed in a Philadelphia paper under date of the 24th. februy., ... 9 March 1791From the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial CourtSir The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court in obedience to the order of the Senate of the 14th: of Feb: ... 10 March 1791To Hannah AdamsMiss Adams I have this day received your obliging Letter of the twenty first of February, inclosing a Co[py] of a proposed De... 11 March 1791From Eliphalet FitchDear Sir, I received your Favor of the 18th. Febr̃̃y and the valuable Present of Books you were so obliging as to send me.— I... 15 March 1791To William TudorDear sir Thank you for yours of Feb. 27.— You Seem to threaten me with a Place in the Pages of some Tory Historian. If the Pa... 16 March 1791To Charles Storersir The Letter to your Council at Boston, inclosed in yours of the 5th of March is gone [on by the] Post. ... 20 March 1791From John TrumbullDear Sir I have just been reading the Philippic of Edmund Burke against the Revolution Society in London, & the National Asse... 21 March 1791From Samuel HuntingtonSir I am favoured with your letter of the 4th Instant inclosing a copy of Docr Johnson’s resignation as a Senator, and shall ... 24 March 1791From Samuel Allyne OtisSir As there was a degree of heat not usual in Senate, when the question was taken on the second reading of the Cunsular bill... 27 March 1791From Francis DanaDear Sir I have the satisfaction to inform you that I have at last receiv’d from the Secretary of the Treasury the money whic... 31 March 1791To John TrumbullDear Sir The Secy of the Treasury is so able and has done So well that I have Scarcely permitted myself to think ... 9 April 1791From Alexander HamiltonSir I have just received a letter from Mr. Short which I wish to submit, in order to certain measures being taken upon it, to... 9 April 1791To Alexander HamiltonSir I have received the Letter you did me the honor to write me this morning and as the Secretary of State accidentally fell ... 25 April 1791To Alexander HamiltonDear sir I do my self the honour to transmit to You my Accounts which remain unsettled, for the last two years and Eight mont... 30 April 1791To Wilhem WillinkMy dear Friend With this I inclose to you Coupons for the Year 1789— Twenty of ƒforty Hollds Court each of the 1. ... 12 May 1791From William AdamsSir Permit me the freedom of troubling you on the present occasion.— Informing your Excellency that I was an early Volunteer ... 16 May 1791From Hannah AdamsSir, With the most grateful and respectful sentiments I return my acknowlegments for your valuable present. The notice of so ... 10 June 1791From Henry KnoxMy dear Sir I embrace the occasion of enclosing some letters, to thank you and Mrs Adams for the comfortable ... 15 June 1791From Tench CoxeSir I have had the honor to inform you of the payment of several sums of money to your Steward. You will find enclosed an ... 19 June 1791To Tench CoxeDear Sir I am under obligations to you, for two kind Letters, in one of which was inclosed Observations on Lord Sheffield, ma... 19 June 1791To Henry KnoxDear Sir I had Yesterday the Pleasure of receiving your kind Letter of the 10th of this month, and am happy ... 4 July 1791From Benjamin VaughanDear sir, It would have given me considerable pleasure to have thought that my correspondence could have been at all agreeabl... 14 July 1791To Tench CoxeDear Sir I have received your favour of the thirtieth of June, with a continued Bill of the Treasurers Set of exchange No. 13... 17 July 1791From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I have a dozen times taken up my pen to write to you & as often laid it down again, suspended between opposing ... 29 July 1791To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir Yesterday, at Boston, I received your friendly Letter of July 17th. with great pleasure. I give full ... 1 August 1791To John LathropReverend Sir With this, you will receive a Box of Books containing the Byzantine History in 28. Vols. and Muratori’s Collecti... 11 August 1791From William GoforthMay it please your Honour I would beg your attention for a few minutes while I lay before you the greivances of a number of r... 17 August 1791From Samuel Latham MitchillSir I beg leave to ask your acceptance of the inclosed packet, for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It contains two... 20 August 1791To Tench CoxeSir I have determined in all Events to remove my family into Philadelphia from Bush hill, on Account of the many Inconvenienc... 30 August 1791From Thomas JeffersonMy dear Sir I recieved some time ago your favor of July 29. and was happy to find that you saw in it’s true point of view the... 2 September 1791From Tench CoxeSir I have the honor to inform you that I have been engaged thro this week in attempts to provide for you an house fit for th... 3 September 1791From Tench CoxeSir I have the honor to inform you that I have after many efforts procured you a house at the corner of 4th & Arch streets no... 4 September 1791From Henry KnoxMy dear Sir I wrote you last Week informing You of the sickness of your Steward and his Children. I have now the pleasure to ... 11 September 1791From Henry KnoxMy dear Sir Mr Bruidsly and his family are recovering fast. But Mrs Knox and myself have received a b... 13 September 1791To Tench CoxeDear Sir I received yesterday your Letter of the 3d and pray you to accept of many Thanks for your obliging Attention to my A... 13 September 1791To Henry KnoxDear Sir Last night I received your favour of the 4th, and am much obliged by your Account of affairs in this as well as in t... 15 September 1791From William GordonFriend Adams I had not abandoned the idea of renewing our correspondence; but should probably hav... 20 September 1791From Tench CoxeSir I have to acknowledge the honor of your letter of the 13th. instant—and am very happy to find that ... 26 September 1791From José de Jáudenes y Nebot and José Ignacio de Viar y MendigurenSir The Commission, we are both honoured with by His Majesty, to reside near the United States, being officially connected; a... 4 October 1791From Zabdiel AdamsSir— After my best regards to yourself and family, would immediately disclose to you the design of this letter.— Mr Jacob Wel... 6 October 1791From Benjamin Rawle MorganSir Agreeably to my instructions from the Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia, I have the honor of communicating... 14 October 1791From John MontgomerySir By special request of my Brother at Alicante I have the Honour of communicating to your Excellency in his name of the dem... 26 October 1791From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I have waited with impatience to hear from you as the begining of Feb: I sent a Box containing the 2d: vol Gerra... 31 October 1791Address from the Senate to George WashingtonSir, The Senate of the United States have received with the highest satisfaction the assurance of public prosperity contained... 7 November 1791The Board of the Sinking Fund to Congress The Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, The Chief Justice, The Secretary of State, The Secretary... 8 November 1791To Joseph Brown Jr.sir By what accident it happened I know not, but your kind letter of the 6th: of August, never came to my ... 20 November 1791To George Cadogan MorganDear Sir I have this morning, Receiv’d your kind letter of the 15 of May. from the hand of Mr: Ca... 20 November 1791To Benjamin VaughanDear Sir. I am very much obliged to you for your kind letter by the Earl of Wycombe, a Nobleman who in his short visit to Ame... 20 November 1791From Thomas RodneyDr. Sir Be not offended that I write to you from the Cells of a Bastile—You are Acquainted with the Chief Justice of Pensylva... 