William Cocke to John Adams, August 21, 1797
Mulberry Grove 21 August 1797 Sir, By Major Lewis I have the pleasure to inform You that I have neglected no Oppertunity to assure my fellow Citizens of the Great…
Mulberry Grove 21 August 1797 Sir, By Major Lewis I have the pleasure to inform You that I have neglected no Oppertunity to assure my fellow Citizens of the Great…
Cambridge 21 Augt. 1797 Sir, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences return their Thanks for your donation of Richd. Peters’s “Agricultural Inquiries on plaster of Paris,” 1 vol. 4to:,…
Phila. Aug. 20th. 1797. Dear Sir I arrived here on Friday evening from Litchfield where I had been detained much longer than I expected, having left my father & brother,…
Philadelphia Augt: 20th: 1797. Sir: Tho personally unknown to you, I presume to address you on a Subject, in which I contemplate the Wealth, Commerce, and Peace, of a great…
Philadelphia Augt. 19. 1797 2 o’clock p.m. Sir, The Attorney General just informs me that before your departure you directed him to employ Mr. John Read, if Mr. Hall should…
Philadelphia 19th. august 1797 Sir Mr. Charles Hall having declined accepting the office of Agent for the United States respecting british debts under the treaty of 1794, I have in…
Department of State Philadelphia August 18. 1797 Sir, This morning I recieved a letter from Mr. Charles Hall, declining the office of Agent of the United before the Board of…
Philad: Augt 18. 1797 D sir I hope you will not think it presumptive [of] me to add a word to the Subject of the enclosed letters— The Talents of…
Philadelphia 18 Augt. 1797. Sir, The bearer of this Letter, Mr. Athill, Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Island of Antigua, is desirous of paying his respects to…
Boston August 8th: 1797 May it please your Excellency I have received a Letter from my Son this day, dated the 30th. of May who was then in France and…