To Thomas Jefferson September 28, 1790 London Sepr. 28th 1790 Dear Sir I enclose you a few observations on the establishment of a Mint – I have not seen your report on that subject and therefore cannot see how nearly our opinions run together, but as it is by thinking upon and talking subjects over […]
To Thomas Jefferson September 28, 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London June 28th 1790 Dear Sir The talk and opinion of War is considerably renewed here since my last of last Frydays M. de la Lucerne’s dispatches – another Messenger arrived here from Madrid on fryday or Saturday last but as nothing transpires it may be
To William Short June 28, 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. June 23th & 25 1790 Matters remain here as in my last with respect to Peace and War. The Press-Gangs are not so busy as they were but that perhaps is either owing to Policy, to allure the Seamen to appear more publicly, or on account
To William Short June 23 and 25, 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London June 22, 1790 Dear Sir The paper No. 1 is the beginning of the letter which I mentioned in the few lines which I wrote you by Mr. Hushinson – I now send it because it contains some soft reproaches to the M. de la
To William Short June 22, 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress., London June 4th 1790 Dear Sir This is the third letter I have written you and I begin it before I know what the News of the day is – You will hear something about the return of the English Messenger but you are to understand
To William Short June 4, 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London King Street No 31 Soho June 1st 1790 Dear Sir Mr. Rutledge sett off yesterday afternoon for Falmouth to go by the Packet He received your letter of the 26th the Contents of which impressed me very much, yet I cannot bring myself to infer
To William Short June 1, 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London, May 31, 1790 Sir By Mr. James Morris, who sailed in the May Packet, I transmitted you a letter from the Marquis de la Fayette, at the same time informing you that the Marquis had entrusted to my charge the Key of the Bastille and
To His Excellency George Washington May 31, 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the Library of Congress. London May 1st 1790 — Sir Our very good Friend the Marquis de la Fayette has entrusted to my care the Key of the Bastille and a drawing, handsomely framed, representing the demolition of that detestable prison as a present to your Excellency, of which his
To His Excellency George Washington May 1790 Read Post »
From the original letter at the New York Public Library. London April 16th 1790 My Dear Friend To begin with our Journey, we had a very pleasant one — we got to Boulogne on Saturday about 5 o’clock — (left Paris Thursday about the same time) passed from Boulogne to Dover in three hours and
To Anonymous April 16, 1790 Read Post »
To Anonymous March 16, 1790 PARIS, [DEAR SIR:] I leave this place to-morrow for London. I go expressly for the purpose of erecting an iron bridge, which Messrs. Walkers of Rotherham, Yorkshire, and I have constructed, and is now ready for putting together. It is an arch of one hundred and ten feet span, and
To Benjamin Rush March 16, 1790 Read Post »