23 November 1791From Henry KnoxSir, I have the honor respectfully to submit to the Senate, a Report on the petitions of the Widows, or the Children, or the ... 26 November 1791To Oliver HartSir. I have received from you an agreeable present of your Thanksgiving Sermon; and have read it with pleasure; The text I th... 26 November 1791From Thomas JeffersonSir Supposing that the first Consular convention agreed on with France, and not ratified by Congress, may explain as well as ... 9 December 1791From Thomas JeffersonSir The inclosed information relative to ransom & peace with the Algerines, being newly come to hand, I take the liberty of ... 9 December 1791From Rodolph Vall-TraversMay it please Your Honor! Sir! The very kind Reply, Your Honor has been pleased to make to my Letter of Septr. 21. 1782. from... 26 December 1791From Miles MerwinMay it please Your Excellency Excuse this address from a person whose station in life is far inferior to Your’s, and who to Y... 29 December 1791From Wilhem & Jan WillinkSir since our last of 5 July, we are without any of your esteemed favors, we take now the Liberty to recall ourselves to your... 4 January 1792To John JayDear Sir As the Week is approaching when you are to be expected at Philadelphia, I take this Opportunity to present to you an... 8 January 1792From William SmithDear Sr. A few Years since, Congress made a Treaty with the Emperor of Morocco. the Emperor, with whom that Treaty was made i... 10 January 1792From John JayDear Sir I cannot easily tell you how much I am pleased & obliged by your friendly Letter of the 4th. ... 19 January 1792To Nathaniel HazardSir, I received by the last post a sheet subscribed, “A Recluse Man” enclosed with another in Print, and have read both with ... 19 January 1792To UnknownDear Sir At a time when all the Men of Letters in the World are or ought to be employed in researches after the Principles of... 28 January 1792From George Hammond Mr Hammond has the honor of sending to the Vice-President the last Monthly Review, and Gentleman’s Ma... 29 January 1792From Nathaniel HazardSir I understood from my Friend, & late Fellow Traveller, that “A Recluse Man” had been heard of, but never seen, by the prin... 8 February 1792From William MitchellHonourable Sir! As I had the Honour of knowing you personally during your short Residence here, & had seen many Proofs of you... 15 February 1792From Rodolph Vall-TraversMonsieur! En attendant le Sort de la Lettre, que j’ai pris la Liberté d’addresser á Vôtre Excellence, le 8e. ... 19 February 1792To Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir— I ought not to neglect an opportunity by Colo: Smith to assure you by a few lines, of the continuance of my regard.... 19 February 1792To Joseph PriestleyDear Sir— I take an opportunity by part of my family bound to London, to remind you of a person who once had an opportunity ... 20 February 1792From Henry MarchantRespected Friend It is a long Time to me since I did myself the Honor and Pleasure of writing You. So ... 3 March 1792To Henry MarchantDear Sir, I have received and read with much pleasure your kind letter of the 20th: Ult; Your sympathy with me ... 5 March 1792From Robert HeyshamSir, I flatter myself that your Excellency will not consider me as importunate, in addressing you on the subject of the conve... 5 March 1792From Samuel Allyne OtisSir I am hurt by your unexpected & I think unmerited resentment this morning, for I had not the most distant intention to giv... 10 March 1792To Nathaniel HazardSir— Your obliging favor of the 29th: of January, would not have remained so long unanswered, had not sickness in my family o... 19 March 1792From John MacphersonSir! I beg the enclosed may be read in your Honorable House. My former Petitions, and other Papers respecting Mr. Churchmans ... 21 March 1792To John JaySir A difference of opinion having arisen among those of the Trustees of the Sinking Fund, who are now in this City, respecti... 23 March 1792From John JaySir I this afternoon recd. the Letter wh. you did me the Honor to write on the 21 Inst— & by which I am informed that the ... 2 April 1792From Francis DanaDear Sir I beg leave to introduce to you my friend and kinsman Capt: Hobby who is going on to Philadelphia partly with a view... 16 April 1792From Thomas WillisSir, the Defeat of our late army & Considering them Subject to Similar disaster led me to invent Something if posable to Supp... 17 April 1792From James Verling Godwin Sir, Thro’ life I have experienced that Gentlemen of Zeal sense & liberal Principles are, in general, the most easy of ... 20 April 1792From John Singleton CopleyDear Sir By this conveyance I send a case directed for You, containing two prints of the Death of Lord Chatham framed and gla... 30 April 1792To Wilhem and Jan WillinkMy Dear Friends I have duely received your Letter of the 5th. of July and thank you for your Care of my little Interest recom... 12 May 1792From Tench CoxeSir I hope this letter will find you and Mrs. Adams comfortably set down at Braintree, where your mind will have time to reco... 15 May 1792From Samuel Allyne OtisSir At the closure of a long and very fatiguing Session, it may be some amusement to see the minutes of the business and I ha... 24 May 1792From Wilhem & Jan WillinkSir Without any of your excellency’s esteemed favors, we wish to give you in consideration whether it would not be convenient... 1 May 179231 May 1792To Tench CoxeDear Sir The first Thing I have to communicate to you, must be an Explanation of the Date of my Letter. The Legislature of Ma... 10 June 1792From Tench CoxeSir I have the honor of your letter from the Town of Quincy, of the erection of which I was not b... 18 June 1792From John EwingHonourable Sr. Permit me to introduce to your Notice Mr. Samuel Miller the Son of a much esteemed Clergyman, late of Dover in... 25 June 1792From Tench CoxeSir I had the honor to receive your letter relative to the house, and have since confer’d with Mrs. Keppele ... 25 June 1792From Alexander HamiltonMy Dear Sir You will find enclosed your account, which I take the liberty to send, lest by not adverting to the state of it, ... 17 July 1792From Thomas BarclayDear Sir I wrote to you the 28th. of May inclosing a letter which I received from the American Prison... 28 July 1792From Tench CoxeSir I am sorry to inform you that since I had the honor to write you last no offer, within my Knowlege, has been made for Mrs... 16 August 1792To George HammondDear Sir I have this moment received your kind Letter of the 15th. and congratulate you on your Arrival in New England. I... 16 August 1792From Alexander HamiltonDear Sir I have been duly favoured with your letter of the 4th Instant. A warrant for 1000 dollars in your favour has issued.... 20 August 1792From James MeaseHonored Sir I have taken the liberty of presenting you with a copy of my inaugural dissertation which I published and defende... 24 August 1792From Zabdiel AdamsSir— Mr: L’Abbé De Mably’s Observations upon the History of France, which you long since loaned to me, ... 28 August 1792From John Bondfield A Ship for Philadelphia sailing to morrow gives me the oppertunity to transmit you the papers of the Day too interesting not ... 