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John Rutledge to John Adams, October 25, 1798
New Port October 25th 1798 Dear Sir I have been requested by many very respectable Gentlemen of Charleston, who subscribed liberaly for building the ship of war which is constructing…
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John Adams to Oliver, Jr Wolcott, October 25, 1798
Quincy Oct 25th 1798 Dear Sir I return you the pardon of Wanton signed & pray you to have the seal of the US < , Start deletion, official ,…
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John Adams to Timothy Pickering, October 25, 1798
Quincy Oct 25th 1798 Sir I return you Mr Adams’s letter No 128 and the document inclosed in it. I congratulate you on Gen Pinckneys arrival and condole with you…
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John Adams to James McHenry, October 25, 1798
Quincy Oct 25th 1798 Sir Inclosed is a letter from Major Gen Hull of the 9th of Oct & another of the 19th inclosing an address of the officers &…
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Henry Knox to John Adams, October 23, 1798
Boston 23d. October 1798. Sir, I have received your letter, enclosing a commission, and giving me to understand, that, A Hamilton is ranked as the first, C C Pinckney the…
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John Adams to James McHenry, October 23, 1798
Quincy October 23d 1798 Sir Inclosed are letters from Gen. Schuyler Gen. Hull, Capt. James Cunningham which I pray you to consider and answer Hull and Cunningham according to usage.…
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John Adams to Daniel Jackson, October 23, 1798
Quincy Oct 23d 1798 Sir The firewards of the town of Boston have requested permission to deposit at castle Island a quantity of Gunpowder now lying in the harbor of…
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John Adams to Timothy Pickering, October 19, 1798
Quincy Oct 19th 1798 Sir I < , Start deletion, recieved , End, > return you Mr Adams letter & the speeches. The latter with an extract from the former…
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John Adams to Nc. Militia Guilford County, October 19, 1798
Quincy October 19. 1798 Gentlemen The Unanimous Address adopted by you has been transmitted to one as you directed by Major John Hamilton to Mr Steele and by Mr Steele…
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John Adams to Richard Benbury, October 19, 1798
Gentlemen Quincy October 19. 1798 Your unanimous Address at Edenton of the fourth of September has been transmitted to me by < your > Richard Benbury Esqr your Brigadier General.…
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Timothy Pickering to John Adams, October 18, 1798
Trenton Oct. 18. 1798. Sir, I have the honour to return you Mr. Murray’s letter’s decyphered; the first is, in different points of view, very interesting. The name he refers…
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James McHenry to John Adams, October 18, 1798
War Department 18 Octbr. 1798. Sir, I have had the honour to receive your several letters under date of the 13th 14th 17th and 21st of September and also of…
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Oliver, Jr Wolcott to John Adams, October 17, 1798
Treasury Department October 17th. 1798. The Secretary of the Treasury in Obedience to the command of the President of the United States respectfully submits the following Report. That the facts…
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Benjamin Stoddert to John Adams, October 17, 1798
Navy Department October 17th. 1798 Sir The Arrangement of the Rank of the Captains in the Navy, is a Subject which will soon demand attention.— It will I believe be…
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John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, October 17, 1798
Quincy Oct 17th 1798 Sir I have signed and inclosed to Col Pickering the authority to act in your absence in the Navy office as you inclosed it to me…
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John Adams to Timothy Pickering, October 17, 1798
Quincy Oct. 17. 1798 Sir I have recd your favour of the 17th and return you three Warrants signed, which you may fill up for General Collot, Mr. Sweitzer and…
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John Adams to John Jay, October 17, 1798
Quincy October 17. 1798 Dear Sir I received last night your favour of the 26. of September, with a Copy of an Act of the Legislature of the sState of…
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John Adams to Alexander Hamilton, October 17, 1798
Quincy October 17. 1798 Sir I have received, last night, a Letter from His Excellency Governor Jay, inclosing a Copy of an Act of the Legislature of New York, for…
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John Adams to Timothy Pickering, October 16, 1798
Quincy Oct 16th 1798 Sir I have received your favor of the 11th and return you three warrants signed, which you may fill up for Gen. Collot, Mr. Sweitzer &…
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John Adams to Massachusetts Militia, October 11, 1798
Quincy October 11. 1798 Gentlemen I have received from Major General Hull and Brigadier General Walker your unanimous Address from Lexington, animated with a martial Spirit and expressed with a…