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46,149 lettersUnited States February 2d. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives— I have received from our Minister in London two Acts of the Parliament of…
Saturday Morning [ , Start insertion, Jany. 27th 1798 , End, ] The President of the United States requests the pleasure of Mr. Fosters company to dine this day at…
Philadelphia January 24. 1798 The President of the United States, requests The Secretary of State, The Secretary of the Treasury The Secretary of War, and the Attorney General to take…
United States January 23d 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives At the commencement of this session of Congress, I proposed in course of it,…
United States—January 23d 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate The William Miller, whom I nominated some days ago, to be Commissioner of the Revenue is, William Miller, the second of that…
United States, January 18, 1798. Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: A representation has been made to me by the judge of the Pennsylvania district…
Philada. Jany 18. 1798 Sir I am not without apprehension that I may commit an impropriety by the present mode of address—if I do, I trust to your well known…
Jany. 18th 1798. The President of the United States requests the Pleasure of Mr. Thomas Company to Dine, on thursday next, at 4 o’Clock. An answer is requested.
United States January 8. 1798. Gentlemen of the Senate The Situation of Affairs, between Some of the Citizens of the United States, and the Cherokee Indians, has evinced the Propriety…
Washington 6th Jany. 1798 Sir Mrs. Dalton desirous to pay the Compliments of the Season to her much respected Friend Mrs. Adams, I take the Liberty of putting under Cover,…
Philadelphia January 6th: 1798 To the Honble John Adams President of the United States The employment of Individuals is a matter of Concern—The unfinished House in Chesnut street might probably…
United States, January 5, 1798. Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: The Secretary for the Department of War on the 30th day of December last…
Department of State Jany. 5. 1798 To the President of the United States I have the honor to lay before you a copy of the act of the Legislature of…
No. 24 North ninth Street Philedelphea Jany. 3rd. 1798 Honoured Sir— I hope your Goodness will not think me Troublesom in giving you this line, and Informing you of my…
United States January 1. 1798 Gentlemen of the Senate I nominate Arthur Sinclair to be Governor of the Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio for…
Franklin County State of Pennsylvania [ , Start insertion, 1797-1801 , End, ] Sir At a Crisses so Alarming as the present—when our Independance is threatened by a haughty foreign…
[ , Start insertion, 1797-1801 , End, ] Sir, The Committee who were appointed to carry into Effect, the Views of the Legislature, relative to their appropriation of $5000, for…
[ , Start insertion, 1797-1801 , End, ] Sir, You can appreciate the value of facts, without reference to the person from whom they are derivted. Circumstances Not be controulled,…
Pitts Burgh December 24th: 1797 Honored Sir At the particular desire of the Bearer, the Miamis Chief called the little Turtle, I give Him this Letter of Introduction to you;…
Philadelphia December 22d 1797 Madam Last night, while I was thinking it was time for me to retire to rest they Sent me from the Post Office, your elegant Present…