5 September 1792From Tench CoxeSir I have the honor to enclose you the concluding Number of the Reflexions on the State of the Union: also a gazette of this... 9 September 1792From Alexander HamiltonMy Dear Sir I trust you are sufficiently convinced of my respect for and attachment to you to render an apology for the liber... 12 September 1792From John Churchman Jr.My Honourable Friend I was requested if possible to deliver the Letter myself, which I send herewith, but as I am about setti... 29 September 1792From Samuel Allyne Otis What a sad lesson against anarchy is indeed my honored & respected friend to be learnt, in the accts fm France! St Bartholeme... 30 September 1792From Rufus King By accounts from England as late as the 23d of August we learn that on the 10th of that month the national assembly suspended ... 11 October 1792To Rufus King I am very much obliged, Sir, by your kind Letter of the 30th of Septr, and for the important Inte... 8 November 1792From Tench CoxeSir I have the honor to enclose you a list of the Votes in the city and county of Philadelphia from which it appears that... 12 November 1792From Samuel Allyne OtisSir I do myself the honor to enclose you a minute of the proceedings of Senate, the speech & answer of the Senate thereto— In... 15 November 1792From William Vans MurrayDear sir, In taking the liberty of expressing some solicitude at your absence at the present time you will I am sure attribut... 16 November 1792To John Singleton CopleyDear Sir Your polite and obliging Favour of April the 10th I duely received at this Place and I pray you to accept of my best... 26 November 1792From Samuel Allyne OtisSir I do myself the honor to enclose you the minutes of the last week and to repeat my wishes to see you here as soon as poss... 6 December 1792From Alexander Contee HansonSir, I cannot flatter myself, that after the lapse of sixteen years, you can have any recollection of the man, who now addres... 20 December 1792From Joseph PriestleyDear Sir I feel myself much gratified, and highly honoured, by the sympathy which you express with me on account of my suffer... 22 December 1792From Benjamin Lincoln The exertions of disappointment & of antifederalism have had little effect I congratulate you My dear sir most sincerely on t... 27 December 1792From José de Jáudenes y Nebot and José Ignacio de Viar y Mendiguren His Catholic Majesty’s Commissioners request the favor of the Vice-President of the U. S. Company to Dine on Saturday the 5th... 1 January 1793From Henry MarchantDear and Respected Sir, I give You Joy of the Season; and I sincerely congratulate You and Our dear Country in the support of... 2 January 1793From André Jean La RocqueMonsieur J’airecu la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’écrire, Le 8 du mois dernier, en réponse à la mienne du mois ... 3 January 1793From William LakeSir Having imparted to our mutual Friends Messrs: W. & J Willink of Amsterdam, my wish to procure the Appointment of American... 5 January 1793From John Quincy AdamsDear Sir. The bearer of this Letter, Mr: D’Hauteval, is a french Gentleman from the Island of St: Domingo, where he had lately the misfortune ... 7 January 1793To Frederick BullSir, I thought I had agreed with you at Hartford that you should take my Horses from Mr: David Bulls and ... 22 January 1793From the American Philosophical SocietySir. It is with particular satisfaction that, in Obedience to the Orders of the American Philosophical Society established at... 24 January 1793To the American Philosophical SocietyGentlemen I have received the Letter you did me the honour to write me on the twenty Second of this month and I pray you to p... 25 January 1793From John Cosens OgdenSir I transmit you a copy of a Political Rarity—which a very few men were degenerate enough to send for a day dedicated to th... 27 January 1793To John Singleton CopleyDear Sir I have it, at length, in my Power to inform you that I have received the two Copies of your admirable Picture of The... 31 January 1793To John TrumbullMy dear Sir Are you acquainted with the natural History of Mother Careys Chickens? I know not the Latin Name of these chatter... 31 January 1793From Jeremy BelknapDear Sir I beg leave to congratulate you on your reelection as Vice President of the United States; and to ask your acceptanc... 5 February 1793From Alexander HamiltonSir. In pursuance of the first part of the order of the Senate of the 23d of January past, I have the honor to ... 9 February 1793From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! You, who are acquainted with mÿ character, cannot favour the opinion, that I should have forgotten, the different and co... 18 February 1793To Jeremy BelknapDear Sir I have received your kind Letter of January 31, and thank you for your obliging Congratulations, as well as for the ... 18 February 1793From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I am ashamed when I look at the date of your last letter but knowing how much you are en... 23 February 1793From William MacCreeryDear Sir Previous to my departure from Baltimore for this place, I address’d a few lines to you at Philada. but ... 23 February 1793From Joseph PriestleyDear Sir Such is the situation of this country, that I fear I shall be too troublesome in recommending to your notice Dissent... 25 February 1793From John TrumbullDear Sir You will easily believe that none of your Friends rejoice more heartily than myself, in the Decided Majority, which ... 1 February 179328 February 1793From Jonathan Williams Jr.Sir.— The inclosed memoir has received no other Publicity than a reading before the Philosophical Society and a few Copies I ... 1 March 1793To Wilhem & Jan WillinkGentlemen I have recd your favour of the 19th of october 1792 informing me that my Number 1026 is ent... 1 March 1793From Thomas JeffersonSir In consequence of the information I received from you on the first Wednesday in January that the list of votes for Presid... 2 March 1793To John SinclairSir, I received the letter you did me the honour to write me last summer, with your projects of a Natural History of Sheep, a... 2 March 1793From Stephen HallMy hond. friend, Permit me once more to ask your friendship on so probable a prospect of success, as I think I now have.— Gen... 16 March 1793From John StockdaleSir You have most probably heard long before this, that I have printed “Letters to Paine,” by your so... 18 March 1793To John TrumbullDear Sir On Saturday night, Mr John Quincy Adams my Son and no doubt your friend brought me from Boston your ... 19 March 1793To François Adriaan Van der KempDear Sir your Letter of the 9. Ult. has been a circuit to Philadelphia and returned to me, only on Saturday last. your friend... 5 April 1793From Tench CoxeSir Tho I suppose that some recent arrivals in the ports N. &: E. of Philadelphia will give you the confirmation of the repor... 5 April 1793From William MacCreeryDear Sir I address’d a few lines to you from Nantes in Feberuary last, informing you the object of my present voyage & future... 12 April 1793From André Jean La RocqueMonsieur un francois qui projete de devenir Américain, vous prie d’agréer L’homage de ses foibles productions. Les ouvrages c... 16 April 1793From Tench CoxeSir I had lately the honor to write you a letter on a point, which continues to be interesting. We are now certainly to expec... 17 April 1793From Samuel Allyne OtisSir I suppose by this time sober hill is in great glory, at least if your spring has been forward in any measure as ours has.... 24 April 1793To George WashingtonDear Sir Captain John [Hobby] of Harvard in the Massachusetts, has been recommended to me, by So many respectable Characters,... 