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46,149 lettersPhiladelphia December 11. 1793 Sir Before I left The Massachusetts. I had the Pleasure of receiving a Letter from you: but I learned from it, with Some Uneasiness that you…
December the 9 th 1793.— At twelve o ’Clock, agreeably to appointment, the Senate waited on the President at his House and presented the following Address. To the President of…
Philad a. May 31 st 1793 Dear Sir I am obliged for your favor covering the Clerks accounts. 1 The affairs of Europe are changed since the last autumn and…
[ ca. 14 May 1793 ] 1 Give me leave sir to bring myself to your rememberance by soliciting your notice of the reverend M r Toulmin the Son of…
Quincy near Boston. May 12. 1793 Sir Yesterday, I had the Pleasure of receiving your Letter of the 16 th of March. My Son’s name is John Quincy Adams which…
Quincy near Boston May 12. 1793. Dear Sir. I have received your kind Letter of Feb: 23. by the Mess rs: Humphreys, and shall have the pleasure this Day of…
Amsterdam 10 May 1793 Sir We had the pleasure to address you the 22 Ult o: advising the purchase of an Obligation of 4 PC t: for the premium drawn…
Philad a May 9. 1793 Sir I had the honor to write you very hastily by the post following the receipt of your letter. My having rec d. the letter…
Hartford. April 27 th: 1793 Dear Sir I enclose to You, Frederic Bull’s Account & Receipt. 1 It was with difficulty, & not till I had called on him four…
Quincy. April 25 1793 Dear Sir I have received your Favours of April the 5 th and 16 th upon Subjects of great moment. The Instruction of Congress, which you…
Quincy April 24. 1793 Dear Sir Captain John [Hobby] of Harvard in the Massachusetts, has been recommended to me, by So many respectable Characters, and in Such handsome terms, that…
Nantes 23 Feb: 1793 Dear Sir Previous to my departure from Baltimore for this place, I address’d a few lines to you at Philad a. but learn’d afterwards that you…
Chesterfeild Street monday 18 Feb 1793. Dear Sir I am ashamed when I look at the date of your last letter 1 but knowing how much you are engaged &…
Philadelphia Feb. 18. 1793 Dear Sir I have received your kind Letter of January 31, and thank you for your obliging Congratulations, as well as for the monthly Publication. 1…
Kingston. 9 Febr. 1793. Sir! You, who are acquainted with mÿ character, cannot favour the opinion, that I should have forgotten, the different and conspicuous marks of favour friendship and…
Treasury Department February 5. 1793. Sir. In pursuance of the first part of the order of the Senate of the 23 d of January past, I have the honor to…
Boston Jany 31. 1793 Dear Sir I beg leave to congratulate you on your reelection as Vice President of the United States; and to ask your acceptance of a specimen…
Philadelphia January 31. 1793 My dear Sir Are you acquainted with the natural History of Mother Careys Chickens? 1 I know not the Latin Name of these chattering Birds, having…
Philadelphia January 27. 1793 Dear 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…
Portsmouth Jan y 25 th 1793 Sir I transmit you a copy of a Political Rarity—which a very few men were degenerate enough to send for a day dedicated to…