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46,149 lettersQuincy April 8: 1815 Respected Sir I forgot in my last the most brilliant Topick, of all that splendid Phenomenon in the female World, of Genius Taste Learning Observation and…
Boston April 7. 1815.— Sir.— Availing of the permission you have accorded to me I have to acknowledge the receipt of your several favors from the 26th. < , Start…
Quincy March 12 1815 Dear Sir I am infinitely obliged to you for your Letter of March 8th. From 1758 to 1775 I practiced at the Bar, and Suffering under…
Quincy March 9th 1815 Dear Sir With Mr Pickerings Letter and the Extract from Mr Kings, I received a huge Packett, of other Letters and Documents, of which, I will…
Albany, 3 Mo. 8, 1815. Esteemed Friend— I enclose this a Right to use this improvement described in this little pamphlet I lately sent thee. Should it not be thy…
Boston, March 8. 1815. Sir.— In a former note returning the letter with which you had obligingly favored me, I had the honor to offer you my congratulations on the…
Oldenbarneveld 7 March 1815. My Dear and high respected, friend! The daÿ before I was so unexpectedly favoured with your affectionate Letters of the 22 & 23 of Febr. mr…
Quincy March 6. 1815 Dear Sir As method is of no importance, in my Letters I will deviate from the course I was in, to Speak of the Project of…
Washington March 6. 1815. Dear Sir. After thanking you, most cordially, for the affectionate interest you have taken in my late indisposition, I must now say that I have happily…
Quincy < , Start deletion, January , End, > March 5th. 1815 Dear Sir A few Words more concerning the Characters of litterary Men. What Sort of Men have had…
Quincy March 4. 1815 My dear Sir, Thanks for your favour of the 1st and the Sermon. I have never Seen Trumbulls History, in print, and know nothing of it,…
Thursday Morning March 2, 1815. Sir— I have just had the honor to receive your respected favor of the 28th ulto. with its interesting enclosure, which I return immediately after…
Charlestown March 1st. 1815 Respected & dear sir, Some years ago, you may recollect, I informed you that I had engaged to complete Dr. Trumbull’s Hist. of the U. States,…
Quincy Feb. 28. [ , Start insertion, 18 , End, ]15 Dear Sir I was engaged this Morning in writing a Letter to you No. 7, when I recd your…
Washington. February 1st. 1815. Respected Sir. Your favor of the 11th. of December to Mr Rush, brought by Mr Gray, I had the pleasure (as sole private secretary to the…
New York, 1 Feb. 1815. Sir, I hope you will excuse the liberty I have taken in dedicating the first volume of my biographical and historical Collection to you. Taught…
Quincy January 28th. 1815 Dear Sir Although I have no recollection, that I ever met you more than once in Society; and that I presume was the instance that you…
Quincy January 24th 1815 Dear Sir That the first Want of Man is his Dinner, and the second his Girl, were truths well known to every Democrat and Aristocrat, long…
Quincy January 21st. 1815 Dear Sir You remember I have reserved a right of employing twenty years to answer your Book, because you consumed that number in writing it. I…
Quincy January 19th. 1815 Dear Sir. Suppose Congress Should at one Vote, or by one Act, declare all the Negroes in the United States, free, in imitation of that Great…