25 April 1793To Tench CoxeDear Sir I have received your Favours of April the 5th and 16th upon Subjects of great moment. The Instruction of Congress, w... 27 April 1793From John TrumbullDear Sir I enclose to You, Frederic Bull’s Account & Receipt. It was with difficulty, & not till ... 9 May 1793From Tench CoxeSir I had the honor to write you very hastily by the post following the receipt of your letter. My having recd. the letter yo... 10 May 1793From Wilhem & Jan WillinkSir We had the pleasure to address you the 22 Ulto: advising the purchase of an Obligation of 4 PCt: for the premium draw... 12 May 1793To Joseph PriestleyDear Sir. I have received your kind Letter of Feb: 23. by the Messrs: Humphreys, and shall have the ... 12 May 1793To John StockdaleSir Yesterday, I had the Pleasure of receiving your Letter of the 16th of March. My Son’s name is John Quincy Adams which you... 14 May 1793From Elizabeth Mayhew Wainwright Give me leave sir to bring myself to your rememberance by soliciting your notice of the reverend Mr T... 31 May 1793From Samuel Allyne OtisDear Sir I am obliged for your favor covering the Clerks accounts. The affairs of Europe are changed since the last autum... 1 May 179331 May 1793From Samuel Allyne Otis Jr.Sir, Fully impess’d with a sense of your Goodness and Candor, I am induced to observe that having taken the liberty to expres... 1 July 1793From the Boston Board of Selectmen The Selectmen present their most respectful Compliments to the Vice President of the United States and ask the honor of his C... 5 July 1793From Jedidiah Morse Mr Morse presents his most respectful compliments to the Vice President of the United States, & b... 3 August 1793From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! ’Though I can not find a pretext, valid enough to exculpate me, in interrupting your Excellency’s Serious occupations, h... 20 August 1793From Joseph PriestleyDear Sir This will be delivered to you by my eldest son, who, together with my youngest, is following their brother from Fran... 11 September 1793From Benjamin LincolnDear Sir Before this can reach you, you will be informed that our attempts to establish a peace with the hostiles tribes of I... 2 October 1793To Jean LuzacDear sir The Bearer of this Letter is Mr Lear the late Secretary to President Washington a Gentleman universally esteemed and... 10 October 1793From Samuel Adams The Lieut. Governour presents his respects to the Vice President of the United States, and requests his ... 19 October 1793From Robert MontgomerySir Your having honoured me with your kind attention on several Occasions during our strugles with Great Britain, and since t... 3 November 1793From Tench CoxeSir As the time fixed by the constitution for the meeting of Congress is approaching, I presume it will be interesting to you... 6 November 1793From Tench CoxeSir Altho my information concerning the state of the Disease, as I had the honor to communicate it in my last, was founded on... 11 November 1793From Tench CoxeSir Since I had the honor to address you last my house and offices having been thoroughly cleansed, I have the pleasure of be... 14 November 1793To Benjamin LincolnDear Sir The inclosed Reasons Why the Commissioners did not make Peace with the Indians, I have read with all the Interest th... 18 November 1793From André Jean La RocqueMonsieur je Suis arrivé à New-york, le 4 de ce mois. je viens d’y Rencontrer M Bansel; et j’ai appris, de lui même, que la le... 8 December 1793To Tench CoxeDear Sir By the last post from Boston I recd your Letter of Nov. 18th.— I have before recd one at Quincy and another at ... 9 December 1793Address from the Senate to George Washington At twelve o’Clock, agreeably to appointment, the Senate waited on the President at his House and pres... 11 December 1793To François Adriaan Van der KempSir Before I left The Massachusetts. I had the Pleasure of receiving a Letter from you: but I learned from it, with Some Unea... 31 December 1793To John TrumbullMy dear Sir As I had promised myself much Pleasure, in a few hours Conversation with you in my Way to Philadelphia, I was gre... 6 January 1794From Thomas WelshDear Sir This will be delivered by Dr Appleton who has been my particular Friend ever since we were fellow ... 8 January 1794From George WashingtonDear Sir, I would thank you for giving the papers herewith sent a perusal—and for the result of it.— I am now deliberating on... 16 January 1794From Edmund Randolph Mr. Randolph presents his respectful Compliments to the Vice-President of the United States, and pres... 16 January 1794From John TrumbullDear Sir I returned to this place on the same day You left it, & was extremely disappointed to find You had passed thro’ on y... 17 January 1794From André Jean La RocqueMonsieur par La derniere Lettre que j’ai eu l’honneur de vous ecrire de New-York, je vous annoncois d... 21 January 1794From Elie ValletteSir For my Situation in this Office at 300 Dollars per Annum, Mr. Coxe has informed me I am indebted to ... 22 January 1794From Henry KnoxSir: Communications relative to the Southwestern frontiers having been laid before Congress, the President of the United Stat... 24 January 1794From Timothy DwightSir, I have been some time employed in writing a poem, entitled Greenfield Hill; of a rural character; in a degree descriptiv... 27 January 1794From Joseph Bloomfield Agreably to an Order of the Convention of Delegates, from the Abolition Societys formed in the United States; I do myself the... 3 February 1794From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! I hope not, that your Excellencÿ will find me troublesome; that I soo often intrude myself upon you— It is Some more ... 5 February 1794From Manasseh CutlerSir, The paper you was pleased to communicate to the American Academy, from Mr. Taylor, describing a new ... 5 February 1794From Joseph PriestleyDear Sir, I take the liberty to introduce to you Mr Henrry Wansey, a person of the most respectable character and connexions ... 6 February 1794From Alexander HamiltonSir Having made the necessary examination into the means possessed by the Treasury for complying with a late order of the Sen... 10 February 1794From Henry MarchantMost esteemed Friend Upon the close of Your last Session and your return to Massts. it became not so convenient to ... 18 February 1794To François Adriaan Van der KempDear sir I have just now received your kind Letter of the 3d of this month. I read every Thing which falls in my Way, which relates ... 22 February 1794From Alexander HamiltonSir I have received a late order of the Senate on the subject of a Petition of Arthur Hughes. Diligent search has been made f... 24 February 1794From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! Informed bÿ the Resolution of the House of Representatives that our Government intends to arm Six frigates, I find me Se... 1 March 1794From the Earl WycombeDear Sir I trust you will excuse the liberty I take in introducing to your acquaintance Mr. Talleyrand de Perigord ... 3 March 1794From John StockdaleDear Sir I received your favour, and return you my sincere thanks for your condescention in complying with my request: the wo... 10 March 1794To Thomas SeymourSir. I received this morning your Letter of the 26th. of February, and while I feel for you under the Misfortune of your gall... 13 March 1794From Thomas WelshDear Sir Your Favor of 23d Ulto: came duely to hand The Inhabitants of this Town you see by the result of the Town Meeting ar... 31 March 1794From Thomas WelshDear Sir. Your Favor of the 20th. I have received. and the same Evening of the 29th. The Resolution o... 2 April 1794From Alexander Hamilton [. . . .] the Vice President—sends him a memoir which is the work of a Mr. La Rocque a French Gentleman ... 4 April 1794To Thomas JeffersonDear sir The inclosed Volume was lately Sent in to me by a Servant— I have Since heard that the Author of it is in New York. ... 7 April 1794From Henry MarchantVery dear Sir I return you my sincere Thanks for the Honor of Your Letter of the 21 of Feby.— Since that Time the Clouds have... 8 April 1794From Nicholas OliveMonsieur. J’etois porteur d’une Lettre pour vous de mes amis Messr. Grand & Cie. de Paris que je gardois depuis mon arrivée i... 22 April 1794From John MontgomerySir My Brother Robt in his respects of the had the honour of returning his most greatfull acknowl... 24 April 1794From Ferdinand Antoine Louis RossetSir You told me the last time I had the honour to see you, that You had perused all the papers which I had taken the Liberty ... 25 April 1794From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I am to thank you for the book you were so good as to transmit me, as well as the letter covering it, and your felic... 27 April 1794From John Quincy AdamsDear Sir Mr: Ebenezer Dorr, and Mr: Edward Jones, merchants, of this Town, by this Post send a petition to Congress for leave... 30 April 1794From Edmund RandolphSir, As soon as I received the Resolution of the Senate, requiring an abstract to be made of the cases of vexation and spolia... 1 May 1794From Nicholas OliveMonsieur J’ai reçu la lettre que vous m’avez fait L’honneur de m’écrire le 22: du mois dernier; Je Suis très sensible aux ... 4 May 1794To Henry MarchantDear Sir, Your favour of April 7 is yet unanswered. That Britain and all her Allies would be glad by any means in their Power... 6 May 1794To Joseph WillardDear Sir I beg Leave to communicate, through your kind mediation, to the Members of the American Accademy of Arts and Science... 6 May 1794From Thomas WelshDear Sir Your Favor of the 7th Ulto: stands ’till this Moment unacklowdged. I did not like the Method of electioneering which you so ... 10 May 1794From Timothy DwightSir, I received your answer, & permission, with much pleasure; & should not have delayed this exp... 11 May 1794To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir. your favour of the 25th of last month, came to my hands yesterday and I am glad to find you so well ... 15 May 1794From Pierre LegauxGentlemen, The only and lively zeal which has animated me for these 8 years past for the Welfare and prosperity of America ha... 20 May 1794From Rufus KingSir The amendment reported by the committee of the Senate to the Bill relative to the Balances due to the Creditor States is ... 20 May 1794From Edmund RandolphSir I now do myself the honor of transmitting to the senate, the abstract of vexations and spoliations of our commerce, which... 20 May 1794From Peter Whitney Sr.Sir I have taken the liberty of dedicating a history of the County of Worcester to You. You will please to accept a Volume of... 26 May 1794From Edmund RandolphDear sir You will be so good, as to let it be understood between us, that the mention, which some time ago was made to you by... 26 May 1794From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! Mÿ approaching departure to the borders of Oneida Lake will excuse these few lines to ÿour Excellencÿ— Long times I flat... 16 June 1794To George HammondDear sir Permit me to introduce to you, rather too formally to be sure, as it is an old Acquaintance, my son John Quincy Adam... 22 June 1794From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I recd your letter with the correspondence of Gennet for wch am much obliged to you but being put ... 25 June 1794From John Trumbullsir I have the pleasure to forward to the care of your Son in Boston. a packet which I presume comes from your friend Mr. Hol... 15 July 1794From John Trumbullsir I have the Honor to forward a packet which I presume is from your friend Mr. Brand Hollis: and also to ... 27 July 1794From John JayDear Sir Doctr. Edwards of Philada. will be so obliging as to take charge of this Letter. I regret that he & mrs. Edwards ... 29 July 1794From John Brown CuttingDear Sir Doctor Edwards the bearer of this letter, is a native of Pennsylvania, late a member of the legislature—and Conventi... 8 August 1794From Edmund RandolphDear sir The letter, which Mr. Adams delivered to me from you, was truly acceptable, as well from its friendly ... 26 August 1794From Thomas Brand HollisDear Sir I am desired by Mr J Cartwright, whom I beleive you know by his writings, a firm honest & in... 30 August 1794From François d’IvernoisMonsieur J’ai l’honneur de vous adresser le Duplicata de trois Depeches que je vous ai expédiées le 23e Ct par la Minerve. Ce... 12 September 1794To John StockdaleMr: Stockdale I embrace with pleasure the opportunity by my Sons of presenting you many thanks for your kind Letter and oblig... 13 September 1794To Jean LuzacDear Sir Your young Friend my Son John Quincy Adams, accompanied by his youngest Brother Thomas Boylston Adams, will deliver ... 10 October 1794From Eliphalet FitchDear Sir, I frequently hear of your kind Attention to my Family; and must beg Leave to express my best Wishes to you Mrs. Ada... 23 October 1794From John Quincy AdamsMy dear Sir. On the 15th: instant in the Evening, twenty-eight days after our departure from Boston, we arrived in ... 6 November 1794From Thomas WelshDear Sir I have the Pleasure to inform you that Mr Ames is reelected by a very respectable Majority of the Votes of this Dist... 9 November 1794From John Quincy AdamsMy dear Sir: Under the present circumstances of affairs in this Country, I did not think it prudent to make any unnecessary d... 9 November 1794From Thomas ChittendenSir I have the honour to transmit to Congress a Copy of a Resolution of the Legislature of this State approving of and ratify... 11 November 1794From François d’IvernoisMonsieur Je m’empresse d’avoir l’honneur de vous présenter le tableau de la Révolution française à Geneve dont je ne vous ava... 13 November 1794From Joseph PriestleyDear Sir As I presume you are now at Philadelphia, and I have an opportunity of writing by a private hand, I take the liberty... 15 November 1794From George WashingtonDear Sir, I have not been able to give the papers herewith enclosed, more than a hasty reading;—returning them, without delay... 16 November 1794From Edmund RandolphDear sir I could not resist the impulse of my long affection for Geneva, to postpone for a moment the papers, which you were ... 17 November 1794To Caleb StrongSir, I do myself the honor to enclose you an order of the Senators present, of this date, by which you will find that your im... 19 November 1794To Thomas WelshDear Sir I thank you for your kind Letter. The Elections in Massachusetts have done honour to the Principles and Dispositions... 19 November 1794From Franco Petrus van BerckelSir, In Consequence of Your recommandation of Mr. John Green, I have furnished him with a Letter of introduction to the Gover... 20 November 1794From John TrumbullDear sir, The Result of Mr Jay’s Negotiation goes with this letter:— A Treaty which was sign’d yesterday, and ... 20 November 1794From Wilhem & Jan WillinkSir! We rec’d with pleasure your respected favor of 12 Sepr: by your Son John Quincy Adams Esqr: & heartily congratulate your Excelly. on his nominat... 21 November 1794To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I am desired by our old Acquaintance Mr D’Ivernois to transmit you the inclosed Papers for your inspection Opinion a... 21 November 1794From John JayDear Sir From the Day of my appointment to this mission, my Attention has been much withdrawn from my friends, and confined t... 21 November 1794From Edmund RandolphDear sir I am extremely unwilling, that the department of state should become the vehicle of letters to congress, the content... 22 November 1794Address from the Senate to George WashingtonSir: We receive with pleasure your speech to the two Houses of Congress. In it we perceive renewe... 24 November 1794From John JayDear Sir I wrote you a few Lines last Week— This Morning I was favored with two Letters from your Son of the 14 & 20th. ... 25 November 1794From Giuseppe Ceracchi Mr Ceracchi, respectfull compliments to the Wise President, and take the Liberty to beg him to presen... 25 November 1794From William Vernon Sr.Dear Sir I hope the Length of Time since I had the Honor of paying my Respects to you, will be no Objection to your granting ... 29 November 1794From Donald FraserSir— The bearer, Mrs. Fraser, will deliver you a copy of the Second impression of the “Young Gentleman & ... 29 November 1794From Joseph PriestleyDear Sir You are indeed very kind in expressing your wish to hear from me, when all I can do is to ask favours. As You mentio... 30 November 1794From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur, L’arrivée de Messieurs vos fils, & de l’honorée vôtre du 11e. 7br. qu’ils m’ont remise, a été une ... 30 November 1794From Winthrop SargentSir In the Belief that it may afford to you some Pleasure, I do myself the honour to enclose to you a Drawing of sundry matte... 9 December 1794From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! I Should not have importuned your Excell̃—this Year with another Letter did I not believe it dutiful to acquaint you, wi... 10 December 1794To Charles CarrollDear Sir The Bearer of this Letter William Cranch is a Nephew of mine, and to me very much like one of my sons, and I should ... 18 December 1794To William CranchDear sir Mr Robert Denison an English Gentleman from Nottingham in England proposes to visit the City of ... 19 December 1794From Henry MarchantDear and honored Sir, I venture again upon the Score of Your Candour and Friendship, at the Commencement of another Session o... 21 December 1794From John Quincy AdamsDear Sir I hear of a vessel to sail in two or three days from the Texel, and cannot lose any oppo... 25 December 1794From Pierce ButlerSir I had the honor on my arrival in this City the 22d. Inst, to recieve Your letter, Covering a desire of a Number of Gentle... 30 December 1794To François Adriaan Van der KempDear Sir I received this morning, your kind favour of the 9th. of this month dated at Kempwick at the Oneida Lake. your Lette... 2 January 1795From Jeremy BelknapDear Sir A regard to the reputation of our Country induces me to address you at this Time. Dr Kippis has published a ... 16 January 1795To Jeremy BelknapDear sir your kind Letter of the 2d, was brought to me from the Post office this morning, and I thank you for ... 16 January 1795To Jeremy BelknapDear sir I thank you for your Seperate and Secret Letter. As the farm is So near to me, it would well accommodate me, and I s... 16 January 1795To Henry MarchantDear Sir I received your kind Letter of the 19. Ult. with Pleasure, as I ever have and always shall receive all your Letters.... 16 January 1795From Alexander HamiltonSir, I beg leave through you to inform the Senate—that pursuant to the second Section of the Act establising the Treasury ... 23 January 1795To James MadisonDear Sir Will you be so good as to read the inclosed Letter from Dr Belknap and tell me, from your Recollection of what passe... 24 January 1795To Winthrop SargentDear Sir I have received your favour of the 30th. of November and transmitted to Dr Belknap as you desire the Papers inclosed. The ... 24 January 1795To John TrumbullMy dear Sir In one of your Letters you once expressed a Wish to know some Circumstances of the Negotiation of Peace, which mi... 24 January 1795From Jeremy BelknapDear sir I thank you for your favour of the 16th recd this day It is a great pleasure to me to find that none of the Gentn of... 24 January 1795From William Vernon Sr.Dear Sir I was honoured with your most obliging Favor of the 6th. Decemr.— Please to accept of my unfeigned Thanks for your A... 3 February 1795From James MadisonDear Sir I have been induced to this delay in acknowledging your Letter of the 23d, inclosing one to you from ... 4 February 1795To Jeremy BelknapDear sir I have recd your kind Letter of Jan. 24. and have read, Sealed and sent as you desired your Letter to ... 5 February 1795To Thomas JeffersonDear Sir The inclosed Pamphlet and Papers I have received this Week from the Author, with his request to transmit them to you... 6 February 1795From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir The time which has intervened between the receipt of your favor, covering D’Ivernois’ letter, and this answer, needs... 6 February 1795From John TrumbullSir I received yours of the 24th. of Jany. with the enclosures, & esteem myself honored by your confi... 10 February 1795From Richard CranchDear Brother The enclosed Letter to the Honble: Mr. Brown a Senator from Kentucky, I would ask the favr. of you to ... 12 February 1795From John Quincy AdamsDear Sir: Since the date of my last Letter, (December 21. 1794.) a revolution has taken place, the substance of which had bee... 13 February 1795To John TrumbullDear Sir I had yesterday the Pleasure of receiving your kind Letter of the Sixth, and am Sorry to find that your health is so... 23 February 1795From Samuel Allyne OtisDear Sir Probably this will find you very happy with your Lady & family, to whom the residents at 198 desire kind remembrance... 2 March 1795From Jeremy BelknapDear Sir Your favours of Jany 23 & Feb 4 enclosing a Certificate from the Secretary’s office & Mr Madison’s answer, with the ... 3 March 1795From George Washington The President of the United States to the Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Certain matters t... 5 March 1795From William Vernon Sr.Dear Sir I was honoured with your most obliging favours of the 6th. Decr. & 29th. Janry. on ... 6 March 1795To James MonroeDear Sir Permit me to introduce to your Acquaintance and civilities Benjamin Beal Junr Esqr, a Son of my next Neighbour. This... 10 March 1795From Andrew KippisDear Sr. I scarcely know whether the Honour and Favour of your friendly Regards, which You allowed me when You were in Englan... 17 March 1795From Charles ThomsonSir The day after receiving your favour of the 4 Feby I wrote the enclosed answer. But as my mind has been so long withdrawn ... 21 March 1795To Jeremy BelknapDear Sir I received, last night, your favour of the 20th and a day or two before had recd that of the 2d, returned to me from... 2 April 1795From Edmund RandolphDear sir I have the honor of returning to you the letter of Mr. J. Q. Adams. It is one among the many proofs of his attention... 4 April 1795From Samuel Allyne Otis Jr.Sir, A conviction of your goodness, induces me to address you on a subject that nearly interests me.— You have done me the ho... 23 April 1795From James SullivanSir I am honoured with your letter of this date, and am highly flattered by your expressions of approbation on my book called... 26 April 1795To François d’IvernoisSir In hopes of obtaining Information more Satisfactory both to you and to myself, I have delayed an Answer to your Several f... 26 April 1795To John JayDear Sir I have received Several kind Letters from You, Since your Arrival in London for which I sincerely thank you as I do ... 8 May 1795From Giuseppe CeracchiSir The confidence i put in the persuation of the most high Caracters of this Country, which have all at once retracted from ... 22 May 1795From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. My last Letter acknowledged the receipt of your favour of February 11. That of December 2. has since reached me.... 27 May 1795From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir I inclose you a letter from our friend D’Ivernois according to his request expressed in it. our geographical distanc... 27 June 1795From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. I received two or three days since your favours of March 26. April 21. and 26. all together, and I know not how ... 13 July 1795From Benjamin HuntingtonSir At the Request of Capt. Ledlie of Hartford who will Wait on you with this I have presumed to trouble your Excellency with... 29 July 1795From François d’IvernoisMonsieur Ce n’est que tres dernierement que j’ai reçu la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’adresser le 26 May; & quo... 10 August 1795To George WashingtonDear Sir The inclosed Letters No. 6. 7. 8 and 9, especially the last, contain Information of so much Importance ... 20 August 1795From George WashingtonDear Sir, I have received your favor of the 10th. inst. with its enclosures.— They contain a great deal of interesting matter... 5 September 1795From Stephen HigginsonSir I mention’d to Mr. Pickering, Secretary at War, the Letter from your Son, which I saw, & recommended ... 14 September 1795From Benjamin LincolnMy Dear sir I return your letters with my most cordial thanks for the sight of them— In the perusal I... 16 September 1795To Oliver Wolcott Jr.Dear Sir Inclosed is a Letter and Power to Mr Jones who did me the favour last year at the request of my son to receive for m... 3 October 1795From François Adriaan Van der KempDear Sir! After the renewed marks of distinction, which your Excellency’s favour bestowed on me, I maÿ be So bold, without fe... 13 October 1795From John Hinckley MitchellDear Sir The great politeness and many Civilities I Received from You in London, during your Embassy there, has induced me to... 22 October 1795To Jeremy BelknapDear Sir Inclosed is the Letter of Dr Tucker.— If I should agree with him in his Maxim Fiat Justi... 17 November 1795From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir After a detention of twenty days at Helvoetsluys, and a pleasant passage of twenty four hours from thence to Marg... 11 December 1795To François d’IvernoisSir I have recd your kind Letter of the 29th. of July, and have presented the two Pamphlets to the Pr... 11 December 1795Address from the Senate to George WashingtonSir, It is with peculiar satisfaction that we are informed by your Speech to the two Houses of Congress, that the long, and e... 11 December 1795From C. W. F. DumasMonsieur Grace au Roi des Siecles (le seul que je revere & que j’aime, parce qu’il est le seul sage & le seul bon), ce qui a ... 11 December 1795From Jean LuzacMonsieur, Le départ de mon Beau-Frère Govert-Jean van Persyn pour l’Amérique-Unie me met enfin dans le cas de remplir un devo... 16 December 1795From Richard HarrisonDear Sir According to an Opinion of the Attorney General, taken some time since, your Salary, as Vice-President of the United... 21 December 1795From Hezekiah BalchSir, Learning in our country has been hitherto Sadly neglected— Those of us who wish to promote it, are very poor—Providence ... 23 December 1795From Isaac ShelbySir, A Resolution of the Legislature of this State, passed on the 21 Inst. directs, “that the Governor shall transmit to the ... 8 January 1796From Oliver Wolcott Jr.Sir In obedience to the order of the Senate, of the 23d of December 1795, I have now the honour to transmit, “a return marked... 21 January 1796From William Stephens SmithDear Sir, I take the liberty of introducing to your acquaintance the Bearer of this, Mr. Wm: Langworthy, Author of a much app... 25 January 1796From Thomas WelshDear Sir I do not take the Chronicle, but as it contains the Answer of the two houses to the Governors speech I thought I wou... 31 January 1796To John JayDear sir D’Ivernois continues to send Us his Speculations, which I value the more for giving me an Opportunity to congratulat... 31 January 1796To Thomas JeffersonDear sir I have received from our old Acquaintance D’Ivernois the inclosed Volume for you in the Course of the last Week. I c... 1 February 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. Mr: Pinckney has returned, and of course my business here ceases. I am yet waiting however for orders ... 2 February 1796To Thomas WelshMy Dear sir I thank you for your favour of the 25th Ult. and its Contents. A Governor of a State in a Solemn Speech to both Houses, ... 2 February 1796From John JayDear Sir I was this morning favored with your obliging Letter of the 31 ult.— D’Ivernois is very industrious— I hear no more ... 2 February 1796From Timothy PickeringSir, The Senate were pleased, on the 22d of December, to direct a statement to be laid before them of the military force actu... 6 February 1796From Jabez BinghamSir have you heard any thing from your Son John—and shall I be the barrer of Agreeable, or disagreeable News—if I tell you he... 10 February 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. Mr: Hall arrived a few days ago, and delivered to me your favours of Novr: 17. and Decr:... 15 February 1796From Thomas WelshMy Dear Sir, Your Favors of Jany 23 and the second Instant I have received. I have requested Mr Joseph ... 27 February 1796To Thomas WelshDr Sir I have just recd your favour of the 15, by Mr Coolidge and Mr Parkman. There has been no Vessell up for a Boston a lon... 28 February 1796From Thomas Jefferson I am to thank you, my dear Sir, for forwarding M. D’Ivernois’ book on the French revolution. I receive every thing with ... 29 February 1796From the Inhabitants of Georgetown, South Carolina To the Honorable the President and Members of the Senate of the United States The Petition of the Inhabitants of Georgetown S... 1 March 1796From Henry MarchantVery dear Sir I have been indebted to you, ever since, nearly the Close of the last Session of Congress. When You are near Bo... 7 March 1796To Thomas WelshDear Dr Welsh After having made all the Enquiries I can, the Result is that Clover seed is so dear at this Place that it will... 9 March 1796To Oliver Wolcott Sr.Sir, The Senate of the United States have requested me to notify your Honor, that the Seat of the Honorable Oliver Ellsworth ... 14 March 1796From Catharine Littlefield Greene To the Honorable the President and the Honorable the Members of the Senate of the United States. The Memorial of Catherine Gr... 4 April 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. The reports of Peace being at hand, so prevalent when I last wrote you have in great measure died away. It is no... 6 April 1796To Thomas JeffersonDear sir Since my Receipt of your favour of the 28 of February I have call’d on the Auditor and had some Conversation with hi... 7 April 1796To Thomas WelshDear sir I have recd yours of March 28—and have laid aside the thought of purchasing seeds for you or myself in ... 11 April 1796From William CranchDr. sir I again take the liberty of troubling you to send to the Post Master Genll. the inclosed application in ... 17 April 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. Mr: Robert Bird, the bearer of this letter, is a respectable merchant of this place, a brother of the ... 25 April 1796From Thomas WelshDear Sir Your Favor of 7th Inst ’till this moment I have not had convenient Opertunity to answer but do it now with great sat... 26 April 1796From Charles LeeSir, I have the honor to transmit to Congress a report in pursuance of their resolution of the 3d of March, 1795, respecting ... 6 May 1796From Samuel Allyne OtisSir Agreeable to promise I do myself the honor to inform you that the Senate have elected Mr Livermore Pres ... 10 May 1796From Caleb StrongDear Sir I arrived at this place the Evening before you left it and found when I came into the Senate that our first Business... 19 May 1796From Jacques Donatien Le Ray de ChaumontSir The Bearer of this is my most intimate friend Mr Robineau de Bougon & the friend of my whole family. This worthy Gentlema... 23 May 1796From William Blount and William CockeMr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate of the United States, We have the Honor to inform you that we are within the ... 27 May 1796From William TudorDear Sir I have to regret that I was out of Town the Morning that You called upon me. At the Time Doctor Welsh acquainted me ... 1 June 1796To Oliver Wolcott Jr.Dear Sir According to an intimation I gave you at Philadelphia before I left it, I have now the Honour to request the favour ... 20 June 1796From Barnabas BidwellSir, In behalf of the Connecticut Susquehannah Company, I take the liberty of addressing to you an enquiry relative to one po... 24 June 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. A few days ago, I received your favour of April 5. which acknowledges the receipt of three little scraps from me... 26 June 1796From Archibald MacLaineHonoured and Worthy Sir! I seize with avidity the opportunity presented to me by the Bearer of recalling to your remembrance ... 12 July 1796From Benjamin ThompsonSir Desirous of contributing efficaciously to the advancement of a Branch of Science which has long employed my Attention, an... 30 July 1796From François d’IvernoisMonsieur Je ne sais si vous aurez reçu de moi un pacquet que je remis il y a quelques mois à un Français qui partait pour Phi... 2 August 1796To James Sullivansir I received, last Evening the Letter you did me the honour to write me, the 30th of July, and am ready to ... 3 August 1796To John RutherfurdDear Sir I received, with great Pleasure, your kind Letter of the 28th. of June, inclosing Mr Bordleys Notes, on the Outl... 13 August 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy dear Sir A few days ago, I received from England, together, your favours of March 25. May 5. and June 10. The two first we... 23 August 1796From Fisher Ames Mr Ames would be honor’d & no less aided by the grounds & principles (tho’ even so breifly Stated) of the V. President’s opin... 1 September 1796From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! Though I was not fortunate enough to See Dr Belknap and Morse, as you Excellencÿ kindly intended, there they went not so... 5 September 1796From Timothy PickeringDear Sir, I have just received your letter of the 29th ulto. enquiring about your son Thos. B. Adams at the Hague. On ... 19 September 1796From Timothy PickeringDear Sir, The President set out early this morning for Mount Vernon; and soon after, his address to the people of the United ... 10 October 1796From François Adriaan Van der KempSir! Washington’s resignation, which crowns that Excellent war with glorÿ, opens the career for my worthy and much respected ... 18 October 1796From John Brown CuttingDear Sir, I regret that urgent business hinders me from making yourself and Mrs Adams a visit at Braintree ... 1 November 1796From Judith Sargent Stevens MurraySir Stimulated by the same ambitious views which first impelled me to become a Scribbler, I am solicitous to attain the highe... 11 November 1796To Benjamin ThompsonSir I have received the Letter you did me the Honor to write me from London, the twelfth of July, from the Hand of our mutual... 16 November 1796From Samuel Allyne OtisSir After an agreeable journey we arrived here in the midst of Election, and by lies abuse & bribery the disorganizers will c... 6 December 1796To François Adriaan Van der KempSir I have recd your favour of the 10. of Nov. and thank you for the quotations from the Posthumous ... 10 December 1796Address from the Senate to George Washington We thank you, sir, for your faithful and detailed exposure of the existing situation of our country; and we sincerely join in... 13 December 1796From the American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society, desirous of expressing due Regard for Preeminence in Science and Virtue, have directed ... 24 December 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir: The french Directory have refused to receive Mr: Pinckney as Minister from the United States, and have taken a r... 28 December 1796From Thomas JeffersonDear Sir The public & the public papers have been much occupied lately in placing us in a point of opposition to each other. ... 30 December 1796From John Quincy AdamsMy Dear Sir. The enclosed extract of a Letter from Paris, which has been communicated to me, contains certain paragraphs from... 4 January 1797Certification of Receipt of Presidential Votes from Kentucky Received of Mr Joseph Davis a Packet containing the Votes of the Electors of the State of Kentuck... 8 January 1797From Samuel Bayard MalcomSir I have the honor to advise you of my arrival to this City on thursday last; the important news from Europe, furnished us ... 11 January 1797To Francis GardnerDear Sir I received this morning your favour of the 29th of last month inclosing The Rural Repository, in which are the Senti... 12 January 1797From Samuel Griffin Permit me much respected Sir, to congratulate Your Excellency, as well as the good Citizens of America, on Your late election... 16 January 1797From Tristram DaltonMy Dear Sir Among the many Congratulations that will be presented to you, on your being elected to the high & important Offic... 19 January 1797To Tristram DaltonDear Sir I received this morning with great pleasure your friendly Letter of the 16. and thank you for your kind congratulati... 19 January 1797To Samuel GriffinDear Sir I Received this morning your kind Letter of the 12th and thank you for your obliging Congratulations on an Event whi... 19 January 1797To John TrumbullDear Sir Col. Wadsworth, upon my inquiring after your health gave me the most agreable and favourable Account of it I have he... 19 January 1797To Thomas WelshDear Sir After wishing you many happy and prosperous returns of the Season, and a Speedy mitigation of the Severity of the Wi... 23 January 1797To Josiah Quincy IIIDear Sir Inclosed is Mr Pickerings Letter to mr Pinckney will you be So Good as to Send it to Mrs Ada... 30 January 1797From Elbridge GerryMy dear sir Nothing could give me greater pleasure than the oppertunity I had of annexing my signature to the number of those... 30 January 1797From John LathropDear & Hond Sir, Yours by the post, accompanying Dr Bancrofts learned work on permanent colors has been duely recieved. A... 30 January 1797From Thomas WelshDear Sir, Reciprocating the Wishes expressed in your’s of the 19th Instant, permit me to add mine that not only your private ... Back Matter Appendix: List of Omitted Documents
